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ALWAYS FI RST (0) # The SUN DA Y AMERICAN Order It NOW - o Both Phones Main 8000 Read for Frofit---GEORG!AN WANT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 240. WEATHER: sidwkks. ATLANTA, (bt., TVK81JAY, M AY 13,1913. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE F ^° BURNS TO TAKE UP PHAGAN CASE *!*••!* *r • *!* *!*• v •*-• *1* •{•••!< 'I«#v •!• • I* •!*•*!• *!•••!• 4*• *** +•*!* *!•••!• v• *1* v• *1* '!*•+ *!*•+ •!••*!* vi ;* •;•••!« •{•••{• 250 SHRINER VOTES OUT OF 460 PLEDGED TO ATLANTA ‘TAG DAY” SECURES LARGE SUMS FOR UNFORTUNATE CHILDREN *:■} By JAMES B. NEVIN. DALLAS, TEXAS, May 12.—Atlanta now claims, as pledged, 250 of the 460 votes in the Imperial Council for the 1914 meeting place. Memphis still is alive and the tight has seemingly narrowed down to the two cities. If Atlanta should lose the committee’s recommendation the Georgians will carry the fight to the convention floor. Forrest Adair Potentate Forrest Adair de c-lares it is all over hut the shout ing. '■ Atlanta will be the Shrine Mecca in 1914, unless I am very gladly mistaken,” he said. The first cheering news received '»y Atlanta when the delegation arrived Sunday morning was that the seven- teen votes of Texas av “sewed u;> : ~ TUnn f n "nwod Ol-I.l. 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 | ire using this argument constantly. Memphis’ tactics may result m - j Continued on Pane 2» Column 8. 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'. man 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 Underwod tariff bill. If combinations are found among employers to restrain trade and in timidate Congress by cutting wag- s and closing factory doors, criminal suits will £e instituted. This is the frank intimation to-day of Senator John Sharp Williams. «>? the Senate Finance Committee. “The protected interests are coming to us with the same old pl^a that they are threatened with ruin,” sa.d Senator Williams. "They threaten to cut wages or assert that it will b- 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 sufficiency broad to cover such acts, and we m • / land rome >f these gentlemen De- nind A iK - bars*'’’ At tlie left. Judge \V. T. Newman, of the United States Court, is shown being tagged by Mrs. Kneijtp; in the center is Mrs. Frank Mead or; at the right. Mayor “Jim" Woodward appears tickled to death that fora change he doesn’t have to use the veto power. CALL DETECTIVE BURN TO TAG DAY RECEIPTS CERTAIN E ATLANTA GIVES LIBERALLY Atlanta capitulated Monday to an irresistible force of the city's fairest young women. It was a willing, but costly surren der. Each of tin* thousands of captives, as a token of surrender, gave up some part of his or her hard-earned money and received a tag which indicated the money was for the benefit of the Shel tering Arms Orphans’ Home. One of these fairs was sup , posed to insure the "laggee": l ,Ietion of his exchequer, against being surrounded again and submitting to another do* Continued on P$ae 2. Column 4. 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 j 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 I it follows Council’s vindication of the I officials accused of graft. Politicians assert that the breath between the Mayor and a number of the Councilmen is beyond hope of reunion. 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 his 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 A tlanta. 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 slain girl to work on the case he Journeyed to New York for a conference with Continued on Pane 2. 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