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I^eo Frank was seen this morning by a reporter for the first time since he was put in jail. He absolutely refused to talk on the Mary Phagan murder mystery, saying he had been advised not to say a word. What do you know about the af fidavit, charging that on the night of* the murder of Mary Phagan you called Mrs. Nina Kamby on the tele phone and tried to engage a room for yourself and a young girl?” “I will not talk,” said Frank. "I have been cautioned not to say one word.” ‘‘Do you deny or admit it?” "I refuse to answer," replied Frank. Frank is confined on the second floor of the county jail on the west side of the building His cell is roomy, and as the reporter was ad mitted by the guard Frank arose from a chair in which he was sitting puffing on a cigar. “How are you feeling?” Frank was asked. “I am feeling fine,” said the accused man as he puffed violently on his cigar. “But 1 don't want to talk to you.” and 1 : called the turnkey. The turnkey came and Frank said to him, “Please don’t let anyone in here to see me again who is not my friend.” “All right," said the turnkey. “I won’t say a word and you might as well go,” said Frank, and the in terview was ended. Several other visitors saw Frank to-day. We’re showing a splendid line of RAINCOATS at anywhere from $6.00 to $18.00 and good, serviceable UMBRELLAS at from $1.00 to $5.00 WOLFSHEIMER&CO. 114-116 Whitehall St. Extra Specials For Friday and For Cash Only MEATS. Stew Beef KEY TO DIAGRAM (A) —Machine room where murder was committed. (B) —Course by stairs taken to elevator. (D) —The elevator shaft. (E) and (C)—Route taken with body to cellar. (F) —Pencil shaving dump. Cross—Where body was found. Arrow—Where lock and staple were pulled from rear door. (H)—Location of office. Next Sunday’s Coupons Will Count 30 Votes been knocked unconscious when the alleged telephone call was made to secure a room, and the plan was to remove the girl to a place w'here she could be given ryedical attention without suspicion. When it was seen that Mrs. Fom- by would not rent a room,” said Chief Lanford. “it was necessary that she be disposed of. Dead folks tell no tales.” The corridors of the Thrower build ing were thronged w ith witnesses long before 10 o’clock this morning, the hour for the Grand Jury to assemble. More than 100 ar* under subpena. If all are examined it will be several days before the result of the jury s deliberation will be known George W. Parrott, a well-known business man, has written the follow- ing letter in the interest of Frank: As Is perhaps known by many, I am interested in the National Pencil Company and I have, with keen interest, noted, from time to time, hints and Insinuations that Mr. Leo Frank has misused and mistreated female employees of the factory. * I felt it due myself and the oth er gentlemen interested in the factory that as to this matter there should be a thorough inves tigation. To that end. on Wednesday, to gether with other gentlemen like wise interested in the factory. I interviewed every employee of the factory, both male and female. Every one of them, without a dissenting voice, voluntarily and emphatically made affidavit that Mr. Frank had never, at any time, or in any way, misused or'mis treated them, and that none of them had ever known a single instance of any familiarity on the part of Mr. Frank with any one of the feijaale employees. These affidavits are in my pos session. This is a matter of personal concern to me. and I beg that, in justice to myself and others n/- terested in the factory, that this matter be set fairly right before the public. Turkey Now Hit by Serious Revolution Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. CONSTANTINOPLE. May 23.— Following her disastrous war with the Balkan allies. Turkey now has a revolution on her hands. Serious* fighting is going on in the Vilflyet of Basra, in Asiatic Turkey, between Saadun tribesmen and loyal troops of the Turkish army on one hand and a group of rebellious tribes men. The Sheik of the Saadun tribes men has been killed. Spanish Miners Rioting. MADRID, May 23.—Part of the province of Huelva was put under martial law to-day as a result of se rious rioting among the striking em ployees of the famous Rio Tinto cop per mines. A number of persons have been injured and much damage done to property. IVe have Beautiful Bedding Plants 3c each. Atlanta Floral Co., 555 E. Fair Street. White City Park Now Open Frank Feeling Fine, but Will Not Discuss His Case Prepare for Some Rainy Weather We’re goinp: to have plenty of rain during the next few weeks, and you’re going to need protection. There’s no need to soak through it all when you can come in here and get a handsome, serviceable Raincoat at a very moderate price. Better that than to he laid up with a cold and have to pay a doctor’s hill and lose time from vour work. GEORUE W. PARROTT, May Fete at Home Of Uncle Remus Is Halted by Weather Mrs. Brevard Montgomery an nounced Friday morning that, owing to inclement weather, the May Festi val to have been held at Snapbean Farm Saturday afternoon, had been postponed. Mrs. Montgomery, in charge of the affair' to be staged at the home of Uncle Remus, said, how ever. an early date would be fixed tor the entertainment. An elaborate program has been ar ranged. Hundreds of well trained children will be on the grounds to Rive the May pole drill and dance. Miss Katherine Vickers, on a plat form resplendent with garlands and gaily colored bunting, will be crowned Queen of the May, and, surrounded by fair maids of honor with their re tinue of attendants, will review the celebration. May songs, under the directorship of Miss Harralson. of the public schools music department, will be rendered by the multitude of childish voices. U of Mary Phagan, were presented be fore that tribunal at its session Friday morning by Solicitor Dorsey. A host of witnesses gave their tes timony. The torn and blood-stained clothing of the slain girl also was turned over to the Grand Jury for inspect Ion. The Grand Jury studied carefully an elaborate diagram drawn by Bert Green, one of The Georgian's staff artists, and setting forth lu black and white the prosecutor's theory of how the murder was probably committed. Intense Interest was displayed in the draw ing. After being in session for nearly three hours, the Gpanrl Jury adjourned until to-morrow morning at 1ft o’clock, when the Phagan case will, he taken up once more. Woman Gives New Testimony. Whether the sensational testimony of Mrs. Mima Famby, 40ft Piedmont Avenue- -or Nina Fomby, as the wom- an says her name is—will be intro duced at the Grand Jury probe, is a matter of doubt. Mrs. Fomby’s af fidavit declaring that on the evening of the murder Frank called the affiant on the telephone and in an excited voice asked her £o arrange a room for himself and a girl whose name he would not disclose, is in the hands of the Solicitor General. Important as is the bearing which Chuck Roast Rib Roast Chuck Steak Round Steak Loin Steak Porterhouse Steak 20c .. . . 10c to 12 l-2c 12 l-2c to 17 l-2c 10c to 12 l-2c 15c 20c LAMB Lamb Leg, hind quarter 15c Lamb Leg, forequarter 12 l-2c Lamb Shoulder .. w 12 l-2c Lamb Stew 10c Lamb Chops ,.. 20c PORK Pork Shoulders 12 l-2c Pork Hams 15 l-2c Pork Chops 17 l-!Jc Pork Sausage (our own make) 20c Wiener Sausage (our own make) 15c Bologna Sausage (our own make) 12 l-2c GROCERIES 3-pound can California Lemon Cling Peaches, 35c can, fojr / 20c White Asparagus (Libl//), 25c can, for 17 l-2c Salmon (Red). 15c can, for 10c Cheese (full cream) 18c Garden Peas, 15c can. for 10c WOLFSHEIMER&CO 114-116 Whitehall St. CONFEDERATE VET ERANS — CHATTA The N.. C. <& St. L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R. will sell round-trip tickets J at REDUCED RATES, ATLANTA TO CHATTANOOGA AND RE- j TURN. $3.00, tickets on sale May j 24 to 28. inclusive, and for trains s scheduled to arrive Chattanooga j before noon of May 29. with re- j turn limit June 5, with an exten- 7 sion by deposit at Chattanooga, to j June 25, 1913. Regular trains leave ? Union Passenger Station at 8 a S m.. 8:35 a m.. 4:5ft p. m. and 8:50 J p. m. All these trains carry Pull- j man parlor cars and first-class J coaches. The 8:50 p. m. train car- j ries local sleeper to Chattanooga, j SPECIAL TRAIN will leave At lanta. carrying the Atlanta party, j at 2:15 p. m. May 26. The West- j *»rn and Atlantic Railroad is the t Battlefield Route. Sherman's line j i of march, every foot of it being j historic. For further information ; call upon anv agent or C. E. HARMAN, j General Passenger Agent, j the alleged telephone conversation ap pears to have on the mystery of Mary I’hagun’s death, doubts are already being expressed as to the part it will be permited to play in the present hearing or any to come, owing to the rhar^' wording of the law on such evi dence. It is suposed, however, that if Mrs. Fomby’s affidavit is admitted, an im mediate attempt to attack her credi bility will be made by the defense. Her own story puts the credibility of her testimony in doubt Frank Refused to Talk. Frank, when interviewed in his cell at the Tower Friday morning re garding the telephone conversation and his dealings with Mrs. Fomby in general, refused to discuss the ques tion. ”1 am feeling fine.” he said, but would not discuss the crime at all. Among the witnesses who went be fore the Grand Jury were: Dr. J. W. Hurt. Coroner’s physi cian. \\ho examined the dead girl’s body the morning after it was found T. W. Epps, the newsboy who wait ed at the corner on the afternoon of the tragedy for Mary Phagan while she went to the factory to get her pay envelope. Detective a Witness. Harry Scott, assistant superintend ent of the local branch of the Pinker ton detective agency, who has been in vestigating the mysterious case. J N Staines, a city detective. M. D. Darley, Frank’s assistant at the pencil factory. L. S. Dobbs, sergeant of police, who answered Lee’s call to the pencil fac tory the morning the body was found. “Boots” Rogers, former county po liceman. who drove The police to the factory in his automobile in answer to Lee's call. Pat Campbell, city detective. Bass Rosser, city detective. Utmost secrecy clothed the Grand Jury’s Investigation. The cracks about the doors and windows of their room on the second floor of the Thrower BuHding were lined with paper in or der that no chance conversation *>r view o.f the proceedings might escape. An immense throng crowded the corridors of the building and filled the adjoining rooms. The witnesses were all bunched into the ante-room and there kept waiting while one at a time they entered he- j fore the tribunal and told what they J knew regarding the dqath of Mary Phagan. Dr. Hurt was the first witness to go before the Grand Jury. He went into their room at 10:55 in the morn ing. He was dismissed at 11:23. Dr. Hurt's testimony, through his exam ination of the body, is considered of vast importance. He declined to make any statement whatsoever as he left, the building. In rapid succession other witnesses followed. Their testimony, which is believed will weave the preliminary chair of evidence about Frank and Lee which will warrant their Indict ment, was placed before the Grand Jury. Sergeant Dobbs Testifies. Police Sergeant Dobbs followed Dr Hurt into the Grand Jury room at 11:49. His testimony is supposed to consist mainly of the condition of the Phagan girl's body when he ar rived on the scene, including its lo cation and the evidence surrounding it. Most important probably of his testimony was that as to the actions of the negro, Newt Lee, as he led the police squad to the body and while the initial examination of it took place in the basement or the fac tory. City Detective Starnes, after Dobbs' departure, took into the Grand Jury room a mat) of the pencil factory, showing the floor upon which the girl is supposed to have met her slayer, tracing the trail along which he drag ged the body down into the basement. The rapidity with which the wheels of Justice revolved at the hearing bore out Solicitor Dorsey's statement that when he presented his evidence before the Grand Jury it would be in a clea", concise form. That the prosecution will avoid presenting its most incriminating evi dence before the tribunal, unless nec essary to se£ure indictments of the two men. was admitted in the So licitor’s office just before the Gran! Jury convened. No more than enough evidence to secure true bills will *be revealed, it was said. Woman Makes Affidavit. The affidavit of Mrs. Mima Fomby. who told of Frank trying to get a room at her place was signed in the office of Chief of Detectives Newport Lnnford May 11. lyirs. Fomby was sworn by Recorder Nash Broyles. Probation Officer Sidney J. Coogler witnessed the signature. Mrs Fomby said that she and a party of friends were playing bridge in her apartments late Memorial Day afternoon when Frank, whom she had known a long 'time. telephoned her. It was between 6 and 6:30 o’clock, she stated. Frank, according to her story, wanted to rent a room for him self and a girl whose name he would not give Mrs. Fomby said that she flatly refused him. hut Frank insisted he be rented an apartment “lie said he was forced to obtain a room for himself and the girl.” said Mrs. ^ornby, 'but didn’t want to go anywhere else because he put such Implicit trust in me. 1 would not grant his request and hung up the telephone.” Called Several Timet. NOOGA. Four Atlanta Men Officers of U. C. T. COLUMBUS, GA., May 23.—Pen sacola was selected as the next meet ing place by the Grand.Council. Geor gia-Florida division, United Commer cial Travelers, this afternoon. Offi cers were elected as follows / Senior councillor. E. D. Weir. Sa vannah: junior councillor. J. N. Kee- ly. Tampa; secretary, R. L. Wallace, Atlanta; treasurer, A. L. Brooke, At lanta; conductor, M. L. Stern, Sa vannah; page. Max Heinberg. Pensa cola; sentinel, J. M. Glddens. Colum bus; executive cpmmittee, George J. Byrd. Atlanta, and J. W. Bates, Ma con; representative Supreme Council. T. R. Lewis. Atlanta, and V. Kugel- man, Savannah. Carlton’s Thirty-six Whitehall No. 10 Silver Leaf Lard $1.29 Meadow Gold Butter 32t4c 24 lbs. Gold Medal Flour '.87c 24 lbs. Self-Rising Flour 77c 48 lbs. Self-Rising Flour $1.52 Swift’s Premium Hams 18 1 ^c 3-pound Can Mocha and .Java $1.00 1-pound Can Leader Coffee 25c 1 pound Good Coffee 15c We carry Carhardt & Bro.’s Famous Line of Coffees, and have recently installed one of the finest coffee mills in the city. WYATT’S C. 0. D. 77 South Pryor Atlanta Phone 947 WE DELIVER Bell-Main 4926 “Later he called again.” she con tinued. “This time he was more in sistent and said something about it being a case of life and death. Be tween 6:30 and 10 o'clock he called probably half a dozen times. Finally 1 told him not to call any more, as I was going automobiling with friends." Mr" Fomby said that she had been offered money to leave the city until the courts concluded with the Pha gan case. To substantiate this charge the name of Alexander S. Martin, of Gainesville, a newspaper man. has been handed the police. He is said to know of hush money having been offered Mrs. Fomby. Shortly after Frank’s arrest Mrs. Fomby said she visited him at the Tower. At first she said he £ld not recognize her. but later spoke to her. and they had a secret conference, the nature of which she would not dis cuss. The woman added that when she lived at 8? Armstrong Street Frank was a frequent visitor to her place and had brought girls there. Chief Lanford's Theory, t.'hief Lanford’s theory, as outlined Friday morning, is that the girl had PURE WATER Necessary TO GOOD HEALTH CASCADE SPRING WATER Purest and Best Water in the South. A Delightful Table Water Indorsed by Physicians Everywhere. Delivered to your home daily direct from the springs. Order by mail or telephone. Cascade Water Co. R. F. D. No. 1. Phone, Atlanta 5856-A. — SATURDAY — Little Tender Georgia SNAP BEANS Advice to Those Who Have Lung Trouble Pulmonary Lung Trouble is said to be curable by simply living in the open air and taking an abundance of fresh eggs and milk. Do all you possibly can to add to strength and | Increase weight; eat wholesome, nour ishing food, and breathe the cleanest and purest air. anti then, if health ami strength do not return, add the tonic anti beneficial effects of Eok- man's Alterative. Read what it did in this case: 405 K 5th St.. Wilmington. Del. "Gentlemen: In January, 1908. 1 was taken with hemorrhages of the lungs. 1 took eggs and milk In quantities, but 1 gt»t very weak. Mr. C. A. Lippincott, my employer tl.lp- plncott «v Co.. Department Store. 306 to 314 Market Street. Wilmington, Del.), recommended to me Eckman’s Alterative, and upon his suggestion 1 began taking it at once. This was about June. 1908 I continued faith fully. using no other remedy, and finally noticed the clearing of the lungs 1 firmly believe Eckman’s Al terative saved my life ." (Affidavit.) JAS. SQUIRES. (Above abbreviated; more on re quest.) Eckman’s Alterative has been proven b> many years' te*t to he most efficacious in eases of severe Throat and Lung Affections. Bron chitis. Bronchial Vathma. Stubborn Colds and in upbuilding the system. I toes not contain narcotics, poisons or habit-forming drugs. For sale by all Jacobs' drug stores and other leading druggist**. Write the Eckman Uh- oratorv. Philadelphia. Pa . for booklet telling of recoveries and additional evidence TI1L ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANUNLWS. THE GEORGIAN ARTIST’S DIAGRAM OF • PENCIL FACTORY USED BEFORE GRAND JURY TO EXPLAIN PHAGAN SLAYING \ The Georgian-American Pony Contest VOTE COUPON Hears! s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1913 5 VOTES NOT GOOD AFTER JUNE 7, 1913. Vote for ■ Address CARRIERS’ AND AGENTS’ BALLOT. Hearsl’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian Pony Contest Vote Coupon, Friday, May 23, 1913, 5 VOTF*5 NOT OOOD AFTER VW I ta JUNE 7, 1913. Vote for Address SCHOOL BOYS' AND GIRLS' BALLOT. cSb Drawn bv Bert Green :