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VOTE To Hold Convention Here ALWAYS FIRST # # The SUNDAY AMERICAN Order It NOW o Both Phones Main 8000 Tiie Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WtAlSiT ADS---(Jse for Results VOL. XI. NO. 242. ATLANTA. OA.. THURSDAY. MAY 15, 1913. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE FAY NO MO HE EXTRA Colonel Thomas B. Felder 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 the Mars Phagan strangling )h\ st pry. 'Colonel Felder is acquainted with the day and the hour on which the famous sleuth will reach this city, but for the pur poses of the investigation he is withhotding the information. •'There was no authority for the statement that Detective Burns would be in Nev* York Tuesday.” said Colonel Felder. “The date of his ar rival has been known In my office, but it has not been made public.” “It 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 he has been working on the case" In Touch With Burns Agency. Colonel Felder has been in con stant touch kith Raymond Burns, son of the detective, who is secretary and treasurer of the Burns Agenev, and has offices in New York. The agency is being placed In possession of the important new development* 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 ing attached to the notes that were found beside the dead body of Maty Phagan was in licated Wednesd iy when several handwriting experts were called before Solicitor Genera. Hugh M. Dorsey. An expert testified at the Coroner's Inquest that the notes, in his opinion. % ere w ritten 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 f^ind who disagreed with 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 lhat is evident between the test specimen of his handwriting and the handwriting of the notes. Lee’s normal handwriting shows a dec ided 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 w f ere 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 id the basement of the National Pencil Factory. The poem is entitled “My Pa,” and Mary is said by her stepfather, .1. W. Coleman, to have been the author. The poem follows: .My pd ain't no millyunaire, but. Gee? k He's offu! smart! Tie 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. By JAMES B. NEVIN. DALLAS, TEX.. May 14.—Take Forrest Adair’s word for it, Atlanta is going to win to-day. 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 th* rolls of representatives and the im perial council, and after tightening up all the rivets everywhere, the conference decided that Atlanta should w'in over Memphis by approx imately two to one. and that only the most 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 as the Yaarabs could see. Memphis has made a game fight and has had stout-hearted friends on hand waging her battle. It has been clearly shown, however. tha~ 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 thaf there is mere monev where that came from, all served to make Atlanta's success seeming ly certain. Little Talk of "Dark Horse.” There has been some jealousy cropping out. of course. Some del egates having no particular love ei 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 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 i6 now in Dallas. In the first place, the Shrinere 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 all the lime. 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- ets to have next year’s session in the East. Ballet 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. Tf intelligent leadership, ear nestness of purpose and thoroughness of method count for anything, For rest Adair’s fight should win to-day. He reached here among the very first, and there is not a delegate of a rep- r»Minla*tv *hnm HaJula linli P»wn w Ballot onMeetingPlaee To Be Taken Wed nesday Afternoon — Memphis Only Rival. DALLAS, May 14.—At lanta wins the Shrine con vention for 1914. A spectacular contest for the mod- eratorship of the Presbyterian As sembly. L T . S. A., will reach its cli max at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon w hen the forces behind Dr. Mait- ,and Alexander, of Pittsburg, and Dr. S. S. Palmer, of Columbus, Ohio, meet in the first test of strength. Dr. William McKibbin, president of Lane Theological Seminary, of Cincinnai 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 *Ui£,KX*i>*set J ruie -of- 1 L „■ .— *- it- was brought about when Democrats Ready for Truce When Nomination of Georgia Man Is 3locked. WASHINGTON, May 14.—Satisn-'O that Republican opposition to the confirmation of \V. J. Harris, of Georgia, as Director of the Census, will continue to manifest itself 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 Wilson appointment. Republicans assert that the Harris appointment is political and that Du rand should be permitted to 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, LaFollctU apd Cummins to stave off Harris’ confirmation is apparent. YAQUI CHIEF, MEXICO’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, ha.® been killed. Buie was known as the Sitting Bull of Mexico. Matus. another warrior, has oeen 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 Cole 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 oppohents. In the last South Carolina campaign Blease fre quently referred in his speeches to Gonzales as a “Cuban.” Governor Blease declared to-day that 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 throw® the ball over to Willie, and Willie kisses it and throws it back to Benny.” assembly, an organization has bee^fl 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. Palmer’s friends claim that while he is a progres sive, 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 Us result will have a significant bearing on the fu ture policy of the church. It Is stated that the moderator appoints the exec utive commission, a body with con- sidefable 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 method? 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 board some time ago. It has been used against Dr. Palmer that he Is a Union Seminary graduate, but it is stated authoritatively that he 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 charge 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 the 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, thn Indians, employing experts as field secretaries. An effort will be made to for< p the board to return to its old functions. Sees Progressive Victory. Speaking of the fight, a commis sioner said: # There are no parties or divisions r.nntinn«H on Pa * Cnl.. Friends of Police Chief Jairtes 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 night when the Woodward faction come 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 deai- lock lias been known in the Police missloners W. A. Vernov and Charles R. Garner “turned” and voted with the Woodward faction. Both of these commissioners, heretofore have con sistently backed the chief and hove been regarded as among his warmest supporters, and as opponents of May or Woodward. Their change against the chief made a tie vote—6 to 6—and ren dered the election of a sergeant im possible. 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 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 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 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 atood 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 depart ment. The dead-locked line-up was as follows. For the Chief—Chairman Mason. Commissioners Fain. Smith. McEach- ern. King and Dozier. Against the C,hief—Commissioners Vernoy, Garner, Johnson. Colcord, CMavV and WoofL«*o»d. Another violent outbreak against the authority of the game laws whs ieported to State Game Warden Jesse E. Mercer Wednesday by two of his deputies. E. L. Waggoner and A. S. Johnston, of Clarkston, 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 or to their intention of only scaring the deputies away, neither of (he officers was wounded. Mercer to Investigate. The outbreak at .Stone Mountain, in conjunction with the trouble at Mill- town, where Deputy Bolsclair 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 was any more shooting. Mr Mercer made prepara tions to go in person to Milltown with Deputy Bolsclair. there to Investigate for himself the exact conditions. The cases against the persons for whom Bolsclair swore oik warrants for wishing illegally at Mil.town wii! be beard Monday and Mr Mercei will be at the hearing. Boiselair also wilt be n defendant. \fit charge against him being carrying concealed waaonni. JACKSONVILLE, FLA., May 14.- I H. P. McNeil, a wealthy saloon man of this city, was shot at his Pablo Beach summer home to-day and >s now in a local hospital with a bullet jn 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 roim in the house, and that McNeil drew a gun on his wife. When he at tempted to dissuade McNeil from shooting, the chauffeur said, he was knocked down, and in the scuffle which followed McNeil was shot in the back of the head. McNeil is a brother of YV. 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 “(’hie” 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 has been filed in the Supe rior Court. The incorporators are G. Noble .lone: C. H. Banks. J. O. Hatch, |K. T. Waller. H. M Kins T. J Chari- ton. T. Salisnas. Thomas Gamble. Jr v W. R, Leaken, .1. A. G. Ctyjson and W. i. Grayson, of (’hatharu T/ounty, ajuri R. JD. A1»u*.dur. of Cilvnn. OPEN FIRE DN SHOT: IFF IS F ORREST ADAIR, Potentate of Yaarab Temple, who has led in the great fight to bring the 1914 Shriner meet to Atlanta. He has won the title of "the livest wire at the Dallas convention,” working unceasingly for the Gate City. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia — Occasional local showers Wednesday and prob ably Thursday. SECRET HUNT D s ra ” d T ike S" 5 m >“ e Te ™ Filibuster Will Keep Harris Out MYSTERY IS LIKELY Probably Will Not Reveal Pres ence in City as He Investi gates Phagan Case, First Real Fight on a WilsonMan W. J. Harris, of Atlanta, whose nomination foe director of the census has caused hot fight in the Senate. BATTLE OYER CHIEFS ROLE Race Has Narrowed Down to Drs. | Maitland Alexander, Pittsburg, and S.S. Palmer,Columbus. AS FIGHTS Police Commission Deadlocked on Beavers’ Right to Select Men for Promotion. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL VOTE TO COME HERE