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( FORMER JUDGE CANDLER ON LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE LAW John S. Candler, now Alderman, and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and previous to lliis Judge in the Superior Court, made an address to the graduating class of the Atlanta Law School in which he said: • “The idea of taking an ignorant man, working on him until 4 o’clock in the morning, then fiar ! “A detective who would voluntarily go on the stand ought not to be believed. The purpose of in a flashlight in his face and saying, ‘We know you killed somebody,’ is worse than the Spanish in- a detective is to find evidence, and not to swear that the evidence he has is true; The detective is in quisition. Such a practice has no place in the law,and that’s why the public are losing confidence in j terested to convict the man whom his evidence involves, and, therefore, he is not a competent wit- and respect for the officers of the court. | ness. ’ ’ ORDER NOW YOUR SUNDAY AMERICAN BOTH PHONES MAIN 8,000 The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results VOL. X.I. NO. 239. THE WEATHER: FAIR. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 12, 1913. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p ^° EXTRA Damage Already Reaches Into Millions—Golf Links Are Pro tected Against Loss, PUBLIC BUILDINGS GUARDED Attack on House of Lords Planned by Suffrage Leaders as Next Move. LONDON, May 11.—Inquiries Insti tuted at Lloyd’s have developed the fact that the insurance companies are reaping a golden harvest as a result of suffragette depredations. Busi ness has received a great im|i#tus both from the insurance of golf links as well as from Are risks. Numerous golf clubs have insured hgainst revenue losses as the result of militant interference, while others have taken out policies insuring golf greens against damage by suffra gettes. The premiums charged are S3 per green per annum, the-limit of the underwriters’ liability being $250 on each green. These insurances, however, were mostly fijr three "months, because it is believed that the trouble will be settled In that time either by a tri umph of the militants or by the sup pression of their campaign. Insurance against fire has be-n equally brisk, but owing to the great competition in this business rates have not been affected. Damage to Date $5,000,000. Estimates of the financial loss ; caused by suffragette outrages, pre- ' pared for the Home Secretary, put the amount as $5,000,000. This sum docs not Include the expense of employing laige'numbers of extra police, detec tives and watchmen to protect Minis ters, public buildings and meetings. Three detectives have been assigned to -protect each Cabinet Minister at all times. All suspected persons are shad owed by plainclothes men and all pub- UV buildings are under special guard. Since the defeat of the woman suf- ' frage Dill large numbers of former constitutional suffragists have Joined the militant movement. An attack on the House of Lords is one of the new plans, and this is to be accomplished by means of a suffragette typist who could get a position on the reporting ■taff of tlie upper hoi»e. Arrests Check Riots. >n apite of the sensational outrages * - of the past week and although the militants are keeping up a strong ’bluff, their organization -has been shaken by recent arrests of leaders. The militant acts now being commit ted are the handiwork of suffragettes working independently, and the au thorities believe that the removing of the central controlling influences will soon break up the campaign of de struction. , ') This optimistic view is not shared by politicians generally, who believe that as long as money is forthcoming crimes will be committed. Chinda and Bryan Discuss U. S, Reply Secretary and Ambassador Confer More Than an Hour Over Pro test/on Land Law. WASHINGTON. May 12.—Viscount Chinda, the Japanese Ambassador, to- daySconferred with Sec-etary of State Bryan for more titan an hour con cerning the final answer of the United States Government to the forma: protest filed by Japan in regard to the proposed anti-alien land law in California. BAFTIST-METHODIST NEXT SUNDAY SCHOOL CONTEST A meeting of Baptist ministers and Sunday school superintendents to consider the advisability of challeng ing the Methodists to a Sunday school contest will be held at the First Bap tist Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. If a contest is decided on it will be conducted along the lints of thr one between the Second Baptist Church and the First Christian G.-urch. Accuser of O’Hara Now Denies Charge Maud Robinson Admits Signing Affi davit, but Says It Contained No Allegation of Immorality. CHICAGO, May 12.—Maud Robin son, who signed an affidavit charging improper conduct against Barratt O’Hara, Lieutenant Governor of Illi nois and chairman of the Senate "White Slav^ Committee, ‘was the first witness to-day before a sub-edmmit- tee appointed to investigate the af fair. She denied absolutely that there- had been anything improper in her relations with the Lieutenant Gov- eroriffr. f She admitted signing an affidavit, but said it contained no charge of immorality. The woman testified that she had never had improper relations with O’Hara. When she was questioned as to her making the affidavit about a trip to Chicago from Springfield, she said the affidavit was made at the instance of Samuel Davis, of a liquor firm in Springfield. “He said the affidavit was only to make a bluff with and that it would not be made public under any cir cumstances,” she explained. Fight Over Tallulah Falls On in Earnest Georgia University Professors Make Depositions—Case Comes Up for Hearing May 26. Professors C. M. Strong and J. C. Cope, of the University of Georgia, and John D. Moss made depositions to-day in the case of the State against the Georgia Railway and Power Com pany. This is the beginning of the fight of the conservationists, headed by Mrs. Longstreet, to preserve Tallulah Falls, which they claim will be irrep arably spoiled as a scenic spectacle if the Georgia Railway and Power Company is allowed to operate the huge power plant it has built at the falls. The case comes up for hearing May 26 at Clayton, Rabun County. Thom as S. Felder, Attorney General, will be assisted by R. C. Ellis and Edgai*- Watkins. The power company is rep resented by Charles Hopkins, L. Z. Rosser and Al^x King. 1,000 School Pupils Sing Choral Festival Seventh and Eighth Grades Give Folk Songs in Auditorium Gay With Class Colors. Gay with their school colors. 1,000 pupils of the eighth grades of the public schools, assisted by pic ked rep resentatives from the seventh grades, gave a choral festival at the Audi torium Friday night. “Folk Songs of Many Countries” made up the program. Miss Kate Harralson, director of music in the schools, led the chorus, and Dr. Percy Starnes played organ accompani ments. Thirty-five schools were represent ed. The seventh grade singers were from the Crew Street. Edgewood, Calhoun Street, Formwalt Street, Peeples Street. Lee Street, Pryor Street arid Williams Street schools. High School boys acted as ushers at^d distributed programs. Railroad Displaces Last Illinois Stage Drivers Lay Down Whips and Attend Dedication of New Line That Ends Their Business. CHICAGO. May Ten stage drivers, the last of their tribe in Il linois, put aside their long whips to day and attended the dedication of the 16-mile stretch of railroad from Palatine and Wauconda. Ill., 35 miles northwest of Chicago, which put them out of business. The stage drivers made their last trips yesterday, conveying passen gers, freight and mail to the nearest railroad points. To-day the last spike was driven into the raflr»id track that connects Wauconda with the rest of the world. The railroad was financed and built by farmers. TROLLEY STRIKE FAILS TO STOP CINCINNATI SERVICE CINCINNATI, May .—Despite the fact that more men quit work to-day ! in the Cincinnati street car strike, the company had little trouble maintain ing schedules on all hut a few of the smaller routes. No disorder of any Lyind occurred this morning " Further reinforcements are expect ed by the strikers during the day. Bride-to-Be Was Bride-in-Fact •i*tv *;*•-:* HIS WIFE Wedding Date Fixed for lune 1 *>•*$• •&•••!• •J'ld* But Miss Slater Chose April 27 MRS. HOWELL B. SCHUMI’ERT. Joseph A. McCord and J. K. Ottley Confident Convention Will Come Here After Invitation. Convicted Slayer of C. M. God dard Swears Out Habeas Corpus Writ. COURT SETS HEARING MAY 17 Injunction Served as Woman Is About to Leave Atlanta for Vermont. Rimer T. Darden, convicted ©layer, swore out a writ of habeas corpus Saturday to take from his wife, Nao mi Carter Darden, the custody of their four children, on the grounds that she is not a fit person to have the care of them. Darden is under bond 'pending a hearing of an appeal of his case. He was sentenced to three years on the chaingang for killing C. M. Goddard, des’pite his plea of the “unwritten law.” A temporary injunction, granted by Judge J. T. Pendleton, was served on Mrs. Darden Saturday at her home on Crew Street, just as she was prewiring, to leave for the sta tion to take a train *fot Vermont*. Judge Pendleton named May IT as the date for the trial, and in the meantime Mrs. Darden vvas com manded not to leave the county. The children are Naomi, age twelve; Elmer T.. Jr., age ten; Rod ney. age six. and Emma, age three. Darden alleged that his wife, from whom he is separated, intended to take the children to a permanent home outside the State of Georgi He said the responsibility for the if education and care rested inainlv on him and he wanted them taken from her. Darden is represented by Attorneys John S, McClelland and W. M. Smith j Vegetable Wagon Merely Liquor Van Negro Seen Taking Sack From Ve hicle. and, Pursued, Cornered With Contraband Goods. When a countryman early Saturday drove through Haynes Street crying out fresh country vegetables for sale. James Crawford, a negro, was seen to step into the street and lift from the bottom of the wagon a half filled tow- sack. Other negroes thought him a thief and gave chase, (’rawford ran into a building at Haynes and Dover Streets* where he was cornered and held until Police Call Officers Coch ran and Long arrived. The sack was found to contain a wholesale supply of liquor. The negro admitted to the police that he had bought the liquor from the “vegetable man,” declaring the farmer was selling liquor from tht wagon apd was merely using the veg etable? as a blind. A search was made for the farmer, but he could not be found. Recorder Broyles fined the negro $50.75. Atlanta has an excellent chance to be convention »city for the American Bankers' Association In 1914. Joseph A. McCord, vice president of the Third National Bank, returned Saturday from a meeting of the Exec utive Council of the association at Briarcliff, N. Y., expressing confi dence that the annual gathering will be held here next year. Mr. McCord and J. K. Ottley, vice president of tlie Fourth National, carried the At lanta Clearing House invitation. Mr. McCord said they met with a hearty reception. “1 think we shall have the honor of playing host,” said Mr. McCord. "Up to the present time, no other city ha? extended an invitation. Com petition. though, usually is keen when the general convention meets. s • * % i) mm « ■ * ’ Bulgaria and Servia Agree to Peace Pact Rumor of Threatened Hostilities Started for Political Purposes, Believed in Austria. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. VIENNA, May 12.—Threatened hos tilities between Bulgaria and Servia have been avoided, according to dis patches published to-day In the offi cial press. These said the two Balkan countries had reached an agreement respecting the redivision of the ter ritory conquered from Turkey. As a mark of pacific Intention, each country has agreed to demobilize a? soon as peace is declared. Many persons In officialdom believe recent reports of dissension in the Balkan League were encouraged bv the members of the confederation for political purposes. ) Sell Tags to Help Seek Missing Girl Indiana Cities Plan Unique Method for Giving Financial Aid to Katherine Winters' Father. NEWCASTLE, IND., May 12.—A tag day in every city in Indiana was planned to-day by friends of Dr. W, C. Winters, father of Katherine Win ters, the missing Newcastle girl who has not been heard from since March 21. Thousands of tags were being sold on the streets of Newcastle to-day in an effort to raise a large fund to be used in prosecuting the search for the little girl. DRINKS QUART OF LIQUOR W ONE HOUR; UNCONSCIOUS SAVANNAH, GA.. May 12.—James Carney is in a hospital in a critical condition to-day as the result of! j drinking a quart of whisky in an' hour. He was picked up in an un- J conscious condition by the police. 1 ~-:4 GUARD OF SECRECY IS SEARCH BY SOLICITOR Names of Witnesses Withheld by Dorsey to Prevent “Manufacturers of Public Opinion” Getting in Touch with Them—Satisfied with Progress. Solicitor General Hugli M> Dorsey declared Saturday after noon that he was very well satisfied with 1 lie progress made in the investigation of the Phagan murder mystery and made the signifi cant remark that he would not reveal the names of new witnesses so that manufacturers of public opinion could not get to them. The Solicitor held a conference with lh-. H. F. Harris, of the State Hoard of Health, who examined the girl’s body. Dr. Harris said he would rush his report in time for presentation to the Grand Jury when that body takes up the mystery next week. The Solici tor would not reveal just what the physician has learned so far. ~~ The examination of the bloo(j^ Dental Inspection In Schools Urged Chamber of Commerce to Aak Coun cil for Appointment of Exam iners for Pupils. Becomes Mrs. Harrell B. Schum- pert on Day She Announced Engagement. Not content to wait until the first Sunday in June to he married, once their engagement had been announced, pretty Miss Lillian Dua Juan Slater, of 136 Rawson Street, and Howell B. Schumperf^ 185 Washington Street, went to the parsonage of the Rev. W. C. Schaeffer on April 27—the day their friends were given notice of the impending marriage—and were wed. Their friends—even the bride’s par ents—will be surprised when they read the news to-day. From parents, friends and acquain tances the marriage has been kept secret. Miss Siater, or Mrs. Schum- pert, going to her home and Schum - pert to his boarding house. Since the marriage the newspapers have published the picture of the young woman as a pretty bride-to-be of June, and both have smiled, content to wait until a little rose-bower of a cottage in Stokes Avenue was finish ed for their occupancy. Confesses When Shown Proofs. smiling gayly, Mrs. Schumpert ac* mitted all the 4 interesting details t(\- day when the records in the Ordi nary’s office were placed before her as conclusive proof that she had mar ried ahead of time. “Yes,” she said, “Howell and I went to church an April 27, the day our tngagement was made public. After the service he said he wanted to show me something, and he pulled out a marriage license he had bought. He wanted to get married right away, ar<l 'I didn’t see the use o? waiting until June. “So, with 'two friends, Miss Inez Roart and Marvin Beddingfield, whom we knew we could trust, we went around to Rev. Mr. Schaeffer’s house *nd were married. Even Father Doesn’t Know. “No, even my father doesn't know about it. but I don’t think he will ob ject, because he likes Howell, but I am sorry it came out to-day, as we w anted to wait until our house is fin ished before we told everybody. “It was so funny to see my picture in the paper, spying that J was en gaged, when I v.as really married, but we had decided not to tell, so wi kept mum.” Wore Other Fellow’s Roses. Miss Slater, who works in the of* flee of the auditor of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, has been pass ing her husband’s house in Washing ton Street every morning since the marriage. He ha* waited for her on the porch, and together they have strolled downtow n, discussing the lit tle house in Stokes Avenue, but say ing never a word of the marriage. “It was funnjV’ said Mrs. Schum pert, “that i should have worn a bunch of roses on the night of my wedding that another fellow ssnt to me. but i didn’t expect to get married until Howell showed me the marriage license.” Three Men Held for Mysterious Stabbing Painter Slashed at Vaduct, Unable to Tell Who Cut Him, Is Also Arrested by Police. Atlanta Mason Given Banquet. DALTON.—Western Chapter No. 80. Royal Arch Masons, entertained State Lecturer McHan, of Atlanta, at a banquet at the Masonic Temple here last night. Three men were held in the police station Saturday as the result of the mysterious staooing of W. C. Joiner, a pailiter livfhg at 455 Whitehall Street. Joiner, who was badly slashed across the face, said he was cut by a man he did not know, who ran past him on Viaduct Way, near Peachtree Street. L. Edge, a salesman, of 731 Woodward Avenue, and T. C. Lamp- kin and W. F. Lampkin, father and son, of 33 Simpson Street, on the viaduct at the time, were arrested. Edge admitted he ran through Via duct Way to board a car, but denied doing the cutting. Joiner Is also held in the police sta tion. 3 DEAD, 50 INJURED IN COAL MINE EXPLOSION UNION TOWN, BA., May —$8 quantity of dynamite in Sunshine coal mine No. 1. three miles from Mason- town. exploded this afternoon. Three are known to be dead and fifty are injure#. BESSIE TIFT CLOSES MAY 26. FORSYTH.—The commencement season at Bessie Tift will begin May 22 and close May 26. The baccalau reate sermon will be preached by Dr. J. L. White, of Macon, while the bac calaureate address will be delivered by Rev. Alex W. Bealer, of Eastman. Proper dental Inspection , of the school children of Atlanta will be urged upon the City Council by the Chamber of Commerce. The appoint ment of dentists to make regular in spections and to see that children having teeth complaint receive prop er treatment, will be recommended. The city already has a method of medical inspection which has given material results. It Is proposed to have dentists work in connection with the physicians, many of the children’s ills being laid to the fact that their teeth are being neglected. Dr. <’. M. Barnwell, chairman of the dentistry committee of the Chamber of Commerce, has called a meeting T>f the committee for 5:30 o’clock Tues day afternoon. Attorney Attacks Savannah Charity Gazan Says Organization Does Noth ing but ‘Investigate’ While Unfortunates Starve. SAVANNAH, GA., May 12.—Simon Gazan, an attorney, scathingly de nounced the Savannah Associated Charities in police court to-day dur ing the hearing of Annie May Bacon, a 16-year-old girl, charged with the theft of a bicycle. Miss Helen Pen dleton, general secretary of the As sociated Charities, was prevented from replying by a ruling of the Re corder. The girl was finally turned over to the attorney, who promised to look after her. “All the Associated Charities does is to investigate and investigate,” he said, “and while they investigate the unfortunates starve.” Miss Pendleton was visibly excited when she left the court room. The action of Attorney Gazan was voluntary. He had not been retained to defend the girl. Beavers’ Manager Is Fined $500 or Prison Broyles Binds H. R. Pitts Over, Also, to State Courts for Violating Liquor Laws. H. R. Pitts, manager of the Bea vers’ Club, Saturday was fined $500 or 30 days by Recorder Broyles and alsd was bound over to the Stat? courts in bond of $1,000 accused of violating the liquor laws. The case was based on testimony given by W. T. Brownlee, of Law- renceville. who said he had purchased liquor in the club, paying for It in cash and without having to exhibit a membership card. He said he had an old visitor’s card, now out of date, but did not even show this. Pitts and other attaches of the club denied Brownlee's story, declaring they had never seen him before. stained shirt in the back yard of Newt Lee's home was also continued. and the Solicitor was far from convinced that its sig nificance had been rightly de termined. Mr. Dorsey worked all day Satur day on the case and announced that he would continue all of Sunday so that he could present his evidence to the Grand Jury as early as possi ble next week. Confers With City Sleuth*. A conference was held with the city detectives, who' are working in co-operation with the State, but none of the details could be learned. Strict secrecy is being maintained regard ing new developments. Evidence “exclusive and valuable’* in the Mary Phagan case has been obtained So much the Solicitor said to-day, and no pnore, declaring details of the evidence would be re vealed at qhe proper time. The evidence is the result of work by private detectives engaged by tha Solicitor, among them one whom he termed .“the best detective in Ameri ca,” when speaking of him Friday. He mentioned the important evi dence when he discussed the state ment by Monteen Stover, the 14-year- old employee of the National Pencil! Company, that is in direct contradic tion to the testimony by Leo M. Frank, the suspected factory superin tendent. Ofher Evidence More Important. The Solicitor was interested In the girl’s statement, but declared that the other evidence in his hands was far more important and tangible. in opposition to the testimony of Leo M. Frank in the Mary Phagan in quest was the statement of the Sto ver girl. The evidence that she will bear is to the effect that she was in Frank’s office at 12:05 o’clock and a little later on the Saturday afternoon preceding the discovery of the slain girl’s body, and that she found it de serted. According to Frank's testimony, he was in his office from 12 o’clock until 12:25, when Lemmie Quinn, his fore man. came in. During that time, ho said, Mary Phagnn came in, about 12:05 o’clock, to receive her pay. Monteen Stover is certain that, she reached Frank’s office at exactly 12:05 o’clock. She has been retained as an important witness. Remembers the Tims. I “The minute I got to the office floor when I went up to get my pay,” she said. ”1 looked at the clock. I wanted to know if it was time to draw my money. I would have looked at it, anyhow, I suppose, as it is always customary for me to punch it in* first thing upon entering the place to go to work. “It was five minutes after 12. I was sure Mr. Frank would be in his office, so I stepped in. He wasn’t in the outer office, and I went into the inner office. He wasn't there, either. I thought he might have been some where around the building, so I wait ed. “The whole place was awfully quiet.