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MODERATOR STONE ON POLITICS i r HE ASSEMBLY At the opening of the Presbyteriu.i Asse£.Uy of the Northern Church on Monday tl.e newly elected moderator, Rev. Dr. Stone, ma.'.t the following brief reference to 1 e ; ■ .shed report tha f he 1 :1 been chosen to his high office through “political pull: « ki Kr <I ask you 1<> give vour undivided attention for a mo ment. We are here as representatives of a great church to do the work ef the church. We have no right to allow any personalities or any di verging thoughts to control our time. 1 believe tluit the newspapers which have so well reported, and are reporting, the work of the assem- bly an* intending in every way to do the work of (Tod with us. If any have erred in judgmenl let us overlook it, or, better still, look not at it. I have not .seen the morning paper, and I bog of you not to take niv time discussing personal'matters. 1 wish *to state all I have to say is, I believe in my Lord, I believe in my brother and 1 believe in doing my duty. <5a£> ALWAYS FI RST $ # The SUNDAY AMERICAN Order It NOW Both Phones Main 8000 The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—-GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 246. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY lit, 1912. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE r ," N '° MORE HOME EDITION Famous Detective's Aid, C. W. Tnbie, Issues First Statement On Work in Slayiog Gase. U. \V. Tobie, manager of the crim inal department of the W. J. Burn.$ Detective Agency, Monday made pub lic his theory of the murder of Mary Phagan l or the first time the man whd is representing Burns in Atlan ta's greatest mystery until the noted detective arrived consented to see re porters. Tobie s theory is that Mary Phagan was murdered inside the National Pencil plant, by soi^ie one familiar vvRh the premises, and that her body was dragged to the basement for pur poses of concealment and probably destruction. He scouted the idea she was killed on the outside and dragged inside, and declared that too much buncombe has been given out by men who have only muddied the waters. While no new arrests are expected immediately, Tobie declared the mys tery is not at all impossible of solu tion. and that the guilty man will be apprehended in due time. Meanwhile, he promised to issue statements tell ing the progress made from- time to time. Burns Expert’s Theory. Here is Tobie’s theory as he uot- lined it to a Georgian reporter to day: Mary Phagan, while in the pencil factory, was approached by some one who made an improper proposal. She resented it and the man asked her to remain silent. She refused, saying she would report the affair To the proper authorities, and the man struck her, hurling her against a ma chine, the impact causing the skull wound. Seeing the injury he had inflicted, the assailant became desperate. If the girl revived she would tell the story of the assault a,nd he would be sentenced to the penitentiary. Actual murder and prompt disposition of the body offered the only possible escape, and this he concluded to do. He completed his work by tying a cord around the 14-year-old girl’s neck and strangling her. Intended to Burn Body. The body was then laken to the basement of the factory, Tobie thinks, because the murderer intended to in cinerate it. There was no fire in the furnace, or not enough, or time was ton short. The next possible ruse was to man ufacture evidence that the murder had been committed on the outside a.ad the body dragged in. The guilty man then pulled a staple out of the hack basement door and dragged the body to make it appear it had been brought in from the outside. “The door was opened from the in side,” said Tobie„ “All the abrasions are on the inside, and all the evi dence points to the fact the door was forced from the inside. The murder wa committed by some one familiar with the factory, one who had prob- ably worked there, and the body was takt n to the factory basement to hide tlie crime. The note found there was written for this purpose, also." Big Develooments Rumored. Hurried conferences Monday at H on between Solicitor Dorsey and Ch f of Detectives Hanford and then Lit between (Thief Lanford and Pink- t rt< n Detective Harry Scott led to persistent reports about the police c; • on that important developments !r. the Phagan case were expected during the afternoon. Neither of the officials, however. m >•;*: 1 divulge th nature of the con i’* r no*'. further than to declare that ( > i • Tv going over evidence Continued on Page 2, Column 7. Here’s the Prize List in Great Story Contest Prizes aggregating $250 are offered by The Atlanta Geor gian for the best solution of the great serial novel, “The Triple Tie,” that begins to day in The Georgian, as fol lows: First Prize - - $100 Second Prize - 50 Third Prize - - 25 Fourth Prize - - 15 12 other prizes, each, 5 “The Triple Tie" will be run in generous daily install ments until June 29, when the final chapter will be pub lished. Synopsis of the last installment is now in the hands of Mr. T. J. Peeples, cashier of the Amencan Na tional Bank. It will be held by him in a sealed envelope until a com mittee of three Atli.nta citi zens not connected in any way with The Georgian may se lect the winners of the prizes. GREAT STORY ASSEMBLY IS HERESY ‘Dixie Girls’ Charm Stage Asset’ + •+ v • 4* v • v *!*•*> *1* • ►!* v • *!* Gladys Hanson Counsels Friends +•+ *r • *1- -I- • *1* v • *;* -I* • v »!•••{• Famous Adress Loves Atlanta lU BANKER, LIFE ‘The Triple Tie,’ Absorbing Base- i Teachings of Union Theological ball Romance, Offers Chance Seminary Attacked in Northern to Win $250 in Prizes. Presbyterian Report, Mr. Hearst Guest At Luncheon Given By Robt. F. Maddox Robert F\ Maddox gave a luncheon in honor of William Randolph Hearst at the Capital City Club Monday at 1 o’clock. The luncheon was informal, and was arranged to give Mr. Hearst an opportunity to become acquainted with representative men of Atlanta business and professional circles. Among the guests were Governor- elect John M. Slaton, P. S. Arkwright, W. L. Peel. W. H. Kiser, F. J. Paxon, Forrest Adair, H. C. Worthen, John E. Murphy, James H. Nunnally, Hugh Murray, J. R. Gray, F. S. Ellis, Clark Howell, Jr.. John S. Cohen, W. H. Brittain. J. K. Orr. Henry S. Johnson, Walter Rich, W. T. Gentry, Dr. W. S. Elkin, Thomas B. Felder, John W. Grant, Clifford L. Anderson. Judge W. T. Newman, W\ W. Orr and Guy Barham, Los Angeles. Fire in City Hall Basement; Smoke Routs Workers Fire broke out in the basement of the City Hall at noon Monday and in a few minutes the whole building was so flooded with smoke that all work had to he suspended. It started in the room where the health department’s fumigating liquid and the gasoline supply are kept and for a brief time threatened to he serious. The fire department soon put the fiames out. but the calling out of all the nearby companies on account of the central location of the fire created considerable excitement in the streets and a great crowd gathered. Governor Johnson Signs Anti-Jap Bill SACRAMENTO, May 19.—Governor Johnson to-day signed the alien land hill. 1,000 Ways to Make Money Do You Knoic the Easiest Way Is Through a Georgian Want Ad The Georgian to-day begins the I publication of a great serial story en- j titled, "The Triple Tie," which, it | may be said with assurance, is the most interesting story that has been published for years. In “The Triple Tie" ropiance. ad venture and a great national sport are woven together in a most in genious and fascinating way. The rqader is kept constantly on the anx ious seat, wondering what is coming next. Readers of The Georgian will recall the queer picture of the man with the j curling beard; the eyeglasses and the three ties on the bosom of his shirt that has been appearing in this news paper for two weeks. That picture was published with the idea of excit ing the reader’s curiosity. The three ties were supposed to suggest the title of the story—“The Triple Tie.” Winners To Be Named Soon. To stimulate interest in this great contest. The Georgian offered five prizes of $5 each for the best sugges tions for a title for this story, based on the picture published. At the time the offer was made The Georgian placed in the hands of Mr. T. J. Pee ples, cashier of the American National Bank, a sealed envelope containing the name of the Kory—“The Triple Tie.” A flood of answers was received by The Georgian. Everybody in Atlanta, young and old, was interested. The winners of this contest will be an nounced In the next few days. The picture Itself has nothing whatever to do with the story. The hero is a real, live, red-blooded young man. and the reader, be he man or be she woman, or young or old, will fall in love with Gordon Kelly, for such is the hero's name. Chance to Win $250 in Prizes. “The Triple Tie” will be published dally in The Georgian in generous in stallments. It will run until June 29. Toward the very close the serial will end abruptly at one of the most dra matic situations ever conceived by a novelist. Readers will then be asked to supply the solution to the several mysteries that are unsolved when the installments end. This is not a guessing contest. For the best solutions prize* ag gregating $250 are offered by The Georgian. The first prize is $100, second prize $50. third prize $25, fourth prize $15, and there are also twelve prizes of $5 each. ORIGINALITY. LITERARY VAL UE AND ANALYTICAL CLEAN NESS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN AWARDING THE PRIZES. The Georgian assures its readers that “The Triple Tie” is a story of uncommon interest that will hold close attention from the beginning tu the very end. It is handled by the author in a manner that is different from that of any novel we have ever read. It is written in brisk style and there is absolutely not a dull moment In the serial. Be sure and begin reading "The Triple Tie" in The Georgian to-day. Address all letters to Mystery Edi tor, Atlanta Georgian. Atlantic Fleet in Night Maneuvers NEWPORT. R L. May 19. Ten warships of the Atlantic fleet, led by the flagship Wyoming, left Naira* gansett Bay to-day for Block Island Sound for a week's maneuvers A feature of th*» maneuvers will bfc a night “attack ' upon the flee 1 of sulunarines. I'harges that heretical teachings are being spread by Union Theological Seminary, of New York, confronted the commissioners of the Northern Presbyterian Assembly at their ses sion Monday afternoon The accusations were contained in one of the minority reports, already printed in The Georgian, of the spe cial committee on the re-establishing of relations between the church and the seminary. The report was signed by Rev. F. C. Mont fort, D. D., of Cin cinnati. The new theology was most vigor ously attacked in the following para graph of Dr. Montfort’s report: A theology which denies the su pernatural; that regards sin not as the result of an ‘abrupt trans formation' or the fall, but as ‘the survival of the animal in man,’ and salvation 'not as an act,' but as ,‘a process rooted as sin is, in the nature of man.’ that regards Christ ‘not as God and man,’ but a* ‘God in man’ and ‘a type to which all men are ultimately destined to conform/ and which acknowledges as man’s supreme authority not the Scriptures, but the ‘lightt hat is in him,’ is not the theology of the Westminster Confession nor of the Presbyte rian Church. The Northern Assembly had been stirred by the charges that politics had brought about the election of Dr. John T. Stone as moderator. Dr. Stone at the beginning of the morn ing sesKon took occasion to reply in a dignified manner, asking that all per sonalities be laid aside and that if any mistake had been made that it be overlooked. The most pretentious plan for the amalgamation of the Presbyterian Churches of America was made public before the Northern Assembly. It proposed a union of all the family of Presbyterian Churches. Other pro posal? which have received indorse ment have embraced the union of two or three of the branches. None before has ventured to suggest for actual consideration the union of all. "Elect Infant Clause” to Stand. The majority of the committee re ported that prospects w r ere favorable for a return to the former relations between the church and the seminary and that the directors of the institu tion appeared most willing to make ail the changes desired by the rep resentative of the Assembly. They asked that their committee be continued so that the work of re union might be effected. The committee having in hand the consideration of the “elect infant clause” reported to the Southern As sembly with the recommendation that the phrasing of the clause be let stand as It was. Elect Infant Clause To Remain Unchanged. The taking of the report of the permanent committee of systematic beneficence from the docket of the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church is anticipated with special interest. It is known that ten overtures have been presented to the Assembly from as many presby teries touching this committee and that requests have been made for the full restoration of former powers of this committee. During the Assembly of 1912 this committee was deprived of some of Its power and seven members re signed. The keenest interest was precipi tated on the Assembly floor Monday when a second report touching the Continued on Page 2, Column 2. B. Sanders Walker, Jr., Makes Will When Told He Cannot Survive Day. Prayers Offered in Churches for Recovery--TookMercury byMistake MACON, < J A.. May 19. "1 wish it was all over now," said B. Sanders Walker, Jr., when told this morning that this was hia last day on earth, lie is dying from poison, having swallowed a bichloride of mercury tablet by mistake for a headache pill last Thursday. lie is suffering intensely and is very Weak, his death being considered but a matter of a few hours. His father, B. S. Wal ker. of Monroe: his brother, Cliff Al. Walker, Solicitor General of the Western Circuit, and other relatives are at his bedside. Without exception, in every church in Macon, Protestant and Catholic, prayers were offered yesterday for his recovery and his ease was commented upon from nearly all the pulpits in the sermons. Walker's case is one of pathetic interest. He is one of the wealthiest young business men in Macon or mid dle Georgia, controlling property esti mated at $700,000 valuation. He is a graduate of the University of Geor gia. in the class of 1903. He played shortstop on the Georgia baseball Negro’s Home—“This State j team while a student at Athens. Walker was in the prime of young manhood and a specimen of perfect health when his mistake of four days ,, T _. ... ago placed him upon his deathbed. Governor Joseph M. Brown Mon- After the first day the pain caused day issued r. proclamation offering » by th „ gnawlnK poison eased and sat reward of 1150 for the dynamiter of a j about its deadly work of slowly but ne«ro house on the plantation of surely destroying the functions of the Ilf COBB Offers Reward for Dynamiter of s Home—“This State Will Not Brook Anarchy.’’ .Miss Glad vs Hanson. Returns Home for Rest After New York Triumph in Belas- co’s ‘The Governor’s Lady.’ “1 love Atlanta. The thing which pleases me most about my success is j that it -has pleased my Atlanta | friends.” Miss Gladys Hanson Snook, one of! the most beautiful actresses Atlanta 1 has given the New York stage, fresh ! from triumphs as one of the leading players in David Belasco’s produc tion of “The Governor's Lady,” thus expressed Monday her loyalty to her home city. She is .it her home, HU, <']cbn : Avenue, for a month's rest after h - metropolitan engagement. This sum mer she sails for Europe, returning only in time for the New York open ing of the play in which ,>he added to her fame this past season. “Many of my Atlanta gir frier- are anxious to attempt a stage ca- leer, and already they are calling on n.e,” Miss Hanson has told Atlanta friends. “They start with well wishes and congratulations and personal chat, but always the conversation works around to the question, ‘What chance would I have?’ “Southern Girls Have Charm.” “I may as well answer them all at once. Atlanta girls who have any talent for acting will find the stage no more difficult, but certainly io more easy, than any other profession. Indeed, 1 think the Atlanta girls stand a little better chance pf real s;:c< ess than girls from other sections. “Southern girls have a charm, which is the birthright of Dixie, and which managers are quick to recog- rii/e. Then the famous 'Atlanta spir it' is not limited. 1 feel sure, to the on who are making the city famous. This spirit of enterprise, of persevei . -nee in th< face of obstacles, ana the habit of succeeding should help At lanta'^' daughter- as well as her sons. Sometimcsl think, though, that the re a a ds <-f the stage are hardly enough to compensate for living away from Atlanta. Th - is a dear, beauti ful city; 1 always want to get back.” James T. Anderson, in Cobb Count/. He said the crime indicated that cer tain men in Cobb County had taken up the movement started by a lawless element in Forsyth County to drive the negroes out. and that a firm posi tion by the State was demanded. “I want it clearly understood that this State will not make the slightest concession to anarchy; and i feel con fident the people are back of me,” said the Governor This action by Governor Brown comes close on the heels of the offer ing of rewards for the apprehension of lynchers in Columbia and Heard Counties. Copies of these proclama tions have been sent to the county pa pers of both these counties to be in serted as advertisements. Issues Proclamation. When the Sheriff of ('obb County called Governor Brown early Mon day and told him of the dynamiting, he immediately responded with a proclamation, clearly indicating that he was ready to begin warfare against mob rule and uphold the supremacy of the law with all available means. Said the Governor: "The State's process for enforcing her laws is definite and complete. She has not abdicated the power to apply that process nor does she permit her power to be usurped by any pereon or combination of persons. She does not concede that anarchy In any form nor in any degree shall supplant her laws." Blow House to Pieces. The house, occupied by a negro narVied Lewis, was blown to pieces about 12:3ft o’clock Monday morning. The negro was ordered to leave the community last winter He tied, but returned again April I When Sheriff Swanson reached th p scene soon after the exploKon with bloodhounds he was unable to follow the dynamiters. It was discovered that they had come and gone in a buggy. The dynamite, with a long fuse, had been pushed up under the house. Several negroes were in the house at the rime, hut none was hurt. The Anderson plantation is eight_ miles south of Marietta Springs road. the j Powder kidneys and liver. Within another day the kidneys were paralyzed. But for a slight pallor, no one would know from his appearance he was a living dead man. Calmly Winds Up Affairs. When told he could not recover* Walker summoned several of his busi ness associates and gave directions concerning the disposition of press ing business matters. Besides being a banker, he Is Interested in many busi ness enterprises, particularly in real estate. "I know I must die,” he said to his' friends. “It is something that can not be helped, and I have made up my mind to face fit as bravely as possi ble. I do not feel the slightest pain; it is strange that I must die from a cause that makes itself so little felt. If I didn't have so much faith in my physicians and know that the poison is in my system. I would laugh at my sentence to death. “1 suffered terribly from nausea and burning pains for twelve or fourteen hours after swallowing Ihe poison; then the distress gradually wore away until it ceased altogether. It is diffi cult for me to believe mv end is so near.” Makes Will After Banauet. Following his return from a ban quet given to delegates to the Georgia State Bankers' Association, who were in convention here. Walker, who left his bed and donned his evening clothes to attend the dinner, called his lawyer and made his will. Previous to going to the banquet, he was a lit tle skeptical concerning his approach ing death and as one of the hosts to the bankers he was as gay as the gav. Excepting for the sad and at times tearful faces of his w ife and children and other relatives, it is difficult tJ realize the Walker mansion is a housy of death. Th** members of the family have agreed not to talk of the im pending fate of presence and the master in his make every effort to turn his mind from his approaching end. KILLED ON WAY FROM CHURCH. LOUISVILLE. KY May 19. in a runaway accident while returning from church. Mrs. Edgar Woodall'* neck was broken. Her infant son and her husband were seriously hurt.