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I I A . I .•#' 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 % Continued From Page 1. 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 ■ I « 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 We have Beautiful Bedding Plants 3c each. Atlanta Floral Co., 555 E. Fair Street. fg.igjsjaigH • V A BOpium, Whiik*? und Orug Habit* treated ■ at Home or at Sanitarium. Book on eubiect If'nv. DR M M WOOLLEY. ?4-N, Viwlw ■ Sanitarium. Atlanta. Georgia ATLANTA MWMkwKfHi* matinees I Miss Billy Long Co. i li a Farce With 1 000 laughs Are Yoj a Mason? h |Mt 15:. 25c. 35 . 50c MONDAY WED.aniSAT. 25c KEITH VAUDEVILLE Mat. Dally Evening 8.30 PAUL BtCKEY&GO. Next Week APOLLO TRIO- -NERN0FF A PHELPS—IIIIT WELLS— ClAHeRCE *!LBUN CD MATO L ALLMAN & OTHERS ADAM A EVE Wo 14 f. 6'ratfst IHcmrys 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 9 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.” T: ALL ATLANTA IS EAGER TO HELP Continued From Page 1. 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 The Georgian-American Pony Contest VOTE COUPON Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON. MONDAY, MAY 12, 1913 5 VOTES NOT GOOD AFTER MAY 27, 1913. Voted for Address . . CARRIERS’ AND AGENTS' BALLOT. HearsFs Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian Pony Contest Vote Coupon, Monday, May 12, 1913. S UHTTC NOT GOOD AFTER S LO May 27, 1913. Voted for Address . SCHOOL BOYS' AND GIRLS’ BALLOT. II THEYLL BRING t “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. He, i*A , nninniin Continued from Page 1. 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. 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