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THE ATLANTA fJF.ORflTAX AND NEWS, MONDAY. MAY 12. 1013.
L EO M. FRANK, the pencil factory superintendent, held in
the Phagan mystery, in a nev; photograph. Mrs. Frank
yesterday visited her husbar.d ithe Toy or, where he is a pris
oner pending the action of the Grand Jury.
Democratic Leaders Decide on Refer
endum Following President Wil
son’s Request for Johnsons Veto.
SACRAMENTO, May 12. Referendum of the anti-alien bill
to the people of California has been determined on by the Demo
eratie leaders of the State.
This was learned to-day following the receipt of a telegram
from President Wilson to Governor Johnson asking hint to veto
the measure.
The bill was scheduled to
reach Governor Johnson to-day
from the Committee on Enrolled
Bills, where it has been held up.
The session of the l,esisla»nre ends
to-day, and under the provisions of
the constitution 30 days ensue durins
which time the Governor may sign or
veto the hill. At the end of that time
if it receives no action at the hands
of the Executive It becomes a law.
Wilson Asks Johnson
To Veto Anti Alien Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 12 -President
Wilson, through Secretary of Slate
Bryan, hap made a formal plea to
Governor Johnson, of California, to
veto the alien-land bill.
The message to California’** Gov
ernor was framed at the White House
last night. It sets forth in diplo
matic language the urgency of the
situation created by the demands of
Viscount Chinda, the Japanese Am
bassador.
The message to Governor Johnson
follows:
Two Courses Open.
The President directs me to ex
press his appreciation of your
courtesy in delaying action on
the land bill now before you. un
til its provisions could be com
municated to tl>e Japanese Gov
ernment and considered by it.
His Excellency, Baron Chinda,
is, on behalf of his Government,
presented an earnest protest
..gainst the measure. As you
•jve before you but two alterna-
\ i ves. viz. to approve or to veto,
it will avail nothing to recall
to your attention the amendments
uggested to the 1 legislature; and
■i« the President has already laid
before you his views upon tfte
subject, it is unnecessary to reit
erate them.
He passes over the questions
affecting treaty rights for two
reasons; first, because the bill
passed by the legislature is
avowedly intended to* conform to
treaty obligations, and. second,
because any conflict complained
of would be a matter for the
courts, but the 1 'resident feels
.justified in expressing again his
desire that action on the sub
ject be deferred for this session,
and he expresses the desire the
more freely because the Legisla
tor can be reconvened at any
time if the welfare of the State
requires it
He is fully alive to the impor
tance of removing any root of
discord which may create antag
onism between American citizens
and the subjects of Oriental na
tions residing here, but he is im-
pelftvd by a sense of duty to ex
press the hope that you will see
fit to allow time for diplomatic
effort The nations affected by
the proposed law are friendly na
tions- nations that have shown
themselves willing to co-operate
in the establishment of harmo
nious relations between their peo- ,
pie and ours.
President Offers Aid.
If a postponement commend:
action in California delayed, pending
a settlement of the problems Involved
by diplomacy.
Navy Short of Coal,
Battleships and Men.
WASHINGTON. May 12. Alarming
developments at the State Depart
ment and the White House following
the delivery of Japan's protest again*
the California alien land bill, regarded
practically as an ultimatum, has
called attention to the unpreparedness
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Raymond Burns, son of William J.
Burns, on the case with a view to
getting the great detective to come
here
At that lime the elder Burns was :n
Europe investigating the disappear
ance of Wilberforce Martin, and upon
being cabled of Mr. Felders <ie»i: s
replied that he would return immedi
ately.
Monday it was announced that
Burns was on his way to America
and thai < 'olonel Felder would take
up the Pliagan 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 in a
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itself to your judgment the Presi
dent will be pleased to co-operate J
in a systematic effort to discover
and correct any evils that may
exi&t in connection with land
ownership by aliens.
The decision of the administration
to urge Governor Johnson to use his
power of veto to postpone any land
legislation was reached after a series
«»f conferences between the President.
Secretary Bryan and John Bassett
Moore, counselor of the State Depart
ment, and frequent rails at the de
partment by Ambassador Chinda. It
was realized that any further attempt
to have the bill enacted by the Cali
fornia Legislature amended would be
fruitless, since Secretary Bryans trip
to Sacramento was unavailing ami
the Legislature is to adjourn next
Tuesday.
Until Governor Johnson’s reply is
received the Government probably
will make no reply to the protest of
Japan further than to acquaint the
Ambassador with the fact that ever>
possible effort has been made to have
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of the two offensive and defensive
arms of the Government.
Summarized, the unpreparedness cf
the United States, as obtained from
these sources, consists in the follow
ing detail:
First. There Is only a deceptive
preponderance of fighting strength
in ships mm between Japan and
the United States.
Second. There Is not coal
enough In the Pacific coaling sta
tions to maintain a battle fleet for
one month on cruise.
Third. No preparation has been
made by the Navy Department
since the Japanese situation be
came acute to remedy the fata!
negligence by establishing a suf
ficient coaling base anywhere out-
aide the limits of the United
States proper.
Fourth. The United States will
be forced, in case of hostilities
in the Pacific, to make its base
at Sail Franciseo or at Puget
Sound, and it has not one-flfth
the coal there that should be
there.
Fifth. The Navy Departmen'
has a working arrangement with
live transcontinental railroads by
which they could be utilized iu
emergency, but, so far. no specific
contract for the shipment of coal
to the Pacific Uoast has been
made
Sixth The total coal on hand in
the navy on July 1 last was 361.-
757 tons. There were contracted
for 153.499 tons. Since that time,
according to officials of the Na\>
Department competent to know,
there has been no effort to get
larger deliveries or to get op
tions on coal steamers or to make
preparation for the rush of ma
terial'to the Pacflc Uoast.
Seventh. There are at hast
eighteen vessels of the battleship
type which have been held in
reserve and others in ordinary
which would be n'ecessarv to pu.l
in complete commission in case
th< Atlantic fleet of battleships
now equipped were sent to the
Pacific. These battleships in re
serve need about 10.000 men to fill
up their complements, and Con
gress has not been asked for
authority to recruit sufficient men
fur a fleet. The law limits the
enrollment of the nav\ to 51.500
men. The present enrollment is
about 47,000. and if completed up
to 51,000 men would scarcely be
1 more than sufficient to equip the
emergency fleet of battleships
which would ha\e to be sent to
the Pacific.
The condition of the Navy Depar
ment, as summarized above, was o'o-
' la nud to-da> from lie - of the ex-
: pert* in the Navy Department up m
. [whom th« Government would h.no :o
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Senators Applaud
Plea for Bigger Navy.
NEW YORK May 12.—“An\ man
I who will put in the way of the
j United ytates the slightest obstruc
tion. either by his voice or vote, to
a progressive national defense pro
gram. who can see that our safety,
the peace we love .vo much and the
peace of the world depends on a navy
larger than the navies of Europe, is
lacking in true patriotism.”
The Senate Committee on Military
Affairs, sitting at luncheon on Vin
cent Astor’s yacht, Noma, at West
Point, heard tills statement from the
lips of Representative Robert F.
Broussard, of Louisiana The com
mittee, just about to land on the
rocky slope of the war academy on
annual inspection, applauded Brous
sard to the echo. Hi* continued:
"International pence -vea. even the
solid establishment of international
arbitration will never be realized un
til the United States adopts a naval
program that will push our navy
ahead of the navies of Europe and
keep it there. And that President
who adopts and prosecutes such a
policy will be heralded by the coun
try and the world as a greater worid
benefactor than either Washington or
Lincoln.
'1 have jus; listened to Senator
Johnson, of Alabama, a member of
the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs!', deebue ihM he was not in
favor of a larger army, but in favor
of a larger and h tter trained militia
that might combine at a moment's
not u <• with ; r 0 r n guiar a rim .
Wants Cadet Corps Enlarged.
"I quite agree with him, provided
we so train our militiamen to work
harmoniously w ith the regulars Like
wise. with the committqe whose guest
1 have the honor to be now. I agree
that the cadet corps here at West
Point should be enlarged. wh thcr
we need them or not. it is well to
he prepared. No greater insurance
of peace ma.\ be found than pre
paredness for war.
' Hut how about the navy’.' Such
a policy will do nothing to help the
navy. It comes to my notice always
that the men in Congress* who show
tlie greatest opposition to provisions
for an adequate navy are the first in
an emergency to cry for war. war.
w a r.
I saw men at Baltimore oppose a
greater navy plank ana 1 now hear
them demand that we go to war. They
ta'k with the wisdom of Bourke Cook-
rail. w ho. once w her i member of the
House, declared ,he United Stales
need fear no invasion because right
in his city were men who with cob
bleatones could repel any invading
army of aliens
"Block Navy; Cry for War.”
This idea of blocking the navy
and then clamoring for the defense
of our national honor was well exem
plified recently in Congress when one
of my colleagues, a man very dear to
me and a sterling American citizen
made a fiery demand that we gird
up our loins in defense of our honor.
Yet this same man was opposed to a
progressive battleship huiiding policy.
"For ten sonsecutive terms i have
been selected vecre ary of the Amer
ican group o' the Inter-Pcrha nemary
Union for Internationa Arbitration.
This will bear me out. I think, when
1 claim for myself a love of peace.”
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ALL ATLANTA IS
EAGER TO HELP
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l ew escaped without the signs of re
peated surrender. Many proudly wore
ns many as a half dozen of the lav
ender tags.
Records Sure to Go.
Before the Tag Day campaign was
in progress long it became known
that all records would be broken. The
record last yeah was $,">.100. By noon
Monday the girls were bringing in
buckets full of nickels, dimes and
dollars to headquarters in the Peters
Building. The huge display of wealth
was soon tied up in bags and the of
fices began to take on the appear
ance of the Bank of England.
The < ; mpifign w as well organized.
Before the average business man had
finished, his breakfast, the girls were
being mobilised at •headquarters. By
the time that this same business man
was in the street car or in his auto
mobile en route to his office, the
maidens armed with hundreds of tags
were in waiting for him.
Few Able to Escape.
There was no escape. On every
corner there was one or more of the
attractive, smiling girls stationed. If
a person succeeded in getting bV one
) of them w ithout buying a tag it w as
j only to be repeatedly stopped until
he finally gave in.
The girls stood at the doors of ah
the public buildings. They swarmed
into the offices in droves. Not many
attempted to make any resistance. He
who did was not wise He spent an
uncomfortable day. They even in
vaded the Capitol, tagging everyone
i from Governor Brown down to the
i most humble attache.
TORNADO WRECKS TOWN.
GREAT BEND. KAN'S., May 12.
A tornado is reported to have wreck
ed Diiwyn. a little town in Stafford
County, last night. Wires to the
place are down.
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 com
mitted and its batfling 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 II 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 aC-'used men is assumed opce tin?
matter is placed before the Grand
Jury. Should that body find the evi
dence sufficient to hold Fi ink and Lee
to trial, their cases will Be taken up
immediately before Judge L. S. Roan,
who will open the Crimin; 1 Court 1i-
vlsion 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 atta'hed to the
departure of Solicitor Dorsey’s detec
tive Monday morning foi parts un-
J known. While the Solic tor, when
| questioned as to the destination ami
j purpose of the detective's ‘rip, would
give no direct answer, it is believed
that tne mission is in connection with
some clew in Cue Phagan case which
has been unearthed by the mysterious
investigator.
The fact that a large number of
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“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 by 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 See* Frank in Tower.
While police are exhausting every
available source of information to
unravel the mystery, Frank and Lee
remain in their cells in tine Tower
chafing with impatience.
Mrs. Frank went 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 Che 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 W^rds Still Puzzle.
The point that prevents detectives
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 po»ice 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 basemen:
and found the dead girl lying face
downward. Lee also told them that
the girl had a wound in the hack of
the head.
Detectives say it is possible that
the negro, in the excitement of finding
the body, may have been honestly
mistaken as fo its position, but, at
the same lime, 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 ease that become veri
table mountains when we try to g*t
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 car* fo 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 may be. Operatives of the agency
employed by the National Pencil
Company recently put the matter
squarely up to Luther Rosser, the
company's attorney. He said:
Urge Diligent Search.
"Find the murderer of Mary Pha-
gan. Work in co-operation with the
police, work with anyone, work any
way that might lead you to success;
let your chips fall where they may.
You are employed to hunt the mur
derer until he is found and convicted.
It matters not who is guilty.”
, Five men from the detective agency
I are working on the case, under the
j direction of Assistant Superintendent
! Harry Scott. Through City Detective
J Black the Pinkertons work in connec
tion with the city police.
Leo M. Frank was visited by Mr
Rosper at his cell in c.e Tower Sun
day. They were together only a short
whiles Mr. Rosser stated he had oniy
paid a “social visit” and had not dis
cussed the case.
Chief of Detectives Lanford said
Monday that he was satisfied with the
progress of the ease so far. He 5»aid
that the investigation unavoidably
had been slow and burdened with a
mass of evidence, much of which
would have to be eliminated in the
final consideration of the case. He
was pleased with the new develop
ments which he said added much
strength to the line of evidence hi's
men are building up.
Heard Farmer Slain;
Lynching Is Feared
Sheriff to Rush Negro From County.
Killing Results From
Cow Trade.
FRANKLIN, GA., May 12.—To pre
vent pof^sible mob violence. Sheriff
Lee Taylor plans this afternoon to
take Sam Owensby. a negro, to either
Atlanta or Newnan for safekeeping.
Owensby to-day shot and killed
Brooks Lane, a prominent young far
mer, on his plantation three miles
from Franklin. The trouble resulted
from a trade for a cow.
The negro claims self-defense.
Sheriff Taylor when informed o*f
the killing hurried to the scene and
brought the negro to Franklin, where
he was lodged in the Heard County
jail. There is a large crowd In Frank
lin and feeling against the negro is
strong.
JEWISH ALLIANCE HEARS
LECTURE ON PALESTINE
Madame Bella Pevsner will speak
on “Conditions in Palestine” at the
Jewish Educational Alliance Tuesday
night. The lecture will be illustrated
with stereopticon slides. The speak
er is from Palestine.
A lecture last night at the Alliance
by Madame Pevsner was well attend
ed.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Local thunder show
ers Monday and probably Tues
day.
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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
doe« not know that Yaarab Temple,
Nobles of ihe Mystic Shrine, is he
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 out of Atlanta after some*
thing the town wanted or needed iA
its business* *
To be sure, the immediate thing
in hand It 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 yetfr is Atlanta. Th«
fame of the Yaarab Temple has been
perfectly secure in Shrinedom for
many moons, and there isn’t a visa
ing Shriner in this Texas metropolis
who hasn't heard of that great “At
lanta spirit," and the amazing things
it has accomplished heretofore.
Thereqs a feeling in the atmosphere
that everything is about over, so for
a8 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 ente -
tain and take care of the gathering
moat handsomely.
"We have convinced them that v.y»
have the hotel accommodations," sai
Mr. Adair to me to-day. "That seems\
to be the only thine- that ever has '
gotten on anybody’s nerves with re
spect to Atlanta's chances of getting
the meeting next year.
‘’Atlanta Spirit” Helps.
“There is no difficulty in convinc
ing people that Atlanta is a fine pla e
to visit at any time and for any pur
pose. Everybody has heard of At
lanta, and knows it is a great ciD\
The very term ’the Atlanta spirit!
comes readily to the lips of people liv-i
ing many miles away. Some few
have wondered, however, if a city
the size of Atlanta can take care of
the Imperial Council, and the big in
flux of visitors it brings into a city
always.
“When I show them that we ar*
prepared to take care of 60.000 visi
tors in first class shape, however,
they get away from that hotel douoc
in a hurry. The crowds attending the
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 coining home
with the bacon.”
Working in Pair*.
It is 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 ou..
Forrest Adair already has outlined a
real, sure enough Georgia barbeetd
and a lot of other things as induce
ments to visitors to go to Atlanta
next year.
From all quarters. I hear noth?
but praise of Atlanta and its piuc
in raising approximately $100,000 .
twelve hours for the Imperial Coun
cil's entertainment in 19 54.
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