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J i ALWAYS FI RST # # The SUNDAY AMERICAN Order It NOW — — p Both Phones Main 8000 The At lanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGlAN WAftT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 247. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 20. 1913. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p ^ K e° 5 THRASHED t Well Known Lawyer Whips One After Another in Dispute Over Witness. HYSTERICAL WOMEN FIGHT TO ESCAPE FROM CORRIDOR Deputy Sheriffs Part Contestants After Two-Minute Battle. Victory Ready for More. m \\ * 11 H enry m. flagler, great railroad builder, who is regarded as the man who opened Florida to the world. r. Burton Smith, well-known attor ney and brother of Senator Hoke Smith, on Tuesday afternoon thrashed five men who objected to him con versing in the corridors of the court rooms in the Thrower building with a woman witness in the famous Crawford will case. Two of the men, C. W. Walton, of Buckhead, and W. H. Byrd, 41 West Twelfth Street, were badly beaten up. both showing black eyes and con tusions on their faces where Smith struck them. The other three men also were given severe drubbings be fore friends and polieemeh separated the belligerents. According to eyewitnesses of the fight, Attorney Smith had .stopped Mrs. Cash as she passed through the corridors of the building and was talking to her. Walton, it is claimed, approached and said: Walton Objects to Action. “Here, you; don’t talk to that wo- I man!” “What do you care?” asked Smith. I “Do you own her?” ‘Yes, I do,” answered Walton, and, K it is said, raised his arm as though k intending to strike the attorney., Walton is a powerfully built man, K fully as large as the attorney. Hardly jhad the words left his mouth, how- ■ ever, when Attorney Smith lunged ■ forward and struck Walton squarely ■ on the point of the jaw. Walton fell ■ limply to the floor, and Byrd rushed m into the fry. He was met with a ^mstiff right arm jolt from Mr. Smith Bland was knocked down for the count. Three Men Enter Fray. Then three men who had entered ®the court house with Walton and By rd, and who were with them when th< attorney knocked them down, ■ ‘Heaped at Smith. The attorney met ' them, and knocked them down as fast X*as they came at him. One of them he ■knocked down twice, while one blow Jmsufficed to put the other two hors Hfde combat. t Before the five men could arise Band rush the attorney, deputy sher- k iffs. policemen and friends of the at- ^Htorney rushed between them and pfe- ■vented further hostilities. Included Bin the rescue party were Deputy ■Sheriffs John S. Owens, Dave Goodlin, ■Newton Garner and Attorneys Reu- ■ben Arnold and Colonel James An- Bderson. | Attorney Smith’s hand was bleed- Ring from the force of the blows he Rhad struck the five men, and on one |lof his knuckles was a wound from Bone of his opponent's teeth. His [• friends started to take him out of la the building, and as they passed Wal loon,' the latter began getting up from 1 the floor. Wanted to Continue Bout. "I’m ready for you again,” he re- ! marked. Mr. Smith tried to brehk away from F his friends and expressed a desire to i again knock Walton down, but he was l restrained and went to his office, I where physicians dressed his wounds. I Walton and Byrd and the other three I men left the building immediately. The fight lasted about two minutes. Several women who were in the I corridor near the belligerents, I became hysterical and fairly fought I their way into the court room. Deputy I sheriffs were called to quiet the ex- I citement. Mrs. Cash Tells Story. The woman over whom the fight [ started was Mrs. Cora Cash, of Buck- head. According to Mrs. Cash, she [ and her daughter, Mrs. Violet White- l mire, were sitting on a bench near the entrance to the court room, when At torney Smith came up and began F talking to Mrs. Whitmire, an attrac tive young womifh. Then. Mrs.. Cash says. Walton am Byrd came up and demanded that Smith stop talking to the young wom an. Smith retaliated with his ques tion as to the ownership of the worn- i an, and the fight followed. Woods Favored for 4th Circuit Bench WASHINGTON, May 20.—The Sen ate Committee on Judiciary has ordered favorably reported the nom ination of C. A. Woods, of Charleston, S. C., to be Judge in the Fourth Judic ial Circuit and Judge Edward K. Campbell, of Birmingham, Ala., to be chief justice of the Court of Claims. A sharp fight was made against Woods, charges having been filed against him alleging he was a mem ber of a political ring in South Caro lina. ** Jacksonville to Get ‘Jedge Briles' Justice That he might gather pointers on how to conduct the police court in Jacksonville, of which he will assume <*harge June 1, Judge W. W. Ander son sat through the session of Re corder Broyles’ court Monday an in tensely interested spectator of the proceedings. Judge Anderson expressed himself as greatly pleased with Judge Broyles’ methods and his determination to enforce law. Heaviest Woman Ill In Chicago Hospital CHICAGO, May 20.— Mai*y Perry, said to be the heaviest woman in the world, w*as seriously ill to-day at the County Hospital and fear was ex pressed that she would not recover. She was brought to the hospital rom an amusement park on s a spe cially constructed stretcher. She weighs nearly 600 pounds. Oapitol Dictographs Alarm Congressmen WASHINGTON, May 20.—Congress men holding a meeting in. one of the committee rooms at the Capitol were alarmed when they were informed that each of the four committee rooms con tains a dictograph. The instruments were installed for convenience in calling clerks. BIG BARBECUE GIVEN" FOR JUDGES AT ROME ROME. GA„ May 20.—Twenty-five Georgia lambs, 100 chickens and 50 gallons of Brunswick stew were served at an old-fashioned barbecue given to-day by Wright Willingham at his home, in honor of Judge Wil liam T. Newman. Judge Moses Wright and Federal and Superior Gourt officials. There were 500 per sons in attendance. GEORGIA IS REPRESENTED AT POSTERS’ CONVENTION MOBILE. ALA., May 20.—The sec ond day's session of the Southern Foster Advertising Association is he ing held at the club house on Dog River, where officers will be elected Georgia iv represented by .1. H. Shipp Cordele; F. H. Powers. Macon; Will J. Perry, Xevvnan. M. T. Price, Sa vannah, and Julius DeGive and Ros- coe C. Massengale, Atlanta. if you have anything to sell adver tise in The Sunday Amerioan. Lar gest circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. AND LEO FI End Comes to Builder of Over- the-Sea Railroad at His Home in Florida. Solicitor General Dorsey Declares All Evidence Will Go to the Grand Jury Friday. Connecticut To Be Taft's Official Home BEGAN LIFE AS CLERK IN A GROCERY STORE First Fortune Swept Away by Poor Investment, He Left $100,000,000 Estate. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgi a—Local showers Tuesday and Wednesday. WEST PALM BEACH, FLA., May 20.—Henry M. Flagler, wealthy rail road builder and owner, died here to day. Mr. Flagler had been sick for three months, although it was thought sev eral weeks ago that he would recover Mr. and Mrs. Flagler came here In February. At that time he was suf fering from excessive nervousness. A general, breakdown followed. Mr. Flagler, one of America’s fore most financial giants, and known in the South as the "King of Florida,” was horn in a little village just south of Rochester, N. Y.. In 1850. His fa ther was pastor of the village church, and at the age of 14 Henry decided that his mother and sister could get along more comfortably if he ceased to be one of the family burden. Goes Out to Seek Fortune. So he started from home, with a few dollars in his pocket, and grad ually worked his way westward to Republic, Ohio, where he went to work in a country store for $5 per month and board. Strict economy soon enabled voting Flagler to open a grain business In Bellevue, Ohio. And here began a lit tle business which ultimately result ed in the formation of the greatest corporation in the world. Mr. Flagler used to ship his car loads of grain to Cleveland, where it was sold for him by a young com mission merchant named John D. Rockefeller. Loses All in Salt Venture. After amassing a fortune of $50,000 in Bellevue, he went to Saginaw, Mich., and made an unsuccessful ven ture in the salt business, losing every dollar of his money. With the aid of money furnished by his wife’s rela tives, he moved to Cleveland and re entered the grain business. He re newed his acquaintance with John D. and William Rockefeller, who were at that time confining their efforts to the oil refining business. He became in terested in the brothers’ new venture and in 1867, with the aid of more money from his wife’s relatives, he entered into a $100,000 partnership with the Rockefellers and Samuel Andrews. Wife Becomes Insane. Mr. Flagler’s second marriage oc curred in 1883. and in the next ten years his fortune increased by leaps and hounds. His wife became the mistress of a line mansion on Fifth Avenue. New York, as well as a pala tial country home on Long Island and in Florida, and to all outward ap pearances Henry M. flagler was the happiest man in the world. Then a terrible misfortune came into his life. His wife's mind became unbalanced. The grief-stricken man kept the awful truth hidden as long as possible. He paid thousands and thousands of dol lars to alienists in the hope of re storing her mentality, but her condi tion gradually grew worse. When, in 1899, the unfortunate woman finally became unmanageable, the Standard Oil magnate was forced to have his wife declared legally insane. Divorces Insane Wife. The following year a law' was passed by the Florida Legislature, whereby permanent Insanity was made ample grounds for a divorce. It was alleged at the time that this law was passed for the benefit of Mr. Flagler, who had come to be a power in Florida as a result of his vast railroad and hotel enterprises. He devoted a great deal of his money and energy toward the up building of the State of Florida, and making the southeastern peninsula one of the greatest winter resorts in the world. His greatest work in this connection was the completion recently of the extension of the Flor ida East Coast Railway from Knights’ Key to Key West, which is known as the “railroad over the sea.” This stretch of track is 156 miles in length and connects the chain of islands between the mainland and Key West. Its construction was one of the greatest engineering feats of the present age. as it is built almost entirely over water. Mr. Flagler's fortune was esti mated at $100,000,000, THINKS MORE ARRESTS WILL MAKE NO CHANGE Mrs. Jane Carr Begs Women to Help Solve Mystery—Burns Agent on New Trail. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey announced Tuesd:^’ morning that the States case against Leo M. Frank and Newt Lee in connection with the Phagan murder, would go to the Grand Jury Friday of this week. He said that he could anticipate no new arrest or development that would make it necessary to change this plan. Mrs. Jane F. Carr, 251 Ponce De Leon Avenue, in an open letter, asked •every w£oman in Atlanta to con tribute to the fund to employ the Burns detective and Mr. Burns him self to work in the Phagan investi gation. She appealed to women of every walk in life to give according to their means. “What if Mary Phagan were your child?” was the subject of her letter. Felder Asks for Funds. The Burns fund, after going above the $2,000 mark, -lacked considerably. Colonel Thomas B. Felder said this sum wmuld not be sufficient if it be came necessary for the Burns men to NEW HAVEN. CONN., May 2D.— Former President Taft is preparing to transfer his voting residence from Ohio to Connecticut. He will have his name put on the list of “voters to b* made.” and In September the board for admitting voters will pasy on his qualifications, after an examination which will include the applicant’s reading, as usual, of any section of the Constitution of the United States that the board may select. As President Taft must live in the State one year before he can vote, he will r>ot be eligible for the city elec tion in the fall, but will be qualified for tye State election in 1914. Roosevelt's Double Searching for Wife MADISON. W1S., May 20.—Albert Monroe Graves, who describes him self as Colonel Roosevelt’s double, ex cept that his teeth are more human than Roosevelt’s, has written to Sec retary of State Donald, asking that a wife be found for him. Graves lives in Alberta, Canada. In lfis letter to the Secretary of State he said: "I can lick Roosevelt at anything. I never failed to carry my own pre cinct and I was never licked by a Democrat.” If you have anything to sell adver tise in The Sunday American. Lar gest circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. HERESY FIGHT STORMY •!•••!* 4* • *1* 4* • v •!* • *F Controversy Stirs Assembly *•+ +•+ +•* +•+ +•+ School Head Answers Critics Dr. Francis Brown, President Union Theological Seminary, who vig orously defended the doctrinal views of his college. FIANCE STRICKEN ON WEDDING EVE IS DEAD make an exhaustive investigation, and asked the people to contribute liber ally to the end that Atlanta’s great est mystery be satisfactorily cleared. C. W. Tobie, chief of the Burns' criminal investigation department, was even more optimistic Tuesday morning than he was Monday that the Phagan mystery would be cleared to the satisfaction of Atlanta. "Another day on the scene has only convinced me that the crime is far from the most baffling the Burns de tectives have solved,” he said at his hotel Tuesday morning. "I am not at liberty to make public the result of my investigation, but we have cer tainly made progress." Search for Phono Girl. City detectives are searching for a telephone girl who was reported to have heard a conversation over the telephone the night of the murder between two persons said to he at taches of the pencil factory. Chief of Detectives Newport Lan- ford said that he had learned from a responsible source of a sw itchboard operator who was reported to have overheard a conversation that would be of the greatest importance in the Phagan case. He would not say whether he had learned the identity of the girl. A corps of department detectives were detailed to the search that will take in every private branch ex change in Atlanta. Tobie Follows New Lead. Colonel Felder said that he had New Dalton Business House. DALTON.—Ground has been broken for a three-story brick building to be erected by L. H. Crawford on North Hamilton Street. The first and second floors will be used for business pur poses and the third floor by the Dal ton Lodge of Odd Fellows. Continued on Page 3, Column 7, Are You the Master of Your House ? If you are sub jected to the <whims of a landlord--sub- f e ct to re moval notice at any time-- you are not. You can o<wn your home if you <will take advantage of one of the many bargains offered in the Classified Real Estate advertisements in The Geor gi a n or Hearst’s Sun day American Stricken on the eve of his wedding day, R. W. Sutton, 25 years old, of 419 Washington Street, is dead at the Grady Hospital—a victim of menin gitis. His bride-to-be, Miss Lillian A. Tutwiler, 300 South Pryor Street, is prostrated and his aged mother. Mrs. T, B. Sutton, added this new sorrow to that cavt over her by the death of her husband a month ago. Although hut a few doors down the corridor from her son, Mrs. Sutton, who is paralyzed and unable to move, has not been Informed of her son’s demise. Physicians feared that this se< ond shock would prove fatal to her. The younger Sutton’s death oc curred at 2 o’clock Tuesday morning. It was the culmination of a ir’troke of meningitis the day before he was to have married Miss Tutwiler, three weeks ago. With the same affliction his father had died. Fiancee Became His Nurse. Following his removal to the hos pital, his fiancee became his nurse. During the three weeks of anxiety which came, when death was ever present and physicians shook their heads in forebodings, the young couple did not despair. Miss Tutwiler kept her newly-made wedding gown in readiness for the wedding which ah'* was sure would come. In his conscious moments the young bridegroom-to-be talked constantly of j the happiness that lay In store for them when he got well. Nurses and attendants at the hospital heard wit- aching hearts the plans for the future that the couple made as during the long days and nights they sat holding handfk Mr. Sutton was alone w'hen death came. Miss Tutwiler, exhausted and worn out by her constant vigil at the bedside of her lover, was prostrated Monday when told by physicians that here was no hope. She visited Sut ton for tlie last time late Monday af ternoon, when already death was at the door. She was the last person Mr. Sutton recognized. Recognized Her While Dying. When she came into his room and laid her hand on the wasted arm, the eyes that were fast closing in the last sleep lighted up. Choking with sobs, the two hade each other good bye, and Miss Tutwiler, prostrated by her sorrow, was taken to her home. After Miss Tutwiler left his room Sutton sank rapidly, and soon re lapsed Into a coma from w'hch he never awakened. Death came to his relief a few hours later. The young man’s father, T. B. Sutton, died re cently of the same disease. Mr. Sutton and Miss Tutwiler had planned to he married on April 23. Arrangements had been made for the wedding, the minister had been en gaged, and the friends of the* happy couple had been Invited. On April 22 Mr. Sutton suddenly was taken ill. Thinking the illness soon would pass, no halt was made In the plans for the w'eddirig. On the morning of April 23 Mr. Sutton was suffering In tense pain and a physician was called. In the afternoon of the same day be diagnosed the trouble as menin gitis, and ordered the young man tak en to Grady Hospital. Girl Plans for Wedding. The friends of the young people were notified of the illness of Mr. Sutton, and the wedding was post poned. Confident that her lover soon w*mld recover from his illness, Miss Tutwiler fully completed the final details of her trousseau. But the wedding gown was never to he worn, and to-day it lies unfolded, emphasizing the grief of the young woman. Miss Tutwiler was hysteri cal with grief when she learned of her fiance's death, and on Tuesday morning was prostrated at her home. During the day her family became alarmed, and physicians were called. Her condition irf considered serious. .Moderator Struggles to Keep Order as Dis cussion Over Union College C barges Grows Bitter. Vigorous Defense of In stitution Made by Dr. Francis Brown; Re cess Taken to End Uproar. • »■ Stormy outbursts, silenced by the active gavel of Moderator Stone, only to break out afresh, marked the bitter Union Theological Seminary contro versy on the floor of the Northern Presbyterian Assembly Tuesday fore noon. Half a dozen men were on their feet simultaneously, clamoring for recognition by the chair. Toward the close of the forenoon session, the dis cussion was Involved In a tangle of * parliamentary procedure, from which relief was obtained only by the recess taken until the afternoon. Mr. Flagler died at 10 o'clock. The end was peaceful. To those at the bedside it seemed that the sick man died in his sleep. Among those in the death chamber were Mrs. Flagler and Mrs. Harry Harkness Flagler. The body will be placed in the mau soleum In the Flagler plot at St. Au gustine. The date of the funeral probably will not be fixed until to night. The Intense feeling of the commis sioners cropped out in many different ways, and the moderator was able to maintain a semblance of order only with the greatest difficulty. “Sit Down,” the Cry. An unexpected but futile effort was made to avoid the issue by tabling the resolution condemning the seminary. The majority, however, were eager to have the question settled once and for all. Dr. Howard Agnew Johnston, pas tor of the First Presbyterian Church. Stamford, Conn., was the author of the motion to postpone action indefi nitely. "Sit down!” some militant preacher at the side of the room shouted as soon as he realized the import of the motion. The eys of Moderator Stone blazed as he pounded thunderously with his gavel. “I w r ant no such expression in this Assembly,” he ordered. “I am saying this to the man who made that re mark. I do not care who he may be.’* Spirited Defense. The debate proper had rtr»t begun when the morning session adjourned. Dr. Francis Brown, president of the seminary which is under fire, wa-3 permitted to close the remarks which he had started when the session ad journed Monday afternoon. After this ensued the maelstrom of motions and points of order that kept the sessipn in a turmoil until recess. Dr. Brown came to a spirited de fense of Union Seminary’, its direc tors and its faculty. He was especially angered against what he described as a libel upon th« spiritual character of one of the pro fessors, Dr. William Adams Brow r n. Divir.e Aid Asked. Many' women were among the spec tators in the packed balcony when the debate w r as started by Dr. Francis Brown, president of Union Seminary. The walls w’ere lined by several score of men, who were compelled to stand. Even the upper gallery had its fringe of keenly Interested listeners. In the main auditorium every seat was taken. Ushers were instructed to keep the doors barred while the de bate was in progress. Moderator Stone ruled at the open ing of the discussion that there should be no disorder of any sort. To insure the carrying out of his order, he for bade applause of any sort during or after the speeches. He called upon Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, one of the instructors in Union Theological Seminary, and Rev. C. A. R. Janvier, of Philadelphia, to invoke the aid of God in deciding the ques tion. In spite of Moderator Stone's ruling that there should be no applause or manifestation of approval or disap proval, there w*a« a marked murmur of dissent when President Brown, of Union Seminary, declared that he metophorically had been met at the door of the Assembly hall with a club Continued on Pa^e 4, Column 5.