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ALWAYS FIRST ® © The SUN DA Y AMERICAN Order It NOW— o Both Phone* Main 8000 The Atlanta Georgian Reaa for Profii---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 255. ATLANTA, LA., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1913. Copyright. 1906, By The Georgian Co. 2 CENTS • 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 ^weeper, the potent information was unearthed Thursday that detective William J. Burns personally will take charge of the in vestigation into the Mart Phagan murder ease which his oper atives have been conducting. Despite the published report that the Burns operatives had withdrawn from the case, and despite the procedure of the State in prosecuting its case against Leo M. Frank, the pencil factory superintendent, the Burns' investigation will continue and from now on be under the famous detective’s direction. This information came from Detective C. 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 case as closed. Mr. Tobie went »«o far as to deny emphatically the published interview with him, in w hich ho was quoted as 'declaring; Frank to be the guilty man. Takes Evidence to Burns. "From the 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 Mercer President Leads War on Frats MACON, GA„ May 29.—President S. Y. Jameson, of Mercer University, will himself, at the factulty meeting this afternoon, introduce a resolution to abolish the Greek letter fraterniteis at Mercer University. The preamble of his resolution reads: ‘‘Whereas the Baptists, Immemori- ally standing for a State without a king and a church without a bishop, have been apostles of liberty and equality, and whereas Greek letter fraternities are undemocratic In their very constitution as well as manage ment, thereby creating class dictinc- tions based on other grounds than merit and ability; therefore, be it re solved,” etc. It is believed that this sounds the Gambling in Food Under Senate’s Ban WASHINGTON, May 29.—The es sential features of the Cummins bid to tax gambling in ‘‘all products of the soil, meats and provisions of all kinds” out of existence will be in corporated in the Underwood tariff bill by the Senate. The amendment becomes germane to a tariff bill because it is designed, ostensibly, to raise revenue. The tax imposed is so high that no revenue would be collected and gambling op erations would be prohibited through taxation. Negro’s Body Hangs In Court House Yard afternoon. He carried with him the deathknell of fraternities at Mercer, evidence which he has gathered dur ing his twm weeks* probe of the case, j He is going to New York. He will i meet Burns there and place his mate- j rial into the noted detective's hands. From then on Detective Burns will 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 serious in crimination of Conley. Negro Deeper in Suspicion. With each cross-examination of the negro by the police in their attempts to secure more evidence against Frank, Conley has only insnared 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 the 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. Sdhiff, who is assistant super intendent; E. F. Holloway, timekeep er, and N. 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 the negro’s contra-1 dictory statements as to his where-1 abouts they have compiled a most j laudable explanation of how he killed] the Phagan girl. Give Credence to Story. ^ The detectives ^till held firmly to their theory that the negro was the most important witness against Leo M. Frank, in the face of the contra dictory stories and lies in which lie had been trapped. They were strongly disposed to give full credence to Conley’s # second affi davit. although the negro’s sudden anxiety to talk after three weeks of silence and the maze of falsehood in which he was at once involved served suddenly to shift the responsibility for Mary Phagan’s death from Leo Frank to the sullen black man, in the judgment of many who have been fol lowing the evidence closely. Chief Lanford and Detective Harry Scott, of the Pinkertons, announced Thursday morning, however, that they regarded the second affidavit of Con ley as the final and conclusive piece of evidence needed in preparing a case again ft Frank. Rejected First Affidavit. Others who have weighed the evi dence carefully declare there are many more significant indications that Conley was the slayer than there arc AUGUSTA, GA„ May 29.—What is left of the body of Richard Henry Austin, South Carolina negro des perado, to day hangs to a tree in the court house square at Hampton, S. C. Before the body was suspended the head, one arm. the fingers and toes had been chopped off. Austin died last night en route from Savannah to Hampton, having been fatally wounded by his captors near Newington, Ga.. Tuesday night. Austin assaulted a white woman and killed three white then near Hampton before he escaped several weeks ago. Quarrel With Woman Results in Slaying CLARKESVILLE. GA.. May 29.—L. W. Crone, of near Clayton. Ga., is in jail here to-day charged with the murder of a steel worker from Penn sylvania. at Tallulah Lodge. Crone and a woman at whose house he was living engaged in a quarrel, when the slain man interfered, resulting in a fatal duel between the two men. Crone claims self-defense. He is 35 years old. The dead man was 55. Cato Sells of Texas Indian Commissioner WASHINGTON, May 29.—Cato Sells, Democratic National Commit teeman from Texas, will be the next Indian Commissioner. President Wilson decided on this appointment to-day after a conference with Senators Sheppard and Culber son of Texas. Continued on Page 2, Column 1. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Fair Thursday and Friday. IM H i tnJ Grader? S/xv/Mve/ TAc SCARLET PLAGUE Dugins' in z5£e/~ FRIX MAGAZINE GIVEN WITH NEXT MU The Interrupted Joy Ride; or, Wifey Was Under the Seat MACON, GA.. May 29.—A master plumber, his pretty young wife and his equally pretty stenographer were the participants in a domestic dra ma, with a comedy vein, this week. The man, well known and well to do. aroused his wife's suspicions by- requesting a hurried supper Tuesday night. When he declined to tell ner where he was going after supper her suspicion was intensified. When he departed in diis automo bile his wife was in the back tonneau under a rug. The auto went to the home of the stenographer, who took the seat be side her employer, and thus they- sped out into the country. When five miles cut their conversation became so in teresting that the w-ife could not con ceal herself longer. Rising, she be gan wielding a poker. She severely beat her husband and the pretty stenographer before the machine was stopped and they Jumped out. On the return home the stenogra pher occupied the rear seat and the wife sat beside her crestfallen hus band. A divorce suit is expected. 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 pf the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. 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 wil) 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. 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.” paid 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. Law ranee Simmons, of Rockawa* Beach, L. I., a bride of three months, and Miss Emma Mammi, of the Bronx. Many Changes in Schedules Also Directed in the State Commis sion's Mandate. SUBURBAN, AS WELL AS CITY LINES, TO BENEFIT Improvements To Be Made With in Next Few Days—Frequent Confe r ences Held. Don't Forget! Friday Is Market Basket Day ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ This popular feature of The Georgian, which saves the thrifty house- j wife time, worry and money, appears again Friday. Profit by Reading It General improvement in the street car service In Atlanta furnished by the Georgia Railway and Power Company was ordered by the State Railroad Commission shortly after noon 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 th«*>u sands of persons who are compelled to use the street cars, was issued after several conferences betw-een the Rail 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 space 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 co-mmis- 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 service with five 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—Fair 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 service so as to provide for cars every three and one-third minutes, and extension of afternoon rush hour service to 9 p. m. Suburban Service. ROUTE NO. 17—Main Decatur: Ad ditional tripper cars to Hayes Street, so as to give service to that point with three and one-third min ute headway, and from there to De catur on five minutes headway dur ing morning and afternoon rush hours, with extension of service on ten-minute headway from end of afternoon rush hour period to 9:30 p. m., in lieu of present twenty- minute headway. After 9:30 p. m. the twenty-minute headway will be operated as now. ROUTE NO. 19—River Line: Extra cars on Sundays during summer months to accommodate extra traf fic. Counts of traffic loads to be Continued on Page 2, Column 8. 1,400 Taken From American Liner on Rocks Off England LIVERPOOL. May 29. The Amer- lean liner Haverford, bound from Liv erpool to Philadelphia with 1.400 pas- j sengers on board, crashed upon Daunts Rock, outside of Queenstown | Harbor, to-day in a thick fog. A big hole w as rammed in the ship s hold and she began to settle. Wire less calls brought help, and all the passengers w r ere taken off. A wireless message said the ship was in a dangerous condition. STEVENS BOY HELD •I* • *i* +•+ v ® v Taft Scores U, S. for “Lamb-Like" Policy NEW HAVEN, May 29.—Former President Taft delivered his first lec ture at Yale on the general topic, "Some Questions of Modern Govern ment.” He criticised the short sight ed policy of the United States in not maintaining a sufficient army, and at tacked the United Slates Senate for ita attitude toward foreign nations. "The policy of this country seems to be the Lord looks after the children and the drunken men ar.d He ought to look after the United States," said Mr. Taft. 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 w r ere reported to-day from farms near Richmond. Hay stacks and farm buildings were burned and about the ruins were scat tered placards and copies of The Suffragette. NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND. May 29.—Suffragettcj set fire to the freight sheds in the railroad terminal here to-day. The fire was extinguished after $5,000 damage was done. Innocent? Says Father +•+ • + +•+ v • v +*v v • -i- +•+ •i , *-r Wide Hunt for Slayer W ILLIAM STEVENS, husband and father of the woman and girl whose charred bodies were found in the fire ruins of their home on McDonough Road, and whose deaths are laid to a slayer. Mr. Stevess says his son is innocent. Americans Victims In London Hotel Raid LONDON. May 29.—American tour ists were among the victims of a rob bery at the fashionable Hotel Berke ley in Piccadilly early to-day. Armed burglars bound and gagged two por ters, who were acting as watchmen, opened a safe and made off with a great sum of money and jewels*. Scotland Yard detectives were as signed to the case. It is believed the robbers fled to France. The Berkeley is one of the best-known hotels in London and much frequented by American tourists. 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 the city hospital. Duke was arrested and locked up to await a preliminary hearing. There were no eyewitnesses to the killing. Duke claims self-defense. No state ment was made by Argo before he died. Wanamaker Faces Tariff Fraud Charge WASHINGTON, May 29 —Attorney General McReynolds to-day an nounced that the charges of under valuation of imports against John Wanamaker. of Philadelphia, will be laid before the Federal Grand Jury. The Attorney General conferred with President Wilson to-day after receiving a full report from his agent in Philadelphia, which he said, fully justified the proposed action of the department. U. S. Armor Plant at $8,000,000 Urged WASHINGTON. May 29 —The erec tion of an armor plate plant by the Government was urged again to-dav by Senator Aehurst, of Arizona, de spite the testimony of Rear Admiral Twining, chief of the United States Bureau of Ordnance, that an adequate factory would cost $8,000,000. ‘ The majority of the Democrats in the Senate and House are in favor of such a plant,” said Senator Ashurst. De Palma Qualifies For 500-Mile Race MOTOR SPEEDWAY. INDIANAP OLIS, May 29.—In a shower that made running exceedingly dangerous. Ralph DePalma, in a Mercer car. qual ified for the 500-mile race which starts at 10 o’clock to-morrow. His time for the 2 1-2 miles was 1:57:95, a rate of 76 1-2 miles an hour. Knipper, in a Henderson car, mad* the lap in 1:52:87, at the rate of 80 miles an hour, a CAPITAL POLICE Senate Committee Finds Indiffer ence Was Sole Offense at Suffrage Parade. WASHINGTON, May 29 A mild reprimand for the Washington police for permitting alleged rioting during the suffrage parade here on March 3 was contained in a report made pub lic to-day by the special committee investigating the charges. The re port, signed by Senators Jones, Dil lingham and Pomerene, in part, reads: “Some of the uniformed and more of the special police acted with ap parent indifference, and in this way encouraged the crowd to press in upon the parade. There is not suffi cient proof upon which to single out any particular individual for reproof or dtademnation. however, and the many officers who proved faithful ought not to be discredited by those who (prove faithless to their duties. "No condition existed and none were threatened that warranted a re quest for United States troops, and the War Department went to the limit of its ability, if it did not exceed it, in detailing a troop of cavalry from Fort Myer.” The report recommended that leg islation should he enacted by Con gress giving the Commissioners of the District pow f er to stop traffic on any street along which a permit has been given for a parade. Mrs. Willet Stamps 'Turkey Trot’ as 0. K, MACON. GA.. May 29.—Mrs. Hugh M. Willett, of Atlanta, former presi dent of the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs, declared here to-day while in attendance upon the Sixth District Federated Clubs' convention that the “turkey trot" and other ul tra-modern dances are perfectly prop er if not carried to excess. FELDER BRIBERY CHARGE EXPECTED Believed Beavers Will Try to Have Grand Jury Consider Accusa- sations Against Attorney. That bribery charges against Col onel Thomas B. Felder and others will be placed before the Fulton Coun ty Grand Jury by police officials, was the indication when G. C. February, secretary of Chief of Detectives Lan ford. and the person alleged to have been offered $1,000 in bribe money, secured a subpena Thursday after noon for A. S. Colyar, Jr., to appear before Solicitor General Dorsey and give testimony Friday morning. The subpena formally summoned Colyar. who was the author of the dictographing of Felder and Mayor Woodward, to appear before the Grand Jury. The preliminary hearing, however, will be in Solicitor Dorsey's office. That February carried away with him a number of subpena blanks is taken to mean that others will be called upon to testify. At the hearing of testimony Friday morning it is believed that Lanford and Police Chief Beavers will endeav or to show Solicitor Dorsey the plausibility of their bribery charges and ask that the matter be placed before the Grand Jury. In line with this action. Chief Beavers called upon Carl Hutcheson, the attorney, again Thursday morn ing for the list of “protected disor derly houses” which Hutcheson de clared he held, and which Hutcheson said he would reveal in an effort to prove that vice under police protec tion is rife in Atlanta. Hutcheson three days ago, in an swer to Beavers’ defl, declared that he would give the police official the list on Thursday. On that day, how ever. Hutcheson stated the list was not yet prepared. He informed Beav ers he would have it ready, Enough, within a short time. Aged Veteran, Crushed by Tragedy, Joins in the Sear c h. He Swears Vengeance. Son in Chattanooga at Hour When Bodies of Mother and Sister Were Found. ^ s Wade Stevens, son of William Ste ven?. whose wife and daughter w ? ere murdered and whose bodies were found in the charred ruins of their j home, seven miles southeast of At lanta, was arrested in Chattanooga at noon to-day. The DeKalb County ; Coroner’s jury had recommended that 1 the young man be arrested and held for investigation. The Governor to-day offered a re ward of $200 for the arrest of the I 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 him 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 DeKalb County, before taking further steps. Sheriff McCurdy later asked that Black bring the boy back, and Chief Beavers wired the detective to that effect. The police point out that if the bey took the 8 o’clock train Tues day night to Chattanooga he. of course, is eliminated from the case. 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 time of the double trag edy. Stevens left Chattanooga at 3 o’clock this morning, but the train was delayed en route. Several friends went to the Union Depot to meet him, but he came from a rear car and left the station w ithout 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 & > read well, who handled his w-ife’s real estate, whore 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 dumfounded. He sank in a chair and remained silent for several minutes, then dramatically expressed belief in the innocence of his son and declared he would spend the remainder of his days hunting the slayer. Declares Boy Is Innocent. “All I have to live for now is to try to catch the murderer,” he said. “J’ll spend the rest of my days hunting him.” While in Chattanooga Stevens boarded at 166 Roseville 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 landlady, 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 rimes, but he never could have' stooped so low as to murder his own mother and sister. He knows nothing about it yet. “I know he had nothing to do with it, because he was in Chattanooga yesterday morning. When he drove me from home to the car line Sunday morning when I started to Chatta nooga he told me he might be up there before the reunion w r as over. “Yesterday afternoon the landlady told me the house had burned/down. Continued on Page 2, Column 4.