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THE WEATHER.
^ Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Local showers Sat
urday and probably Sunday.
South Georgia
WHOLE CITY
TO JOIN IN
GREETING
YAARABS
Thousands of Citizens, 700
Shriners and Brass Bands to
Greet Convention Winners.
ELEPHANT AND CAMELS TO
BE FEATURES OF PARADE
Welcoming Hosts Will March
From Temple to Terminal Sta
tion at 12:40 o’Clock.
"To the victor belongs the spoils."
To the Yaarabs belong Atlanta.
The heavens will rend Saturday
with the plaudits of thousands when,
'at 12:40 o’clock, Potentate Forrest
Adair and delegates will arrive at
the Terminal Station on their tri
umphant return from Dallas.
Rands will play "Lo, the Conquering
Heroes Come;" spasmodic expres
sions of gratitude from the hundreds
\)f persons banked about the train
sheds will attend the reception, the
park elephant will b^ there, trumpet
ing his excitement: the camels from
Grant Park will take part in the
pageant.
When the Yaarabs step off their
train it is safe to say they will be ac
corded a demonstration such as has
not been sent ringing down the
streets and avenues of this city in
many years.
March to Terminal Station.
All local Shriners, *of whom there
are about 700. have been summoned
to be at the Masonic Temple at 12:15
o’clock sharp with fezes on and all
the other trappings of their order. At
this meeting place will also come the
brass bands, the elephant and the
camels, as well as thousands of other
persons. The entire body will form
In procession and march to the
Terminal ^Station.
Apprehension as to the actions of
the animals in the great excitement
which will attend this procession was
•Ct pressed by park animal keepers;
however, on this occasion their ex
cuses would not be accepted by C.
H. Essig, of the Reception Commit
tee.
Mr. Essig. in outlining the great
demonstration, declaring that It would
be the most overwhelming ever ac
corded to a returning Atlanta citi
zen.
"In the first place, every loyal
Shriner will be in the howling mob.’’
he said. "Summonses have been is
sued to them numbering nearly 700
u'fi all. They have been asked to at-
'nd in their fezes and other regalia.
Thousands of Others Coming.
"Then there will be thousands of
other citizens who will Join In the
reception simply through their pa
triotic spirit, and their desire in show -
ing their appreciation of the good
work done by Potentate Adair and his
band of Yaarabs.
“We have a band of 20 pieces to
make as much noise as possible, and
believe me, a 20-piece band can make
some noise.
"There also will be the camel? to
lead the parade and the elephant as
well, to add a unique coloring to it.
"The reception committee is com
posed of Dr. M. E. Turner. Oscar
Weinmeister. T. H. Pitt and myself.
We have secured several cases of
Japanese umbrellas and every local
Shriner will carry one In the parade.
"The procession will start from the
Temple at 12:15 o’clock. It will pro
ceed down Peachtree and Whitehall
Streets to Mitchell Street and thence
to the Terminal Station, arriving
there just when the train is due.
"There will be a concert in the
plaza before the station until the
train arrives* and the crowd will join
iti singing patriotic songs. When the
iuJtposts announce the approach of
/the home-comers, a grand cheer will
ring out and the entile body will ad
vance down to meet them."
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GEORGIAN I LATEST NEWS
VOL. XJ. NO. 245.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1913.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE r ^°
DUNG CUBAN AVIATOR WINS $10000
BY FLIGHT FROM KEY WEST TO HAVANA
Dr. J. S.
Lyons,
newly
elected
moderator
of the
Presbyterian
Church,
South.
NEW YORK. May 17— Following
an attack of illness of little more than
24 hours duration, Bishop William
Croswell Doane, of the Episcopal Dio
cese, of Albany, N. Y., and one of
the great leaders of the high Episco
pal Church in this country, died early
today in his apartments at the Hotel
Manhattan of heart disease. He was
SI years of age. Members of the
family who had been summoned to
the bedside last night said the body
would be taken to Albany this after
noon for burial.
Bishop Doane came here Wednes
day to attend a meeting of ihe Board
of Missions of the Episcopal (’hurch.
On the following day he was taken ill
and rapidly grew worse.
Bishop Doane died at 12:30 o'clock.
At the bedside were his four grand
daughters. Misses Margaret and
Elizabeth Gardner, Mrs. Mary Frazier
and Mrs. Roy Pier.
Bishop Doane was born in Boston
and was consecrated Bishop of Al
bany in 1869.
Mr. and Mrs. Hearst
Guests of Gov.-Elect
Slaton at Dinner
Governor-elect Slaton and Mrs.
Slaton will entertain sixteen guests
at dinner to-night at their country
home on Peachtree Road in honor of
Mr. and Mrs. William Randolph
Hearst.
The party will include Governor
and, Mrs. Brown. Mr. and-Mrs. Albert
Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mad
dox. Mr. and Mrs. John Grant, Mrs.
W. D. Grant. Miss Dooly, Mr. Guy
Barham, of Los Angeles, Cal., and
Mr. John S. Cohen.
Marriage Gay nor's
Cure for Militants
NEW YORK, May 17.—Espousing
husbands as a cure for militant suf
frage. Mayor Gaynor to-day emerged
as a champion of equal rights.
"I am sure that but few women
want to vote," said Mayor Gaynor.
"but if it must be so. I am entirely
content to have both men and women
exercising the franchise.
"I don't think that woman in this
country ever will resort to violence
to gain the ballot Over in England
there are 1.500,000 women who have
no husbands, and they are rather
desperate.
“Rut is* there any suffragette in
the world who would not give up her
principles for a nice man?”
CHICAGO. May 17.— Mme. Anna
Ripley described the newest fashion
to the Chicago Dressmakers' club in
these words:
' The skirt is lifted in front, above
the ankles, so that the hem, if tight
against the lower limbs, would touch
the ankle just above the ankle-bone.
In the back the skirt will drop so it
will just skim the ground. The skirt
will he from one and a half to two
yards wide at the bottom.
"The Dressmakers’ club abolished
the . lash skirt at just the right time.”
Mme. Ripley continued. The slash
has been worn in Paris for six months.
Their denunciation of i'. as ‘a fraud,
cheat and atrocity’ is not very fitting
after they have used it all season.
"Some people demand the split
skirt. Most of them want it concealed
under the folds of the dress, so it is
practically invisible and does no mor
al harm. Demand for free move
ment in ti.e tight skirts brought the
slash into favor.”
The Dressmakers' club has passed
the following resolutions:
"Whereas. The slash skirt is a
fraud, cheat and atrocity, perpetrat- '
ed on an intelligent nation by foreign*
ers, who look upon the skirt as a
joke; and
"Whereas, The Chicago Dressmak
ers' club is unalterably opposed to
any form of fashion which is immod
est or suggestive; and
“Whereas, Woman stands for the
highest ideals of the human race;
therefore be it
“Resolved, That the Chicago Dress
makers’ club places itself on record
as condemning the slash skirt and all
similar designs which appeal to or
suggest immodesty.”
$12,000,000 Left by
Pirie; $1,000 for Son
HEMPSTEAD, X. Y.. May 17—By
the terms of the will of John I\
Pirie, one of the pioneer merchants
of Chicago, who has resided on Long
Island since his retirement from bus
iness. an estate valued at $12,000,000
is disposed of to his wife, Sarah, and
his sons and daughters.
All receive handsome sums with the
exception of Allen H. Pirie. the well
known cross country rider and polo
player. He receives but $1,000 of h’s
father’s estate.
What caused the breach in the fam-
Hy which resulted in the disinheri
tance of Allen Pl**ie, the family
fused jfo state.
Administration’s Religious Prin
ciples Meet With Favor in
Sight of Northern Assembly.
President Wilson’s closing of the
White House on Sunday met the
warmest approbation of the commit
tee on Sabbath Observance, whose
report wa« submitted to the North
ern Assembly Saturday forenoon.
The Presbyterian denomination was
congratulated because guiding the
ship of state were a Presbyterian
President, a Presbyterian Vice Pres
ident and a Presbyterian Secretarv
of State, all elder? in the church.
Further congratulation was be
stowed because these men had pro
ceeded td carr* their religious prin
ciples Into effect by shutting up all
their offices on the Sabbath and per
mitting not even their clerks to work.
Hope was expressed that the new
order of things would be carried Into
all of the departments and through <11
of the Government service.
The three Presbyterian assemblies
resumed their sessions at 9 o'clock.
Some of the most important business
of the week confronted the commis
sioners in the shape of reports of
special and standing committees.
The consideration of reports of
committees and the reception of com
munications practically occupied all
of the time of the Southern Assem
bly.. which convened in the North
Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Debated Questions Up.
The reports at the t'nited Presby
terian Assembly were awaited with
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FORREST ADAIR THANKS
HEARSTPAPERSFORWORK
IN THE SHRINER VICTORY
I HARDLY can find words in which to express my high appre
ciation of the good work done for Atlanta by Mr. Hearst
and the Hearst newspapers in the matter of bringing next year ’s
meeting of the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine to Atlanta.
Not only did Mr. Hearst give us the free and unlimited
support of The Atlanta Georgian and The Sunday American,
but every newspaper he owns in the United States was working
for the Gate City.
I REGARD IT AS SIGNIFICANT THAT IN EVERY
CITY, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, IN WHICH MR. HEARST
HAS A NEWSPAPER, THE DELEGATIONS ATTENDING
THE SHRINE MEETING IN DALLAS WERE FOR ATLAN
TA FIRST, LAST, AND ALL THE TIME.
I saw the effects of Mr. Hearst s work, time and again, as
the fight progressed, and always it was hearty and effective in
Atlanta's behalf.
The fine special Shriner edition of The Atlanta Sunday
American which Mr. Hearst sent to Dallas was read widely and
went far toward convincing the delegates that Atlanta is the
place to hold next year’s meeting.
And last of all, I thank The Georgian and Sunday Amer
ican for having a personal representative on the ground in
Dallas to keep the home folks informed promptly and fully
of the proceedings as they developed.
Atlanta won a magnificent victory, through the assembling
of numerous influences, and no one deserves more praise to-day
than does Mr. Hearst and his newspapers.
He and they have proven themselves to be Atlanta's loyal
and enthusiastic friends.
In this statement I am joined cordially by Mr. Hinds, Mr.
Foster and Mr. Hutcheson, the other members of.the commit
tee from Yaarab Temple having in charge Atlanta’s interests
in Dallas.
Presbyterians Proud of Wilson
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Praise Sunday Capital Closing
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Denomination Is Congratulated
BISHOP DOANE DIES THE LIFT SKIRT IS
OF HEART DISEASE
High Episcopal Prelate, Age 81,
Succumbs to Brief Illness
in New York.
TIE HER! LATEST
Moreover, Chicago Dressmakers
Vote the Slash Skirt a
Fraud and Atrocity,
Famous Expert Employed by So
licitor Dorsey Examines Notes
Found in Pencil Factory.
BURNS OPERATIVE WORKS
IN SECRET ON MYSTERY
State Declares Guilty Man Will
Be Captured Within Month.
Lee Thought Innocent.
With powerful miscroseopes. mag
nifying glasses and a series of reflect
ing mirrors Solicitor ‘ General Hugh
M. Dorsey and the city detectives, as
sisted by a handwriting expert, who
Is said to be one of the be**t in the I
country, are minutely examining th*-
"handwriting clews” In the £hagan
mystery They confidently expect im
portant developments.
Solicitor Dorsey would not disclose
the identity of the expert on penman
ship becatfse. he said^ the man's serv
ices were voluntary and given with
the understanding that he was not to
be known unless It became absolutely;
necessary to place him on the witness
stand. The Solicitor said, however,
that he was one of the best in the
country, and the great detective
agencies considered his tests infal
lible.
The tw’o notes found in the base
ment of the pencil factory, specimen
of the handwriting of the two men
held in the Tower’in connection with
the murder, letters and notes written
by the slain girl and the handwriting
on the books of the pencil factory are
being subjected to rigid tests. Accu
rate measurements of each letter and
each word, the angle of the slant in
forming the letters and the forma
tion of certain letter that experts
claim no two men write alike, are
some of the tests applied.
Burns Man Works Quietly.
The Burns investigator who took
up the ease Friday morning has not
yet reported to the office of the So
licitor. He is quietly and systemat
ically working out his own idea of the
case after a comprehensive outline
given him by Colonel Thomas B. Fel
der. He has succeeded so far in
keeping his identity secret.
Golonel Felder ,was confident the |
Burns agency would satisfactorily
conduct and conclude the Phag;»i!
case.
"We will have the slayer In less
than a month.” said Colonel Felder.
"I am confident the Burns men will
meet with every success. With Mr.
Burns in Europe, the man he has
sent to Atlanta is certainly the best
detective In America. He has charge
of the Burns work in. this country
and is his chief's right-hand man.
Mr. Burns himself will be on the
scene shortly after June 1, and then
I am confident the case will be
cleared up beyond any shadow of a
doubt.”
Believe Newt Lee Innocent.
Officers working to solve the Pha-
gan strangling mystery Saturday de
clared they were more firmly con
vinced that Newt Lee. the negro
night watchman, had no hand in the
tragedy and that he has told all he
knows, as the result of a conversa
tion between the night watchman and
two other negro prisoners in the
Tower which was overheard by
Deputy Sheriff Drew Liddell.
Thedeputy’’shadowed" Lee's cell for
35 minutes, while the night watch
man. unconscious of the fact that an
officer was secreted but a few steps
away, casually discussed the great
pencil factory crime with Oscar Dew
berry. a negro under sentence of
death, and Jack Wright, a negro mur
der suspect brought her* from Gwi-
nett County for safe keeping.
KEY WEST, FLA., MAY 17.-THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL
AEROPLANE FLIGHT OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM
THE UNITED STATES TO CUBA WAS MADE TO-DAY BY
DOMINGO R0SILL0, A YOUNG CUBAN AVIATOR. WHO
WON A PRIZE OF $10,000. OFFERED BY THE MUNICI
PAL COUNCIL OF HAVANA FOR ACCOMPLISHING FEAT.
W'
FUND TO EMPLOY CHIEF W. J. BURNS
NOW UP TO $1,500 AND MORE COMING
UP TO SATURDAY MORNING $1,500 HAD BEEN SUB
SCRIBED TO PAY DETECTIVE BURNS FOR HIS INVESTI
GATION INTO THE PHAGAN MURDER MYSTERY. CON
TRIBUTIONS ARE COMING IN RAPIDLY AND A VERY CON
SIDERABLE SUM WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE SUBSCRIBED.
MR. BURNS, IT IS REPORTED, WILL TAKE PERSONAL
CHARGE OF THE INVESTIGATION ABOUT JUNE 1.
Rosillo Plies in Gale Over Rough
Sea—Rival for Honor Delayed,
IVies to Commit Suicide.
KEY WEST, FLA., May 17. The first successful aeroplane
flight over the Gulf of Mexico from the United States to Cuba was
made to-day by Domingo Rosillo. a young Cuban aviator, who won
a prize of $10,000 offered by the Municipal Council of Havana
for accomplishing the feat.
Leaving the terminal of the
East Coast railroad in a gale ot
wind at 5:35 o’clock in a Mois-
sant inaehine, Rosillo skimmed
across the intervening stretch of
turbulent water without any
mishap. A wireless telegram
from Havana stated that Rosillo
was flying over Havana at 7:11
o'clock. He landed at 8:15
o’clock.
A sensational and dramatic Inci
dent, which almost cost a human life,
attended the start of the flight.
Rival Threatens Suicid®.
Augustine Parla. another aviator
who was to rare across the gulf with
Rosillo, attempted to have the daring
little f’uban abandon the flight for
to-day because of the high wind and
roughness of the water. When. Parla
saw that Rosillo was determined to
start he began to overhaul his Curtiss
biplane. Friends intervened, saying:
"It would be sure death to start in
this gale, and if you should fall into
the water the waves are so high you
would be drowned."
Parla persisted and finally his
friends had to restrain his forcibly.
Parla, in desperation, pulled a pis
tol from his pocket and, placing the
weapon against his forehead, threat
ened to kill himself unless he was al
lowed to start. Friends took the
weapon from him.
Wind Held Plane Down.
The aviator then entered his ma
chine, w'hich had been equipped with
pontoons and which rested on the
surface of the water. The wind was
so high, however, that the aeroplane
would not hise. and the wires holding
the pontoons snapped. Waves then
began splashing over the machine
and all hope of starting the flight was
lost.
Meanwhile Rosillo, who had got a
flying start, had disappeared in a
southwesterly direction, bucking a
stiff wind that threatened to send his
aeroplane crashing upon the water.
A great crow r d gathered to see the
aviator's start, but on account of the
wind and the choppy sea it was be
lieved that neither man would at-
tefnpt a flight. At 5 o clock j^iosillo
sent a radio telegram to Morro Cas
tle asking after the condition of the
weather off the Cuban Coast. The
reply came back that flying condi
tions there were ideal.
"That settles it,” exclaimed Ro
sillo. "I’ll start, for I promised to
make the flight before Sunday, and I
am going to do it or die trying."
For a while the Cuban tinkered
with his machine, testing stays and
seeing that all was durable for the
wind test it was soon to go through.
When he clambered Into the machine
and gave word to his mechanician
that he was ready to start a great
cheer went up.
Storm Clouds Hover.
The machine arose through the air
at the height of about 100 feet, and
ttten. with the grace of a swallow,
darted southward. Rosillo waved his
hand and then gave his full atten
tion to the aeroplane. Above him the
sky was gray with storm clouds; be
low him the sea w-as tossed and tum
bled by the wind.
At 6:55 the wireless flashed the
word that Rosillo was 85 miles off
Havana, and that he was dashing
through the air at high speed while
the Cuban gunboat Patria, with the
smoke pouring from her funnels, was
racing in his wake vainly trying to
overtake him.
He had risen to a height of nearly
1,000 feet, evidently to avoid the low
wind currents.
At 7 o’clock another wireless from
Morro Castle said that the Havana
quay and house tops of the Cuban
capital were black with people wait
ing for the first glimpse of the daring
aviator. He landed at 8:15 o'clock
and was mobbed by the populace.
In addition to the $10,000 prize of
fered by the Havana Council, Ro
sillo will receive a personal trophy
from President Gomez, of Cuba.
BANK OFFICER CONVICTED
OF PURLOINING CIGARS
WINFIELD, KANS , May 17.—Guilty on
five counts was the verdict of the jury
that tried Grant Stafford, vice president
of a bank here, on a charge c/ stealing
cigars from local dealers.
The testimony was to the effect that
Stafford took more cigars thaa he paid
for. £