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VOL. XI. NO. 247.
ATLANTA. (1A., TUESDAY. MAY 20, 1913.
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Unknown Nurse Suggests Rem
edy That Gives Hop.e for Rich
Banker's Recovery.
MACON, GA., May 20.—After hav
ing made all, even minute, prepara
tions to die, under the belief that his
^ath was inevitaltle and a matter of
<.nly a few days, R. Sanders Walker,
Jr., the banker and real estate oper
ator, is now given the hope that pos
sibly he will survive the accidental
taking of a bichloride of mercury tab
let by mistake for a headache pill.
From Thursday until Monday Mr.
Walker’s kidneys were paralyzed, but
then there was a slight manifesta
tion, sufficient' to justify the attend
ing physicians in holding out a little
encouragement to the man who for
five days has regarded himself as on
the very brink of the grave. Two
• physicians have been at Mr. Walker’s
bedside almost from the minute when
the terrible pains in his stomach
showed that he had taken poison in
stead of an aspirin tablet, and they
have employed heroic remedies. From
all parts of the United States have
come about 4ft telegrams from persons
who were similarly poisoned or from
doctors and nurses suggesting meth
ods of treatment.
Nurse Suggests Remedy,
One such message came from a
young woman nurses at Johns Hop
kins Hospital, suggesting that a rem
edy of ax seed and olive oil might
save the fast ebbing life of the dying
man, as it had her own when she had
her own when she had been in a sim
ilar condition. If he lives, Walker
will owe his life to this young wom
an, of whose existence he was not
even aware—a person whom he would
not know were he to meet her face
to face.
This remedy has been applied and
has given Walker a fighting chance
for life. Euremic poinsoning had al
ready set in when the doctors decided
to adopt the suggestion of the young
woman, and unless relief had been
immediate Walker would soon have
succumbed.
Visitors Now Excluded.
All persons, except his wife, doc
tors and nurses, are now kept from
Mr. Walker. The physicians say that
the announcement to him that he
might survive, after he had gone
through the ordeal of preparing for
death, brought on a nervous attack
and intensified his weakness. It was
believed necessary, as well as ethical,
however, to tell the stricken man that
he had a chance to live.
B. tv Walker. Sr., of Monroe, the
father; Cliff M. W T alker. Solicitor
General of the Western Circuit, who
iq a brother, and other relatives are
at the residence.
Mrs. Walker is making a fight that
is the wonder of her friends. In her
husband's company she has been ever
brave and cheerful. Not once has she
Presented anything hut a courageous
front.
Walker’s Nerve Unbroken.
Walker’s first thought when told by
the doctors that death was sure to re
sult from his mistaken dose, was of
his business; his second, of his friends.
He immediately sent for his business
associates, and in a short while had
sriven definite intructions concerning
the final disposition of all his affairs.
Following the winding up of his
business, he called in his friends, an
nounced hs doom and gave them one
<nd all a‘ cheerful farewell.
His cool nerve during the strain of
ie last three days has been the cause
cf comment upon the days when, as ft
*tar athlete for the University of
Georgia, he time and again demon
strated the fact that he was possess, d
•'f an indomitable spirit that held him
ip when his teammates were break-
ng in their support.
Still on Brink of Eternity.
The friends who knew him a few
ays ago as the picture of health and
a perfect specimen of manhood can
hardly realize that following his trag
ic error In taking bichloride of mer-
f, ury tablets instead of the headache
medicine, he has been doomed to
eath. and that, although hope is now
^pressed for his recovery, he is ev. n
et standing upon the brink of eter
nity.
Knee Breeches? Why
Not for U, S. Envoy?
LONDON. May 2ft.—The Daily Cit
izen. the official labor organ, says in
an editorial:
"It is possible to admire tremen
dously the Republican simplicity of
America without understanding the
objection of the new Ambassador to
wearing knee breeches. What is there
in them offensive to Democratic sen
timent? After all John Burns wears
them on occasion and with George
Washington they were the habitual
garment.
"Of course it is not everybody who
can boast a leg and it is Just possi
ble that Mr. Page's repugnance to
knee breeches may be founded on
better reasons than the world can
wot of.”
Loss of Cat Costs
University $100,000
MIDDLETOWN, May 20.—The
story of how Wesleyan University lost
a bequest of $100,000 or more because
students stole a pet cat for dissect
ing purposes a dozen or more years
ago was revealed when the will of
Miss Margaret Van Deursen. who died
a few days ago, was filed. Miss
Van Deursen was a great lover of
cats. When one to which she was
attached disappeared one day. she
was grieved. A large reward was
offered for .its recovery, but it was
learned that students hunting for
specimens for the biological labora
tory had taken it.
OLD SCHOOL
Ethel
+•+
Seminary Girl Her Counterpart
Miss McCravey Rival for Beauty
Attack Led by Dr. F. C. Monfort.
President Francis Brown De
fends School and Faculty.,
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
charge 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.
Troops Mutiny Over
French Military Bill
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, May 2ft.—Serious mutinous
uprisings, due to the proposed exten
sion of the military term from two
years to three, are occurring in the
ranks of the French Army.
The war office to-day received dis
patches from frontier points which
stated that dangerous consequence*
may follow’ if the Government persists
in putting through the bill.
In several Instances barracks have
been burned.
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.
British Carry Coal
for American Navy
WASHINGTON, May 20.—Paymas
ter John S. Higgins, U. 8. N., ap
pearing before the Senate Committee
on territories said that practically all
of the 250,000 tons of coal shipped
annually for Pacific Coast Navy use
was carried In British bottoms.
He said that the opening of the
Alaska coal fields the subject under
consideration by the committee would
| establish a Pacific supply.
Peary to Get High
Honors in France
PARIS. May 20.—According to Mar-
eelln Boule, Vice President of the
French Geographical Society, Admiral
Peary Is to be paid the same honors
as were granted to Amundsen by the
French society.
The fact that no preparation has
heen made is due to the absence from
Paris of the society's President,
Prince Roland Bonapar %
PHAGAN CASE IS NOW COMPLETE
AND READY FOR THE GRAND JURY
ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS FROM THE
TOR GENERAL’S OFFICE, WHATEVER CASE
AGAINST SUSPECTS HELD FOR THE MURDER
PHAGAN IS NOW COMPLETE. MR. DORSEY AM
THAT HE WOULD PRESENT THE CASE TO THE GRAND
JURY ON FRIDAY.
JUU1-
: HAS
MARY
NCED
The battle against Union Theologi
cal Seminary marked its first day by
bitter onslaughts upon the teachings
of the New York pchool, which were
freely characterized as heretical and
as a species of Hindu philosophy,
was on in full fury again Tuesday
afternoon at the Nortnern Presbyte
rian Afisembly, and no limit wap set
to the time through which it might be
waged.
As on Monday, every seat In the
main auditorium was filled and the
galleries were packed to witness the
struggle between the forces of the old
school of religious thought and the
new, which was made a special order
for 11 o’clock in the forenoon.
Feeling was high. The commission
ers had been warned to conduct
themselves In a calm and prayerful
spirit, but the occasion was too tense
to permit of a great deal of calm
ness. The men of the old school felt
that the foundations of the religion
of their fathers was being swept away
by these new doctrines. They were
Miss Nellie McCravey, of Huntsville, Ala.
prepared to fight to the last ditch to
prevent the formal recognition of
Union Seminary as a Presbyterian in
stitution and the re-establishing of
close relations between the school and
the church.
Hush Precodes the Storm.
When Moderator Stone stopped the
regular business at 11 o'clock a hush
felj on the Auditorium, but it ap
peared to be the preliminary calm
that presaged a long and determined
battle. Prayer was offered up for di
vine guidance and wisdom In dealing
with the most delicate and important
question, and then the stillness was
broken by the businesslike voice of
the moderator outlining the rules of
the conict.
The debate first was upon the mi
nority report of Dr. F. C. Monfort,
white-haired rellgibus writer and ed
itor of Cincinnati, whose opposition
to the ideas of Union Seminary led
him Monday to brand them as par;
and parcel of a modern heathen -phi
losophy. The debate was according
to the plan suggested by Moderator
Stone Monday.
It was agreed that the Assembly
should listen to and "accept” the ma
jority report signed by Dr. J. F.
Carson, the echairman. and then fol
low the same procedure with the first
minority report signed by E. H. Per
kins, an elder of Baltimore, and Dr.
John R. Davies, pastor of the Bethle
hem Presbyterian Church of Philadel
phia.
Minority Report Last.
The minority report of Dr. Monforr
was received last. It was while ex
plaining his stand in submitting a re-
^Continued on Page 2, Column Y.
Friends of Alabama Belle, in At
lanta School,, Acclaim Her as
Charming as Actress.
Miss Nellie McCravey, of Hunts
ville, Ala., a member of the graduat
ing class of Washington Seminary,
Atlanta, has been adjudged a double
of Ethel Barrymore, whose beauty
won recognition on two continents.
Among the girls’ younger set of
H^untsville Miss McCravey was con
sidered the most beautiful, possess
ing all the attractions and graces. Her
friends at Washington Seminary and
acquaintances in Atlanta are even
more enthusiastic over her personal
charms, if possible, than her Hunts
ville associates. They promptly ac
quiesced in the opinion of Huntsville's
elite that Miss McCravey was the
"Ethel Barrymore of the South.”
Miss McCravey Is a niece of Mrs.
John W. Davis, of Atlanta. She has
acquired many friends In Atlanta
through her talents and capacity for
entertaining. Her beauty is of the
most pronounced Southern type.
maconTo seek”state
K. OF P. HEADQUARTERS
MACON, GA, May 2ft.—More than
30 Macon delegates le,ave to-night to
attend the annual meeting of the
Grand Lodge of the Knights of
Pythias at Waycross. A determined
effort will be made to land the per
mament headquarters of the grand
lodge for this city. T. J, Carling, su
preme chancellor of the world, wno )s
a resident of this city, is throwing his
influence to‘Macon tn this regard*
Policeman Hit by
Auto Nabs Driver
City Detective L. F. Carter is being
congratulated by his friends for the
agility and coolness which he* dis
played Monday night when he nar
rowly escaped being run down by in
automobile driven by J. A. Brigman,
of Decatur.
Carter was crossing Forsyth at Ma
rietta Street, and when struck by the
machine, sprang up on the hood,
where he perched until the car was
stopped. Carter Immediately arrested
Brigman and charged him with reck
less driving. Brigman was released
without bail.
Woman, 106, Doesn't
Care to Live Longer
BALTIMORE, May 20—A birthday
reception on one’s hundred and sixth
anniversary Is certainly an unusual
experience, yet Mrs. Ann Bouder, 723
North Carey Htreet, enjoyed that priv
ilege.
In a big armchair in her home,
Mrs. Pouder talked of the happenings
of a century ago in the animated
manner one might more reasonably
expect of a hero of Gettysburg^ re
counting tales of the "sixties.'*
Mrs. Pouder told h^r friends she did
not car« to live until another birth
day.
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Solicitor General Dorsey Declares
All Evidence Will Go to the
Grand Jury Friday.
Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey
announced Tuesday morning that the j
State’s case against Leo M. Frank ,
and Newt Lee in connection with the ;
Phagan murder, w'ould go to the !
Grand Jury Friday of this week. He j
said that he could anticipate no new j
arrest or development that would
make It necessary to change this plan. |
Mrs. Jane F. Carr, 251 Ponce De- J
Leon Avenue, in an open letter, asked j
every woman 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. Hhe 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 Fundi.
The Burhg fuful, after going above
the $2,0ftft mark, lacked considerably.
Colonel Thomas B. Felder said th>
sum would not be sufficient If it be
came necessary for the Burns men to
msnwe&Ugation, and
asked the people to contribute liber
ally to the end that Atlanta’s great
est mystery be satisfactorily cleared.
C. W. Toble, 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 Phone 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 be at
taches of the pencil factory.
Chief of Detectives Newport Lan-
ford said that he had learned from
a responsible source of a switchboard
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
heard nothing of the report and was
quite sure the Burns detective had
not. The Pinkertons, through Harry
Scott, said they attached little Impor
tance to the report, but that if It u’ere
true the girl could be easily located.
City detectives and the Pinkertons
spent several hours at the pencil fac
tory plant last night. The premises
were minutely searched for new
clews. The result was not made pub
lic.
Working Independent of every one.
Toble, the Burns agent, was away
from his hotel bright and early Tues
day morning following up a lead that
he said had been heretofore over
looked. He will make dally reports
to Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey
and Colonel Felder.
Here is Mrs. Carr’s letter urging all
women to Interest themselves In the
Mary Phagan case;
Calls It Women's Case.
"To the Women of Atlanta:
"The Mary Phagan case Is our case,
and it behoove* every woman to set
the seal of condemnation upon law
lessness and demand that no means
shall be unused, no expense spared In
bringing to Justice the foul villain
who perpetrated this unparalleled
crime. His freedom Is a menace to
the honor and life of every woman in
our community,
"But no mistake must be made.
Some of our most prominent men, and
a few big-hearted women, have taken
the initiative in contributing to the
Continued on Page 2, Column 7.
SELF-PROCLAIMED KING OF ALBAN1
ASSASSINATED BY TURKISH li
VIENNA, MAY 20.—ESSAD PASHA. FORM:
ISH COMMANDER OF SCUTARI. WHO RECENTLY PRO
CLAIMED HIMSELF KING OF ALBANIA. HAS BEEN AS
SASSINATED BY FOLLOWERS OF RIZA BEY. ESSAD
PASHA WAS KILLED IN REVENGE FOR THE MURDER OF
RIZA BEY, WHO WAS SHOT BY HIS OWN TROOPS AT
THE SIEGE OF SCUTARI.
HUFFGONTEMPT
UnuL
Trial of Suit Growing Out of
Caustic Letter to Judge Speer
Brings Out Big Crowd.
MACON, GA.. May 2ft.—An enor
mous crowd thronged the Federal
building to-day to hear the trial of
Colonel W. A. Huff, charged with con
tempt of court, In that he sent Judge
Emory Speer a caustic letter last
July.
Attorney* for the prosecution are
District Attorney O. D. Street., of
Alabama; Assistant District Attorney
A. H. Codington, of Macon: Judge
Enoch Calloway, of Augusta, and
George S. Jones and Orville A. Park,
of Macon. The defendant Is repre
sented by Thomas 8 Felder, Attorney
General of Georgia, w'ho for nine years
has been Colonel Huff’s attorney in
bankruptcy litigation, out of w'hlch
the contemn* case developed. Judge
W. I. Grubb, of Birmingham, was des
ignated by the circuit Judgfc to preside
over the trial.
Judge Speer will he the chief wit
ness for the Government. District
Attorney Alexander Akerman and
Judge A. J. Cobh, of Athens, are
among the other witnesses
Colonel Huff declares that, regard
less of the result of his trial, he will
proceed with his charges against
Judge Speer. He says that the
charges will he laid before the Presi
dent and Congress within two weeks.
I
FATE NEXT MONTH
Supreme Court Hears Argument
for New Trial of Laurens
County Slaying Case.
Alonzo L. Lynn’s motion for a new
trial, whereby he hopes to evade a
life sentence for the killing of F. M.
Hightower at the Lynn home in Lau
rens County. December 18. 1912, will
be decided by the Supreme Court aft
er its next opinion day In the middle
of June.
The motion was argued Monday be
fore Justices Atkinson. Evans and
Hill. Solicitor General Stephens of
Laurens County and Judge John S.
Adams argued for the affirmation of
the lower court's decree. Stephen P.
New and George B. Davis, of Dublin,
represented Lynn.
Hightower, a Confederate veteran,
was found dead in the Lynn home.
A Burns detective, employed by the
State, ferreted out evidence and ad
duced a theory of conspiracy, result
ing In the Indictment of Lynn and
his wife. Alice Lynn.
Mrs. Lynn admitted firing the shot
which killed the veteran, but swore he
had made Improper proposals to her.
After deliberating five days, the jury
acquitted Mrs. Lynn, but found Lynn
guilty of murder, recommending life
Imprisonment. Judge Hawkins Im
posed the full sentence.
Mrs, Hutchins ‘Poor’
On $2,000 a Month
WASHINGTON, May 20.—Mrs Roan
Keeling Hutchins, widow of Stllson
Hutchins, millionaire newspaper own-
er, has filed suit In another attempt
to obtain one-third of the Income from
her husband's personal estate. Ac
cording to her petition, she is In
straitened circumstances,'' although
she has 12,000 a month from the es
tate.
The personal property left by Mr. j
Hutchins is eattmated at 11,168,085,
while the realty value la fitted at
$3,817,000, Distribution has been de
layed by disputes among the heirs
and the filing of a caveat by Lee
Hutchins, a son.
Says Londoner Is
the Laziest of All
• pedal Cable to The Atlanta Georgian,
LONDON, May 20.—The Londoner
Is the laziest human being In the
world, according to the dictum of
James Douglas, a well-known littera
teur, In the course of a discussion on
the effects of metropolitan conditions
upon human energy
The London atmosphere it Is
agreed, produces lassitude and leth
argy Provincials achieve success in
London. Nearly all the men at the
top in London are not ,Londoners
bornf
‘RosyCheek Teachers
Excel Brainy Ones'
NEW YORK, May 20.—President
Thomas W. Churchill of the Board
of Education told the Associate Alum
nae of Normal College that he w'ould
"ather "a teacher had the pulchritude
of red cheeks than the wisdom of an
encyclopedia.”
"A certain type of teacher,” said hs,
"seems to think she must study all
summer, but she would be a better
teacher If she apent her vacation
"owing a boat or playing golf. There
Is no reason why teachers should be
divorced from health."
Gov. Slaton Speaker
At A. and M. Finals
Governor-elect John M, Slaton Is
expected to return home Tuesday
from Americue, Ga., where on Mon
day night he delivered the principal
address at the annual commencement
exercises of the Third District Agri
cultural and Mechanical College,
Diplomas were presented by John
M. Collum, the superintendent, An
exhibition of the tnduztrial work of
the college preceded, the graduating
exercizes
Governor-elect Slaton and the other
speakers were entertained with a
barbecue dinner after the exercises.
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