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Vtlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 254. ATLANTA. GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28. 1913. Copyright. 1908. n prvrro PAY NO By The Georgian Co. u J- ^ MOHK AND GIRL DEAD SON IS HUNTED Sheriff Sees Slaying Mystery in Burning of Farm House Near Atlanta—Finds Evidence. That the mother and girl whose qharred remains were found in the ruins of their home seven miles southeast of Atlanta early Wednesday morning were murdered and the house set afire by the murderer in an effort to obliterate all evidence of the deed was the astounding declaration made by Sheriff J. A. McCurdy after an in vestigation of the tragedy. Positive identifications of the two women as Mrs. S. C. Stevens, 40 years old. wife of William Stevens, a 70-year-old Confederate veteran now in Chattanooga at the reunion, and their adopted daughter, Nellie Stevens, 13 years old, were made by neighbors Conditions leading up to the theory that the deaths were the result of murder are these: The charrad bodies of the wom en were found lying in the center of a bed room in the rear of the cottage. Near at hand were the remains of a shotgun. Mrs. Stevens’ skull had been crushed in. A hoe found in what had been the hallway leading from the room is believed to have been the instrument used to strike the woman as she arose from her bed, with the shotgun, to meet the intruder. That the door of the room was open at the time of the encounter is believed to add another link to prove the affair a murder. The method in which the daughter met her death could not be ascer tained, owing to the charred condition of her body. Son Quarreled With Mother. Inquiry among the neighbors de veloped the fact that Wade Stevens, the 16-year-o!d son, who disappeared from his home Tuesday afternoon, had quarreled with his mother and eister, Mrs. L. G. Self, who lives a short distance from the Stevens home, told Sheriff McCurdy that the boy had a tilt with his parent because she would not permit him to come to Atlanta during the absence of his father. Mrs. Self stated that Nellis Stevens had appeared at her home with a package of Wade’s clothing, which she asked Mrs. Self to keep that night to prevent the boy from disobeying his mother and leaving the house. This statement, coupled with others, to the effect that Wade Stevens had on numerous occasions acted in an infractious manner—at one time snatching 365 from his mother's hand and running away—have led Sheriff McCurdy to start a hunt for him in order that he may be questioned in connection with the murder. The house was burned during the night. Its ruins were first discovered at 8 o’clock Wednesday morning by J. A. Nelms, who was passing the scene in a milk wagon. Nelms, after viewing the smoking .embers of the building, summoned J. L. Cowan, a neighbor, and notified the county po lice. When Sheriff McCurdy arrived on the scene the remains of the two women already had been found by ? Nelms and Cowan. Mrs. Stevens wag identified by her false teeth. When the bodies had been taken out of the ruins they were exam ined. Mrs. Stevens’ skull was seen to have been crushed in. It was this fact that first led the authorities to suspect foul play. Care ful examination of the surrounding embers in the place where the bodies were found brough to light a shotgun barrel, the stock and woodwork of which had been burned off. The weapon was seen to have been close to tho positions w here the bodies were discovered. Slain as They Left Beds. That the women had left their beds before they met their deaths was an other conclusion drawn by Sheriff McCurdy. The bodies lay in the cen ter of the floor while the iron frames of the beds were over In a corner . f the room. The door to the room was open. Its half demolished frame still stands in the ruins. Just outside the door the hoe was found. Sheriff McCurdy's theory is that the murderer fled through the door, casting the hoe with which he had •slain the women in the hall. That the plan to set fire to the house and Negro Sweeper in New Affidavit Denies His Former Testimony and Makes Startling Assertions; Now Declares He Wrote Notes Saturday. RACING NEWS RESULTS: AT MONTREAL. Montreal, May 28.—Today’s races at DeLorlmer Park were declared off on account of the bad condition of the track. AT ELECTRIC PARK. FIRST—4V4 furlongs: Lothario 116 (Pickens). 51.00. 6.20, 5.10. won: Toniata 108 (Dunler), 2.70, 2.40, second: Deborah 118 (Sterling). 4.00, third. Time. :59. Also ran: Mabel Lyon and Willis. SECOND—About 6 furlongs: Blue Crest 106 (Doyle), 5.80, 3.50, 2.60, won; Touch Me 111 (C. Jackson). 4.20, 3.60, second; Stelcliff 108 (Pickens'). 3.10, third. Time 1:01 3-5. Also ran: Inclem ent, Mad River, Huda’s Sister, Old Hank, Inspired. THIRD—About 6V* furlongs: Roseburg IV 104 (Skirvin), 91.60, 11.00, 4.60, won; Cynosure 108 (Dennison), 3.20, 2.30, second: Barn Dance 108 (Pickens). 2.70, third. Time 1:29. Also ran: Pretend, Little Pal. AT LOUISVILLE: FIRST—Five furlongs: Christophene 109 (Steele), 7.80, 4.40, 3.30, won; Shelby Belle 104 (Field) (Buxton), 12.00, 5.60, second; Ida Lavinia 106 (McCabe), $5, third. Time, 1:011-5. Also ran: Tom Boy, Miss Declare, Ruby Hyams, May L. Irish Ann. Ave. Ada. Palm Leaf, Loveland. SECOND—Five frulongs: Hodge 109 (Martin), 23.80, 9.40,6.70, won: John Gund 112 (Peak). 3.60, 3.40, second; Toynbee 109 (Steele), 6.40. third Time. 1:00 2-5. Also ran. Lambs Tail, No Man ager, Soslus, Bob Black, Alador, Elean- dro, Eustace. THIRD—Mile and 70 yards: Billy Holder, 102 (Kederis), 34:60, 11:80, 4:90. won; Guide Post. 101 (Buxton), 9:50, 5:10; Strong. 102 (Martin), 3:70 Time, 1:45. Afterglow, Barsac, Prospect, A1 Bloch. Autumn. Gold Color. Tecumseh, Trojan Belle also ran. AT TORONTO. SECOND—Five furlongs Osaple 110 (J. Wilson). 39.10, 13.50, 4 80, won; Can- nbek 104 (Wolfe), 5.10, 3.60, second; The Urchin 107 (Butwell), 3, third. Time. 1:02. Also ran: Louise Travers. Summer Hill, Gold Mesh, Jezeal, Requiem. THIRD—Six furlongs: Caper Sauce 126 (Adams), 4.00. 3.60, 2.80, won; Marcoval 11.9 (Wolf). 4.10, 3.80, second; Venus Urania 94 (Arlington). 11.10. third. Time 1:15 3-5. Also ran: Miss Harvey. Sir Melvin. John Bowman, Half Shot, Bird Cage, Miss Margaret Blanton, Breast plate, Bursare. FOURTH—Mile and a quarter: Kle- burne 107 (Turner), 3.30, 2.60, out. won: Barnegat 100 (Butwell), 3.30, out. sec ond; xLochiel 112 (Knapp), out, third Time. 2:06 3-5. Also Tan: Cliff Stream. xPaton. xBedwell entry James Conley, negro sweeper, in an affidavit made Wednesday, said that he was lying when'he said he went to the National Pencil Factory on Friday. He said that he made the statement that it was Friday w hen J Frank (as he says) told him to write the death notes, because he was afraid he woyild be accused of the murder of Mary Phagan if he told the truth. He said he felt that if he said he was there Saturday the police would connect him with the murder. Con ley sold he got up between 9 and 9:30 o’clock Saturday morning, he knew the time because he looked at the clock on the Atlanta University from his front door. He returned indoors and had breakfast. He got three silver dollars from his w ife to exchange for paper money so that she would not lose it. He continued. "I told my wife l was going to Peters Street. 1 went toPeters Street and stopped at a beer saloon at Peters and Haynes Streets*. 1 bought two beers in there, drank one myself and gave another to a man named Bob. I stayed in the barroom three or four minutes and then walked back to the pool table and shot dice with four men. One of them was named Joe Bobs and one Bob Wil liams. I won 90 cents. Drank Some Whisky. “I don’t know how long we had been shooting, but I think it was about fifteen minutes. I left there then and went to Erler saloon on Peters Street. 1 bought a glass' of beer there. I walked back to the rear of the place, rolled a cigarette, came back and bought a half pint of whisky. 1 drank part of the whisky. I started from there to the Capital City Laundry to see my mother. “I met Mr. Frank at the corner of Forsyth and Nelson Streets. He BASEBALL SOUTHERN LEAGUE AT BIRMINGHAM— MONTGOMERY 0 . BIRMINGHAM 0 E. Brown and Donahue; Hardgrove and Mayer. Umpire*. Kerin and Hart. AT NASHVILLE— MEMPHIS NASHVILLE .0 0 Kissinger and Snell; Beckenridge and Gibson. Umpires. Breitenstcin and Stockdate. PEIS BUTTLE IN FIE NATIONAL LEAGUE AT PITTSBURG— CINCINNATI PITTSBURG 0 10010100-3 90 000001000-1 72 Suggs and Clarke; Hendryx and Simon. Umpires. Rlgler and Bryan. AT CHICAGO— stopped me and asked me where I was going. 1 told him I was going to the Capital City Laundry to see my mother. He said, ‘Wait 'til I come back.’ "He said he was going to see Mr. Montague. He wap gone about 20 minutes. He came back and told me to come to the factory, that he want ed to see me. I went with him, walk ing behind him. He stopped at the Curtis drug store at Mitchell and Forsyth and got a drink. I waited for him outside. Frank had a bundle in his hand. “After we got to the factory he put the bundle in the trash barrel right near the steps. He put a box there | for me to sit on and other boxes back further in the factory. He told me to sit there until he w’histled. He told me not to let Darley see me. Tells of Seeing Darley. Along came a woman down stairs, Miss Mattie. I think her name was. She had on a dark suit and a rain coat. She carried a parasol. (This was Miss Mattie Smith). Then Dar ley came down stairs. He wore a grey suit and had no hat. He stopped Miss Mattie at the front door. She was wiping her eyes like she was crying I heard him say, Don’t worry, I will see that you get that next week.’ “She w’ent out and he went back up the steps In a few minutes he came back down and left. Then came Holloway down stairs about five min utes after Darley left. Holloway stood on the sidewalk five or six minutes and then came back. “Then a negro drove up to the fac tory in a wagon. He went upstairs. He had some bills In hi.* hand. Hollo way came back with the negro, who was pegleg. The negro drove away and Holloway went back upstairs. ST. LOUIS CHICAGO ... 0 1 0 1 0 0 2. 0 0 2 1 0 2 2. Griner and McLean; Pearce and Archer. Umpire*, Klem and Orth. All other games off, rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE Continued on Page 2, Column 1. Continued on Page 2, Column 4. To Legalize Hotel Register Marriages TALLAHASSEE, FLA., M&y "8.-- Senator Himes' common marriage bill, providing that any man and woman who register at a hotel ns man and wife are duly married, passed the Senate by an overwhelm ing majority. The measure i* expected to pass the House without opposition. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Fair and warmer Wednesday: fair Thursday. ‘Grape Juice’ Habit Spreads to Thieves COLUMBUS, GA., May 28.—Fol lowing the example set by Secretary of State William J. Bryan, burglars whi entered Armour & Company’s place, in this city, only drank grape Juice while lunching on bolog na sausage and other edibles they found in the place. Only one case of the grape juice was molested. Suffrage Bill Near Passage in Illinois SPRINGFIELD. ILL., May 28.—The bill giving women in Illinois the ballot to-day needed only thirteen votes in the House 1n order to pass. Suffrage advocates are busy trying to line-up this number of votes. Oil Flows to Black smith Forge; Town In Ruins; 3 Dead TULSA, OKLA, May 28.—Four J hundred gallons of gasoline from an overturned tank trickled down the main street of Kiefer late yesterday. Forty feet away a tiny stream ran into the village blacksmith ahop and the gasoline touched the red hot coals of the smith’s forge. There was a eerie* of low rumb ling explosions, a blinding flash of flame and on the ground lay eight persons, badly burned. An hour later the building and yards of a lumber company and six homes were in ruins. Three of the injured men died in Tulsa last night. cm LOSES IN T The Supreme Court of Georgia this afternoon handed down a decision, ruling against the city in the fight over the $276,000 crematory, work on which has started The appeal to the highest tribunal followed a long battle on the contract by Mayor Woodward, and is a distinct victory for the city executive. The Supreme Court held that one council can not bind a future council. The ruling is a blow at contracts made on “the good faith’’ of the city. Morse Again Heads Steamship Company NEW YORK. May 28. -Charles W. Morse was elected to-day president of the Hudson Navigation Company, owners of a line of steamers operat ing on the Hudson River. Morse was head of the company n 1909, but was deposed a year later. John W. McKinnon who succeeded him, sold his interest in the line to a syndicate of bankers, who placed it in Morse’s hands, thus giving him control. Workman on Healey Skyscraper Crushed O T. Truitt, an iron worker. 71 Wal thall Street, was crushed by a swinging oeam at the Healey Building. Wednes day. He was taken to Grady Hospital. His leg was injured badly. Truitt and a companion were pinned against a wall by a girder swung by a huge crane Pruitt's companion 1 , es caped Injury Clyde Ship Calls Help by Wireless CHARLESTON, S. C, May 28.—The Clyde line freight steamer. Katahdin, is lying disabled off the North Caro lina coast, according to an interrupt ed wireless message received here. An electrical storm put the wire less station out of commission as the message was being received, and the nature and extent of the Katahdin's injuries could not be ascertained. FIRST GAME AT CLEVELAND— CHICAGO 10000 0 000-1 61 CLEVELAND 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X- 2 51 Clcotte and Schalk; Kohler and O’Neill. Umpire*, Fergu*on and Dlneen. SECOND GAME. CHICAGO 0 - . . . CLEVELAND 2 - . . . Walsh and Kuhn; Gregg and Csrlsch. Umpire*, Dineen and Fergu»on. AT ST. LOUIS— DETROIT 0001 -. .. ST. LOUIS ,. ..0 10 0 - . . . Hall and McKee; Baumgartner and Agnew. Umpire*, Hildebrand and Connolly. All other games off, rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE AT COLUMBUS— TOLEDO— 101000....... COLUMBUS— 012020...-..- Ba«kette and Livingstone: Davie and Smith. Umpires, O’Brien and Chill. AT ST. PAUL— KANSAS CITY— 200001....... ST. PAUL— 010110....... Covington and Kritchell; Gardner and Miller. Umpires, We*tervelt and Irwin. AT INDIANAPOLIS— LOUISVILLE— 0 2 0 3 0. . . . - . . INDIANAPOLIS— 00003........ Laudermilk and demon*; Karaerllng and Clark. Umpire*, Murray and Handiboe. AT MINNEAPOLIS— MILWAUKEE— 000003....... MINNEAPOLIS— 000000....... Dougherty and Hughes: Patter*on and Owens. Umpires. Johnstone and Con nolly. ! AT BALTIMORE— NEWARK— 2 0 0 1 0 0. BALTIMORE 1 0 0 0 0 1 Eniman and Higgins; Morrisette and Egan. Umpire*, Flnn«ran and Quigley. FIRST GAME. ,AT BUFFALO— ROCHESTER— 100000100-291 BUFFALO— 010000000-182 Keefe and Jacklltsch: Frill and Gow- dy. Umpire*, Carpenter and Bierhalter. SECOND GAME. ROCHESTER 0 0 0 - . . . BUFFALO— i3 0 0 - . . . Martin and Williams; Beebe and La- longe. Umpire*. Carpenter and Bier halter. All other games off rain. VIRGINIA LEAGUE. Score: R. H. E. Richmond 002 100 000 002—5 13 0 Roanoke 000 003 000 000—3 8 1 Aye* and Luckey; Brown and Lafitte. Umpire, Norcum. Norfolk at Petersburg: No game; rain. Newport News*Portsmouth: No game; rain. Billy Smith Sends Musser to Mound in Hopes of Winning Struggle. '{' Score by innings. NEW ORLEANS. .000 0 ATLANTA 000 0 ' PONCE Dp: LEON BALL PARK. May 28.—The Crackers and the Pelican* meV here this afternoon in the third and last game of their series. Frank selected Wilson and Adams to do the battery work for New Orleans, ami Smith sent in Musser and Chapman for Atlanta THE GAME. FIRST INNING. Hendryx singled to center. Atz fanned. Hendryx pilfered second. Clancy fanned. On a passed ball Hen dryx strolled to third. Breen popped to Fmith. NO RUNS, ONE HIT. Long out. Wilson to Snedecor. Wel- chonce fiied to Hendryx Alperman went out, Clancy to Snedecor. NO RUNS, NO HITS. SECOND INNING. Spencer fanned. Williams out, Smith to Agler. Snedecor walked. On a wild pitch Snedecor went to second. Adams fouled to. Chapman. NO RUNS, NO HITS. Bailey doubled past Snedecor. Wallie Smith made a regular Atlanta bunt—a pop out to Adams. Bisland struck out. Agler also fanned. NO RUNS. ONE HIT. THIRD INNING. Wilson walked. Hendryx grounded to Smith and Wilson was forced at second to Alperman. Hendryx was doubled at first on Whitey's relay to Agler. Atz singled to left. Clancy flied to Wel- chonce. NO RUNS, ONE HIT. Chapman flied to Breen in deep right field. Musser was called out on strikes. Long out, Atz to Snedecor. NO RUNS, NO HITS. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE AT CHARLESTON— SAVANNAH— 0020 -... CHARLESTON— 0000 -... Adams and Geibel; Chappelle and White. Umpire Pender. AT JACKSONVILLE— MACON— 0 1 - . . . JACKSONVILLE— 0 0 - . . . Martin and Reynolds; Stewart and Hawkins. Umpire, Moran. Southern Pacific Must Give Up C, P. WASHINGTON. May 28.—Attorney General McReynolds has decided to contend that the Southern Pacific must give up the Central Pacific In the pending dissolution of the Union Pacific merger and will bring a euit under the Sherman law to accom plish that And if tht dissolution plans fail to include It. I v 17' How About This? This little " Want Ad” Tablet brought 16 answers, and the heater was sold the first day it appeared in the Georgian. GAS water heater for sale cheap. Good as new. Phone Ivy 2407-J. 6-21-3 Can you beat it? Georgian 44 Want Ads" get what you want when you want it. CAROLINA LEAGUE. Greensboro-Durham: First game was called off on account of rain. Office Building Owners Organize A number of the owners and man agers of Atlanta office buildings and apartment houses Tuesday afternoon organized the Association of Building Owners and Managers of Atlanta. Nearly all the buildings of these types in the city are represented in the membership. # The Atlanta Convention Bureau was the promoter of the new organi zation. and the first official act of the association will be to send a delegation to the annual convention of the National Association of Build ing Owners and Managers at Cin cinnati in June and try to pull the next 1914 convention to Atlanta. The following are the officers of the association: Charles F. Wilker- son, president; A. W. Martin, vice president; Fred Shaefer, secretary and treasurer. On the committee on constitution and by-laws are J. R. Pendleton, chairman, and J. M. Barclay. A committee on membership was appointed. J. M. Shearer, chairman; W B. Stovall and J- L. Fincher. TAMPA MASONS BURN BONDS. TAMPA, FLA., May 28.—Much In terest was displayed in a bonfire giv en by the Masons last night when they burned $16,000 worth of can celed bonds on their buildings J