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Tiie Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WAhT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 240. WEATHER: SHOWERS. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 12,1913. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p ^re° NIGHT EDITION PLE0EE0T0 ATLANTA Contestants for 1914 Convention Have Narrowed Down to This City and Memphis. By JAMES B. NEVIN. DALLAS. TEXAS, May 12. •—Atlanta now claims, as pledg ed, 250 of the 460 votes in the Imperial Council for the 1914 meeting place. Memphis still is alive and the fight has seem ingly narrowed down to the two cities. If Atlanta should lose the committee’s recommen dation the Georgians will carry the fight to the convention floor. Potentate Forrest Adair declares it is all over but the shouting. “Atlanta will be the Shrine Mecca in 1914, un-' less I am very badly mistaken,” he said. The first cheering news received by Atlanta when the delegation arrived Sunday morning was that the seven teen votes of Texas are “sewed up” for Georgia. Then followed Okla homa. New York, Pennsylvania, Ore gon, British Columbia and Honolulu to the Georgia standard. Memphis, however, still is a men ace to Atlanta’s chances. The Ten nesseeans claim that they were first in the field for the meeting, and they are using this argument constantly. Mejnphis* tactics may result in^ a dark horse selection. The committee on the next meeting place will make its selection Tuesday and inform the Imperial Council of Its action either Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning. Make Big Noise for Atlanta. If there is anybody in Dallas who doec not know that Yaarab Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, is litre, and has come to bring the Imperial Council to Atlanta in 1914, he must be deaf, dumb and blind. The campaign on behalf of Atlanta was started the very minute Illus trious Potentate Forrest Adair step ped off the train in this town, the head and front of the most enthusias tic and determined delegation that ever went cut of Atlanta after some thing the town wanted or needed »*i its business. To be sure, the immediate thing in hand is the session of the Imperial Council now on in Dallas, but the first thing an Atlanta delegate says to a brother Noble, after making him self known, is "How about this Im perial Council thing for Atlanta next year?” Atlanta Best Advertised. Far and away the best advertised bidder for the honor of entertaining the Shrine next year is Atlanta. The fame of the Yaarab Temple has been perfectly secure in Shrinedom f 'r many moons, and there isn’t a visit ing Shriner in this Texas metropolis who hasn't heard of that great “At lanta spirit,” and the amazing things it has accomplished heretofore. There is a feeling in the atmosphere that everything is about over, so far as next year’s session is concerned, except the hurrahing for and congrat ulating of Atlanta. Still, nobody is*resting. There will be no sort of let up, not so much as a hint of It, until after the vote has -been taken in the imperial Council, and Atlanta officially declared the winner. Forrest Adair’s Nobles have under taken to convince the Shriners of two things. First, that Atlanta wants the Imperial Council to be its guest next year, sincerely and earnestly, and sec ond, that Atlanta can and will enter tain and take care of the gathering most handsomely. “We have convinced them that we have the hotel accommodations,” said Mr. Adair to me to-day. “That seems to be the only thin 0 ' that ever has gotten on anybody’s nerves with re spect to Atlanta’s chances of gettirg the meeting next year. “There is no difficulty in convinc ing people that Atlanta is a fine place to visit at any time and for any pur pose. Everybody has heard of At lanta. and knows it is a great cite. The verv term ‘the Atlanta spirit’ comes readily to the lips of people liv ing many miles away. Some few have wondered, however, if a ci y th^ size of Atlanta can take cart of the Imperial Council, and the big in flux of visitors it brings into a ci*.v always. “When I show them that we ar.- prepared tj take care of Hit.000 visi tors in first class shape, however they get away from tha* hotel douac L v..THa rroivns iitLun.'linar tli«i FIRST—Selling. I furlongs: Lady Lightning 103 (McCabe). 6.00, 3.40. 2.80. won; Blue Thistle 107 (Musgrave). 6.70, 4.40, second; Jacob Bunn 98 ((‘arroll), 6.10. third. Time 1:13 1-5. The Reach. Kiva, Weyonke, Dr. Jackson. Yiolita. Gerard, Coeropsis. Strong, Dr. Waldo Briggs, Theresa also ran. SECOND—4 furlongs, purse: Casua- rina 109 Steele), 95.70, 17.40, 9.90, won; Harry L. 112 (Peak), 3.20, 2.80. sec ond; Salon 109 (Hanover). 3.90. third. Time : 48 1-5. Pabetn, First Cherry, Belle Terre. Harum Sea rum. High Class. Mack Nez, Caution, Requiem, First Degree also ran. AT PIMLICO. FIRST—six furlongs: York Lad 112, j (Deronde), 22.40. 6.90, 5.00, won; Tod- jdling 112 Wolf), field includes Roseburg i IV. Ralph Lloyd. Vigorous and George ; S. Davis, 9.70. 4.30, second; Clothesbrush I0o (Obert), 21.30. third. Time 1:15 1-5. ! Progressive, Prosilo, Toniatar Mileage. Aviator, Roseburg IV. Ralph Lloyd. Vig | orous, George S. Davis, R. H. Gray also I ran. j SECOND—Selling, two-year-olds furlongs: The Idol 104 (Butwell), 3.90, i 3-40, 2.90, won; Milky Way 104 (Wolf), i 7.10, 4.60. second; Sanctuary 104 (Sni der). 5.70. third. Time :55 2-5. Odd ; Cross, Lennie D., Hildas Brother, Car- i bureter, Co). C. Margaret Moise, Lit- • tlest Rebel, Salvation Nell also ran. ! THIRD—Maidens, three-year-olds and I up. mile: Lohengrin 100 (Shillinger), 5.00, 3.70, 3.10, w'on; Judge Walser 107 (Butwell), 2.80, 2.80, second: Petelus 107 (J. Wilson), 3.00, third. Time 1:411-4. Brydown, Battery, Chad Buford, Top Hat, Bally Bay also ran. FOURTH—Elkridge steeplechase for hunters, 2 1 /£ miles: Golden 147 (Mr. Al- pers), 13.30. 4.30, out, won; Two Saints 150 (Mr. Hutchins), 4.00, out, second; Peter Young 156 (Mr. Bosley), out, third. Time 5:10 1-5. Chanticleer II fell. ENTRIES. AT PIMLICO. FIRST—Maiden two-year-olds, AYj furlongs: Veilchen 100, Superintendent 109, Dead LossT09, Cross Bun 109, Single Ray 112, Laird O’Kirkcaldy 112^ Mr. Sniggs 112, Heart Beat 112, Master Joe 112, Canto 112, Single Stick 109, Beau- pre 109, Pomette Bleu 109, Gallant Boy L09. SECOND—Three-year-olds and up, 6 furlongs: Bwana Tumbo 123, Terrible Bill 120. Sherwood 122, Tartar 110, Mahubah 102, Palanquin 110. THIRD—-Three-year-olds and up, mile and 40 yards: Arran 96, xO. U. Buster 111, Crania 114. Rock Fish 96. Mollie S. 114. Tactics 114, Stelcliff 113, xBen Prior Lll, Howlet 11C, xKinder Lou 89, Mad- rigalian 119, Nadzu 116. FOURTH—Mt. Washington steeple chase, four-year-olds and up, two miles'; Son of the Wind 133, Nottingham 137, Rice Grain 147, Ticket of Leave 155, Ennis Killen 147, King Cash 145, Water Speed 145. Flying Yankee 13.0, Sir Giles go. Exemplar 137. FIFTH—Two-year-olds, 4V 2 furlongs: thletic Girl 99^ Mr. Sniggs 102, Heart Beat 102, Master Joe 102, Peacock 99, Centuari 99, Spear Head 102, Lily Or me 99. BASEBALLRIIRNS CALLED WTO SOUTHERN LEAGUE AT NEW ORLEANS— CHATTANOOGA 2 NEW ORLEANS 0 More and Street; Swindell. Brenton and Yantz. Umpires. Wright and Rud derham. AT MONTGOMERY— Bill Chappelle Takes Mound In First Of Four Game Series; Parsons Hurls for Memphis; Bailey Returns to Lineup After Month’s Lay-off. BIRMINBHAM 0 0 MONTGOMERY 2 0 Foxen and Mayer; Brown and Donahue. Umpires. Hart and Stockdale. AT MOBILE — NASHVILLE 1 MOBILE 4 Fleharty, Williams and Noyes; Berger and Schmidt. Umpires. Breltensteln and Pfenninger. NATIONAL LEAGUE SIXTH—Jockey Club handicap, three- year-olds and up, mile and one-six teenth: Col. Holloway 102, Lochiel 110, Pandorina 92, John Furlong 123, Flab bergast 100, Sandhill 95, Mission 108, Dr. Duenner 105. Kleburne 103, Guy Fisher 110. Amalfi 97. Weather clear; track fast. AT LOUISVILLE. FIRST—Selling; three year olds and up; 5% furlongs: Jean Grey 92* Maria C 98, Silk Day 98, Little Nellie 100, Nel- lo ICO, Martre 100, Peter Grimm 105, Brawny 107, Husky Lad 107, Sir Den- rah 109, Gilpy 109, Three Links 110, Al lan A. Dale 111, Florence Roberts 114, Back Bay 115. SECOND—Purse; three year olds; colts, geldings; 4% furlongs: General Warren 102, Old Trump 102, The Nor man 105. Old Ben 108, Roamer 108. THIRD—Purse; three year olds and up; mile and 20 yards: Billy Collins 88, Cousin Puss 98, Flying Tom 103, Frog Legs 107, Buck Horn 107, Rudolfo 112. FOURTH—Two year olds: fillies; the Debutante purse: 4 furlongs: Maud B. L. 110, Christophine 110, Marty Lou 110, Theodorelta 115. Aunt Mamie 115, Ruby Hyams 115, Dainty Mint 118. Rob- inetta 110, Mater Melon 110, Shelby Belle 110, Birdie Williams 115, Gladys Y 115, Frances M 115. FIFTH—Three year olds and up; fil lies, mares; mile: Trojan Belle 88, Mag dalena 92, Mary Ann K 92, Lassie 104. Winifred D 104, Stamps 104, Beautiful 104, Ursuria Emma 104, Helen Burnett 108, Supple 108. Startler 108, Wishing Ring 108, Foxy Mary 108, Floral Day 108, Banorella 112. SIXTH—Selling; three year olds and up: 1 1-16 miles: Sam Hirsch 100, The Cinder 100, Bobby Cook 105, Capitan Bravo 107. Mockler 108. Sepulveda 108, Bonanza 112, White Wool 114, Bann Hard 115. Weather clear. Track fast. Imperial Council gatherings general ly run around forty thousand. “I hope the folks back home un derstand how enthusiastic our bunch is. We have come here to land the next year’s meeting, and we are go ing to land it. You wire the Geor gian that I say we are coming home with the bacon.” Working in Pairs. lids herewith wired. And I believe it. Certainly there isn’t a man in this outfit that isn’t rooting and boosting to beat the band for the Atlanta meeting next year. Generally, the del egation works in pairs. In this fash ion. they scatter all over Dallas, and stop to orate wherever a bunch of Shriners can be located. The big guns of the'Imperial Coun cil have had Atlanta and 1914 drum med into their heads ever since they came to town. The conviction is deepening every minute that Atlanta is to win nu:. Forrest Adair already has outlined a real, sure enough Georgia barbec to and a lot of other things as induce ments to visitors to go to Allan;.i next year. From all quarters. I hear noth! ig but* praise of Atlanta and its pluck in raising approximately $100,000 .n twelve hours for the Imperial Coun cil's entertainment in 1914. Score by innings: CRACKERS 00 TURTLES 00 MEMPHIS, TEXN.. May 12.—Bill Chappelle made his first appearance as a Cracker here this afternoon. Bill Smith sent the tall twirler to the slab to face Bernhard’s crew in the first of a four-game series. Parsons went to the mound for the Turtles. Bill Bailey played his first game in nearly a month. He had been suffering from an injured ankle. Neither team scored in the first two innings. THE GAME. FIRST INNING. Long singled to left. Agler bunted out, Parsons to Abstein. Alperman grounded out, Stanley to Abstein and Long went to third. Welchonce ground ed out. Parsons to Abstein. NO RUNS. Stanley out. Alperman to Agler. Baer- wald singled to right and was out trying to steal, Graham to Alperman. Love popped to Bisland. NO RUNS. SECOND INNING. Bailey grounded out to Stanley unas sisted. Rohe grounded out, Butler to Abstein. Bisland grounded out, Butler to Abstein. NO RUNS. U. S, to Prosecute Firms Cutting Pay As Tariff Revenge ‘They’ll Land Behind Bars if They Try to Intimidate Congress/ Says Senator Williams. WASHINGTON. May 12.—The criminal clauses of the S', rman anti trust act and the prosecuting powers of the Department of Justice will be used In defense of the reductions in duty prescribed by the Underwood tarilV bill. If combinations are found among employers to restrain trade and in timidate Congress by cutting wages and closing factory doors, criminal suits will be instituted. This is the frank intimation to-day of Senator John Sharp Williams, of the Senate Finance Committee. “The protected interests are coming to us with the same old plea that they are threatened with ruin,” sa.d Senator Williams. “They threaten to cut wages or assert that it will be necessary to cut them. This is plain, ly intended to intimidate Congress. If it should be discovered the interests are combining to this purpose, the Sherman anti-trust act is sufficiently broad to cover such acts, and we may land some of these gentlemen be hind the bars.” Four Taggers‘Jailed’ Just for Five Minutes Locked In by Mistake, They Try to Get Prisoners to Con tribute. Four charming Atlanta taggers had their first experience behind prison bars Monday. They were not really under arrest, but they were locked in the cell room at police headquar ters and ^couldn’t have escaped if they had wanted to. Mrs. Gilbert Frazer, Miss Anna Green, Miss Mary Dorman and Miss Dorothy Fleischman were the pris oners for five minutes. Then they sought to tag the prisoners. The turnkey was called out to search a prisoner and he locked the dor after him leaving the taggers be hind him. “Girls, we’re prisoners,” cried Mrs. Frazer just a wee bit startled as the locked iron door barred their progress. Several of the real prisoners check- led. The turnkey returned in time to save the day. “We had decided to appeal for a habeus corpus, whatever that is.” he was told as he released the quar tette. COMMITS SUICIDE WHEN CREDITORS ATTACH MULES CHATTANOOGA, TEXN.. May 12. Charles M. Wilkerson, a prominen’ East Tennessee planter, committed suicide at his farm near Ooltewah to-day. He shot himself through the head. He was despondent over finan cial reverses. Creditors had just at tached a prize pair of mules. THREE MILITANTS SMASH DUBLIN WINDOWS—JAILED DUBLIN. May 12.—'Three militant suffragettes were arrested here to day for smashing windows in the gei- | eral postoffice. When taken to the J police station each carried a large 1 reticule full of stones and a hammer. Mayor Declares He Earns Pay Watching Council Politicians Makes Hot Reply to New Attack by Thomson—Breach Contin ues to Grow. “If I did nothing more than watch the Council I would more than earn my salary,” declared Mayor Wood ward Monday in answer to Albert Thomson’s charge that the Mayor’s office had become a nonenity in the city government'. “As a matter of fact,” continued Mr. Woodward, “the charges are not worth the waste of breath in answer ing them, still I want to assure the people of Atlanta that I have my hands full watching the politicians, and I am going to continue to watch them and their activities.” Councilman Thomson’s attack on the Mayor, the second he has made within a fortnight, has been much more discussed than his first, because it follows Council’s vindication of the officials accused of graft. Politicians assert that the breach between the Mayor and a number of the Councilmen is beyond hope of reunion. Rich Stock Trader Wounds Assailant Prosecution Over Property at Moul trie Leads to Serious Alterca tion Between Litigants. MOULTRIE, Ga., May 12.—W. P. Brown was shot and seriously wound ed this afternoon in an altercation with Joseph J. Battle, one of the wealthiest live stock men of the state. The shooting took place at Battle’s stable. According to an eyewitness Brown went to the stable and accused Battle of stealing from him, and after applying a vile epithet, struck Battle several hard blows. Then Battle drew his pistol and firel. Recently Battle prosecuted and con victed Brown, for removing from the state property to which he did not hold legal -title. Brown is now out under bond, pending a hearing for a new trial. Battle has not been arrested. AT NEW YORK— CHICAGO 000000100-1 31 NEW YORK 00032000X-5 9 1 Ritchie, Lelfield and Archer: Matheweon and Meyer*. Umpire*, Klem and Orth. AT BROOKLYN— CINCINNATI 000030000-3 7 1 BROOKLYN 0201 1000X-4 81 Johnson, Brown, and Clark and Kling; Rucker and Miller. Umpire*, Rig- ler and Byron. AT BOSTON— ST. LOUIS 10 110 1...-. . . BOSTON 010031. . Sallee and McLean; Gervai* and Whaling. Umpires, O'Day and Emslle. AT PHILADELPHIA— PITTSBURG 2000020..-. .. PHILADELPHIA 0000300 . .- .. Adams and Kelly; Moore and Dooln. Umpire*, Brennan and Eason. AMERICAN LEAGUE AT CLEVELAND— NEW YORK 00103...... . CLEVELAND 00030...... . McConnell and Sweeney; Gregg and O’Nell. Umpire*, Connolly and Me Greevy. AT DETROIT— BOSTON 03000...... . DETROIT 10010....-, . Leonard and Carrlgan; House and Stanage. Umpire , Dineen and Hart. AT CHICAGO— i PHILADELPHIA 1000010..-. . CHICAGO 0000000..-. . Bender and Thomas; Russell and Schalk. Umpire*, Evan* and Hildebrand AT ST. LOUIS— WASHINGTON 020 . ST. LOUIS 000 . Groome and Henry; Mitchell and McAllister. Umpire*, O'Loughlln and Fer guson. To Decide if Poison May Be Put in Food Supreme Court Will Determine Case Where Mills Bleached Flour by Chemical Process. WASHINGTON, May 12,—Assist ant Attorney General Adkins, of the Department of Justice, filed a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court to day asking a review of the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in the “bleached flour case.” The question involved is whether the food and drugs act prohibit the addition of poisonous in gredients in any quantity to an ar ticle of food, or whether poison may be added in the discretion of manu facturers if the quantity added is so small it is not injurious to health. The Government libeled 625 sacks of bleached flour owned by the Lex ington Mill and Elevator Company, St Louis, carrying the case to tha trial, court. LOWER HOUSE ADJOURNS UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY WASHINGTON, Maj 12.—After transacting only routine business the House adjourned to-day until Thurs day next. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AT TOLEDO— COLUMBUS— 001000....... TOLEDO— 000200. . .-. . . Cook and Smith; George and Living stone. Umpires, Murray and Handiboe. AT MILWAUKEE— ST. PAUL- 010000. ...... MILWAUKEE— 101100....... Karger and Miller; Watson and Hughe*. Umpires, Johnstone and Con nolly. AT KANSAS CITY— MINNEAPOLIS— 00001........ KANSAS CITY- 10020. ....... Burns and Smith; Powell and Kritch- ell. Umpires. Chill and O’Brien. Indianapolis-Louisville; not scheduled. State Wins Point in Railway Tax Fight Attorney General Obtains Order for Review in Supreme Court of Georgia Lease Case. WASHINGTON. D. C„ May 12 — The state of Georgia won a point over the railroads Monday when At torney General Thomas S. Felder ob tained from the supreme court an or der for a review of a decision that the Atlantic toast Line and the. Louisville and Nashville Railroad were not to be taxed on property leased for 99 years from the Geor gia Railroad. Comptroller General William A. Wright, of Georgia, by his issuance of tax executions against the two railroads precipitated the case sev eral months ago. The roads procured an Injunction and the state carried the case to the circuit court of ap peals. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Local thunder show ers Monday and probably Tues day. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE AT TORONTO— JERSEY CITY— 000000000 -0 40 TORONTO— 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 X -3 11 0 Thompson, Viebahn and Sullivan; Lush and Graham. Umpire*, Mullln and Cross. FIRST GAME. AT BUFFALO— BALTIMORE— 00000000 1- 1 54 BUFFALO— 00001730 X-ll 10 1 Roth, Johnson and Egan; Main* and Gowdy. Umpire*, Nallln and Haye*. SECOND GAME. BALTIMORE— 00000........ BUFFALO— 0 0 0 1 0........ Shamkey and Egan; Cadore and La* longe. Umpire*. Hayes and Nallln. AT ROCHESTER— PROVIDENCE - 100000 . . ROCHESTER— 000000 . . . Bailey and On*low; Keefe and Blair. Umpires. Quigley and Finneran. Montreal Newark; not scheduled. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE AT JACKSONVILLE— COLUMBUS— 0 10 - . . . JACKSONVILLE— 0 0 0......... Morrow and Kreb*; Grover and Smith. Umpire. Barr. AT SAVANNAH— CHARLESTON— 000000000 -0 23 SAVANNAH— 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X -5 10 0 Ridgeway and Menefee; Poole and Gelbel. Umpire*. Glatt* and Moran. TORNADO WRECKS TOWN. GREAT BEND. KAN’S., May 12.— A tornado is reported to have wreck ed Dilwyn, a little town in Stafford County, last night. Wires to the place are down. Famous American Detective Cables He Will Return Immediately In Response to Col. Felders Plea For His Services to Capture Slayer. William J. Burns, the world-famed detective, probably will take charge of the Phagan case. The man who unearthed the dynamite outrages and brought the McNamara brothers to justice, will in all probability come to Atlanta within the next few days and lend his efforts toward clearing up the mystery of the death by strangulation of Mary Phagan. This information was made public Monday following cor respondence between Colonel Thomas B. Felder and Mr. Burns since the discovery of the body in the pencil factory. Mr. Burns Is now on h!s way from Europe, and will arrive on Tuesday or the following day. Upon his ar rival in New York he will confer with detectives there and then proceed to Atlanta. Credit Largely Due Felder. The services of Mr. Burns have been secured largely through Mr. Felder’s efforts, It has developed. Upon Mr. Felder’s retention by the citizens of Marietta and relatives of the stein girl to work on the case he journeyed to New Yprk for a conference with Raymond Burns, son of William J. Burns, on the case with a view to getting the great detective to come here. At that time the elder Bums was In Europe investigating the disappear ance of Wllberforce Martin, and upon being cabled of Mr. Felder’s desires replied that he would return immedi ately. Monday it * was announced that Burns was on his way to America and that Colonel Felder would take up the Phagan case with him. Felder, it is understood, will give up his own fee to employ Burns and will assist in raising funds for the purpose. Mr. Burns’ warm personal friend ship for Mr. Felder has served ih a large measure to draw the wizard Into the local mystery investigation. The history of their acquaintance leads back to the South Carolina dis pensary graft case, which Mr. Felder prosecuted and on which the detec tive was employed. It was there the two met. When the Phagan murder was comr mitted and its baffling details con fronted Atlanta police, Mr. Felder lost no time in communicating with his friend. That the man who has struck terror to the hearts of criminals by his marvelous knowledge of their ways and his wonderful deductive powers will quickly clear up the mys tery is declared certain by those who have followed his work. With the final rounding up of the evidence against Leo M. Frank and Newt Lee nearing completion. Solici tor General Hugh M. Dorsey on Mon day began the process of elimination of unimportant matter and the shap ing of the case for presentation to the Grand Jury. Waits to Arrange Evidence. Whether the case will be ready for that tribunal this week is a matter of doubt. The great mnss of testi mony presents a tangle w hich will re quire some time before it is straight- eend out and arranged properly. So licitor Dorsey declared Monday morn ing that he would not present the matter to the Grand Jury until it. has been put into a clear, concise form and can be easily handled. Quick disposition of (he cases of the accused men is assu'ed once the matter is placed before the Grand Jury. Should that body find the evi dence sufficient to hold Frank and Lee to trial, their cases will he taken up immediately before Judge L. S. Roan, who will open the Crimlns 1 Court di vision of the Fulton County Superior Court on next Monday. The evidence against b*'th men will be placed before the Grand Jury si multaneously, according 'o Mr. Dor sey. Sleuth Leaves Mysteiiously. Much importance is attached to the departure of Solicitor Dorrey’s detec tive Monday morning for parts un known. While the Solicitor, when questioned as to the destination and purpose of the detective’s trip, would give no direct answer, it is believed that the mission is in connection w ith some clew in the Phagan case which has been unearthed by the mysterious investigator. The fact that a large number of “character witnesses” are now being interrogated in Brooklyn, N. Y., the former home of Frank, and in other parts of the country bears out this supposition. That the detective has not confined himself to the theory followed bv city police officials in their accumulation of evidence against Frank and Lee, however, was admitted by Solicitor Dorsey and also the possibility that he has stumbled upon an important clew. Wife Sees Frank in Tower. W’hile police are exhausting every available source of information to unravel the mystery, Frank and Lee remain in their cells in the Tower chafing with impatience. Mrs. Frank w f ent to the Tower on Sunday afternoon, paying her first visit to her husband since his arrest nearly two weeks ago. Mrs. Frank was accompanied to the jail by her father, Emil Selig, of 68 East Georgia Avenue. They remained in consulta tion with the prisoner for nearly an hour. It was definitely learned Monday that Chief Lanford had not complete ly eliminated Newt Lee, the negro night watchman of the pencil factory, and that there still exists a suspicion that he may know something of the crime. In fact, the night watchman has come to be regarded as the real puz zle in the case. Chief Lanford is not satisfied as to Lee and any possible part he may have played in the tragedy. He de clared he had lain awake at night trying to figure out satisfactorily the negro's position. First Words Still Puzzle. The point that prevents detective* from eliminating Lee is his first state ments to officers following his discov ery of the dead girl’s body. When he first called the police station, he said he had found a “white woman dead in the basement.” The officers who hastened to the factory declared it would have been impossible for him to have discerned whether the girl was white or black from his posi tion when he found her. When the officers arrived, Lee told them the girl was lying flat of her back. They went into the basement and found the dead girl lying face downward. Lee also told them thac the girl had a wound in the back of the head. Detectives say it is possible that the negro, in the excitement of finding the body, may have been honestly mistaken as to its position, but, at the same time, they find these state ments a stumbling block. Facts Hard to Explain. "Whenever I figure on eliminating Lee these contradictory statements always bob up.” said Chief Lanford. "There are many apparently little things in this case that became veri table mountains when we try to get over them. Newt Lee’s statements may have been entirely innocent—if they were, they are hard to explain and get, out of the way.” The Chief smilingly added': "If a fellow doesn’t care to become gray-haired or land in the insane asylum, he'd better not spend too much time trying to figure out the truth of this mystery and reconcile all of its varied phases and features.” The Pinkertons have instructions to find the murderer, no matter who he n*av be. Operatives of the agency employed by the National Pencil Com pan v recently put the matter squarely up to Luther Rosser, tha company’s attorney. He said; MYSTERY IN DEATH ON BOAT. PEORIA. ILL., May 12.—Henry Smith, of St. Louis, was found dead in his state room on the steamer Bald Eagle when it arrived here to day. The police are investigating. Smith was superintendent of regis tration of the St. Louis Postoffice.