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VOL. XI. NO. 248.
ATLANTA, (JA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 21, 1918 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE r 4ZJL°
NIGHT
EDITION
Billy Smith Sends Pitcher Dent,
Secured From Senators, In
Against Visitors.
Score by innings:
CRACKERS 210 .
TURTLES 000 0
PONCE DE LEON BALL PARK, May
21.—The Crackers lined up against the
Turtles for the third game of their se
ries here this afternoon.
To-day's contest was a benefit per
formance for the Atlanta Ad Men’s Club.
Approximately 4,000 fans witnessed the
struggle.
Dent, the Crackers' new twirler, made
his debut in to-day's game with Graham
catching. Parsons and Snell did the
battery work for the Turtles.
THE GAME.
FIRST INNING.
Dove flied to Welchonce, who made a
nice running catch. Baerwakl grounded
to Agler and was out to Dent. Schweit
zer went out, Bisland to Agler. NO
RUNS’.
Long opened for Atlanta with a pretty
single to right. Bailey walked. Alper-
man bunted and when Parsons came in
the ball went over his head, filling the
phases. Welchonce singled to right and
Long and Bailey scored. Smith sac
rificed, Parsons to Abstein, and both
runners advanced. Bisland grounded to
Ward and Alperman was caught in a
chase, Ward to Snell to Ward to Ab
stein. The latter covered the plate.
Welchonce went to third on the play.
Agler ended the inning by smashing a
line drive to Butler. TWO RUNS.
SECOND INNING.
Ward went out, Bisland to Agier. Ab
stein singled to left. Butler grounded to
Bisland and Abstein was forced at sec
ond to Alperman. Butler was out try
ing to steal, Graham to Bisland. NO
RUNS.
Graham walked. Dent fanned. Long
singled through Ward and Graham went
to second. Bailey was hit by a pitched
ball, filling the bases. Alperman ground
ed to Parsons and Graham was forced at
the plate to Snell. Welchonce grounded
to Butler, who fumbled, and all hands
were safe, while Long tallied. Smith
died to Schweitzer. ONE RUN.
THIRD INNING.
Shanley bunted to Dent and was* out
to Agler. Snell grounded to Smith and
was out to Agler. Parsons out, Alper
man to Agler. NO RUNS.
Bisland walked on four wide ones.
Agler popped to Snell. Graham smashed
one through Shanley for a single and
Bisland went to second. Dent was
called out on strikes. Long llied to
Schweitzer. NO RUNS.
FOURTH INNING.
In trying to dodge a ball on the inside
Love accidentally hit the ball and was
out at first to Agler. Baerwald lined
into Alperman's hands. Schweitzer out,
Bisland to Agler. NO RUNS.
Clark Pays Alimony
To Escape a Trial
Still insisting that be will not llv^
with her. Augustus H. (Mark, the
young husband arrested at the in
stigation of his wife when he came
here from Jackson, Miss., to sue her
lor divorce, has agreed to pay her
$20 a month for the support of her
self and two small children. He has
been placed on probation under Pro
bation Officer Coogler.
An effort is being made by Of
ficer Coogler to effect a reconciliation
between Clark and Mrs. Clark, but
the husband declares this will never
be. The probation officer, however,
said he had hopes of amicably ad
justing the matter.
Great Birmingham
Mill To Be Finished
NEW YORK, May 21.—At a meet
ing of the United States Steel Cor
poration this afternoon it was de
cided to go ahead at once and finisn
the new wire and rail mill at Birming
ham* Ala. The plant will manufac
ture wire nails and wire products and
will have a daily output of 400,000
tons of finished products.
It is expected that $800,000 will be
required to complete the mill, and the
work is expected to be finished by the
late summer or early fall.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Showers Wednesday
and probably Thursday,
BASEBALL
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
AT NASHVILLE-
FIRST GAME.
NEW T ORLEANS
NASHVILLE ...
1110 0......
1 6 0 0 0. . .
Wilson and Robertson; Breckenrldge and Noyes. Umpires, Fifieid and Stock-
dale.
AT CHATTANOOGA—
MONTGOMERY 0 .
CHATTANOOGA 0 .
C. Brown and Gribbcns; Coveleskle and Street. Umpires, Kerin and Wright.
FIRST GAME.
AT BIRMINGHAM —
MOBILE ..>...
BIRMINGHAM
0000100-1 53
0 0 0 1 0 1 X - 2 80
■CavetandSchmidt; Prough and Mayer. Umpires, Rudderham and Brelt-
ensteln.
SECOND GAME.
MOBILE 0
BIRMINGHAM 0
Berger and Schmidt; Hardgrove and Mayer. Umpires, Rudderham and
Breitenstein.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AT NFW YORK-
ST. LOUIS
NEW YORK
1 0 0 1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sallee and Wingo; Tesrau and Wilson. Umpires, Rigler and Byron.
AT BOSTON—
CHICAGO 0040010..-. ..
BOSTON 0000000..-. ..
Reulbach and Archer; Hess and Whaling. Umpires, Brennan and Eason.
AT BROOKLYN—
PITTSBURG ....> 010001030-5 71
BROOKLYN ....000200000-2 74
Adams and Simon; Ragon and Miller. Umpires. Klem and Orth.
AT PHILADELPHIA—
CINCINNATI 000000000 - 0 33
PHILADELPHIA 40220202X- 12 20 1
Johnson, Harter, L. Smith and Clark and Kllng; Seaton and Klllifer and
Hawley. Umpires, O'Day and Emslle.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
LEADERS IN BURTON SMITH
I
Board Criticised as Exceeding Its
Authority Is Commended by
the Assembly.
Indorsement was given the Home
Mission Board by the adoption of the
report of the standing committee on
home missions by the Northern Pre*
byterian Assembly Wednesday fore
noon.
The report paid high commendation
to the policies and the work of the
board. Its practically unanimous
adoption was somewhat of a surprlk^,
in view of the criticism which had
been directed at the board before the
sessions of the Assembly began.
Included in the report was a resolu
tion calling upon President Wilson to
forbid the wearing of a badge or uni
form distinctive of any religious de
nomination by the teachers in Gov
ernment schools. The resolution was
added upon motion of Dr. C. A. Jan
vier, of Philadelphia.
Congressman Scott, of Kansas, op
posed it. on the ground that it would
mean the driving from many of the
tho
e d< '
'lii' SiWi
AT CLEVELAND—
WASHINGTON 00000...... ..
CLEVELAND 00001...... ..
Groome and Henry; Kahler and Carisch. Umpires, O’Loughlln and Hart.
AT ST. LOUIS—
NEW YORK 0000 -. ..
ST. LOUIS 2000 -. ..
Ford and Sweeney; Hamilton and AgnCw. Umpires. Hildebrand and Evans.
AT CHICAGO—
BOSTON 20004...... ..
CHICAGO 00000...... ..
Collins and Carrigan; Benz and Schalk. Umpires, Ferguson and Connolly.
Philadelphia-Detroit game off; rain.
who aredoingf^roo^.vorft. The res-
olution was identical with that adopt
ed by the United Presbyterians Tues
day.
To Reconsider a Vt>te.
Testifies He Planted
Dynamite For Wood
BOSTON, May 21.—John .1 Breen,
the Uawrence undertaker, who al
ready has been convicted for his part
in the "plant” of dynamite at Uaw
rence during the strike there, testi
fied to-day at the trial of William M.
Wood, head of the American Woolen
Company and two others, on a charge
of conspiring to "plant” the dynamite,
that Frederick A. At.teaux. one of the
defendants had hired him to plant ex
plosives in buildings occupied by
striking textile operatives.
Atteaux, the witness said, gave him
$500 before the dynamite was placed,
and made the second payment of $200
some time later.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next issue will sell
goods. Try it!
r
30c For
If you arc out of
work or would like
a better place, a lit
tle ‘‘Want Ad” will
do the work. Many
are onjoyin”- splen
did places to-day
secured through a
Georgian "Want
Ad.”
J
AT MONTREAL—
BALTIMORE—
100000 ......
MONTREAL—
200000. . .-. . .
Shawkey and Egan; Smith and Burns.
Umpires, Mullin and Cross.
AT BUFFALO—
NEWARK—
20000 .......
BUFFALO—
10100........
Donnelly and Hughes; Main* and
Stephens. Umpires. Quigley and Fln-
neran.
Other games off—rain.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
AT ST. PAUL—
LOUISVILLE—
00 0 000002-272
i ST. PAUL—
4 2000000X-681
I Maddox, Northrup and Clemons;
j Relger and Miller. Umpires. Johnstone
and Connolly.
FIRST GAME.
I AT KANSAS CITY—
l COLUMBUS—
0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.-. . .
| KANSAS CITY—
00200000.-. . .
Other games off—rain.
Practically all of the forenoon ses
sion was given over to the report of
the committee on home missions and
it was announced just before recess
was taken that a motion for reconsid
eration of the vote upon which the
report of the executive commission
was received Tuesday afternoon
would be entertained at 5 o’clock on
Wednesday afternoon.
This report recommended that the
department of church and country
life, one of the divisions of the home-
mission work, be discontinued so far
as practicable.
"Either ask me to get out or com-
I mend my work,” was the ultimatum
delivered to the assembly by Warren
H. Wilson, who is in charge of the
department of church and country
life of the Board of Home Missions.
Mr. Wilson was speaking in defense
of the department whose work the
assembly voted late Tuesday after
noon to "discontinue so far as prac
ticable."
Issues an Ultimatum.
"The work can not be ‘discontin
ued so far as practicable,’ ” declared
Mr. Wilson. "It either must be aban
doned altogether or be allowed to con
tinue under the present policy. You
j can tell me to get out if you like. I’m
a young man. It would not be any
loss to me. Nor am 1 dependent on
the church for employment.
"Those who oppose this church
and country life department are city
men. They are not acquainted \vith
conditions in the country- I dare say
none of them has milked a cow in
fifty years. The country life depart
ment is as essential as any other ac
tivity of the church. The depart-
FIGHT
i. FELDER
GOES TO GRAND JURY REPUDIATES
T HREE deputies, from left to right, J. H. Owens, Newt Garner and Dan Goodwin, pointing
to the “County Prize Ring”in the Thrower Building. Observe the hats in the ring. Below,
at left, C. W. Walton, with bandaged face. At right, W. H. Byrd, with black eyes and bandaged
forehead. Alt members of this club.
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SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
AT CHARLESTON.
•JACKSONVILLE—
0000 -...
CHARLESTON—
0000 -...
Wilder and Smith: Foster and Mene-
fee. Umpire, Moran.
ment is working for rural pastorates
and rural evangelism; without rural
pastorates religious work in the coun
try must languish. It Is up to you to
say whether we shall abandon this
great work.”
All of the members of the Home
Misison Board whose terms expired
this year were re-elected, with the
exception of Rev. S. J. Nichols, re
signed. His place was left vacan
temporarily.
(’harges of malfeasance in office
and usurpation of authority by the
Home Mission Board of the North
ern body of Presbyterians were an
swered in an impressive address by
the venerable general secretary of
the board. Dr. Charles U. Thompson
at Wednesday morning’s session of
the Assembly.
The entire meeting was swept into
a volley of enthusiasm by the aged
man’s eloquent denial of the charges.
It greeted him with a spontaneous
outburst of cheering, which ran rife
for five minutes. When he resumed
his seat unanimous appreciation of
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Mr*-
Burton Smith, Reuben Arnold and
J, C. Cox Arraigned Be
fore Justice.
Round two of the celebrated "Bat
tle in the Corridors; or They Didn’t
Know He Had a Punch,” was fought
before Justice of the Peace Charles H.
Girardeau on Wednesday afternoon,
as per schedule, when Burton Smith,
Reuben Arnold and J. O. Cox were ar
raigned before the justice on charges
of assault and battery preferred by W.
H. Byrd and C. W. Walton.
The three men were represented by
Attorneys Hill, Wright and Van Astor
Batchelor, and came back strong.
Smith, Arnold and Cox were In ex
cellent condition when they appeared
before Referee Girardeau, both ver
bally and mentally, and countered the
insistent demand of the five for an
immediate hearing with the calm
statement that they would waive com
mitment and let their case go to the
Grand Jury.
Despite the objections of Walton’s
and Byrd’s seconds. Referee Girardeau
ruled that the blow was legal, and to
the great disgust of the army of fans
who had journeyed from far and near
to witness the bout, calmly held
Smith. Arnold and Cox to await the
action of the Grand Jury.
Burton Smith Wears
A New Title Now.
To all friends of peace, greeting:
Be it known that Burton Smith,
lawyer, soldier, club president, has a
punch up his arm.
It is for the man who interrupts him
when he is talking to a witness.
It Is for the friend of the man who
interrupts him when he is talking io
a witness.
It is for the friend of the friend of
the man who—oh. well. Atlanta found
out Tuesday that the punch was there,
and found out, as well, for whom it
exists. And Atlanta mentally Jotted
down a few "don’ts” to govern it in
its future behavior toward Burton
Smith, lawyer, soldier, club president,
the man with the punch.
Just Like D'Artagnan.
The same "don’ts" probably would
applV to John Rldd. Lute McCarty,
or D'Artagnan, all of whom, like Mr.
Burton Smith, are known to i-he world
as men pacific and amiable enough
ordinarily, and slow to anger, but
lions In conflict.
RACING
RESULTS.
AT ELECTRIC PARK.
FIRST—Five furlongs; Monfolio 109
(Mtathews), 6.30, 3.90. 2.60, won: Auto-
maid 104 (Pickens), 3.10, 2.50. second;
Firm 109 (Barzlley). 3.30. third. Time
:69. Judge Landis, Jim Rat, Sylvan Dell,
Satire also ran.
SECOND—Selling. 3-year-olds and up,
five furlongs; Susan 109 (Chapel), 7.30,
5.20, 3.70, won; Phew 99 (Johnson), 5.10.
3.80, second; Hudas Sister 104 (Adams),
5.60. third. Time :5I) 1-5. Carroll, Ra-
r-ine. Merry Chase. Pink Lady, Schilla-
lah. Rostrum also ran.
THIRD—2-year-olds. 4Vs furlongs:
Bulgar 113 (Skirvin), 2.90, 2.20, 2.10, won;
Odd Cross 113 (Matthews), 2.20, 2.10,
second: Col. C. 116 (Pickens), 2.20. third.
Time :57 2-5. Molma. Sunamit, Kedron,
Panama, Yoderling also ran.
AT LOUISVILLE.
FIRST—Five furlongs: Florence Rob
erts 116 (Foftua), 3.40, 2.20, 2.10, won;
Lady Lightening 112 (McCabe), 2.30,
2.10. second; Brookfield 98 (McDonald),
2.10, third. Time 1:00 2-5. Tactless, Ira
K., Sir Marlon also ran.
SECOND—Purse, 5 furlongs: Christo-
phlne 110 (Steele), 5.80, 3.50, 3.30, won;
Water Melon 110 (Loftus), 3.60, 3.10,
second; Violet May lit) (Andress), 5.10,
third. Time 1:01. Lavallettu, Yankee
Tree, Ovation, First Cherry. Shelby
Belle. Hortense, Blrka, Hose Ring, Buzz
Around also ran.
THIRD—Handicap, 6 furlongs: Helen
Barbee 114 (Estep), 8.00, 4.80, 3.00, won;
Sebago 112 (Musgrave), 3.80, 3.00, sec
ond; Jim Basey 110 (Uoftus), 3.20, third.
Time 1:12 2-5. Round The World. Little
Father, Samuel R. Meyer, Private, Ca
sey Jones also ran.
ENTRIES "ON PAGE 2.
Mystery In Death
of Atlanta Woman
MEMPHIS. May 21.—The police are
mystified over the death |Df Mrs.
' of Atlanta, who died
1n St. Joseph hospital here, after
. c *vo uays.
, She came here from Birmingham
men will bear witness, Is like I but had worked on Atlanta newspa-
I pers, according to letters found in her
Continued on Page 2, Column 1. 1 possession.
The Smith punch, as at least five
Stories That He Was Retained by
Prisoner’s Friends Silly,
He Declares.
Mystery piles up upon mystery in
the Fhagan case.
Colonel Thomas B. Felder was ask
ed Wednesday afternoon by The Geor
gian to reply to rumors circulating on
the street, all making the general
charge that he had been retained by
friends of Leo Frank, prisoner in the*
Phagan case, and that his objeci ui
bringing the great detective. William
J. Burns, here, was not to fid the
prosecution.
Colonel Felder said:
"Any stories to that effect are silly
and ridiculous—if nothing wors<*
Anybody who knows me or Mr. Burns
knows that we would not lend our
selves to any scheme to block justice.
Mr. Bums in hunting down a criminal
can not be stopped. He cou'd have
made a million dollars by liste ning to
the importunities of friends of the
McNamaras in the dynamiting bases,
but he is above price.”
Loath to Discuss Rumc s.
Mr. Felder said that he was loath
discuss the rumors on the street be
cause he wanted to avoid injecting
into the case any issues thet might
impede a speedy solution of the mys
tery.
He stated also that he had never
said he was retained by the family of
the dead girl, but that a committee of
citizens had been the moving spirit*
in getting him to take hold and using
his influence -to bring Burns’ talenis
to bear on the case.
Mrs. J. W. Coleman, mother of
| Mary Phagan. stated to a Georgian
reporter Wednesday that the state
ment that Colonel Felder had be^n
retained by her and her husband to
prosecute the search for the slayer
of Mary Phagan was without foun
dation.
Mrs. Coleman said that the first sh«
heard of Colonel Felder taking up
the case was when she read - of i: in a
newspa per.
Saw Burns Man Once.
Neither any of the murdered girl's
relatives nor the citizens of Bell wood
got up the fund to aid in the em
ployment of William J- Burns of his
agent, or in retaining Felder. She
stated further that she had seen the
Burns agent only once and then only
for about three minutes. Mrs. Cole
man said she was returning from
market about 8 o’clock Tuesday even
ing and the Burns detectiv. stopped
her long enough to ask two or thtv6
questions. This is the only time she
has seen him. 1 *
Mrs. Colemai^ and her step-daugh
ters believe that the guilty man is
known, and while more evidence may
be necessary to convict him. they be
lieve this evidence will be brought to
light and Mary’s death avenged.
Mrs. Coleman thinks that Lee has
not told all he knows, but that he
slow in taking action against the
will if the police department gets be
hind him strong enough. She doe.-;
not think that Lee had a hand in the
triple, but thinks that he was hired
to dispose of the body afterward and
lost his nerve.
Elevator Boy Grilled.
Severe grilling of Gordon Bailey,
the elevator boy at the National Pen
cil Factory, and a city-wide search
for the possessor of the “voice in the
street.” heard by Mrs. A. A. Smith,
198 West Peachtree Street, to declare
Mary Phagan was seen at about 4
o’clock on the afternoon of her mur
der, inaugurated Wednesday morn
ing’s investigation of the Phagan case.
Bailey, who at the time of the
strangling was employed as janitor
and sweeper in the factory, was
cross-examined by city detectives.
Bailey was in the building the greater
part of the afternoon on the day of
the tragedy. Despite the testimony
that he has given many times pre
viously, he has always been consid
ered as what might be an important
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