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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, Negro Declares He Helped Frank Carry Mary Phagan’s Body to Factory Basement. Continued From Page 1. bs the women were gone. Conley told the detectives some of the con versation that is said to have taken place between the women and Frank. “Was it pretty warm In there?” Conley said that Frank asked him When the women had gone. "Yes. boss. I couldn’t have stayed In there much longer,” Conley an swered, he said. Sticks to Note Story. Conley stuck to his story that FYank had him write the notes that were found by the girl's body and the detectives believe that there can be no doubt of this now, He said that after the notes were written Frank took hie arm and led him to the body. Frank’s hand was ehaklng. the negro declared. To gether, they raised the limp form from the floor, Conley told the de tectives, and took it Into the base ment. Offering no explanation of the tragedy which had occurred, Frank ordered Conley to leave the build ing. according to the statement. Conley explained his long silence by saying that he thought Frank had plenty of money and that he would be able to get both of them free within a short time. Chief Lanford and Detective Scott both declared after the third degree that they were confident that the ne gro at last was telling the truth. If he has any further knowledge of the crime, they said they would get it out of him Friday when they put him through another grilling. Admission of Conley’s statements Into a court of Justice is certain to be fought most bitterly. The fact that Conley has been discovered in a tan gle of lies which he has been telling ever since his arrest three weeks ago is expected by the defense to go a long ways in shutting the doors against his affidavits. In addition to the maze of con flicting stories in which he has been involved, Conley has signed three sep arate statements, none of which agree in some essential points. How Affidavits Conflict. His first affidavit swore that he was pot at the factory on the day Mary Phagan was murdered. His second affidavit swore that he was at the factory on the Saturday the girl was brutally slain, but that he left immediately after he had writ ten the notes at the direction of Frank. He saw Mary Phagan neither alive nor dead, according to this doc ument. His third affidavit, or statement, re pudiated both of the other statements In many of their details, and declared that he did not leave the factory at the time state in the other affidavits, but, Instead, assisted Frank to carry the little girl's body to the basement, where it was found by Newt Lee Sun day morning. The fact that the negro has altered his statement in some important par ticular every succeeding time that he has been questioned has not served to throw' suspicion on the negro in the eyes of the defective. They have accepted at Its face value eacn state ment as it came, and each time an nounced themselves "satisfied.” Think He Is Merely a Tool. They accept as true the explanation of Conley that he withheld much that he knew and lied about much that he did tell because he was afraid that if he told all he would be In danger of hanging. He was merely a tool, they believe, and knew nothing about the actual murder of Mary Phagan. Another effort will be made to con front Frank wdth the negro Friday. The detectives do not regard this as essential, but think it may serve fur ther to strengthen the negro's storq if he can be made to repeat it before Frank, or if he breaks dow n, to inject the possibility thAt he 1ms manufac tured the whole story to protect hlm- eelf. The negro, on his own admission, was in the factory for aconsiderable time on Saturday and had an opportu nity to commit the crime. The de tectives declare they are not overlook ing this fact in their questioning of Conley, although they are firmly con vinced at present of his Innocence. During the sweating process Thurs day they took copies of The Georgian into the office of Chief Lanfoid and went carefully over the discrepan cies in the negro’s testimony with the apparent facts of the case. They made hism give an explanation for every occurrence that had been over- loked on the day before and went over some of the same ground that had been covered before. Lanford Mum on Developments. At the close of the third degree Thursday night neither chief Lan ford nor Detective Harry Scott would admir that the negro had made the Important admissions. "Did Conley admit that he had seen Mary Phagan, alive or dead, on the day of the murder?" the Chief was asked "I have nothing to say,” replied Lanford. "Did Conley make any admissions which indicated that he knew more about the murder than he divulged In 5i#« second affidavits?’’ The reply was the same. The Chief then was asked if there would be any statement of any sort to give out in regard to the testimony that had been obtained from the ne gro. He replied that all he had to say was that he was greatly pleased with the evidence that had been se cured, and that he still held to his belief that Frank was the guilty man. The Georgian-American Pony Contest VOTE COUPON Hearst's Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON. FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1913 5 VOTES NOT GOOD AFTER JUNE 14, 1913. Vote for Address CARRIERS' AND AGENT8' BALLOT. Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian Pony Contest Vote Coupon, Friday, May 30, 1913. 5 vr»TPC not good after ¥w,ta JUNE 14, 1913. Vote for Address 8CHOOL BOYS’ AND GIRLS' BALLOT. 11 ILL SET START IN BIG Indianapolis Speed Mad as the Hour of Great 500-Mile Contest Nears. Continued From Page 1. Deny Marriage Fees Are ’Graft’ +•,+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Atlanta Pastors Defend Practice +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Declare It’s Not Form of Charity The Rev., H. M. DuBose and Dr. W. W. Memminger Take Issue With Chicago Minister. . Atlanta ministers take Issue with Dr. Aimer Pennewell, of Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, w-ho says: "If the church Insists that marriage is a rite that belongs to It, then the church should at once make that rite free to all. The minister who does not need a fee should be ashamed to take It and A MINISTER SHOULD BE FORCED TO STAND AT A WED DING WITH HIS OPEN HAND BE HIND HIM.” Is a marriage fee a form of graft ? Do you think marriage fees should be abolished? These questions are answered by two well-known Atlanta clergymen. A reasonable fee paid to the minis ter or magistrate secures to the groom a sense of self-respect and self-worth iness w r hich he will otherwise not feel," said Rev. H. M. Du Bose, pastor of the First Methodist Church. Regards Fees as Offset. “A man who marries is supposed to have made some special financial preparation or arrangement for his new move in life, and the fee can be but a very small part of his necessary outlay. "Ministers perhaps more than all other men are callod upon by Indigent people and marriage fees are usually thought of by the clergy as balanc ing a small part of their expenditures for charity. "The marriage fees that come Into my hands," said the Rev. Dr. Du Bose "represent possibly less than one-fourth of my exceptional expen ditures for charity. "A marriage fee is no charity to the minister. A man pays $2.50 for a license and the executing of this license is Just as necessary as its is- SOULE SPEAKS AT DECATUR TUESDAY Other Well Known Men Are on Program at Jefferson Davis Anniversary Celebration. Decatur will have a big rally day June 3, when tho birthday anniver sary of Jefferson Davis will be cele brated. In connection with the me morial services DeKalb County farm ers will gather to hear Dr. A. M. Coule, of the State University. His address will be on the agricultural possibilities of DeKalb County. Murphey Candler, chairman of the Railroad Commission, will deliver an address on the life and work of Jef ferson Davis. The Clement A. Evans Camp, Confederate Veterans, and the Agnes Lee Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, will participate in the services. Location of the Fifth District Ag ricultural School will be the subject of an address by Representative R. F. Smith. This is a live question and there is much competition among the several towns In the Fifth. Until the time of therevision of districts the district agricultural school for the Fifth was located In Walton County, I but In the revision Walton County was dropped from the Fifth, leaving this district without a school. The Decatur Chamber of Commerce | has worked up the rally day. Sev eral thousand visitors are looked for. Bryan's Queer Claim For President Wilson W ASHINGTON, May 30.—Charac terizing it as "the greatest achieve ment of the Wilson Administration,’ Secretary Bryan Saturday will pro claim the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution for the direct election of United States Senators. The records show that it was of Republican origin, introduced by Mr. Bristow of Kansas early in 1909. When it passed the Senate, in 1911. Clark of Arkansas was the only Dem ocrat to support it. The Hearst news papers fought for it for years. ■suance. Therefore the fee for execu tion Is Just as legitimate as the fee for the issuance, because the minis ter acts as the agent of the law when he performs the marriage. minister who marries a couple whom he knows to be unfit mentally or physically Is himself a degenerate. I have the same contempt for such a minister as 1 have for any other man who violates the moral obligations of his office Holds State Responsible. "The State should be held respon sible for the fitness and health of the contracting parties in marriage The State has expert physicians, an expert health board and should pass upon all persons wh<* are to be mar ried. "Of course the contracting parties should one minister refuse to marry them, can go to some other minister. The way to correct the evil of im proper marriage is to refuse to li cense." Regarding cases where the parties to be married are under age, the Rev. Mr. Du Bose said: "If a young man and a young girl should come to my residence lato at night wdth a mar riage license and, even though I knew them both to be under age, I should regard it as a niece of high ethics to marry them at once.” No Fees Are Solicited. The Rev. W. W. Memminger rector of All Saints Episcopal Church says: "A fee given to the minister for per forming a marriage is accepted, how ever no fee is solicited, it is not an obligatory matter and altogether vol untary. * "A man should not get married un til he can afford a marriage fee and afford to keep a wife. I never ask for a fee for it is part of my duty as a minister. "A wealthy man should pay a min ister a big fee and the fee the groom pays *o the minister should be in proportion to his income. A man who can Hfford to give a big wedding feast and stag dinner can certainly afford to give the minister a wedding fee." E Facts About Great Auto Speed Contest Distance, 500 miles, or 200 times around the 2 1-2-mile brick oval. Average speed, 80 miles an hour (estimated). Prizes—W’inner, $20,000; second. $10,000; third, $5,000; fourth, $3,- 500; fifth, $3,000; sixth, $2,200; seventh, $1,800; eighth, $1,600; ninth, $1,500; tenth, $1,400. Trophies—Remy Brassard, value $2,500, for leader at 200th mile; Prestolite, value $2,500, for leader at 300th mile; Wheeler-Schebler, value $10,000, for leader at 400th mile. To-day’s race Is the third. The firK was won by Ray Harroun. driving a Marmon Wasp, May 30. 1911. The second was won by Joe Dawson, driving a National, 78.2 miles an hour. May 30, 1912. will not tear up tires so quickly as the heavier ones. Among the other American drivers accorded chances for first place by the dopesters were Ralph DePalma and Caleb Bragg, of the Mercer team, and Merz, Anderson and Herr, pilots ot the fitutz entries Haupt In a Ma son car w r as also considered in the running. ' How Cars Will Start. The cars will be lined up in seven rows for the blanket start, with four machines in each row. In the first file will be Caleb Bragg's Mercer at the pole. The Sunbeam will be No. 2; Billy Leisaw's Anel No. 3 and the Deusenberg Special of Bob Evans in No. 4. Herr’s Stutz, Grant’s Isotta, Goux Peugeot and Tetzlaff’s Isotta will be in the second rank. Bob Burman will have the pole in the third rank. Other cars in the file will be B. Endioott’s Case, Ni- krent’s Case and Mulford’s Mercedes. In the fourth file will be Harry Endicott’s Nyberg, Henderson, De Palma’s Mercer and Pittete’s Merce des Knight. Anderson’s Stutz, Haupt’s Reusenberg, Merze's Stutz and T. Schaeht will have the fifth rank. Trucco’s Isotta, Wishart’s Mercer, the Fox Special and Disbrow's Case have the sixth rank. The rear guard w r ill be composed of Tower’s Deusenberg, Evans’ Deusen- berg and the Tulsa. TO DAY’S MARKET OPENINGS. Preliminary Treaty, Forced by the Powers, Signed in London by Turkey and Allies. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. May 30.—After seven months of hostilities between the states of the Balkan League and Tur key, during which the Ottoman Em pire was shorn of 60,000 square miles of territory In Europe, the Balkan war officially came to an end to-day with the signing of a preliminary treaty of peace at St. James’ Palace. The treaty was prepared by Sir Edward Grey, English Foreign Min ister.. at the insistence of the powers. For a time some of the Balkan gov ernments balked against signing it. but pressure was brought (p bear and they had to get Into line. Only the biggest issues involved are included tn the treaty, the details* be ing left to future negotiations. Most of the side issues involving territory will be settled by the ambassadorial high court of arbitration, while an international commission will decide the amount of war indemnity the Balkan states and Greece w ill have. Audacious Suffrage Posters Stir Wales Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. CARDIFF. WALES. May 30 Suf- ragettes cut a number of telephone wires through the Taff Valley to-day, interrupting communication in that part of Glamorganshire. Posters bearing audacious inscriptions were left behind the women. The authorities are investigating, but have little hope of catching the culprits as it is believed they came from London and are in hiding here at the home of a sympathizer with the cause. HAS TWENTY-SIXTH CHILD. PITTSBURG, PA.. May 30—The stork visited the home of Nathan Valone. a merchant to-day and left a baby giri. This is the twenty-sixth child to be born to Valone. • AMERICAN EXCHANGES • ARE CLOSED FRIDAY • * • On account of Decoration Day • all American exchanges, with the • exception of the New Orleans • < ’otton Exchange, were closed • Friday. Saturday all exchanges • will take an extra holiday, ex- • cept the Chicago Board of • Trade. Monday all exchanges • will reopen. • The Liverpool Cotton Ex- • change remains open during the • holidays. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Quotations In cotton futures: June July Aug. Sept. Oct. . Nov. Dec. •Jan Feb. Mar | | | I First | Prev. (Open High Low| Call Clow. 11.86-88 11.91-92 11.53-54 11.29-31 11.14- 16 11.14- 15 11.17-18 11.14- 16 11.25-27 ii!o3 ii!i>3 11.93 ii! 93 11.53 11.53 11.53 11.53 11.18.11.18 iili? iiiir 11.18 11.18 11.18 11.18 •First four prices are bid LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. May . . May-June June-July July-Aug. Aug.-Sept. Sept.-Oct. Oct.-Nov. Nov. - Dec. Dec.-Jan. Jan.-Feb. Feb.-Mar. Mar.-Apr. Closed ste Opening Range. 2 p. m. 6.39 £>6.38*4 6.38 *4 w 6.38 6.37 6.34 (a 6.3314 6.3214 6.33 (a 6.3214 6.31 6.23 *4 @6.22*4 6.21 *4 6.12 ©6.11 6.11 6.05H(£6.054 6.05 6.02 6.0114 6.01 6.0114 6.00 H 6.00 6.01 6.00 6.04 ©6.0414 6.0214 >ady. Prev Cl08«. 6.40 6.3914 6.354 6 34 6 2414 6.12 6.0514 6.01*4 6.01*4 6.01 L, 6.02*4 6.03*4 Hot Wave Stifles The Middle West DES MOINES, IOWA, May 30.— Stifling heat continued here to-day following the record set yesterday when the mercury mounted to 96 degrees and caused the cancelling of the annual folk game festival. Fifty children marching in a school pa rade were overcome by heat. KANSAS CITY. MO.,* May 30.— Hot weather continued here to-day following yesterday’s record break er. Tin- mercury passed the hun dred mark. Leavenworth. Kas.. re ported 107, Abilene 105, and Salina 104. A wonderful magazine given FREE with every copy of the next Sunday American. Pretty Girfsin LawnTahfeau Aid D.A.R. Chapter House Fund +•+ +••!• * +•+ +•-!- +•+ •!•••!• +•* +•+ +•+ Ofd-Fasfiioned Dance, Another Feature of Unique Festival! Two Negroes Who Had Insulted Slain Women Now Hunted. Son Aids Police. Continued From Page 1, “Flowers” in “Contrary Mary’s” garden. At top—Miss Ellen Deans, forget-me-not. In center, Miss Alma Vance, poppy. On left, Miss Hattie Deans, daisy. Below, Miss Charlotte Wilkins, La France Rose. HOTEL flNSLEY’S STAFF SELECTED Department Heads, Chosen by Manager J. F. Letter, Come From All Parts of South. The first announcement of appoint ments to the staff of the new' Hotel Ansley was made Friday morning by J. F. Letton, manager. The appoint ments follow: Charles G. Day, formerly of the Ex change Hotel, Montgomery, Ala., as sistant manager. George A. Ruggles, formerly of the Hotel Galvez, Galveston. Texas, audi tor. A. H. Chapman, formerly of the Great Southern Hotel, Meridian, Miss., room clerk. J. F. deJarnette, formerly of the Marion Hotel, Atlanta, room clerk. A. B. Montgomery, formerly of the Cherokee Hotel, Rome, Ga., night clerk. Frank T. Reynolds, manager pub licity bureau. Frank \V. Byrnes, formerly of the Hotel Marion, Little Rock, Ark., man ager of baggage and transportation. E. H. Weston, formerly of Chicago and St. Louis, superintendent of ca tering department. W. Wallace Cowan, formerly of Chicago, steward. Leo Alsup, formerly of Hotel Gal vez, Galveston, Texas, assistant stew ard. Robert Belfoe, formerly of St. An- thany Hotel, San Antonio* Texas, head waiter. Mrs. E. J. Scott, formerly of Hotel Patten, Chattanooga, Tenn., house keeper. 1. A. Schmidt, formerly of Hotel Henry Watterson, Louisville, Ky., chief engineer. German Warship Refloated. DANZIG. GERMANY, May 30.— The German dreadnought Konig Al bert, w hich went ashore in the mouth of the Vistula River Monday, blocking the Danzig Harbor for all but small craft, was refloated to-day. FREE, NEXT SUNDAY. The American Sunday Monthly Magazine, contain ing the first chapters of Jack London’s new story, is GIVEN FREE with every copy of the next Sunday American. Be “Mother Goose” Rhyme to Staged in Grounds of Clyde King Home. Pretty "Contrary Mary” and a very, very pretty garden of girls (verify by accompanying picture) is one of the attractive groups arranged by the Joseph Habersham Chapter, D. A. R’s for a “Mother Goose tableau” on the lawn of Clyde King’s home Saturday afternoon between 4 and 6 o’clock for the benefit of the chapter house fund. Miss Floyd Fort is "Contrary Mary” in this tableau. The other young women who will take part are: Misses Charlotte Wilkins, La France rose; Josephine Smith, daffodil; Mar guerite Gause, violet; Alma Vance, poppy; Hattie Deans, daisy; Nellie McCall, American Beauty rose; Ellen Deans, forget-me-not; Evelyn Arnold, carnation. Following the tableau there will be an old-fashioned country dance on the porch of the home. The affair has been carefully rehearsed and arrang ed and promises to be one of the most delightful of the week. Refreshments will be served at ta bles arranged under the broad shade trees on the lawn. 7-Cent Beef Stew Food for Society CHICAGO, May 30.—Mrs. Mary Ament, a teacher of domestic science, demonstrated before a class of girl students and a group of society wom en how an average American family can live comfortably on $15 a week. Mrs. Ament made and served a beef stew that cost 7 cents. Everybody declared it was fine. She said that meat for a family of five should not cost more than 20 cents a day. FREE, NEXT SUNDAY. The American Sunday 1 Monthly Magazine, contain ing the first chapters of Jack London’s new story, is GIVEN FREE with every copy of the next Sunday American. Two Hundred Members of Geor gia Bar Association Hear Su- - preme Court Justice. Justice Joseph Lamar, of the United States* Supreme Court, delivered a masterful address on "The History’ of the Organization of the Supreme Court” before the Georgia Bar Asso ciation at Warm Springs Thursday night. More than 200 lawyers from all parts of the State were present. Justice Lamar emphasized the early history of the Georgia law and its de velopment and Influence on existing laws in this State; touched upon the recent discovery in London of a num ber of hitherto unpublished records which showed the litigation between Georgia and South Carolina, and stat ed he had in his possession a number of unpublished documents showing the beginning of the courts of Georgia. Hamilton McWhorter, of Athens, Ga., spoke against the recall of judges. A letter was read from Alex Smith urging action regarding the admission of lawyers from other States to prac tice in Georgia. Judge Andrew J. Cobb addressed the association Friday morning on "Reverence and Relevancy.” window’ when she was dressing or bathing, and both times he grinned and cursed and ran. "Mamma and sister were Just as much afraid of Maynard as they were of Wilkes. He tried to insult Nellie one day and mamma drove him away with a gun. He had threatened the w'hole family several times, and we were all afraid of him. Maynard was a half-breed In dian and negro, and was always in a bad humor and talking about money." Drank Lots of Whisky. Young Stcevns also threw light on a phase of Wilkes’ character that up holds the theory that Mrs. Stevens’ Bible, found In Wilkes’ cabin, may prove valuable evidence. "Wilkes always was saying he wanted to be a preacher, and in March he borrowed mamma’s Bible. He drank lots of w’hlsky, and would sit with the Bible In one hand and a glass of whisky In the other, laughing at the Bible. He used to point out places in the Bible where It said not to kill anybody, and then he'd say It was all bosh and make fun of it. He would say that he’d bet he could do all those things and not get punished. He and Maynard were together when ever they got a chance, and they drank a lot of whisky.” In young Stevens’ story of how he spent the day on Tuesday, he de clared that he knows nothing of his sister taking his clothing to a neigh bor's, and says he was not at home all day. His statement, in w’hich he is corroborated by “Red” Merchant, arrested with him in Chattanooga, follows: “I left home at 8 o’clock Tuesday morning, after a quarrel with mamma. I had cut the oats on Monday and on Tuesday she wanted me to put them in the barn. It had rained dur ing the night and I told her it was too wet. She was mad and said if I didn’t cut the oats I could leave. I told her I would if she would give me my clothes, and she wouldn’t do it. Left for Chattanooga. "So I came to town in the overalls that I have on now. I met ‘Red’ Merchant on Pryor Street near the Union Depot, and we were together about town until about 1 o’clock, when ‘Red’ w’ent home, to East Atlanta. I hung around town until 3 o’clock and met ‘Red’ again. We stayed down town and about 5 o’clock We met four boys, one of them the McWilliams boy, and stayed with them until about time for the train to leave. We caught the 8:65 W. and A. train and got into Chattanooga about 1:08 o’clock. At 1:30 we saw’ a man named Parker who runs a newsstand near # the Chattanooga depot, and talke'd with him for some time. Then we hung around town. I wasn’t ar- When I read in the paper Wednes day morning that mother and sister had been murdered and that I was wanted, I went to the chief of detec tives and gave myself up.” Young Stevens and young Merchant were taken to the Decatur County jail by Sheriff McCurdy Friday. They probably will be held a few days un til the Chattanooga end of their story is proved. Young Stevens says the man Parker, owner of the newsstand, will come to Atlanta if necessary and prove that he was there about the time the murder is supposed to have been committed. Lawrence Waterbnry Parted From Wife PORTLAND, MAINE, May 30.— Lawrence J. Waterbury, noted as the crack polo player of the American team that took the cup from England and will defend it next month, wad divorced after a secret hearing of a suit brought by his pretty young wife. "Cruel and abusive treatment” was the technical charge on w'hich the suit was based. This is the custom ary charge brought in Maine in cases . not based on what are called statutory" causes elsewhere. Jack London’s new story, “The Scarlet Plague,” begins in the American Monthly Magazine given free with every copy of next Sunday’s American. ■HTJ nnci V TREATED. 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