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The Atlanta Georgian ilatest news Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WAlSiT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 24ti. ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY, MAY 19, 1913. 2 CENTS EVER YWHERE LAWYER FELDER SAYS GREAT MYSTERY WILL BE CLEARED IN A FEW HOURS 10 SOLVE “I'm a Trust,” Caruso Confides to World Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, May 19.—Caruao is a famil iar Ofure on the boulevards these af ternoons, sitting out on the cafe ter races chatting with friends, obligingly signing autographs and making cari catures for strangers recognizing him. Being asked if he was to sing in Pari* this spring, he quickly put his fingers over his lips as a "hush!” sign, and whispered: "1 don’t believe so. I’ve an impre sario who has monopolized and syn dicated me—made me into a trust, in fact—so I’ve no liberty at all. He doesn’t let people hear me for noth ing. the scoundrel, much as I’d love to sing for anybody who'd really like to hear me.” J. WYLIE SMITH'S OWN +•+ -I* • *1* *!••+ +•+ Tells a Tale of Many Thrilling Adventures +•+ +t+ 4-e-I- * He Fought Two Years for His Freedom ! Famous Detective Expected to Arrive From Europe and Start Work Before June 1. STARTLING NEW EVIDENCE IS REPORTED DISCOVERED Important Revelation Looked For To-day—Search Being Pushed With Renewed Vigor. Colonel Thrftnas B. Felder an- nounced Monday morning that he had received word from William J. Burns that he would arrive in America be fore June 1 and would probably he on the scene of the Phagan slaying be fore that date. Colonel Felder said the great de tective had taken an unusual interest 1n the Phagan mystery and he would not be surprised to hear from him in America any day soon. "Rums is mor* interested in this case than I have known him to he ii* j another.” said Colonel Felder. ‘T am advised that he will hasten his re- j turn from Europe on this account and be in America some days before June 1. He will, of course, come direct to Atlanta. “The meantime developments since his investigator has been here are more than satisfactory. The Burns detective convinced Mr. Dorsey Sun day afternoon that he had touched upon heretofore overlooked evidence of importance, and in bis report to day we expect valuable information." Search Grows More Active. With investigation into the mystery more active Monday than it hag been at any time during the last two weeks, the Solicitor was hopeful that impor tant developments would be made during the day. The special representative of the Burns agency was reported to have .‘•truck upon an important and hereto fore overlooked clew that throws a new light on the case. He will make a definite report at 11 o’clock this morning at the office of the Solicitor, when it is not unlikely some an nouncement will be made. Colonel Felder, the Burns detective case for several hours Sunday at the home of Colonel Felder. The confer- and Solicitor Dorsey discussed the ence was to acquaint the Burns man with the progress in the case by the other detectives and to obviate the necessity of personal examination of a number of witnesses. Want Case for Grand Jury. No announcement would be male following the conference, but the So licitor was hopeful that developments this week would enable him to pre sent the case to the Grand Jury Fri day in clear and concise form. New Comet Pale It Has No Tail ('A M BRIDGE. May 19 The Schaumasse comet, the latest visitor from the inter-stellar regions. Is rather disappointing to the ordinary star gazer, according to a report of observations received in the Harvard observatory. Prof. Barnard, of the Yerfces Observatory at Hake Geneva, Wis., has been unable to find any semblance of the usual fiery append age. commonly known as a tail. The comet's illuminating powers have reached only the tenth magnitude. Astronomers hope the comet’s bril liancy will increase in the next few weeks. La Follette Halts 1916 Boom for Him MADISON. WIS.. May 19.—It de velops that the State Republican love feast at Madison was prevented from becoming a formal opening of Sena tor La Follette'# candidacy for Pres ident in* 1916 by a personal message from the Senator saying that he was not ready for any such move at this time. It developed also that there have been conferences between the La Follette leaders and their former foes, the followers of Senator Spoon er, looking to a union against the Bull Moose. May Stop French Papers in Alsace Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN, May 19.—With a view to preventing the growth of anti-German feeling in Alsace-Lorraine the Fed eral Council of the German Empire is considering exceptional measures to be adopted. One of them is aimed at newspapers in the French language, the circula tion of which in the annexed provinces may be prohibited by order of the Governor if he considers them anti- German in sentiment and the other intends to give to the Governor the power to suppress any society which he regards subversive to public order. T. B. FELDER, THE LAWYER WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORK OF THE BURNS DETECTIVE, SAYS SUR PRISING PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THE PHAGAN CASE, AND HE BELIEVES THE MYSTERY WILL BE CLEARED IN A FEW HOURS. “THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE SLAYER WILL SOON BE FOUND,” MR. FELDER SAID. JUNTA IS FOUND IN PARIS PLANNING OVERTHROW OF HUERTA GOVERNMENT PARIS, MAY 19.—A STRONG AND WELL ORGAN IZED JUNTA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED HERE TO EFFECT THE OVERTHROW OF THE HUERTA GOVRNMENT IN MEXICO. THE INSURRECTIONARY FORCES ARE WELL SUPPLIED WITH FUNDS. WHICH ARE REPORTED TO COME FROM THE FAMILY OF FRANCSCO I. MADERO. JR., FORMERLY PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC. Bryan Reiterates Grape Juice Pledge WASHINGTON, May 19.—Secre tary of State Bryan reiterated his temperance pledge to a troop of Boy Scouts who presented him with an engrossed copy of a resolution in dorsing his action in “banishing strong drink” from state functions. He assured his little visitors that so far as he was concerned “grape juice diplomacy” had come to stay. The Sunday American goes every where all over the South. If you have anything to sell The Sunday Amer ican is “The Market Place of the South.” The Sunday American is the best advertising medium. THE MAN OF MYSTERY EXPLAINED! On page 3 of this edition appears the first in stallment of a great baseball serial by A. H. C. Mitchell. It is called “The Triple Tie.” It is a solution of The Georgian’s mystery pic ture which has caused so much comment in the past three weeks. It is an enthralling story. The scenes are laid in Atlanta. Many of the characters are real Atlantans. By J. WYLIE SMITH. (The refugee president of the de funct Commercial Loan and Dis count Company, who, after evad ing extradition during two years of service in the msurrecto army of General Orozco, in Mexico, re turned to Atlanta to stand trial because he is dying with tubercu losis—a phantom of his former self.) I have decided to tell my story ex clusively through The Georgian—and what a story it is! It is brimful of intrigue and treach ery, battle and blood, and the horror of slow, certain death. As I lie on my cot in the hospital quarter of the Tower It seems* too hellish for a human being to have endured such experience on 'earth. I would that I could close mv lip;? In silence and pass into forgetfulness. .Then I think of the days when I was strong in heart and hand. None of the old knights enjoyed such ad ventures. About it all there was a tinge of romance. A woman, who was fair to look upon reached out a help ing hand and saved me once. A faith ful dog kept me from being cut into ribbons. I have know-n friendship that would have warmed the heart of the most fiendish devil. 1 have felt the inspiring triumph over unscrupu lous foes. But now I am penniless and dying. My wife, the little woman whom I love so dearly and who has stood by me so loyally, is working in San An tonio as a took to support herself and my little six-year-old girl I saw the child as 1 came, through; the mother was too ill to come to the train. God, how I would love to go and live with them. But I’ll never livi to pay the penalty for my offense. Death before me is too certain. The terror of it all is their struggle to sur vive their awful poverty. But to my story. 1*11 begin with the day I realized my business was doomed to collapse 1 left Atlanta. I will tell ale my erienees-—experiences that were thrilling hut ended in a horror such as only Edgar Allen' Poe could pic ture. I Left With Little Money. I left Atlant/ at 2 o’clock on the afternoon of June 14. 1911, with an amount of money that was a mere bagatelle—s*ome folks believed and still believe that I have had a large amount of cash hid away somewhere, and it has caused me trouble more than once—I was obliged to depend on friends to get from place to place. I spent the first night at LaGrange, stopped at Talladega. Ala.. Meridian. Jackson. Clarkesville and Lula. Miss. In Helena. Ark.. I wrote to my brother, Berry Smith, and decided to wait for an answer. I had not stopped long enough for a newspaper to catch me and I did not know what the situation in Atlanta was. My brother’s letter enlightened me as to the anger of my former associates and I hit the trail again. At Tucumori, New Mexico, I wrote and waited for another letter from home. I learned they were after mi and I wasted no time getting across the border. I Reach Mexico. (>n July 4 I arrived in Chihuahua, a city of some 35,000 people in tht State of Chihuahua. This event and an other on the same day the following year have made July 4 a more im portant day to me than the anniver sary of American independence. It was the beginning of freedom then and the next year, not only for me, but through me for others. I had no money and at first I strolled the streets bewildered and despondent. Then I ypied a hotel, the Robertson House. I have always been able to talk, no matter how di lapidated or downcast I was. So I brushed into the hotel with as confi dent an air as I could assume. A dark, keen-eyed youth was lean ing over the desk. Well, before I went to bed that night I was calling him "Honolulu George.” He took me into his room and fed me at his Continued on Page 2, Column 4. PHILADELPHIA, May 19.—Miss Kathleen Page, daughter of William Hines Page, American Ambassador to England, admitted at Pembrooke Hall. Bryn Mawr, that she was look ing forward with interest to her visit next month to the Court of S f . James. "I suppose we will do some enter taining.” she said, 'but father is go ing to be a diplomat, not a society man." When ask,ed if she thought she might become so attached to England that she would want to make her home there and perhaps marry an Englishman, she replied: "I haven’t had time to think of marriage, but w^hen I do the man must be an American, and just half as good as father.” “Little Minister" to Be Made Into Opera oecial Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, May 19.—Alice Nielsen, who will appear in the "Secret of Suzanne” at its opening performance at Covent Garden, says all arrange ments have been completed for Woiff Ferrar to make J. M. Barrie's ''Lit tle Minister” Into an opera. She ex pects that it will 1 e finished in a year, and its title will be "Lady Bao- by.” The libretto will he In English. M me. Nielsen hopes that it will he produced at the Metropolitan Op era House in New York If this can not be arranged she intends to pro duce It herself. Bishop Keeley at Columbus. COLUMBUS.— Bishop Keeley. of the Savannafi diocese of the Catholic Church, was in Columbus Sunday and conducted the 10-o'clock mass and confirmed a class in the afternoon at 5 o'clock. ^ Carmichael. All escaped without a scratch, except Mr. and Mrs. Car michael, who were slightly bruised, but badly shocked. Winter Alfriend and Hughes Rob erts came up in a machine just after the accident happened. Mr. Alfriend took Mrs. Carmichael In his machine and rushed her to her home. 645 Edgewood Avenue, Jnman Park. The Hirsch car was badly dam aged. Hirsch Tells of Crash. The accident occurred about 5:30 o’clock as the party were riding Into town over the beautiful East Lake Road. Mr. Hirsch told the story of the accident to a Georgian reporter as follows: "There is a little house and an em bankment at the East Lake approach to the crossing and I could not see. I had slowed my machine down to a walking pace and listened for a train but could hear none. "Just as we came upon the track the iron monster was upon us. I do not know at what rate it thundered up. but It looked as big as all the trains I have ever t*een combined into one. "We were almost on the track. I shoved on my emergency and turned my car as much as I could in the di rection the train was going. No Time to Leap. "That was all that saved us. In stead of absolutely demolishing us the train sideswiped us. We all tried to jump, but did not have time we were hurled out. “Except for the shock none of us were hurt to amount to anything.” Mr. Hirsch is a member of the firm of Hirsch & Spits Manufacturing Company. Mr. Carmichael is the manager of the furniture department of M. RiLh 6c Bros. Co, Story That Dr. Stone’s Nomination \Y as Planned Long in Advance, Vigorously Denied—Wilson Warns Presbyterians That Interest in Re ligious Life Must Be Revived. Accusations tliat the election of Dr. John Timothy Stone as Moderator of the Northern Assembly was a “frame-up,” and, in stead of being a non-political action, was one of the most deep- j laid schemes ever perpetrated on a General Assembly, has aroused great indignation among the friends of Dr. Stone, and were vig orously denied Monday. To the charges that six men were in conference the night be fore the election with a view to paving the way for Dr. Stone's election, the adherents of the new Moderator hotly reply that such was not the case. The burden of the charges of con spiracy rest chiefly upon the Rev. William R. King, of Monmouth, 11!., who placed Dr. Stone's name in nom ination. and Mr. Ellis, editor of The Continent, who seconded the proposal. Reply in Detail, approach me n )r TAKES UP Efi BOND ISSUE Special Committee To Be Named to Report on Plan for Improve ments, Says Thomson. Dr. Stonfe to "Mr. Ellis did not communicate with me in any way .is to the nomination of Dr. Stone.” de flated Dr. King in answering the charges, "and in so far as I am aware had no Inkling of my intention. As -t matter of fact. I had not the pleasure of Mr. Ellis' acquaintance until the day after the election.” I)r. Stotne denied the rumors and said he would reply in detail in the Assembly. With the opening of Monday’s ses sions at the three Assemblies, muen important work will be taken up. The general conversation regarding the speech of Dr. Warren H. Wilson be fore the Country Life meeting Sun day afternoon has created a buzz of discussion among the members of th* conventions, and in all probability some action toward offsetting the general abandonment of churches throughout the United States, as averred by Mr. Wilson, will be recom mended. Now Aged 100, Has Never Worn a Hat SOMERSET. PA. May 19. Mrs. Mattie Crlse, who became 100 years old yesterday, received the well wish es of over 1,500 residents of this coun try' in her home, ten miles from here. For 100 years Mrs. Crlse lived in the same place and in that time never saw a railroad train, street car or telephone. She never wore a bat, a Knitted hood taking place. Councilman Albert Thomson Monday said Council would approve his resolu tion creating a special committee to consider a sewer and park bond issue. Reevral Councilmen have shown inter est in his plan for municipal •improve ments. The object of the committee is to have a detailed report on the advisa bility of a bond Issue. Councilman Thomson's idea is that If bond money can be obtained to complete the sewer system outlined and to ex tend the park system, the city’s nor mal income will be sufficient to carry on street improvements and other muni cipal works. Among important matters presented to Council Monday afternoon will be Mayor Woodward’s veto message on the fire probe committee’s report, published in full in The Sunday American. The recommendation of the streets committee that $30,000 be apportioned for the regrading of Whitehall Street will be read and referred to the finance committee. Councilman Claude L. Ashley will de mand a report from the police commit tee on his race 'segregation ordinance. It is charged that the police committee wants to kill this ordinance by pigeon holing it A bitter fight will develop If its adoption is insisted on. not only ne groes being opposed to it, but many influential white men. who own houses rented to negroes. The new dirt ordinance also will be presented. Council Claude L. Ashley championing it and Alderman James W. Maddox, a grading contractor, leading rhf* opposition The present dirt law has proved ineffective. If you have anything to sell adver tise in The Sunday American. Lar gest circulation of any Sunday newt- paper in the South. 4 .