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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS,
COHTFUK
Anxious to See if Conley Will
Stick to Latest Confession
Under Dramatic Test.
Continued From Page 1.
full confession, If he know* any more
about the crime than he already has
told.
Silent Regarding the Ceee.
In the event that the meeting 1m
arranged, It will be the first time that
Frank has broken his silence In re
gard to the case. He may have talked
of It to members of his own family,
but his most Intimate friends say
that he has played cards with their
and conversed freely on the topics of
the day as he has read of them In the
dally papers, but that he never has
discussed the Phagan mystery dlnsct-
ly and at length. Some of his friends
have been with him every hour of
every day since he has been In the cell
at the Tower. They have been most
loyal to the imprisoned man.
They declare that he never has
mentioned the subject to any of the
attaches of the jail, except occasion
ally to the Sheriff himself. And then
it waa In an almost impersonal man
ner.
“I do not know who is guilty," he
Mild, "but whoever he is, he should
hang."
Conley Is Ready to Pay
Penalty as Accomplice.
"Yea. sir, I guess maybe it’s All over
with me. I suppose they’re going to
hang me or send me to the peniten
tiary for life, but I done told the
truth.
"When the Sheriff puts the rope
around my neck, I’m going to say:
’“Stop; wait a minute. I know I
did wrong. I tried to hide that dead
girl s body and I ought to be punished,
but before God I didn’t kill her.’ "
, - Jim Conley, negro sweeper, whose
confession that he helped Leo M.
Frank dispose of the body of Mary
Phagan after the superintendent had
killed her, created a profound sensa
tion, peered through the bars of his
cell In the Fulton Tower and pro
nounced his readiness to die for his
crime as an accomplice, and in the
same breath protested his Innocence
of the actual murder.
Ready to Face Frank.
"I am ready right now," he said,
"to face Mr. Frank. I’ll look him right
in the eye and I’ll say. ‘You know 1
didn’t kill that girl, Mr. Frank, and
you know I’m telling the truth to
these white folks.' ’’
Conley declared again that Frank
wrote one note himself. He said he
had written the "long, tall black negro
message" on "single-ruled, white pa
per from a tablet." He asserted that
Frank wrote something on paper not
■white, but a shade of green or gray—
paper that he thought had the letter
head of the National Pencil Company
factory on It.
It has always been taken for grant
ed that the two notea are the work of
one man. The paper <>f neither c«»r
responds to that described by Conley
as the kind Frank used. What does
Conley's aseertion signify?
Harassed by questioners, bombard
ed with hostile queries, importuned
and threatened in an effort to get at
the truth in the terrible penoil fac
tory mystery—in the minds of many
a mystery no longer—this negro with
stood every attempt to shake the re
markable story he unfolded to the
detectives in the startling confession
affidavit and re-enacted at the scene
of the crime itself.
Sticks Close to Story.
Like an unwinding panorama, he
laid before his questioners in the elo
quent, if often almost incoherent, jar
gon of Decatur Street the shifting
scenes in the grim tragedy which
reached its great climax Friday, but
in which the greatest battle is yet to
be fought in the courts of Fulton
County.
One thing is certain; Those who
have thought that it will be easy for
a skillful lawyer to tear the negro’s
story into tatters must revise their
judgment. From careful rehearsal,
studied drilling or the indelible im-
pressior. of ghastly tragedy, the pris
oner has learned his lesson wall. From
whatever angle he is attacked he tells
the same narrative. Under cajolery
or abuse he is unchanged.
"1 waited and waited, boss,” he said.
"I thought Mr. Frank would sure see
me. I thought maybe we could have
a talk and maybe everything would
be all right, but he never would see
me. I* tried once and I tried twice
and 1 tried again, but Mr. Frank never
would see me. So, I guessed it was
just about time for me to tell the
truth. It looked like Mr. Frank
couldn’t get out of it after all. and it
was all up, so I told the truth.’’
Looks Little Like Novelist.
A shiny-skinned. close-cropped,
thick-chested, low-browed negro Is
Jim Conley—with eyes smiling or sin
ister an his mood changes—like a
thousand and one other negroes that
make faithful servants or troublesome
prisoners as their footsteps happen
to fall, and if the story he tells is the
product of hie imagination he belies
appearances.
It may be he has learned his tale
as a child learns a fairy story until
It sees the goblins as it plays in the
twilight. It may be that constant
turning over of them in his mind as
he lay in r. police cell for three weeks,
that constant repetition has made the
details come readily to his lips. The
lesson is learned. There is no doubt
of that.
"Jim, why did you write the notes’”’
he was asked. "Didn’t it strike you
that ‘long tall black negro,’ would be
taken to mean you?”
"Yes, sir," said Conley, readily. 'It
did and I tole Mr. Frank so. 1 said,
'Look here, Mr. Frank, they’re going
to think that means me.’ But Mr.
Frank said he just wanted it to send
to his mother, so his mother wouldn’t
think he done it, and he told me he
had powerful wealthy folks in Brook
lyn—that was the first time I ever
heard he had rich folks up North at
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RULE WILL BE
PUT Tl TEST
Democrats Resent Effort to Bind
Them Not to Enact Laws
Leader Opposes.
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Majority
Leader Underwood’s control of the
House will be put to a test Monday
In the Democratic caucus. House
Democrats to-day declared that, while
Underwood was able to apply the
"gag” when the tariff bill was being
put through, it was not at all cer
tain he would be able to do so this
time.
Underwood proposes. It was learned,
to have the caucus pass a resolution
binding all Democratic members to
refrain from enacting any legislation
during the present seHslon except a
brief presentation which Underwood
will specify.
The resolution will set forth that
there be no legislation except the final
enactment of the tariff bill Into law,
passage of a banking and currency
bill, the passage of a deficiency ap
propriation bill.
If the Underwood resolution Is
adopted all kinds of private bills in
which many new members are Inter
ested will be barred from considera
tion.
It was said the resolution probably
will be adopted.
In all the grim annals of Atlanta’s
criminal history an illiterate negro,
Jim Conley, stands out to-day the
principal figure in one of the most
remarkable and dramatically impres
sive "third degrees" ever administer
ed by the city police.
A chief of police, ordinarily stolid
and unmoved, and chief of detectives
and members of his force, a Pinker
ton operative—all men in daily touch
with every sort of crime and evil—
hung with tensest interest on each
word as it came from the lips of the
negro, and watched, as wide-eyed as
any tyro in man-hunting, the negro’s
every move as he re-enacted Friday
afternoon what he steadfastly assert
ed was his part In the ghastly Mary
Phagan tragedy.
Factory Men Look On.
Dumb under the spell of the drama
in which Conley played a triple role—
first in his own personality, then as
Leo M. Frank, and, finally, as the
young girl victim—two employees of
the factory listened to the damning
accusations that unconcernedly, al
most glibly, were made against their
superintendent. They were Herbert
Schiff, chief clerk, and E. F. Hollo-
day, the timekeeper.
Both had reckoned Frank innocent.
They had said many times that he
could not have committed the shock
all. I thought they all lived here —
so I wrote what he told me.”.
Frank Always Good to Him.
Now this reply, as It is given, sounds
Incoherent and preposterous, but it is
given just as Conley gave It and no
amount of questioning could change it.
"How long did you know Mr.
Frank?” was another question.
"I guess 1 must a known Mr. Frank
(Conley kept scrupulously to the "mis
ter” throughout) for about two years.
Yes, sir, he was always a good boss
to me. There was never no trouble
about my getting money if I needed
it. Yes, sir. Mr. Frank waa always
pretty good to me.”
"And now you’re telling a story, Jim,
that may cost a good boss his life.”
‘ Well,’ I had to do it. That’s all
there was to It. I had to tell the
truth. I waited and waited for Mr.
Frank to do something and when he
didn’t I just reckoned he couldn’t and
It was about all up.”
Three distinct times during the
questioning Conley let drop remarks
that might truthfully be Interpreted
as jubilation that another man was in
as bad a plight as he.
Shows Little Sorrow.
Each time when the remark was j
called to his attention he protested
that he had no feelings of malice
against Frank and that he was not
eager to see him suffer. In spite of
his protests, it was very plain that he
beheld with little sorrow the pre
dicament of the man he accuses.
The stumbling block of premedita
tion Conley removed entirely. He ex
plained without any apparent hesita
tion that Frank had told him Friday
that he should report Saturday to
move some boxes of pencils that had
been reposing on one shelf for about
two years.
He was absolutely certain that the
killing was accidental.
"Mr. Frank,” said Conley, "neve**
meant to kill that girl. No. sir. he
never had no idea Mike that. When
he come running to me and said. ‘Jim.
want to make some money quick,’
and I said yes, he said 'I picked up
a girl back there and let her fall and
her head hit against something,’ and
he told me to get a cloth, and I ran
back and I looked down and i saw
a girl lying on the floor, all still, and
her head was cut, and I hollered,
’Why, Mr. Frank, this girl’s dead.’ ”
The rest of this chapter of the
heartbreaking story has been told and
retold since The Georgian presented
Conley’s affidavit. The negro clung
tenaciously to the details as he gave
them to the detectives.
He added that he had heard no
scream, but accounted for that by the
distance he was from the scene of the
killing, according to his story—sev
eral hundred feet, he thought.
He declared that a piece of the
girl's skirt had been torn away. Cer
tain grim questions were put to him
along lines which the detectives have
indicated they will take. The replies,
given hesitatingly and with apparent
unwillingness, were sinister and un
mentionable. but they will play a for
bidding part in the trial of Frank.
Conley asserted that he could not
explain the torn-away staple on the
back door In the basement. He as
serted also that he had not put the
death notes beside the body.
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ing deed. More likely, they had de
clared, it was the negro himself. Yet
here they were the spectators of a
grewsome performance in which
Frank was represented as nervous
and shaking and half in a panic as
he directed the carrying of Mary
Phagan’s limp and lifeless body to the
elevator on the second floor of the
factory and down into the dark and
dirt-strewn basement.
Theatric in Its Appeal.
Every incident and every circum
stance added to the theatric and
powerful appeal as Conley duplicated
detail by detail the movements he
said were made that fatal afternoon
of April 26. No atagery could have
been more Impressive with weeks of
planning by the detectives. The sin
ister. gray-black factory, itself, threw
a spell of silence upon the little group
of detectives and police as they en
tered the forbidding doorway.
A score of girls, a number of them
of Just about the age of Mary Pha
gan, were Just inside the door when
the automobile of Chief Beavers, its
curtains tightly drawn, clashed up to
the front of the building during the
noon hour. Their chatter and laugh
ter instantly was stilled. It had been
more than a month since their young
companion had been taken from them
by a mysterious crime and they had
been able to forget some of its tragic
details, but now the spectacle of a
stern blue-coated officer, a squad of
keen-eyed detectives and a shackled
black man brought back the tragedy
in all its first horror.
Young Girls Shudder.
Some of the girls, pitifully young
and helpless looking, pressed back
against the wall and stood there with
distended eyes and afrlghted manner
as the men brushed past anu mounted
to the second floor. Several of the
older girls gave hysterical little laughs
which died in their throats when they
noted the dead stillness that marked
the passage of the officers and their
prisoner.
Then followed during the very hour
in which Mary Phagan is believed to
have met her death on April 26 a
reproduction of all that Conley de
clared took place after he heard the
two low whistles with which Frank
was to signal him. With the detectives
following him closely and clustering
about him each time he stopped tc
make an explanation, the negro start
ed at the point he said he first saw
the dead body and went through the
building exactly as he claimed he did
on the afternoon he bore the tragic
burden to the elevator, down to the
basement and then to the dark cor
ner near the furnace.
Do«s Not Break Down.
If the detectives hoped that the plan
of bringing Conley right to the scene
of the tragedy would break him down
and for.*e him to confess that it was
he alone, and not Frank, who com
mitted the crime, they were disap
pointed.
The negro proved himself either a
most consummate actor or a man
who finally was telling the truth. He
was letter perfect, so far as a person
could he in a tragedy of the sort. He
never fa’tercd nor hesitated. Yet he
reproduced in startling detail every
movement and every conversation of!
importance which he said took placa
while the body of Marv Phagan was
being hurried to 'he basement.
Conley did not pretend too great a
knowledge. Occasionally when he was
Convicts Her Insulter and Regains Husband
+•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ '+•+
Pretty Atlanta Matron Nips Scandal in Bud
had cleared her name and won back
the love of her husband.
Mrs. Charles
Kugler, who
won fight to
clear her
name and
wins back
estranged
husband by
convicting
her accuser.
asked a question he would reply: "I
don’t know, boss, I don’t know." He
did not assume to quote Frank ver
batim in many instances. If he was
lying, it was a most amazing fabri
cation he built up. He told more than
enough to demonstrate conclusively
that he knew all about the disposal
of the body. He told enough of his
alleged conversations with Frank to
indicate strongly that they actually
took place, but he did not go into such
a wealth of detail as to give the im
pression that his whole story was a
mass of lies so far as Frank’s connec
tion with the affair was concerned.
However, Conley’s credibility will
be a matter for the court to decide.
Several tim<*s before he has related
stories of his movements the day of
the crime and has afterward admitted
them false or imperfect.
Displays Little Emotion.
Conley displayed little or no emo
tion in his remarkable recital. Rath
er than detracting from the dramatic
impression, this accentuated it. He
impersonated the actors in the black
tragedy with such unconcern and ap
parent fidelity to detail that the de
tectives were forced to feel that they
were witnessing an almost exact re
production of what took place after
Mary Phagan was killed the after
noon of April 26.
Employees Show Curiosity.
As the elevator passed down with
it?» load of detectives, a large crowd
of the factory employees could be
seen gathered in the corridors of the
first floor eager to get a glimpse of
what was going on. They peered
through the openings in the elevator
and after the officers and the negro
had got to the bottom of the shaft
and were making their way to the
place the girl’s body was found by
Newt Lee, one venturesome young
fellow raised the trap door on the
first floor and poked his head into
the dim light of the basement.
"Get out of there and shut that
door.” Chief Clerk Schiff shouted at
him, and there were no more prying
eyes* directed at the strange proceed
ings that were taking place. It was
through this trap door that Conley
said Frank made his way to the fir3t
floor after the body had been dis
posed of.
When the remarkable recital was
ended, all who had gone through the
building with the negro had an in
delible picture graven on their minds.
It might not have been what actually
took place at the factory the fatal
day, but It was most realistic and im
pressive.
Mrs. Charles Kugler Wins Vindi
cation in Charges Against
Inspector Maddox.
Pretty Mrs. Charles Kugler was a
smiling and satisfied victor Saturday
in her court fight which she had de
clared she would continue until she
had cleared her name and won back
her husband.
Inspector Henry H. Maddox, of the
city sanitary department, the tale of
whose insulting remarks to Mrs
Kugler caused her husband to leave
her in a rage, was fined $25.75 by
Recorder Broyles and was in addi
tion given a sound rating by the Re
corder.
“If you would look after the physi
cal cleanliness of the city only and
would leave the moral cleanliness in
the hands of Chief Beavers, I fancy
you and the city both would get along
better,” said Recorder Broyles. "In
the future I suggest that you do not
make derogatory remarks about
women, particularly when you are
e*peaking on hearsay and with such
a misty idea of the woman’s identity
as you # were in this case.”
Husband Also Scored.
The husband also came in for a
grilling through the indignant offices
of Detective "Bob" Waggoner, who
asked for permission to address the
court and then asserted emphatically
that a case ought to be made again?!
Kugler for his strange and cruel
treatment of his wife.
Waggoner said that Mrs. Kugler
had told him that her husband flew
Into a fury and beat her when she
told him of the remarks that Maddox
had made to her and declared that he
was going to quit her until she was
able to clear her name.
"There is no reason why you should
have suspected this woman of any
wrongdoing.” said Recorder Broyles
Mrs. Kugler was forgiving and
would not consent to any prosecution
of her husband. She went from the
Admits Making Remarks.
Maddox, who was discharged from
the sanitary department, as soon as
the charges were filed against him,
admitted to Recorder Broyles that he
had made the remarks complained of.
He said that he made them because
he had been told by B. E. Rice, an
other inspector, of a flashily gowned
woman who lived on West Alexander
Street and whom Rice had seen the
day before in company with a man.
Maddox said that when he visited
the Kugler residence at 15 West Alex
ander Street he supposed Mrs. Kug
ler was the woman referred to and
made the remarks to her.
Rice was in court and testified tha'
he mentioned no addresns in his con
versation with Maddox. Rice was
given an admonition similar to that
received by Maddox.
Pastor to Preach
In Swedish Tongue
Two sermons in Swedish, to be de
livered by the Rev. A. A. Swanlund
to-morrow, will give Atlanta Scandi
navians the first opportunity in a long
time to listen to religious discourses
in their native tongue.
Dr. Swanlund is pastor of the
Swedish Lutheran Church at Thors*by,
Ala. He has just returned from a
stay with the Swedish colony at
Fruithurst, 73 miles from Atlanta.
Dr. Swanlund will preach at the
English Lutheran Church at 3:30
o’clock Sunday afternoon. He will
speak at 8 o’clock at night at the
residence of A. Johnson, No. 96
Cherokee Street.
McGovern Fails to
Oust State Officer
MADISON, WIS., May 31.—That
Governor Francis E. McGovern had
no right to remove Herman Eckern.
State insurance commissioner, was
the ruling to-day of the State Su
preme Court.
Sulzer Clambers on
Grape Juice Wagon
NEW YORK. May SI.—Certain wal
lops handed the demon rum In Wash
ington and Marquette, Mich., were re
inforced here to-day when it became
known that Governor Sulzer has joined
the grape juice brigade. The an
nouncement was made at the Waldorf
by Mrs. Sulzer, who is accompanying
her husband on his swing over the
State in the interest of a direct primary
bill.
My husband would rather drink
buttermilk than wine, and he. like Sec
retary Bryan, has become a great devo
tee of unfermented grape juice.’’
H. L. SAYLERT MANAGER FOR
PRESS ASSOCIATION, DEAD
INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. May 31—H.
L Smyler. aged 50, manager of the
Chicago Press Association, who was
.stricken with apoplexy last night when
dining at the home of william Fortune,
died to-day.
Mr. Sayler had attended the Speedway
race. He is survived by a widow and
one son.
court room on his arm and was smil
ing delightedly as she entered the of
fice of Chief Beavers, who proceeded
to give the husband a lecture on his
conduct. Kugler was told that there
was no excuse for his unreasonable
conduct in leaving his wife Friday
night and swearing that he would not
return to her until she had cleared her
name.
Pair Kiss and Make Up.
A complete reconciliation was ef
fected and the reunited couple left
the station talking gayly^ Mrs. Kugler
charged before the court that Maddox
had insulted her last Wednesday by
coming to her house in her husband’s
absence and remarking that he had
seen her on the street with another
man the day before and had seen her
go into 73 Fairlie Street with him.
She said he addressed other remarks
to her of an impertinent and insult
ing nature and that she ordered him
from the house.
She put on her hat and went im
mediately to tell her husband of the
McGovern ousted Eckern for perni
cious political activity on the allega
tion that he had been active in en
deavoring to aid a LaFollette man
for the Speakership of the House in
a race against a ‘Bull Moos*er."
Eckern barricaded himself in his
office for some days following the ef
fort of McGovern to remove him.
Hunt Relatives of
Drowned Dam Man
The police department is endeavor
ing to locate relatives of B. Powell,
a cofferdam man who was drowned
near Augusta. He is said to have rela
tives in the meat business in Atlanta,
but so far they have not been located.
A telegram received by Chief Beav
ers from the J. G. White Engineering
Company, at Augusta, told of Powell’s
death, and requested that his people
be notified. They stated that the man
was in their employ in the capacity
of cofferdam man. Details of the
drowning were not given.
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incident. Instead of taking steps to
punish Maddox. s*he told the court
that he turned on her and accused
her of receiving attentions from
Maddox. She said then she deter
mined never to stor fighting until she
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“Joe” Wilson Gets
Good Job at Last
BALTIMORE, May 3L—Joseph R.
Wilson, brother of the President, has
accepted a position wtth a leading
bonding company, whose headquar
ters are here. It was announced to
day. His title, it was said, would be
assistant manaaer of the New York
office and manager of the promotion
and development department at Bal
timore.
Mr. Wilson 1s a Nashville newspa
per man. Before the organisation of
the present Congress he was promi
nently mentioned as a candidate for
Secretary of the Senate.
Hansen, Out of Row,
Will Leave England
SdsoIsI Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 31.—J. Salter Han
sen, Chicago theatrical man who be
came embroiled in the courts with
Arthur Bouschier, a London show
producer, over Dr. Henri DeRoth-
echild’s new play, "Croesus," appear
ed in Bow Street Court to-day and
informed the magistrate he could not
furnish $10,000 to keep the peace, as
ordered.
"I will leave England to-day if you
will reduce the bond to $6,000," Han
sen informed the court. The magis
trate agreed.
Horse Sets Record
As Parcel Post Aide
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Postof-
flee Investigators have found that the
cost of delivering parcel post pack
ages ranges from less than 2 to more
than 14 cents a package. The auto
mobile is proving a very dear lux
ury In some large cities and the old
horse is making a record for econo
my.
It 1s the purpose of the department
to help the expensive offices by call
ing attention to the methods of the
cheaper delivery place*.
Weather Officials Say Mercury
Probably Will Reach 95—No
Rain in Sight.
With the thermometer cttmWng
steadily up Into the nineties, all At
lanta sweltered and groaned In the
torrid blasts of the hottest day of
the year Saturday. And the end Is
not yet.
The weather men predicted at noon
that Sunday win be fully a* hot as
Saturday, and the chances are very
good for even greater heat. Local
weather officials will not be surprised,
they say, if the thermometer on Sun
day reaches the highest potnt of the
year. It will undoubtedly reach 90
and may go to 92 or 95.
No rain Is In sight for several days,
the weather man says. A careful
scanning of the heavens failed to dis
close even the slightest bit of a raln-
bearlng cloud. The weather man says,
however, that relief In the shape of
showers may come Monday or Tues
day, atmospherical conditions being
propitious for thunderstorms.
Saturday broke all weather records
for 1913. At T o’clock Saturday morn
ing the official thermometer at the
weather bureau registered 74. This
Is an unusual height for the mercury
to reach at that hour. At noon the
mercury had climbed into the eighties,
and was hovering around the 8S
mark, the highest point reached yea-
terday.
At 1 o’clock the mercury passed 33,
and was climbing steadily. That It
would register 90 degrees or higher
by 3 o'clock was considered certain
by the weather man.
Kaiser ‘Peace Lord/
Declares Carnegie
Sheriff to Evict
A Carnegie Hero
SHARON, PA_, May 31.—Unable
to pay the Interest on money loaned
to apply on his house, after receiving
$1,000 from the Carnegie Hero Com
mission, Henry Herwig will be evict
ed by Sheriff Crain.
Herwig saved two men from drown
ing and the Carnegie Hero Commis
sion sent him a medal and $1,000, but
stipulated he must invest in a home.
He coud not meet the payments and
the house was seized.
Mrs. Wilson’s Brother
To Quit Princeton Job
PRINCETON, May 31.—Professor
Stockton Axson, for fourteen years
connected with the English depart
ment of Princeton University, an
nounces that he will tender his resig
nation to the board of trustees next
week.
Professor Axson is leaving Prince
ton to accept a position in the Rice
University at Houston, Texas. He is
a brother of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
Gives Life Trying to
Keep His Goat Dry
BURLINGTON, N. J„ May 31.—So
solicitous was he for the comfort of
his pet goat that Porter Naylor, 14
years, lost his life. He kept his goat
In a small shed. When it rained the
boy saw' that the water was leaking
through the roof onto his pet.
He was trying to repair the leak
when he slipped from the shed and
broke his neck.
Poultry Thief First
Uses an Anesthetic
The anesthetic negro who first puts
poultry to sleep is the latest comer. He
still is at large, but his sleep-producing
implements were found in the rear of
James Morgan’s restaurant, 121 East
Georgia Avenue.
Two policemen answered a hurry call.
Searching for the chicken thief they
found a basket full of fat hens and
roosters, all fast asleep. A pint bottle
of chloroform also was found.
Atlantan Hurt in
Dixie Flyer Wreck
FULTON, KY., May 31.—T. C.
Sherrer. a salesman of Atlanta, was
among the eighteen passengers in
jured when the "Dixie Flyer,” on the
N., C. & St. L. road, crashed into
an Illinois Central freight train near
here yesterday. His head was bruised.
FORTY IN TALLYH0 PARTY
ARE PLUNGED DOWN CLIFF
DENVER, May 3L—Forty members
of a tallyho party were hurled down
a cliff near Mount Morris late lavt
night as they were returning from a
day’s outing when the horses became
frightened. Some are reported fatally
injured.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 31.—"The peace
lord of Europe” 1s the new title given
Kaiser Wilhelm by Andrew Carnegie,
who Is In London to-day. enroute for
Berlin to take part In the quarter
centennial celebration of the Kaiser’s
ascension to the throne.
Mr. Carnegie, who Is dedicating the
declining years of his life to interna
tional peace, said:
"Emperor William Is the one man
in Europe who can do most to abolish
war. Instead of being the war lord
he Is the peace lord of Europe/'
ODDITIES
—in the—
DAY’S NEWS
CROWD VIEWS BATHTUB.—
Hundreds of Findlay (Ohio) citizens
gathered to gaze at the bathtub of
Admiral Sigsbee, which was recovered
from the wreck of the battleship
Maine, which was placed on the steps
of the court house here because the
committee could not gather enough
cash to mount it.
BUFFALO BULLS BATTLE.—In
a battle at Allentown, Pa., for the su
premacy of Colonel Trexier’s herd of
bison, “Roaring Frank," a 1,400-pound
buffalo bull, killed “Comanche,” a
2,000-pound buffalo, considered one of
the finest specimens of the breed.
TINY INSECTS COVER CITY.—
Millions of tiny insects descended
upon Colorado Springs, and residents
and shopkeepers were kept busy
sweeping them from their places and
sidewalks. The name of the insects
is not know and no one knows
whence they came.
TYPIST IS 80 YEARS OLD.—Mrs.
Priscilla J. Gory, 80 years of age, to
day took a position in a Memphis,
Tenn., attorney’s office as a stenogra
pher. She began taking lessons two
months ago, and says she can get as
much speed from her machine as
though she were a younger woman.
Your Blood
Needs purifying and your whole sys
tem renovating In the spring, as pim
ples, bolls, eruptions, dull headaches,
dyspeptic troubles, loss of appetite
and that tired feeling annually prove.
The most effective and successful
medicine for the complete purifica
tion of the blood and the complete
renovation of the whole system, Is
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
It will make you feel better, look
better, eat and sleep better.
Get It today In usual liquid form
or In the tablets called Sarsatab*.
We have Beautiful Bedding
Plants 3c each. Atlanta Floral
Co., 555 E. Fair Street.
Whole Fried
CHICKEN
Saturday and Sunday.
We deliver to any part within the.City limits Call T* ;
M. 4818-J , SSL' f
TRY OUR BASKET LUNCHES. lUEEi
LOUIS* CAFE
42 S. Pryor St., next to the Old City Hall