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rwimm ATLANTA G PRESBYTERIANS WELCH! TO YOU ALWAYS FIRST The SUNDAY AMERICAN Order It NOW Both Phones Main 8000 Read for Prof it---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 243. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1913. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE 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. Infant ’Damnation’ a Vital Issue 1 A SSFMRI IF A AT WORK’* +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ JL* JL v 1 JLr JL /“I A VY Vy IVJLYf Smoking Paste Uad^Debatello EL £Q MODERATORS 2 Live Topics for Presbyterians 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. A small ad in the 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 f Continued on Paae 4. Column 2.