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VOL. XI. NO. 243.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1913.
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EDITION
AGAN SLAYER
Noted Detective Expected to Take
Up Case June I— One of His
Experts Coming Soon.
Colonel Thomas B. Felder, noted Atlanta lawyer, Thursday
issued the positive statement that AVilliam J. Burns would take
charge of the Phagan investigation immediately upon his return
from Europe, June 1.
In the meantime a criminal investigator will be sent from the
Burns Agency’s New York office to prosecute the investigation.
Colonel Felder gave out the
following dispatch received
from Raymond J. Burns, son of
William J. Burns, in New York,
which tells of the father’s de
termination to take up the Pha-
"an mystery:
Rather still in Europe. Re
turns about June 1. He consents
to take charge of Phagan investi
gation immediately upon his re
turn. He suggests I send a good
criminal investigator to start in-
vestigation immediately before
..same gets too cold.
Colonel Felder declared his su
preme confidence in Bums’ ability to
clear up the Phagan mystery and
bring to light the person or persons
guilty of the murder.
Thinks Fund Can Be Raised.
He declared that his action in se
curing the detective was given impe
tus by the demands of Atlanta citi
zens to clear up the mystery regard
less of cost, and he expresses his be
lief that sufficient funds to cover the
investigation will be easily forthcom
ing.
Already, he declared, the founda
tion of i fund had been secured
through the generous donations of
friends of the Phagan girl and other
people who have interested them
selves in the work. Colonel Felder
himself has turned over to the fund
the fee paid his legal firm to assist in
the prosecution..
And now, with the subscriptions
well under way. he declared, the pub
lic-spirited citizens of the city, by
popular subscriptions, would be asked
to make up the shortage.
Colonel Felder's statement in full is
as follows:
Statement by Felder.
The time is at hand when 1
deem it not only proper, but nec
essary, that I take the public into
my confidence relative to the fur-
t i her proposed investigation of the
Phagan murder case.
My firm was employed by neigh
bors and friends of the deceased
shortly after the crime was com
mitted to aid in the preparation of
the case and the prosecution
thereof.
Without intending to reflect in
the slightest degree upon the vig
ilant detectives engaged upon th *
case, who seem to be doing their
utmost to ferret out the mystery,
it occurred to me that the mag
nitude of the crime justified an
effort to secure t{ie services of Wil
liam J. Burns, a man with a rec
ord of successes covering a period
of 30 years or more—and without
b single failure charged against
him.
Women Aid in Move.
A committee of prominent wom-
ineni women of the city, distin
guished for their philanthropic
w ork, called upon me, assuring me
that funds sufficient to cover the
expenses of Burns investigation
could be raised by public sub
scription. I assured these good
women of my willingness to con
tribute our fee. and some addi
tional amount if necessary. I im
mediately got into communication
with Mr. Bums, and the result of
my efforts will be reflected by a
. Bblegram which reached me by
%va \ of his New York office, which
is published herewith.
I feel that those interested in
’ seeing justice vindicated, by fixing
this crime upon the guilty parties,
whom I fee! certain will be
brought to punishment through
Lha efforts nf this distinguished
detective, are to be congratulated
that we have been able to secure
his services.
The fund thus far raised by the
friends and neighbors of the fam
ily of deceased, and through the
-fforts of the good women who
have interested themselves in this
work, falls far short of the
amount required to carry it for
ward.
Public Asked to Donate.
The public Is therefore invited
to contribute to the fund. At the
conclusion of the work an item
ized statement of receipts and
disbursements in this behalf will
be published by the press of the
city for the information of the
subscribers to the fund.
In conclusion I desire to say
that in what I am doing I have
the approval of the Solicitor Gen
eral, Hon. Hugh M. Dorsey, who
will supervise and direct all work
In this behalf.
THOMAS B. FELDER
For Felder. Anderson. Dillon &
Whitman.
Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey
said that he expected no developments
along the line of a new arrest, nor
had there been anything at all in the
case that would lead him to change
the direction of hie prosecution.
“There is absolutely nothing new
in the case,” he said Thursday morn
ing. “unless it is evidence that has not
been made public. Our investigation
has been extensive, and some rather
important points have been brought
out since the Coroner’s inquest, but
there is nothing that could be called
new.
“For the last two days our efforts
have been directed tow'ard getting
the different statements in shape and
corroborating what evidence we
have.”
New Arrest Not Unlikely.
Jt became known, however, that for
two days deputies from the offices of
the Solicitor have been contemplat
ing making a new arrest in the case,
and that It is not unlikely the ar
rest may be made Thursday or Fri
day.
One of the deputies was responsi
ble for the statement that there was
almost as much evidence against the
party, or parties, under surveillance as
there was against the two suspects
held in the Tower. He said he had
not made the arrest yet because the
persons could not get away and he
wanted to get the sanction of the
Solicitor, which had thus far been
withheld.
The Solicitor said that he at
tached little Importance to the slip
of paper found in an old purse at
Mary Phagan’s home on which was
written the slain girl’s name and ad
dress. Other than as a specimen of
her handwriting, he said, It was of
no importance.
He said he did not believe the girl
expected to meet her death or had
the slip of paper as an identification
card, for the reason that it was left
In an unused purse and at her home.
The Solicitor had several confer
ences yesterday with handwriting ex
perts and intimated the evidence
along this line would play an impor
tant part in the trial.
The Grand Jury meets Friday, but
it is not probable the Phagan case
will be submitted then. Mr. Dorsey
said that he might call a special ses
sion some time before Friday of next
week, but the probabilities were it
would be considered on that day.
All the cases on the docket, with
the exception of the Phagan case,
were placed on the Grand Jury calen
dar Thursday to “clean up” every
thing for the Phagan investigation,
which probably will take several days
East Point Town
Marshal Is Found
Dead in Street
Lying face downward in the middle
of the street, with the head buried in
the folded arms, J. C. Cash, night
marshal of East Point, was found
dead in front of the Citizens’ Bank,
at East Point, Thursday morning at
4:30 o’clock.
Edward Thrailkill, a truck farmer,
found the body. Coroner Donehoo
will hold an inquest Thursday after
noon.
An examination failed to disclose
any marks or wounds on the body.
Dr. Griffin is of the opinion that death
was caused by apoplexy, but he has
not yet made a close enough exam
ination to be sure.
The body was found by Thrailkill
as he was driving into East Point
with a load of produce. His horses
shied, and Thrailkill, investigating,
found the body lying in the street.
Cash’s revolver was still in his pocket,
unexploded, and his club was lying
by his side, where it had dropped
when he fell.
Cash had been marshal of East
Point for sixteen months.
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Up
2 Bandits Hold
200 Men and Loot
A Gambling Den
TULSA. OKLA., May 15.—Wilh
drawn revolvers two masked youths
held up a crowd of 200 men at the
“Turf Exchange” on Main Street
early this morning and got away with
$2,500 in cash.
The upper floor of the place was
crowded with men when two slender
youths appeared at the entrance to
the . room. They had blue handker
chiefs over their faces and w'hile one
man held his gun leveled at the as
tonished crowd his partner went
around to the various tables gather
ing up all the money in sight and
placing It in a stout canvas bag.
None of the men were searched.
The robbers then backed out of
the room and down the stairway to
the pool hall. They made their es
cape through a rear door.
Fasting for Cancer,
Paris Expert’s Cure
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, May 15.—Dr. Keating Hart,
famous French cancer specialist, who
laid before the Academy of Medicine
a new theory for the cure of the
malignant disease, which consists
chiefly of fasting, holds that cancer
is not hereditary and that it can be
cured.
The general treatment consists in
reduction of food almost to the point
of starvation; the local treatment,
given w’hen the disease is Incipient,
consists of the usual operation, fol
lowed by the directing of a stream
of high-tension electric sparks against
the affected part.
Dr. Hart believes that the over
heated condition of blood, due to
heavy eating, makes part of the body
susceptible to cancer germs.
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Business Guide of
the "Want Ad”
Section will build
up your trade. It
points the way to
your place. How
many people know
what your busi
ness is and where
it is located?
Whether all
“non - elect”
children dying
in infancy go
straight to hell
is a “human in-
t«*reyt” problem
which will pro
duce mingling
emotions in the
minds of most
mothers, to say
nothing of some
fathers. A stern
P resbyterian
preacher of
former day is
reported to have
imparted the
cheerful infor
mation that the mouth of hell is
choked with such infants. He
did not state specifically how he came
by this knowledge, but the sermon
must have sent his congregation home
shivering, in spite of the warmth of
his subject.
The, Southern Presbyterian Assem
bly now in session in Atlanta will
wrestle with this much discussed
question. For some time its minis
ters and Presbyteries have been de
bating the proposition as to whether
t£e confession of faith should be re-
vised so as to declare plainly that all
children dying in infancy shall be
saved—as probably practically all of
them now sincerely believe—or
whether this church shall continue
to merely affirm that all “elect in
fants dying in infancy” shall be sav
ed from hell.
By REV. CHARLES STELZLE.
that nearly every ex-moderator of |
the Northern Assembly is a user of
tobacco. As for the commissioners
—watch them in the lobbies of the
hotels.
D R. MAITLAND ALEXANDER, of Pittsburg, foremost can
didate for moderator of the Presbyterian Church (North
ern) and one of the leading figures in America’s religious work.
CARNEGIE’S NEPHEW ILL
IN A HOSPITAL AT MIAMI
MIAMI, FLA., May 15.—Frank Carne
gie, nephew of Andrew Carnegie, is se
riously ill at the City Hospital. He was
brought in from a cruise among the
Florida Keys with Harry Whitney, ex
plorer.
How is
Business?
Elect Infant Clause
Inserted Long Ago.
However this matter may be final
!y disposed of, it should be said in
all fairness that when this 4‘elect in
fant” clause was inserted in the
Westminster Confession of Faith, the
then dominant church—this was sev
eral hundred years ago—insisted that
only children undpr its care should be
saved. The Presbyterians of that
day vehemently declared that this w-as
not true—that at least all the infants
of "the elect,” or all the “elect in
fants,” whichever way you may
choose to put it,—in. short, the pre
destined ones—were also to be saved.
This attitude was a radical advance
over the system which limited so
narrowly the number of “saved” in
fants, and these worthies of the old
Presbyterian faith should be given
due credit for their “radicalism.” But
there are large numbers of Presby
terians who are to-day unwilling to
go much in advance of this doctrine.
They say that whatever may be their
personal opinions about the matter,
there is absolutely nq scripture pas
sage which distinctly states that all
children dying in infancy shall be
saved, and they are not ready to in
corporate in their Confession of Faith
a doctrine they state is not specifi
cally taught in the Bible.
They are willing to rest their faith
upon “the revealed word,” leaving as
open questions all matters of uncer
tainty. They do not say that all
such infants are not saved, but neith
er will they have the church teach
that they are saved.
Perhaps the Atlanta Assembly will
throw some further light upon this
troublesome problem, but this Is not
likely to be the case.
Smoking by Pastors
Again Under Debate.
While the sincere and earnest men
in these assemblies admit they do
not know what the Almighty will do
in the future with “damned" children,
there are a good many wffio have
agreed upon the question as to
whether it is quite the thing for full-
grown ministers to smoke right now.
They will probably declare, to use
rather a raw epigram, that “It is bet
ter to smoke here than hereafter,”
but they are more than ready to keep
any minister from smoking anywhere.
If the Northern Assembly does not
pass its usual annual resolution
against the practice of ministers
smoking, it will no doubt be because
they are meeting in a part of the
country where this habit is far more
common than it is in the North.
And yet it is a peculiar coincidence
Triple Meeting
A Sign of Progress.
Few people appr- > iiuo tlie signifi
cance of this simultaneous meeting
of the three Presbyterian Assemblies
—the Northern, Southern and Unit
ed. A few years ago such a pro
ceeding would have been an absolute
impossibility. There are some folks
in Atlanta at this moment who are
fearful of what may happen during
the next 10 days. For if these 1,400
commissioners, representing the three
denominations should really come to
know each other and discover that
some of the men of whom they have
been hearing for many a year are
actually free from horns and cloven
hoofs, there’s no telling what may
come to pass. It isn’t likely that
there would be an immediate amal
gamation, but what a tremendous re
lief it would be to have it datvn upon
some people that these “split Ps” act
ually belong to the same great Pres
byterian family.
This realization may or may not
come in the regular meetings of the
assemblies*—the discovery is more
likely, to be made in the homes hr
which those commissioners are being
entertained. It’s the human element,
r.ot the theological, that will finally
produce the spirit of greater brother
hood among Presbyterians, and the
women In the homes are going to
help right loyally on the Job.
Interesting Personage
Assembly Delegate.
There’s a very dignified coinmls- |
signer in the Northern Assembly from
St. Louis. His name is Gregg—Dr.
Harris H. Gregg, pastor of the Wash-
ington-Compton Avenue Church. For
conservatism in theology he Is the
limit, but he Is so thoroughly human
and warm hearted that most folk 4 *
are compelled to admire him even
though they cannot accept his “pre-
millenial” and other “dispensational”
teaching. If there is a young fel
low In his parish who needs a per
sonal friend, Dr. Gregg is on hand if
he finds out about the chap’s need.
If a strangei is coming to town who
needs a boarding house and some of
the other things that strangers need,
Dr. Gregg will personally meet him
at the station, if yie Job is put up to
him by an interested, mutual friend,
and Dr. Gregg will see that the stran
ger is comfortably settled.
There’s one man In the assembly
who was once the pastor of a mis
sion church in St. Louis, and his sal
ary wasn’t large. He managed to
send his wife to the country for a
needed vacation, but he couldn t af
ford to go himself. In a most casual
way Dr. Gregg learned about the sit
uation, and the rext morning the
young minister received a check
througii the mail from Dr. Gregg,
with a hearty note, inviting him go
see his wife for a couple of weeks.
The check more than covered all nec
essary expenses. You can forgive a
lot of “theology ’ that you may not
like, if the man whom it possesses
has a heart like Dr. Gregg's.
England Finally
Rules South Persia
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 15.—An
Angio-Persian convention relating to
British control in Southern Persia
was signed to-day. This is an echo
of the stormy days when Russia in
vaded Persia, with the consent of
England and against the protests of
W. Morgan Shuster, the American
steward of Persian finances.
Russia and England agreed to split
Persia Into two “spheres of influ
ence.’’ Russia took the northern ter
ritory bordering Russian soil; England
took the south. English soldiers will
patrol all the trade routes along the
Persian Gulf.
Persia was compelled to accede to
England’s terms.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Local showers Thurs
day and probably Friday.
STRIKEBREAKERS TRY TO
RUN CARS IN CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI, May 15.—An effort
to operate more street car lines was
made to-day. Strikebreakers were
used. The police were asked to guard
the carp.
A call for a meeting to-night of
linemen. firemen.- onginee^s, oilers and
electricians of the street car rompa ly
has been i-su» u. These men have not
crone .on strike.
NEW FRUIT WHICH TASTES
LIKE MORE GROWS IN U. S.
;WASHINGTON, May 15.—The "pa-
paya,” a tropical fruit that is shaped
like a cantaloupe, colored like a green
watermelon and tastes like more, has
been made to flourish in Florida by
the Department of Agriculture, after
years of trials and failures. It soon
wii! be put on the market. The
i .t’ t is «•<> soft and delicatfr it has
to be caleii with a spoon. Jy
Three Candidates in
Field for Leadership
of Northern Pres
byterians; Southern
Delegates Also Vote
on New Church Head.
1 hursda.v saw the inaugura
tion of the real work of two
thousand delegates and visitors
to three great Presbyterian As
semblies, gathered in one city for
the first time in the history of
America.
The actions of this great body
of men will affect nearly two
million people, members of the
Presbyterian Church in the Unit
ed States.
Ui chief importance among the
events of the day are the elections of
moderators for the two greatest as
semblies—the Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church, U. S. A., and th**
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
U. S. The United Presbyterians al
ready have elected Dr. Robert M. Rus
sell moderator.
At the opening of the Northern As
sembly, in the Baptist Tabernacle, Dr.
Mark A. Matthew's, the retiring mod
erator, delivered the sermon that is
always awaited with interest. His
subject was “The Victories of Faith
vs. The Failures of Unbelief,” and
he declared in a ringing talk that the
greatest need of the church was faith.
Three Candidates in Field.
For the moderatorship of the North
ern Assembly three candidates have
appeared Ui the field. [That the con
test will te hotly fought is almost
certain, but all the indications favored
a victory for the conservatives.
The candidates are Dr. Maitland
Alexander, of Pittsburg, Pa„ who has
the support of the conservative ele
ment; Dr. S. S. Palmer, of Columbus.
Ohio, and Dr. William McKibben, of
Cincinnati, Ohio.
The session of the Southern bran?n
was opened by Dr. Thomas S. Clyce,
of Sherman, Texas, the retiring mod
erator, at the North Avenue Church.
Owing to the policy pursued by this
organization, which precludes all pol
itics in the election of moderator, no
candidate has appeared for that office.
Both branches will elect their mod
erators before night.
Moderator Fight in
Northern Assembly.
At the opening session of the
Northern Assembly, at the Baptist
Tabernacle, Thursday morning Mod
erator Dr. Mark Matthews, of Seat
tle, former Georgian, now pastor of
the largest Presbyterian church in the
United States, preached w'hat many
of his hearers considered one of the
strongest sermons he has ever deliv
ered. His subject was “The Victories
of Faith vs. The Failures of Unbelief."
Following the annual sermon of
the moderator, the convention ad
journed to 2:30 o’clock, when th*-
second session was begun.
The session of the Southern As
sembly, at the North Avenue Church,
followed the course pursued by the
Northern Assembly, adjourning to
2:80 o’clock, after hearing the annual
sermon of the moderator, Dr. Thomas
S. Clyce, of Sherman, Texas.
Interest-in the Thursday sessions
of the two assemblies centered, of
course, in the election of moderators
to head the assemblies of the
church scheduled for the afternoon
session. Three men nave been prom
inently mentioned for the honor of
succeeding to the work of Dr. Mat
thews—Dr. Maitland Alexander, of
Pittsburg, Pa ; Dr. S. S. Palmer, of
Columbus, Ohio, and Dr. William Mc
Kibben, jpresldeht of the Lane The
ological 3U\minary, of Cincinnati.
Contest Narrows to Two.
Prior to the balloting, however,
the contest? seemerr to have narrowed
down to Dr. Palmer and Dr. Alex
ander. with Dr. McKibben losing
ground slowly and Alexander in the
lead.
The first of the popular meetings
to be held each evening under the
direction of all of the three assem
blies will be held Thursday night at
8 o’clock, in the Audltoriunr. The
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