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To Hold Convention Here ALWAYS FIRST (0) # The SUNDAY AMERICAN Order It NOW)- — ...... o Both Phones Main 8000 Ti ie Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 242. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 1913, 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE 44' HOME EDITION c T*Y MYSTERY LIKELY Probably Will Not Reveal Pres ence in City as He Investi gates Phagan Case. 4 lone] Thomas B. Fplder said "Wednesday that Detective Wil liam J. Burns had not arrived, as yet. in New York from his Euio pean trip, but that as soon as he did he undoubtedly would start at once for Atlanta to work upon <h» Mary Phasran stran^lii.? mystery. Colonel Felder is acquainted with I lie day and the hour on which the famous sleuth will .reach this city, but for the pur poses of the investigation he is withholding the information. "There was no authority for the ‘Statement that Detective Burns would be in New York Tuesday." said Colonel Felder. "The date of his ar rival has been known ip my office, hut it hae not been made public." "It is quite likely that the gre.it detective will come quietly and un announced into the city, make his investigation of the mystery and slip out before many persons are aware from their own knowledge that he has been working on the case." In Touch With Burha Agency. Colgnel Felder has been in con stant touch kith Raymond Burns, son of the detective, who is sec r etar> ami treasurer of the Burns Agency, end has offices in New York. The agency is being placed in possession of the important new developments in the mystery as rapidly as they occur. An outline of the whole case will be laid before Burns the instant that he arrives at his New York of fices. / That increasing importance is be- ing attached to the notes that were found beside the dead body of Mary Phagan was in Heated Wednesday when several handwriting experts were called before Solicitor Genera. Hugh A!. Dorsey. An expert testified at the Coroner's West that the notes, in his opinion, were written by Newt Lee, the night watchman at the National Pencil Factory. The expert was corrobo rated by the unofficial testimony of two other experts. The Solicitor, however, has not been satisfied with the evidence he had on this important point. Experts were found who disagreed <jwith the con clusions presented to the Coroner's jury. The writing in the notes found near the body of Mary Phagan. they declared, was much better than the normal writing of Newt Lee. Difference in the Slant. The writing showed evidence of education and training which Lee did not possess. Lee would have had to be. under in struction for two or three months, they said, before he could show the improvement that is evident between the test specimen of his handwriting and the handwriting of the notes. Lee's normal handwriting shows a decided slant. That of the notes close ly approaches the perpendicular. The final letter in each of the words written by Lee ended abruptly. The final letters in the notes were round ed acrefully. indicating a consider able instruction in penmanship. A poem said to have been written by Mary Phagan will form one of the specimens of her handwriting which will be compared with the notes found in the basement of the National Fencil Factory. The poem is entitled "My Pa," and Mary is said by her stepfather, J. W. Coleman, to have been the author. • The poem follows: My i>a ain’t no millvunalre, but. Gee! He's offul smart! He ain't no carpenter, but he can fix a feller's cart; He ain't no doctor, but, you can bet he Continued on Page 2. Column 3, to Complete Term Filibuster Will Keep Harris Out y • *!* 4*o4* +•+ First Real Fight on a WilsonMan W. J. Harris, of Atlanta, whose nomination for director of the census has caused hot fight in the Senate. BATTLE OVER CHIEF’S RULE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL - VOTE TO COME HERE CLIMAX Race Has Narrowed Down to Drs. Maitland Alexander, Pittsburg, and S. S. Palmer,Columbus. Democrats Ready for Truce When Nomination of Georgia Man Is Blocked. WASHINGTON, May 14. —Satisfied that Republican opposition to the confirmation of W. J. Harris, of Georgia, as Director of the Census, will continue to manifest ttself in filibusters until July 1. when the resignation of E. Dana Durand, now Director of the Census, becomes ef fective. Democrats were ready to-day to declare a temporary truce. This fight is the first real battle on a Wilwn appointment. Republicans assert that the Harris appointment is pollticai and that Du rand should be permitted «o serve out his term. The rules of the Senate permit one member to conduct a filibuster with out limit. The determination of Sen ators Burton, Townsend, LaFollette and Cummins to stave off Harris' confirmation is apparent. YAQUI CHIEF, MEXIC0 7 S SITTING BULL, IS SLAIN BISBEE. ARIZ.. May 14.—A pri- vate dispatch received here .to-day states that Chief Buie, of the Yaquis, who has been fighting with the So nora State troops in front of Guaya- mas. has been killed. Buie was known as the Sitting Bull of Mexico. Matus. another warrior, has been elected chief. The rebels planned to make another assault some time to day. Gonzales, in Cuba, Would Be at Home, Says Cole Blease COLUMBIA, S. C., May 14.—'“I have always heard that chickens would come home to roost, and I am not surprised that the Cuban is trying to go back home," said Governor (’ole L. Blease to-day in commenting upon the probable appointment of William Gonzales, editor of The Columbia State, as Minister to Cuba. Gonzales is one of Blease’s most bitter political opponents. In the last South Carolina campaign Blease fre quently referred in his speeches to Gonzales as a "Cuban." Governor Blease declared to-day tiiat B. R. Tillman, senior Senator from South Carolina, is "weak-mind ed." He was discussing the effort to unseat R. S. Whaley, elected to Con gress from the First District. "1 think it Is really amusing to see Benjamin Ryan Tillman and Willie Gonzales playing anty-over. Benny throws the ball over to Willie, and Willie kisses it and throws it baek to Benny." THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia — Occasional local showers Wednesday and prob ably Thursday. A spectacular contest for the mod- eratorahip of the Presbyterian As sembly, U. S. A., will reach its cli max at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon when the forces behind Dr. Maint- ,and Alexander, of Pittsburg, and Dr. S. S. Palmer, of Coluurbua, Ohio, meet in the first test of strength Dr. William McKibbin. president of Lane Theological Seminarr. of Cincinnati, has been put forward, but pre-con vention gossip has it that the final fight will be between Drs Alexander and Palmer Members of the progressive wing of the denomination are strong In their contention that there is no rad ical candidate for the moderatorship. They charge that in violation of pre cedent and the expressed rule of the assembly, an organization has been effected in support of Dr. Alexander and that solicitations in his behalf have been made for months past. It has been made to appear, they say, that Dr. Palmer is a radical, and that he is lined up with Union Seminary. Dr. Palmers friends claim that while he ffc a progres eive, he is not a radical. Foresee Doom of Radical. No radical can win the moderator- ship according to commissioners who are already here and who are warmly discussing the oncoming battle of bal lots. No ultra-conservative can be elected, they also agree. Intense interest centers In the fight for moderator, in that its result will have a significant bearing on the fu ture policy of the church. It is slated that the moderator appoints the exec utive commission, a body with con siderable power in the assembly, par ticularly between meetings. "The great question at issue in this Atlanta meeting." said a prominent commissioner Wednesday, "is wheth er or not the church will continue its present progressive policies or return to the methods in vogue 50 years ago." The contest for moderator is, in some respects, a fight between the two great Presbyterian seminaries of the country, Princeton and Union. It is a recognized fact that Princeton is the most conservative of conservative theological institutions, and that Union has adopted many of the mod ern tendencies and has on its staff numerous of the most advanced think ers. Schools Are Brought In. It is claimed that Dr. Alexander is Closely allied with Princeton and that he was offered a place on its used against Dr. Palmer that he is board some time ago. It has been a Union Seminary graduate, but it Is stated authoritatively that Hie Is of McCormick Seminary in Chicago, which is regarded as one of the "safe and sane" Presbyterian institutions of the country. The progressives answer the charg that Dr. Palmer is a radical by citing the fact that for years he has been a member of the evangelistic com mittee of the assembly, whose con servatism is unquestioned. As a result of the agitation between the two forces of the assembly, the work of the Home Mission Board will come into review. For 50 years thv board acted as merely a distributing agent for the churches’ funds to needy mission fields. Ten years ago it adopted a progressive policy, in stituting departmental work, tack ling all the big American questions of the day. It extended its work to the immigrants, the workingmen, the Indians, employing experts as field secretaries. An effort will be made to force the hoard to return to Us old functions. Sees Progressive Victory. Speaking of the fight, a commis sioner said; There r re no parties or divisions Continued on Page 3, Column 3. AS FIGHTS Police Commission Deadlocked on j • I Beavers’ Right to Select Men for Promotion, Friends of Police Chief James L Beavers Wednesday declared that the long established policy of permitting the chief to be chief in fact as well as name—the real head of the po lice department—is in serious jeop ardy as the result of the stormy session of the Police Commission Tuesday njght when the Woodward faction came near wresting from the chief the power to nominate officers for promotion. While the effort was unsuccessful, it went so far as to apparently hopelessly deadlock the commisaio’i over the election of a successor to the late Sergeant K. S. Foster. It is the first time that such a dead lock has been known in the Police Commission. It was brought about when Com missioners W. A. Vernoy and Charles R. Garner "turned" and voted with the Woodward faction Both of these commissioners heretofore have con sistently backed the chief and have been regarded as among his warmest supporters, and as opponents of May or Woodward. Their change against the chief made a tie vote—fi to 6—and ren dered the election of a sergeant im possible. Marks First Real Claah. The deadlock marked the first real clash since Mayor Woodward became a member of the commission. When it became apparent that th& commis sion was deadlocked hard and fast, and an all-night session seemed im minent, the meeting suddenly ad journed in confusion Supporters of Chief Beavers said Wednesday that they were at a loss to understand the unexpected lineup of Commissioners Vernoy and Gar ner. Mayor Woodward and his right- hand man on the commission. Com missioner George E. Johnson, seemed well satisfied. Friends of Chief Beavers and Chair man Mason, however, expressed them selves as sanguine in the belief that they would be able to regain the lost ground. Some of the chiefs supporters free- ly asserted that this move by the Woodward faction to cripple the pow er of Chief Beavers and place elec tions in the hands of the commission is the opening wedge In a fight to eliminate civil service from the de partment and revert to the old sys tem of biennia! elections. This prom ises one of the hottest factional fights ever known in the police department. Should the present move of the chief's opponents succeed, it will mean that the chief of police will have no hand in the selection of officers for promotion. Johnson Starts the Fight. The fight against Chief Beavers was started by Commissioner Johnson, who. without giving the chief time to recommend his choice for promotion, nominated Roundsman Whatley and insisted on his election. The fight for ■the chief was led by Commissioner B. Lee Smith, who declared this move to be a grave injustice to the chief and a serious mistake. Commissioner Johnson said the commission had made a mistake in ever setting the precedent of allow ing the chief to select officers for promotion, and declared he stood ready to rectify that mistake. Mayor Woodward and Commissioner Colcord also Insisted that the power of nam ing the officers be taken from the chief and given to the commission. Commissioner Smith cited the com missioners to the fact that they had gone on record previously as making the chief the real head of the derart- menf. The dead-locked Ilne-up was as follows. * For the Chief—Chairman Mason, Commissioner* Fain. Rmith, McEftch- ern. King and *T>ozler. Against the ♦♦'hlef—Commissioners Vernoy. Garner. Johnson. Colcord, Clark and Mayor Woodward. F ORREST ADAIR, Potentate of Yaarab Temple, v/ho has led in the great fight to bring the 1914 Shriner meet to Atlanta. He has won the title of “the lh eit wi c at the Dallas convention,” working unceasingly for the Gate City. Another violent outbreak against the authority of the game laws was reported to State Game Warden Jesse E. Mercer Wednesday by two of his deputies. E. L. Waggoner and A. S. Johnston, of ciarkston, DeKalb County, were targets for a fusillade of shots Tues day night when encamped near the banks of the Venable pond at Stone Mountain Due either to the poor aim of the poachers of to their intention of only scaring the deputies away, neither of the officers was wounded. Mercer to Investigate. The outbreak it Stone Mountain, in conjunction with the trouble at Mill- town, where Deputy Boisclair report ed that he was arrested, threatened and nearly mobbed, is engaging the entire time of the State Game War den's office. After instructing Deputy Waggon er that he should not hesitate to re turn the fire if there ns as any more shooting. Mr Mercer made 'prepara tions to go in person to Milltown with Deputy Boisclair, there to Investigate for himself the exact conditions. The cases against the persons for whom Boisclair swore out warrants for wishing illegally at Milltown will be heard Monday and Mr. Mercer Will be at the hearing Boisclair a'so will be a defendant. ihe charge against him being carrying concealed weauons. , a JACKSONVILLE. FLA.. May 14. H. P. McNeil, a wealthy saloon man of this city, was shot at his Pablo Beach summer home to-day and is now in a local hospital with a bullet in his brain. The attending physi cians say he can not recover. His wife and chauffeur were arrested, charged with the crime. The chauffeur told the police that the three went together in a room in the house, and tiiat McNeil drew a gun on his wife. When he at tempted to dissuade McNeil from shooting, the chauffeur said, he wig knocked down, and in the scuffle which followed McNeil was shot in the back of the head. McNeil is a brother of VV. D. Mc Neil. a Macon lawyer and State Sen ator-elect. His father, W. A. McNeil, is in the ice cream business in Way- cross. Mrs. McNeil Is a sister of Representative "Chic” Acosta, of Du val County. Florida. COLONIAL WARS SOCIETY APPLIES FOR A CHARTER SAVANNAH. GA., May 14. An ap plication for a charter for the So ciety of Colonial. Wars In the State of Georgia lias been filed in the Supe rior Court. The incorporators are O. Noble Jones, C. H. Banks. J. (>. Hatch, R T Waller. If. M. King. TAJ. Charl ton. c T Salisnas. Thomai Gamble. Jr.. TV. R. Lea ken. J. A. G. I'frfion and \V I.. Grayson, of Chatham County, and K. D. Meador, of Glynn. Ballot on Meeting Place To Be Taken Wed nesday Afternoon — Memphis Only Rival. DALLAS, May 14.—At lanta wins the Shrine con vention for 1914. By JAMES B. NEVIN. DALLAS. TEX., May 14—Taka Eorreat Adair * wmd for it, Atlanta Is xoing to win to- Just Uefore closing ords and going Into t the Imperial council of Slirlnc to-day Mr. Adair and his faithful Vaarab boosters and boom ers held a final council of war. After checking every name on th“ roll* or representative* and the Im perial- council, and after tightening up all the rivet, everywhere, the conference decided that Atlanta should win over Memphis bv approx imately two to one. and that only the most unexpected and unantici pated complication could prevent At lanta rapturing the 1914 gathering It Is not to he supposed that this campaign in Dallas has been all eaay salllng On the contrary, much of It has been exceedingly rough, al though never dangerous, so far is the Yaarahs could sec. Memphis has made a game flgV and has had stout-hearted friends on hand waging her battle. It has been clearly shown, however, that Atlanta has very much the better of Memphis in the matter of hotel ac commodations. and the Dallas gath ering has been flooded with Invita tions from officials of Georgia and the city of Atlanta, clubs and busi ness organizations, as well as many private persons. The publicity work has been in telligently handled. That large en tertainment fund, reaching well to ward $100,000, coupled with the as surance that there is more monev where that came from, all aerved to make Atlanta's success seeming ly certain. Little Talk of "Dark Horae." There has been some jealousy cropping out, of course. Some del egates having no particular love ther for Atlanta or Memphis, al though few' of that sort have been in evidence, have undertaken to start talk of a "dark horse." and in that connection, both Atlantic City and Boston have been mentioned as ac ceptable meeting places for next year Baltimore has also been men tioned. In the main, however, the contest for the nonor of entertaining the imperial council uas been confined to Atlanta apd Memphis, with Atlanta always leading easily. It is predicted that there will be a much larger crowd in Atlanta next year than is now in Dalla.s In the first place, the Shriners have been convinced that Atlanta has the hotel accommodations and the funds to make things hum. neither of which Dallas has had to the extent of mak ing this year's session all It might have been. In the second place, the enthusiasm of the Atlanta delegation has been of a genuinely winning variety ail the time. It Is a foregone conclusion that the Imperial Council is to meet in San Francisco in 1915. the year of the Panama Exposition, and for that reason It is the purpose of the Shrin ers to have next year’s session in the East. Ballot Wednesday Afternoon. The balloting on next year’s meet ing. expected to take place between now and 1 o'clock, was deferred till later in the afternoon. It Is expected that Atlanta will win easily In the early stages of the vot ing. If intelligent leadership, ear nestness of purpose and thoroughness of method count for anything, For rest Adair's fight should win to-day. Ho reached here among the first, and ihere is not a delegate or a rep- resentativ whom he hfta pot aaea^pea*