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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." ST FLIGHT OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO Tire -J Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WA1\T ADS---Use for Results 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 Continued on Pbge 2, Column 2. 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 v#*r t*t Praise Sunday Capital Closing +••}• + • + +«*r 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. £