Newspaper Page Text
THE WEATHER.
Forecait for Atlanta and
Georgia — Occasional local
showers Wednesday and prob
ably Thursday.
PHAGAN SLAYING CASE WOT Y T SOLVED
The Atlanta Georgian [latest news
Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WAhT ADS—Use for Results
VOL. XI. NO. 242.
ATLANTA. OA„ WKDXKSDAY, MAY 14 1913,
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p ^°
SHE WHIG
MEET TO
Balloting on Place for Next
Year's Convention Scheduled
to Occur This Afternoon.
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
DALLAS, TEX., May 14.—Take
Forrest Adair's word for It, Atlanta
Is going to win to-dayi
Just before closing campaign rec
ords and going into the session of
the imperial council' of the Mystic
Shrine to-day Mr. Adair and his
faithful Yaarab boosters and boom
ers held a final council of war.
After checking every name on the
rolls of representatives and the im
perial council, and after tightening
up' all the rivets everywhere, the
conference decided that Atlanta
should win over Memphis by approx
imately two to one. and that only
the moat unexpected and unantici
pated complication could prevent At
lanta capturing the 1914 gathering.
'.It is not to be supposed that this
campaign in Dallas has been all easy
sailing. On the contrary, much of
it has been exceedingly rough, al
though never dangerous, so far is
the Yaarabs could see.
Memphis has made a game fight
and has had stout-hearte 1 friends
on hand waging her battle. It has
been clearly shown, however, that
Atlanta has very much the better of
Memphis in ihe matter .of hotel ac.
cnmmodations. and the Dallas gath
ering has been flooded with invita
tions from officials of Georgia and
the city of Atlanta, clubs end busi
ness organizations, as well as many
private persons.
The publicity work has been in
telligently handled. That large en
tertainment fund, reaching welt to
ward *100.000, coupled with the as
surance that there is more money
where that came from, all served
to make Atlanta's success seeming-
lv certain.
Little Talk of “Dark Horse."
There has been some jealousy
cropping out. of course. Some del
egates having no particular love ci
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
tinned.
In the main, however, the Contest
for the honor of entertaining the
imperial council has been confined to
Atlanta.and 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 Dallas. 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
Wilias has had to the extent of mak
ing this year’s session all it mighl
have been.
In the second place, the enthus.asm
of the Atlanta delegation has been of
a genuinely winning variety all 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 should take place between noon
and 1 o'clock to-day. If there is no
flurry of ahy kind in the voting, it
should be finished early. If there Is a
flurry, however, the resulting fire
works may run the voting period well
into 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 shoilld win 4o-dav.
He reached here among the very first,
and there is not a delegate or a rep-
resentativ whom he has not seen per
sonally. When Atlanta has won, For
res, Adair's place as a master politi
cian and manager of men will be es-
f.ontinued on Pape 2. Column L
CHIEF’S RULE
IMPERILLED
AS
FIGHTS
Police Commission Deadlocked on
Beavers’ Right to Select
Men for Promotion.
Friends of Folice Chief James L.
Beavers Wednesday declared that th^
long established policy of permitting
the chief to be chief in fact as well
as name—the Teal head of the po
lice department—is in serious jeop
ardy a» the result of the stormy
session of the Police Commission
Tuesday night 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 commission
over the election of a successor to
the late Sergeant K. S. Foster. It
is the first time that such a dean-
lock has been kno*n 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.
Marks First Real Clash.
The deadlock marked the first real
clash since Mayor Woodward became
a member of the commission. When
it became apparent that the 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 Iqss
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 chief's 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 biennial elections. This prom,
ises one of the hottest factional fights
ever known in the police department.
Should the present move of the
chiefs 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 miBtake.
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 restifv that mistake. Mayor
Woodward and Commission Coloord
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 depart
ment.
Here’s Dead-Locked Lineup.
The dead-locked line up was as
follows.
For the Chief—Chairman Mason,
Commissioners Fain. Smith. McEach-
ern. King and Dozier.
Against the Chief—Commissioners
Vernoy, Garner, Johnson. Colcord.
Clark and Mayor Woodward.
Throughout the whole wrangle mo
tions, amendments and substitutes
bombarded Chairman Mason. Points
of order were freely interspersed.
When retorts* about "all night ses
sions" began to fly about. Commis
sioner (Hark moved to adjourn, but
the motion was lost. It was hut a
short time later, however, until the
meeting broke up amiJ numerous
shouts of "1 move we adjourn.”
Cubist Walk Arrives in Atlanta
'I* • v • v *!••*!• *!* • *r
Every Move Has Angle of Its Own
*•+ *r •+ v*v -1*®*!* v®v
Even Faces Have Futurist Lines
BURNS LIKELY T
Noted Detective Probably Will Not
Reveal Presence in City as He
Works On Slaying Case—Dorsey
Takes Up New Handwriting Clew.
Colonel Thomas B. Felder said Wednesday that Detective
William J. Burns had not arrived, as yet, in New York from his
European trip, but that as soon as he did he undoubtedly would
start at once for Atlanta to work upon the Mary Phafran strang
ling mystery.
Colonel Felder is acquainted with the day and the hour on
which the famous sleuth will reaeh this city, hut for the purposes
of the investigation he is withholding the information.
“Thpre was no authority for
the statement that Detective
Burns would be in New York
Tuesday,” said Colonel Felder.
"The (lute of his arrival has
been known in my office, but it
has not been made public."
"II is quite likely that the great
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
has been working on the case"
In Touch With Burns Agency
Colonel Felder has been
he
See how
necessary
it is to
hold body
gracefully
angular
in latest
mode of
ambulation?
Kaiser Gives Rebuke
to Ex-King Mannel
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, May 14.—Former King
Manuel, of Portugal, has incurred the
wrath of Emperor William, it is said.
The Emperor has withdrawn his in
vitation to the King to attend tne
wedding of the Princess Victoria
Louise to Prince Earnest of Cumber
land this month.
The Kaiser discovered that Manuel
had been deeply interested in, if he
had not instigated, the recent royal
ist uprising in Li*4>on. A compro
mising letter signed by Manuel was
found on a Portuguese officer, it is
alleged. His crime in the Kaiser's
eyes was that the letter was dated
from the Castle of Sigmaringen. the
home of Manuel's affianced. Princess
Augustine of Hohenzollern.
Powers’ Troops in
Scutari Keep Order
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VIENNA. 14.—An internation
al force of marines, bluejackets and
soldiers from the fleet which has
been blockading the Montenegrin
coast entered Scutari to-day and pm
an end to fears that mutinous Monte
negrin soldiers would commit a mas
sacre because King Nicholas gave up
|he city +
*yilitary la* was established.
Miss J juiie Cooper. Juniper Street, the .society girl who
introduced the cubist walk to Atlanta fashionables.
Pose Must Be Gracefully Angular,
Hands and Elbows Akimbo.
Who-o-;
WALK.
Observe
gracefully
it's here: THE CUBIST
First, hold the body
angular—yes, gracefully
angular is the way it .should be held;
then place the hands -and elbows
akimbo; ankles parallel, and there
you have the correct position to do
the Cubist Walk.
It puts the Peachtree Prance and
the Piedmont Glide ’way in the shade.
Angles Into Atlanta.
This latest fad in ambulation
springs from the brain of Miss Hazel
Allen, of Los Angeles, and has just
come to Atlanta.
To Miss Janie Cooper, 67 Juniper
Street, and a favorite in the city’*'
society circles, belongs the honor of
first trying the Cubist Walk. She
liked it. Its grace appealed to her
and to the bevy of other young ladies
who have followed Miss Cooper’s ex
ample.
On Order of Egyptian.
The walk, according to Miss Allen,
is on* the order of the Egyptian.
len. "as
I sr. K\
carries
‘Cubist
diffici
en the
oUt tli
Walk
m«'
mi.
expr
sejuri
fun. It i:
because it
1 Miss Al-
be angu-
of the face
called the
is in line
with the ideas of Cubist and Futurist
painters.
"I would rather do the Cubist Walk
than eat.” she avowed, and before
long !* will be the rage among society
girls of the entire nation."
Uncle Sam Is Ready
to Wash His Money
WASHINGTON. May 14.—The Fed
eral Government’* "money laundry”
will be In full swing this week when
the Treasury Department will begin
the operation of four currency wash
ing machines, turning out daily 100.-
000 washed and Ironed notes which
otherwise would be destroyed.
Ah the question of forbidding the
washing of money because of the al
leged danger of counterfeiting Is
being agitated in Congress, on the re
sults of this week'* "wash" will de
pend the decision on the efficacy of
the “money laundry.”
If is claimed the laundry will save
the Government half a million dollars
or more yearly. Advocates of the
washing machine claim it will reduce
the output of the Bureau of Engrav
ing and Printing by 20,000,000 notes
annually.
stant touch kith Raymond Burns, son
of the detective, who is secretary
and treasurer of the Burns Agency,
and hat officea 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 b^-
Ing attached to the notes that were
found by the dead body of Alary
Phagan was in licated Wednesday
when several handwriting expert*
were called before Solicitor Genera
Hugh M Dorsey.
An expert testified at the Coroner's
Inquest 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, hQwfever. has not been
satisfied with the evidence he had
on this important point. Expert# were
found who disagreed with the con
clusions presented to the Coroner’s
jury. The writing in the notes found
near Mary Phag/m, 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-
stmctidR 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 sla«nt. 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 ccarefully. 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
Pencil Factory. The poem is entitled
"My Pa.' and Mary is said by her
stepfather, J. W. Coleman, to have
been the author.
The poem follow#
My pa ain’t no millyunaire. 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
alius knows
Just what to do to fix a boy what's got
a bloody nose!
My pa ain't president beooa, he says,
he never run.
But he could do as well as any presi
dent has done
A president may beat my pa at pilin’
up the vote.
But he can't beat him. I will bet,
• -whittlin' out a boat!
My pa ain't rich, but that's becoe he
never tried to be;
He ain't no lectrician. but one day he
fixed the telephone for me!
My pa ain’t never wrote a book, but 1
know he could, i
Becos the stories that he tells to me
are alus powerful good!
My pa knows everything, I guess, an'
you bet I don’t care
Cox he ain'i president or rich as any
millyunaire!
Whenever things gn wrong, my pa can
make 'em right, you see,
An' if he ain't rich or president, my
pa s good enough fer me!
CHIEF LANFORD SAYS PHAGAN
MYSTERY IS NOT YET S<
CHIEF OF DETECTIVES LANFORD IS QU0TF. T
DAY A3 SAYING THAT THE PHAGAN MYSTEi'.Y ,
YET CLEARED UP.
“CERTAINLY DETECTIVE ABILITY HAS NOT B“ '
LACKING IN THIS MYSTERY,” SAID LANFC"
COME THE PINKERTONS, THE SOLICITOR’S Si*. .
‘AMERICA’S GREATEST SLEUTH,’ THEN DETECTIVE
BURNS—AND THE SQUAD AT HEADQUARTERS ARE NOT
INFERIOR WHEN IT COMES TO EFFICIENCY. IN FACT.
THE CITY DETECTIVES HAVE UNEARTHED THE LY '.
PORTION OF EVIDENCE NOW AT HAND.
“BUT A WORLD OF DETECTIVES, AS GOOD AS ANY
ON EARTH THOUGH THEY BE. HAS NOT S
Girard Officer Kills
Another Over Woman
COLUMBUS. GA., May 14— H O.
LI licit, a policeman, is dead; W. D.
Perry, another policeman, is wound
ed. and Mary Lou Webster, a wom
an of questionable character, is in
jail to-day as the result of a pis
tol duel In Girard Ala., last nigh r .
ffilhott shot Perry twice before Perry
fired. Perry’s wounds are not con
sidered serious
The killing grew out of a dispute
over the woman, about whom one
man had already been killed
Perry’s son. Otis, shot and killed
former Chief of Police James Floyd,
of Girard, last year, and is now await
ing trial. Both ERIiot and Perry
have families living in Girard
Plans 1-Day Flight
Across the Atlantic
MILITANTS PLOT
TO WRECK TRAIN
Scores of Lives Saved When
Explosives Are Discovered.
Another Mansion Burned.
tpeelal Csbls to The Atlanta Georgian.
SYDNEY. N. B. May 14.—An
nouncement waa made to-day by Al
exander Graham Beil, inventor of
the telephone, that F C. Baldwin,
one of hi* aeaiatanie. will attempt, to
cross the Atlantic in an aeroplane
starting from Halifax A prize of
*55,000 haa been offered w the flfai
man that can accomplish the feat
In seventy-two hours
The Journey muat be made all in
one spurt." mid Bell "Starting from
Halifax in the morning we ought i«
arrive in Ireland for a late dinner
Hadley Has Remedy
For Republican Ills
CHICAGO. Mev 14 -Quick patch
ing up of the difference* between Re
publicans and Progressive* wa* pre
dicted by ex-Governor Herbert 8
Hadley, of Mieeourl. to-day. He was
here to attend the conference of Re
publican Progressive*
"The merger of the Republicans and
Progressives must came toon.” he
said. "Tbi* will be brought about by
the removal of some of the objec
tionable features of the Republican
perty. A nationel convention of the
leaders of each party !• the solution."
Fire Drives Mercer
Pupils From Beds
MACON. GA„ May 14.—Mre In the
Mercer College dormitory el 2 SO
o’clock thi* morning drove 200 col
lage boys from their beda. Scantily
clad, they camped on the campus
until daylight.
The lose by Are amounts to about
**,000. but the damage by water will
be mluch larger. Many of the stu
dents loet their clothing The dor
mitory kitchen was wrecked.
ipacial Cable to Tha Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 14.—Train wreck
ing is the latest form of violence et-
tempted by the militant suffragettes.
An attempt to-day was made by
women to blow up a train on Ihe
London and Southwestern Railway,
but the plot failed owing to the vigi
lance of the guards. Three bombs
were found In a crowded carriage of
s passenger train. If an explosion had
oorurred, scores of lives would hive
been loet.
Militant women burned The High
lands. a mansion at Sandgate. caus
ing damage estimated at H.flOO. Sand-
gate is two miles from Folkstone,
overlooking the English Channel.
Puncturing of motor car tires la
another freak of the militants Fre
quented highway* are being strewn
with pieces of leather flllad with
smell, sharp nail*. "Vote* for Wom
en" 1* stamped on the leather.
Special guard* were placed on pae-
senger train* on the Midland Rail
road as the resutt of threat* by mem
ber* of the Women’s Social and Po
litical Union. Precautionary meas
ure* now taken throughout England.
Including guarding railway trains
golf link*, cathedral*, government
buildings and cabinet ministers, are
costing *60,0000 a week.
F. M. HARDIN TO MANAGE
SOUTHEASTERN DEMURRAGE
F M Hardin has been elected man
ager of the Southeastern Demurrage
Bureau, to All the vacancy caueed by
the re*ignation of J. C. Haskell.
A meeting of the bureau wa* held
In Atlanta, attended by a score of
representatives from various citie*
in the territory covered. ^
200 Eagles Attend
Annual Dutch Lunch
Members of the Atlanta 1-odg*.
Fraternal Order of EAgia*. are atiU
chuckling over the good times they
had In their hall in the Stsiner-Em-
ory Building Tuesday night, when
the annual dutch lunch and smoker
waa held. More than 200 member*
attended.
The club rooms, repainted and dar-
orated. were used for the flr*t time
Tuesday night. All the rooms on one
side of the long hallway hav* been
arranged to they can be thrown open
into one room, where the feast wa*
served.
The session wa* preaided over by-
John Y. Smith, president of the lo
cal lodge No. 1.
ENGLISH SEND $100,000
POLO PONIES FOR MATCH
NEW YORK, May 14.—Forty-two
English polo ponies, valued at more
than *100,000. arrived from England
to-day on tha liner Minneapolis. They
will be used by the English polo play
er* in their match with the Ameri
can* June 10 and 14.
Twenty-four of the ponies are the
persona! property of the Duke ol
Westminster. . ^ - .