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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. . ^ - .