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VOL. XI. NO. 254.
ATLANTA, OA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1913.
Copyright, 1D06, f) r'lU , ‘YT r FC PAY NO
By The Georgian Co. « X O MORE
EVENING!
EDITION
100,000 AT REUNION OF
WEARERS OF THE GRAY
Jabama Monument Dedication Is
Feature of Wednesdq/s Pro
gram—Sons of Vets Parade.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., May 28.
Ideal weather prevails for the sec
ond day of the Confederate reunion
The lowering clones which have par
tially enveloped the city since Sunday
night were entirely dissipated this
morning, the sun shining warmly in
a clear azure sky. Tram after train
is still pouring Us quota into the city
and the estimate of the general com
mittee that the crowd will near the
100.000 mark seems likely to be sub
stantiate 1.
Tlie majority of this morning's ar
rivals wore from adjacent so'lions o'
Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama,
having come specially for the dedica
tion of the Alabama monument in
Chickamauga Park at TO: .TO o'clock
this morning, and the Sons of Vet
erans’ parade at 3 o’clock this after
noon.
The veterans and the Memorial As
sociation began the day’s business
sessions this morning promptly at ,9
o'clock.
Officers of Sons.
The annual election of the Sons of
Veterans yesterday afternoon resulted
as follows:
Commander-in-chief, W. TV. O.ds,
Norfolk. Va.; commander of the Army
of Northern Virginia, C. C. Breals-
f..rd. North Carolina: commander of
the Army of Tennessee, P. J. Mul
lins. of Georgia; commander of the
Army of the Trans-Mississippi De
partment, \V. M. Scurry, of Texas;
historian general, Dr. Thomas M.
Owen, of Alabama; executive council,
W. M. Brandon S. C. Stewart. AV.
, \\\ Richards and John VV. Bales.
Tlie principal feature of the'meet
ing' of the Confederate Memorial As-
so! i.ition yesterday afternoon was the
adoption of a re olution asking Con-
CONLEY CONFESSION IS EXPECTED
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T. R. Known as Drinker, Defense Declares
Police Secure Admission From
Negro Sweeper During Exam
ination for Phagan Clews.
SI T. R. AVERTED
JAP WAR
Miss Ruth Johnson, of Cleveland, Tenn., maid of honor for
Tennessee Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and below,
Miss Katherine Todhunter, of Lexington, Mo., maid of honor
for Missouri Division, United Confederate Veterans.
press to apply to Confederate vet
erans and their widows the moneys
^ hich are now in the United States
treasury to the credit of confiscated
estates.
Reception for Veterans.
A reception was tendered the vet
erans and official visitors at Bennett
II. Young pavilion last night by the
Chattanooga Daughters of the' Con-
f'deracy. The sponsors and maids of
i onor were guests at a garden party
in Warner Park yesterday evening
At the afternoon session of the vet
erans yesterday General K. M. Van
Zandl. of Texas, commander of the
Trans- Mississippi Department, pre
sided. General C. Irvine Walker, of
South Carolina, honorary commander-
in-chief, was the principal speaker.
The sponsors and maids of honor
paraded Chattanooga in autos yester
day afternoon.
Admission that he was in the Na
tional Pencil factory on the day of
the murder of Mary Phagan was
gained from James Conley, the negro
sweeper on whom suspicion has
turned, after cross-examination by
detectives at police headquarters.
The negro, who became the center
of attention with his amazing story
that Deo Frank had told him to write
the death notes, changed his narrative
again to-day. Confronted by E. F
Holloway, a foreman in the plant, he
admitted having been in the factory
after having steadilv maintained that
he was on Peters Street between 10
3nd 2 o'clock that fatal Saturday and
at home all other hour? of the day.
Says Confession Is Near.
Holloway, after leaving the secret
grilling at which the admission was
obtained, declared *he was sure it was
only a matter of hours before Conley
would confess. He asserted that if he
had been allowed to put question? to
Conley he could have gotten impor
tant information.
The police questions were, of course,
all put with the idea of gaining in
formation against Frank.
Chief Lanford had announced that
he would go before Judge Roan with
a request for an order allowing him
to confront Frank with the negro, so
that Conlej’s statement would be ad
missible in court. Lanford, however,
failed to carry out his plans, although
he would not admit they had been
abandoned.
Found Negro Falsified.
Conley told the officers when he
was first arrested that he could not
write. Later they found releases that
lie had written for watches, and he
admitted he had been lying. He gave
them an address on Tattnall Street
when they took him in custody. It
later was found that he had not lived
there for six months or a year.
In his affidavit of last Saturday he
swore that he wrote the notes found
by the body of the dead girl at the
dictation of Leo Frank the day be
fore the crime. Tuesday night he re
pudiated this affidavit and said that
it was on Saturday that he wrote
them.
The result of this series of lies and
misstatements was that suspicion was
gradually shifting from Leo Frank
to Conley in spite of the attitude of
the police. The culminating action
that pointed the accusing finger In his
direction was his new statement of
Tuesday night, which was utterly at
variance with his affidavit in its most
essential point—the date.
With his first affidavit repudiated
and worthless, it will be practically
impossible to get any court to accept
a second one. If a second one is of
fered action will be taken at once to
impeach it and it is regarded as most
unlikely that it would be accepted in
the circumstances.
Now Changes Date.
In his original affidavit Conley
swore that he wrote on Friday, April
25—the day before the murder—the
notes which he believes were found by
the body of Mary Phagan He swore
that he wrote them at Frank’s dicta
tion. In the revised statement that he
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Athletic Preacher
Saves Child's Life
TAMPA, FLA . May 31.—The Rev.
J. E. Skinner, athletic pastor of the
Palm Avenue Baptist Church, saved
the life of 9-year-old Alberta Robin
son at a church picnic at Sulphu r
Springs, when the child, with 30 or
40 others, was in bathing. She slip
ped from the shallow part of the pool
into water more than twenty feet
deep and had gone down twice when
Rev. Mr. Skinnei reached her. She
was resuscitated.
Bride Given $2 in 2
Months Asks Divorce
Asserting that since she was mar
ried two months ago her husband, L.
P. Ellison, had contributed only $2
to her support. Mrs. Flora Ellison has
filed suit for divorce and alimony.
She obtained a pe yxoat bond of
$200. requiring Ellison to remain in
I the State until the hearing, set for
|June 7. She alleged that he had
\ threatened to leave the State if she
j sued.
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THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair and warmer
Wednesday; fair Thursday.
Kidnaps Sixth Child;
Has ‘Parental Mania'
NEW YORK. May 28.—The entire
police force of Greater New York is
searching to-day for Anna Boyarsky,
aged 18, who is suffering from “par
ental mania,” and who is at large
somewhere with a kidnaped child in
her possession -the sixth she has
stolen in two years.
The victim is Frieda Lieberwitz,
aged 4, whose parent? live next door
to Anna's mother in Brooklyn.
‘Grape Juice' Habit
Spreads to Thieves
COLUMBUS, GA., May 28.—Fol
lowing the example set by Secretary
of State William J. Bryan, burglars
who 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 in order to pass.
Suffrage advocates are busy trying
to line up this number of votes.
Two Georgians Get
Army Commissions
WEST POINT, N. Y„ May 28.—
Ninety-two new officers will be ad
ded to Uncle Sam’s army on June
12 by the graduation of the first
class of the corps of cadets at the
United States Military Academy.
Two Georgians are in the class:
David B. Falk and Allan G. Thur
man.
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 115,000 worth of can
celed bonds on their building.
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John Callan O’Laughlin, Testify
ing in Libel Suit, Declares
There Was Real Danger.
MARQUETTE. MIC’H.. May 28.—
That there was very serious danger
of war with Japan during the admin
istration of Theodore Roosevelt and
that the Chief Executive met the
danger and averted war by sending a
fleet around the world was the state
ment of John Callan O’Laughlin, a
Washington correspondent of a Chi
cago newspaper and a commissioner
to the Tokio Exposition, appointed by
President Roosevelt.
O’Laughlin was a witness for the
Colonel in Roosevelt's $10,000 libel
suit against George Newett, editor of
The Ishpemlng Iron Ore.
"Did you seriously mean that there
was danger of war with Japan during
Roosevelt’s administration?” asked
Attorney Belden, who was cross-ex
amining O’Laughlin.
“There was very serious danger,”
replied the witness.
Settled Question “Right.”
“Colonel Roosevelt met that danger.
“Obviously Japan would not start
with a fleet In the Pacific waters. We
settled the immigration question
right then.”
The witness emphasized the word
“right.”
O’Laughlin was asked by Attorney
Belden if he had been an emissary- to
arrange for the reception of Roosevelt
by the Pope and the King of Italy
when the Colonel was in Rome.
O’Laughlin said he had not.
The jury w-as sent from the room
while the attorneys argued on the
admitting of testimony concerning
published reports about Colonel
Roosevelt’s drinking. Attorney Bel
den said that the defense wished to
show- that reports that Roosevelt
drank were general in 1912.
“Did Not Deny Reports.”
“We shall show,” he said, “that this
defendant heard those reports and
that this plaintiff did not deny them.
Roosevelt has been the most talked of
man in this country, and if reports of
his drinking have been so common as
we shall show, he could not be dam
aged in any sum by the publication of
such a report in a little country paper.
“The question of Roosevelt’s repu
tation is vital in this case—his repu-
Family Has Heard
Nothing of Martin
MEMPHIS, May 28.—Despite ru
mors that Joseph W. Martin, presi
dent of the Martin-Phillips Company,
whose mysterious disappearance" In
London was followed by the failure of
the company, had communicated with
his family, his relatives still deny that
they have any Information as to his
whereabouts.
The family about two weeks ago
settled debts of the firm of Martin-
Philllps Company amounting to about
$180,000. Following this action it was
rumored that Martin would return.
Senate Can Quiz
McAdoo on Tariff
WASHINGTON, May 28.—Perry
Belmont has called the attention of
the leaders of the Senate to an act of
1789 which he says gives Congress the
right to summon Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo before it and ask
for a statement as to his opinion of
the effect of the tariff law on the
revenues of the country.
Mr. Belmont will urge the Senate
leaders to call Mr. McAdoo and ask
for the benefit of his opinion.
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.
Only Italy Leads U.S.
In Aviators' Deaths
WASHINGTON, May 28.—The
United States has more accidental
deaths among Government aviators
than any other nation, save Italy, of
ficial figures show.
England is third and France fourth.
It is pointed out, however, that Amer
ican aviators average nearly twice the
number of hours and miles covered.
To Legalize Hotel
Register Marriages
TALLAHASSEE, FLA., May 28.—
Senator Himes’ common marriage
bill, providing that any man and
woman who register at a hotel as
man and wife are duly married,
passed the Senate by an overwhelm
ing majority.
The measure is expected to pass
the House without opposition.
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GIRLflEAD:
Sheriff Sees Slaying Mystery in
Burning of Mrs. S. C. Stevens
and Daughter.
That the mother and girl whoso
charred 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 m9.de
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.
8. 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 charred 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 uaed 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. 0
The method in which the daughter
met her death could not be' ascer
tained, ow ing to the charred condition
of her body.
Mrs. J. H. Stevens, a well-known
resident of the country about Con
stitution, Ga., less than ten miles from
Atlanta, and her adopted daughter
were found burned to death in the
ruins of the Stevens place on Mc
Donough Road Wednesday morning.
Mystery surrounds the tragedy, as
no one has been found who sow the
blaze. The house was in ruins when
the discovery was made.
Mrs. Stevens was a sister of Police
Sergeant Whatley, of Atlanta, who
was summoned by telephone. Her
husband, a respected veteran of the
war between the States, was in Chat
tanooga attending the reunion.
The girl who shared the older wom
an’s fate was 14 years old.
A Mr. Nelms, just starting out on
his milkman’s route, discovered the
bodies, burned almost beyond recog
nition, in the ruins of what had been
an eight-room house.
Chief Beavers started with Sergeant
Whatley for the scene of the tragedy
in an automobile.
Woman Badly Hurt
By Fighting Cats
GADSDEN, ALA., May 28.—When
Mrs. J. A. Bacon, 50 years old, at
tempted to separate two house cats
that were fighting on the back porch
of her home, both attacked her, in^
flicting more than 100 wounds on
her throat, chest and arms. Her hus
band and daughter fought ten min r
utes before they subdued the cats.
Some of the wounds on Mrs. Ba
con’s throat are half an inch deep. A
physician spent four hours sewing up
the gashes.
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’’The Scarlet Plague,” begins in
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