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VOL. XI. NO. 253.
ATLANTA, UA., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1913. 2 CENTS
FAY NO
MORE
EVENING
EDITION
STEVENS BOY
ARRESTED
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Phagan Evidence Goes to Detective Burns for Inspection
SWEEPING REFORMS ORDERED IN STREET CAR SERVICE
II
Son, Held by Chattanooga Police,
Was in That City When the
Bodies Were Found.
Wade Stevens, son of William Ste
vens, whose wife and daughter were
murdered and whose bodies were
found in the charred ruins of their
home, seven miles southeast of At
lanta, was arrested in Chattanooga at
noon to-day. The DeKalb County
Coroner’s jury had recommended that
the young man be arrested and held
for investigation.
The Governor to-day offered a re
ward of $200 for the arrest of the
slayer.
At almost the precise minute when
Wade Stevens was arrested in Chat
tanooga, William Stevens, his father,
having just arrived in Atlanta, made
a statement to The Georgian com
pletely exonerating the boy. The elder
Stevens said his landlady, who knew
Wade, had seen hint in Chattanooga
early Wednesday morning. This was
just about the time the crime was
discovered and only a few hours after
its commission.
Detective John R. Black, of Atlan
ta, who was in Chattanooga attend
ing the reunion, arrested young Ste
vens in the reunion city. He wired
Chief of Police Beavers and was told
to hold the young man. pending ar
rival of requisition papers.
Chief of Police Beavers then an
nounced he would confer with Sheriff
McCurdy, of DeKaib County, before
taking further steps.
Father Brokenhearted.
The father of the boy, a 70-year-
old Confederate veteran, was heart
broken when he arrived in Atlanta at
10:50 o’clock this morning and heard
for the first .tinie of the double trag
edy.
Stevens left Chattanooga at 3
o’clock this morning, but the train
Was delayed en route. Several friendu
Went to the Union Depot to meet him,
but he came from a rear car and left
the station without meeting them.
The only information given him in
Chattanooga was that his house had
burned. Leaving the depot here, he
went direct to the office of Carson &
. Treadwell, who handled his wife's real
estate, where he learned all the de
tails.
One of the firm of Carson & Tread
well told him of the double murder,
and that his son, Wade Stevens, was
wanted for investigation. The old
veteran was, dumbfounded. He sank
in a chair and remained silent for
-eevral minutes, then dramatically
expressed belief in the innocence of
his son and declared he would spend
ihe remainder of his days hunting the
slayer.
Declares Boy Is Innocent.
All 1 have to live for now is to try
to catch the murderer,” he said. ‘Til
spend the rest of my days hunting
him.”
While in Chattanooga Stevens
boarded at 166 Rofsvllle Avenue. His
son by a former marriage, Ed Ste
vens. also boarded there. The miss
ing son, Wade Stevens, had stopped
there previously and is well known to
the landladj who said she saw him in
front of her home at 6 o'clock Wed
nesday morning.
•I believe my boy is innocent of
this murder ” said Mr. Stevens. "He
was bad at times, but he never could
nave scoop d so low as to murder his
own -mother and sister. He knows
nothing about it yet.
know in- lead nothing to do with
i t , because he was in Chattanooga
Continued an p ane 2. Column 4.
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Militants Fire Hay
And Farm Buildings
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 29.—-Having: terror
ized most of the cities of England, the
militant suffragettes now are paying
their attentions to the rural districts.
Three fires were reported to-day
from farms near Richmond. Hay
stacks. ..and farm buildings were
burhed And About the ruins were scat
tered ’placards and copies of The
Suffragette.
NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND, May
29.—Suffragettes set fire to the freight
sheds in the railroad terminal here
to-day. The fire was extinguished
after $5,000 damage was done.
Boston Entertains
Atlanta Old Guard
BOSTON, May 29.—Members of the
Old Guard of Atlanta, in Boston to
attend Memorial Day exercises, were
guests Thursday of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company.
i The Confederates were given an au
tomobile ride to Lexington and Con
cord and a visit to the estate of Colo
nel Everett C. Benton, of Belmont.
Friday the visitors from the South
will go to the State House, place a
floral tribute on the sailors’ and sol
diers' monument on Boston Common
and in the afternoon take luncheon
with. E. W. Kinsley, a distinguished
G. A. R. veteran.
Many Changes in Schedules Also
Directed in the State Commis
sion’s Mandate.
Shot His Neighbor;
Gets Year in Jail
MACON. GA.. May 29.—Mallary
Bedingfield, found guilty of shooting
at another because of the shooting of
his next-door neighbor. Ferd Gutten-
berger, whom he claims he mistook
for a burglar, this morning was sen
tenced as for a misdemeanor, being
given twelve months or a fine of $200.
The Jury was out five hours and re
turned its verdict last night at 10
o’clock.
Guttenberger recovered, although a
bullet passed through his body.
Tariff Bill Delay
Likely To Be Avoided
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Confer
ences between members of the Senate
Finance Committee and members of
the lower house who were in charge
of various sections of the Underwood
tariff bill will be the rule until the
hill reaches the floor , of the Senate.
The sub-committees were working
on the bill to-day in secret session.
If agreement can be reached between
the tariff experts of tile two houses
the chances of long delay In confer
ence will be avoided.
Gibson Jury Unable
To Agree on Verdict
NEWBURGH, X. T., May 29.—Aft
er having been out all night, the jury
in the trial of Burton W. Gibson, the
New York lawyer charged with
strangling Countess Rosa Menschik
Szabo on Greenwood Lake July 16,
1912, to secure her estate, was still
deadlocked this morning.
It was rumored that the jurors
stood 11 to 1 for conviction.
The jury in Gibson’s first trial dis
agreed.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Thursday and
Friday.
General improvement in the street
car service in Atlanta furnished the
Georgia Railway and Power Company
was ordered by the State Railroad
Commission shortly aftern oon Thurs
day. Practically every line operated
by the company is included in the
list. The order specifies particularly
the service rendered during rush
hours.
The order, which will benefit thmjr
^jands of persons who are compelled tp
use the street cars, was issued after
several’conferences between the ftfell-
road Commission and President Ark
wright, of the Georgia Railway and
Power Company.
On May 5 Chairman Murphey Can
dler addressed a letter to Mr. Ark
wright asking him to make sugges
tions for the betterment of the serv
ice during rush hours. This letter
was replied to on May 23 by Mr. Ark
wright. his letter going much into de
tail.
Suggestions made by Mr. Arkwright
were considered at sessions of the
commission Tuesday and Wednesday,
during which time they were in con
ference with the street railway offi
cials. It Is understood that the order
of the commission is agreeable to the
company. The improvement of serv
ice will begin within the next few'
days.
Improvements Ordered.
Here are the ” improvements or
dered:
ROUTE NO 2—Copenhill to West-
view. Rearrangement .of schedules
so as to 9pace the headway between
cars now operated more nearly to
four minutes and secure a more
even distribution of the traffic loads.
Counts of actual loads at peak
points to be made during next five
months and filed with the commis
sion, so as to secure accurate in
formation as to whether there is
excessive congestion.
ROUTE NO. 4—Inman Park-Georgia
Avenue. A three and one-third
minute headway during morning
and afternoon rush hours, on Inman
Par end, with the Georgia Avenue
end provided for by increased serv
ice on Route No. 5.
ROUTE NO. 5—West Peachtree and
South Pryor. Additional cars be
tween Sixth Street crossing on
West Peachtree and Bass Street
crossing on South Pryor, so as to
give, during the morning and aft
ernoon rush hours, a sendee with
live minutes’ headway.
ROUTE NO. 6—Forrest Avenue and
Capitol Avenue. Actual counts to
be made during morning and after
noon rush hours, at two peak points,
during next five months, to accu
rately ascertain degree of conges
tion, if any, on this route.
ROUTE NO. 8—Pair and Marietta
Streets. The afternoon rush hour
service on this line has been re
cently extended from 6:30 to 7 p. m.,
and schedules now established more
regularly sustained. Counts of
traffic loads to be made on this
route, as directed on No. 6.
ROUTE NO. 10—Whitehall and
Peachtree: Increased sendee so as
to provide for cars every three and
one-third minutes, and extensiori of
afternoon, rush hour service to 9
p. m.
Suburban Service.
ROUTE NO. 17 Main Decatur: Ad
ditional tripper cars to Hayes
Continued on Page 2, Column 3.
The Interrupted
Joy Eider; or, Wifey
Was Under the Seat
MACON, GA., May 29.—A master
| plumber, his pretty young'wife and
j. his equally pjfctty ethnographer were
the participants^ in . a domestic dra
ma, with a comedy vein, this week.
The man, well know’n and well to
do, aroused his wife’s suspicions by
requesting a hurried supper Tuesday
ni^ht. When he declined to tell her
where he was going after supper her
suspicion W’as intensified.
When he departed in his automo
bile hts wife was in the back tonneau
under a rug.
I The auto went to the home of the
stenographer, w’ho took the seat be
side her employer, and thus they sped
out into the country. When five miles
out their conversation became so in
teresting that the wife could not con
ceal herself longer. Rising, she be
gan wielding a poker.
She severely beat hqr husband and
the pretty stenographer before the
j machine was stopped and they
Jumped out.
On the return home the sterogra-
i pher occupied the rear seat and the
wife eat beside her crestfallen hus-
' band. /'
1 A divorce suit is expected.
Tait Scores U. S. for
“Lamb-Like” Policy
NEW HAVEN, May 29.—F»rmnr
Presidpnt Taft delivered Ale first lec
ture at Yale on the general topic,
“Some Questions of Modern Govern
ment." He criticised the short sight
ed policy of the'Unlted States in not
maintaining a sufficient army, and at
tacked the United States-Senate for
its attitude toward'foreign nations.
"The policy of .this country seems to
be the Lord looks after the children
and the drunken men and He ought
to look after the. United States.” said
Mr. Taft.
Big American Liner
On Rock Off England*
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LIVERPOOL, May 29.—The Ameri
can liner Haverford, bound from Liv
erpool to Philadelphia with a big,pas
senger list, went aground on Daunt
Rock in a depse fog to-day while
making the port of Queenstown.
A wireless call for help was sent
out and tugs were rushed to the as
sistance of the ship.
Mill Employees of
Gov. Foss on Strike
BOSTON, May 29.—Fifteen hun
dred employees of the Sturtevant
Blower Works and the Becker Milling
Company’s plant, concerns in which
Governor Eugene N. Foss is largely
interested, went on strike to-day.
The strike practically tied up both
plants.
WILL AGAIN COMMAND
CONFEDERATE VETS
General
Bennett
Young,
of
Kentucky.
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Don't Forget!
Friday Is
Market Basket
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This popular feature of
The Georgian, which
.races the thrifty house
wife tine, worry and
money, appears again
Friday.
Profit by Reading It
PROGRESSIVE AIDS | JACKSON TO MIKE
2-WARSHIP PLAN
Representative Stephens, on the
Naval Affairs Committee, Now
Favors Stronger Fleet.
WASHINGTON. May 29—Repre-
sentative Stephens, Progressive, of
California, who has been assigned to
the House Naval Affairs Committee,
declared to-day he would vote for the
construction of two battleships at the
next session of Congress.
“I am in favor of a big navy,” said
Stephens, “and I believe in maintain
ing the navy in its present efficient
status. If the navy officials decide
they need two battleships next year,
or even more. I shall be in sympathy
with whatever they recommend.”
Stephens favors the stationing of a
battleship force on the Pacific Coast
large enough for all emergencies.
Ohio Man Guest of
Kaiser at Royal Fete
CLEVELAND, OHIO. May 2 9.—
Paul Warner, of Cleveland is on his
way to New York to sfcil for Berlin,
w here, he will be the personal guest
of Kjuper Wilhelm during the cele
bration of the twenty-fifth anniver
sary; of the ascension of the Kaiser to
the throne of Germany.
All of Werner’s expenses for the
tup werUincluded with the invitation
Retiring Collector of Revenue An
nounces He Will Represent
Northern Banking Houses.
Henry S. Jackson, whose resigna
tion as Collector of Internal Revenue
takes effect July 1, will remain in At
lanta as Southern representative for
Chicago, Pittsburg and New York
banking houses. At first he will re
tain his present office in the Inman
Building, but later will take a suite
in one of Atlanta’s new office build
ings.
Already Mr. .Jackson is transacting
financial business. Thursday # he ne
gotiated a loan of $150,000 in behalf of
an Atlanta building enterprise.
“1 shall retain my interest in po
litical affairs,’’ said Mr. .Jackson, "and
shall continue as Republican nation
al committeeman from Georgia.”
Mr. Jackson opposes a reduction of
.Southern representation in Republi
can national conventions.
Under Mr. Jackson revenues herp
increased 25 per cent, against a 3 per
cent in/rcase throughout the United
States.
Jack London’s new story,
“The Scarlet Plague,” begins in
the American Monthly Magazine
given free with every copy of
next Sunday’s American.
Noted Detective Gets Evidence Un
earthed by His Operatives—Negro
Conley Deeper in Suspicion—State
ments Conflict in Every Instance.
With the maze of contradictory statements sweeping an
avalanche of suspicion upon the head of James Conley, the negro
sweeper, the potent information was unearthed Thursday that
Detective William J. Burns personally will take charge of the in
vestigation into the Mary Phagan murder ease which his oper
atives have been conducting.
Despite the published report that the Burns operatives had
withdrawn from 1he case, and despite the procedure of the State
in prosecuting its erfse against Leo M. Frank, the pencil factory
superintendent, the Burns’ investigation will continue and from
now on under the famous detectives direction.
Women Call Riding
Astride Ban Silly
WASHINGTON, May 29.—Wash
ington horsewomen consider General
J. P. Hickman’s order forbidding
women to ride astride in the parade
of the reunion of Confederate veter
ans at Chattanooga old-fashioned and
out of date.
“I think the order foolish,’’ said Mrs.
Burleson, wife of Lieutenant Richard
C. Burleson, of Fort Myer. “I am a
Southern woman, but the new way of
riding cross-saddle is much prefer
able.’’
3 in New York Face
The Fate of Walker
NEW YORK, May 29.—Three cases
of poisoning by the accidental swal
lowing of bichloride of mercury tab
lets under circumstances similar to
the fatal case of B. Sanders Walker,
of Macon, Ga., engaged the atten
tion of New York doctors to-day.
The victims are Mrs. Rae Ches-
man, wife of a Bronx druggist; Mrs.
Lawrance Simmons, of Rockaway
Beach, L. I., a bride of three months,
and Miss Emma Mammi, of the
Bronx.
Scandal Forces Out
High British Official
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian
LONDON, May 29.—Sir Rufus
Isaacs, Attorney General of England,
has tendered his resignation to Pre
mier Asquith in consequence of the
notoriety his name has attained in
connection with the Marconi expos
ures.
The Jewish Express states that the
Premier has refused to accept the
resignation, but that it has not been
withdrawn.
Self-Defense Plea
Of Columbus Slayer
COLUMBUS, GA., May 29.—Walter
Duke, a well-known Columbus young
man. last night shot and killed Perry
Argo, who came here recently from
Cochran. Ga. Argo died en route ’o
th£ city hospital. Duke was arrested
and locked up to await a. preliminary
hearing. There were no eyewitnesses
to the killing.
Duke claim? self-defense. No state
ment was made by Argo before he
died.
This information came from
Detective ('. W. Tobie, William
J Burns’ lieutenant, Thursday
morning. It tends to show that
Tobie, who has had charge of
his agency's investigation here,
does not consider the ease as
closed.
Mr. Tobie went so far as io deny
emphatically the published interview
with him, in which he was quoted as
declaring Frank to be the guilty man.
Takes Evidence to Burns.
"From (he evidence so far devel
oped in the Phagan case, guilt is di
rected at Frank,” the detective said
with emphasis. "That was my state
ment However. I was quoted as say
ing outright that Frank committed
the murder. That was not true.”
Mr. Tobie left Atlanta Thursday
afternoon. He carried with him the
evidence which he has gathered dur
ing his two weeks’ probe of the case.
He is going to New York. He will
meet Burns there and place his mate
rial into the noted detective’s hands.
From then on Detective Burns writ
direct his operatives as to further
investigations to be outlined by him.
This information but proves an
other link in the chain of circum
stances which The Georgian has con
sistently pointed out in its elimina
tion of Frank from possibility of the
crime and the more serious incrimi
nation of Conley.
Negro Deeper in Suspicion.
With each cross-examination of th«»
negro by the police in their attempts
to secure more evidence against
Frank, Conley has only ensnared him
self in guilt. His admitted falsehoods
in former affidavits tending to throw
the blame to Frank in connection
with the “murder” notes have been
accentuated as incriminating by tfie
unqualified declarations of employees
at the pencil factory that Conley is
the guilty man.
Three responsible officials of the
plant have outlined plausible theories
as to how the negro could have com
mitted the crime. These men. Her
bert G. Sebiff. who is assistant super
intendent: E. F. Holloway, timekeep
er, and X. V. Darley, general fore
man. are acquainted with Conley. Up
on their knowledge of him and the
opportunity offered for accomplishing
the murder they base their state
ments that he is guilty. They have
proven beyond a doubt that Conley
was in the factory for several hours
on the day of the murder, and con
necting with this tlie negro’s contra
dictory statements as to his where
abouts the> have compiled a most