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ALWAYS FIRST The SUNDAY AMERICAN Order It NOW Bath Phone* Main 8000 The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGlAN WANT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 253. ATLANTA, UA., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1913. 2 CENTS FAY NO MORE EVENING EDITION STEVENS BOY ARRESTED vE'w vJ/vT) vT/w ’JJxr) 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. J/£K LONDON'S ■JLefe sfinJ Grarfcrf Sjiar/Mvef T^SCARIET PLAGUE Dogvt PRIt MAGAZINE GIVEN VUE NEXT M9P 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* - . 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. AGAN SLAYING r "yd Don't Forget! Friday Is Market Basket r^-. t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Uay ♦♦ ♦ ♦ 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