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DEMAND FRANK FACE EXTRA The Atl anta Georgian kJ Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WAhT ADS— Use for Results VOL. XT. NO. 257. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 31,1913. Copyright, 1906, By Tha Georgian Co. 2 CENTS PAT N0 MORE Suspicion Points to Former Em ployees—Violence Feared if Pair Are Captured. In an effort to locate Walter Wilkes and Ernest Maynard, the ne gro and the halfbreed sought as sus pects In the murder of Mrs. Sarah C. Stevens and her daughter, Nellie Ste vens, and the burning of their lonely country home, Sheriff J. A. McCurdy, of DeKalb County, and Detective Rosser on Saturday are scouring the country near the Stevens farm. Mounted on horseback and equipped to stay in the woods for several days, the officers purpose to question every person within a radius of five miles, In order to gather all available Infor mation regarding the crime, and to obtain, if possible, information that will lead to the capture of Wilkes and Maynard. The officers plan also t» make another and more thorough search of the Stevens home for possi ble clews, and probably will have the well dragged. No Claws in the Well. The latter, however, has about been abandoned as a possible hiding place of clews. A newspaper man went down Into the well at the end of the rope during one of the Investigations land found nothing In a flfteen-minTite search. Sheriff McCurdy announced this morning that he has entirely elimi nated Wade Stevens, son of the mur dered woman, and that all his efforts will be directed toward the capture of Wilkes and Maynard. Both young Stevens and his chum, “Red” Mer chant, were taken to Decatur by the Sheriff late Frfaay afternoon and re leased. It Is not thought that the negro and the halfbreed are in Atlanta. De tectives have searched every negro hiding place In the city and have .found no trace of them. It has been learned, through the statements of Wade Stevens and several of the ne gro’s friefida, that Wilkes was in ■ town last Tuesday, the day of the murder, but no trace can be found of him since that time. Boy’s Story is Proven. A five-hour investigation of the scene of the crime and the surround ing country Friday afternoon de veloped the fact that Wade Stevens was telling the truth when he said he left his home about 8 o’clock Tues day morning, that the man Whom L. O. Self saw loitering about the Stev ens home late Tuesday afternoon was not Wade, and that the negro and the half-breed who are now under sus picion. Walter Wilkes and Ernest Maynard, have been suspected of be ing connected with several petty crimes in the neighborhood, and are considered two of the most treacher ous negroes in that section of the country. Wade’s story of leaving home Tues day morning was corroborated by J SU Cowen, who lives a mile beyond the Stevens home, and who Is one of the most prosperous farmers of the section. Mr. Cowan stated positively that on last Tuesday morning about 10 o'clock, he met young Wade Stev ens in the road about a mile and a haif from the Stevens home. The boy, Mr. Cowan said, was walking slowly. They exchanged greetings, Mr. Cowan said, but had no conver sation. It is not thought that any valu able Information will be developed from L. G. Self's story of seeing a man loitering about the Stevens’ home Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Self, who is the neighbor to whom Nellie Stevens took her brother's clothing, said he parsed the Stevens home about 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and saw a man walk from the front of the house to the rear and disap pear behind the building. Did Not Identify Man. The little girl, Nellie Stevens, was at the other side of the house, feed ing the ducks. It was first reported that Mr. Self had identified the man be saw as Wade Stevens. He said Friday afternoon that he saw only (,he man's back and could not identify ^ him. He said he could not tell how ' ’ he was dressed, how large a man he Continued on Pa»s 2. Column 4. L*/es/W Grostetf Sfar/Mvr/ Ik SCARIIT PLAQUI E>e.gins £Ag^~ TREE MAGAZINE SIVXN WITH NEXT . IWAfflW Rides Her Pony 30 Miles to Be Married MILWAUKEE, May SI.—Elizabeth Waukechon, a Menominee Indian maiden, 17 years old, has proved to officials of the Menominee reserva tion that although the Government’s laws may dominate the red man the gentler sex Is still able to defeat "justice.” When the Government attempted to take her away from her parents’ fireside to the Indian school, she rode thirty miles on a pony to find and wed her lover, John Waupekau- nee. “ Joe” Wilson Gets Good Job at Last BALTIMORE, May 31.—Joseph R. Wilson, brother of the President, has accepted a position with a leading bonding company, whose headquar ters are here, it was announced to day. His title, it was said, would be assistant manager of the New York office and manager of the promotion and development department at Bal timore. Mr. Wilson is a Nashville newspa per man. Before the organization of the present Congress he was promi nently mentioned as a candidate for Secretary of the Senate. Horse Sets Record As Parcel Post-Aide WASHINGTON, May 31.— Postof fice investigators have fouhd that the cost of delivering parcel post pack ages ranges from less than 2 to mofe 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 is the purpose of the dexiartment to help the expensive offices by call ing attention to the methods of the cheaper delivery places. Balkans Battle as Envoys Talk Peace Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ATHENS, GREECE, May 3L— While Balkan peace envoys of the states in the Balkan league were fra ternizing in London and affixing their signatures to a treaty with Turkey, a three-hour artillery duel between Bulgarians and Greeks was being fought at Elevtheron. Bulgarians are said to have opened the conflict by firing on the Greek cruiser Spetsai. Other clashes are re ported. 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. 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. Atlantan Hurt in Dixie Flyer Wreck FULTON, KY, May 31.—T. C. Sheerer, 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 Load wan Utmuvti. Mrs. Kruger Says She Seeks Vin dication in Charges Against Inspector Maddox. Declaring that her husband had quit her as a result of the sensational lh- cident was capped by the arrest Fri day of Inspector Henry H. Maddox, of the city sanitary department on a charge of disorderly conduct while in her home, Mrs. Charles Kruger, 15 West Alexander, appeared before Chief of Police Beavers Saturday morning to fight for vindication of herself and to regain her husband. Mrs. Kruger appeared before the sanitary board Friday and made the charge that Maddox had come to her home and insulted her. She told Chief Beavers that her husband had left her. She then declared it her in tention to fight for the prosecution of Maddox to prove to her husband that she was not guilty of any miscon duct. Maddox, who is a brother of Aider- man James W. Maddox, of the Fifth Ward, was discharged from the sani tary department immediately follow ing Mrs. Kruger's charges. Fights for Vindication. Mrs. Kruger, in her statement made before the board. Is said to have de clared that Maddox came to her home during her husband's absence. Mad dox. was placed under arrest on a charge of disorderly conduct, as a re sult of Mrs. Kruger’s complaint. Not until Mrs. Kruger appeared at the police station Saturday morn ing, however, did the startling infor mation come to light that her hus band had deserted her as a result of the episode. Mrs. Kruger then declared that her fight was more for the love of her husband than the punishment of Mad dox. and that in securing the latter should would gain the former by her own vindication. Friedmann Leaves, Not Flees, for Home NEW YORK, May 31.—Dr. Frederick F. Friedmann, discoverer of the turtle vaccine for tuberculosis, to-day an nounced that he will Bail for Germany next week in consequence of the action of the New York Board of Health in barring his cure here. “I am not running away, but I feel that my mission in this country is fin ished," said Dr. Friedmann. The phy sician would not say what plans he will make for the care of his patients here Cloudburst in W, Va. Leaves Path of Ruin ORLANDO, W. VA., May 31— Orlando, a town in the southern part of Lewis County, at the Junction of the West Virginia and Pittsburg division of the Baltimore and Ohio Road and the Coal and Coke Railroad, was the center of a disastrous cloudburst late last night, immense property loss has been Inflicted and it is feared there was loss of life. Reports hav£ reached here of a num ber of bridges going out on the Coal and Coke and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads, including one at Walkerville. 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. Army Band Plays at Grant Park Sunday The Fifth Infantry band will play tha following program at Grant Park Sun day afternoon from 3:30 to 6:30 o’clock: "King Bombardon." W. P. English; "Queen of Autumn," Carl Bigge: "L'Equestrlenne,’’ Hosmer; "Southern Roses." J. Strauss; "Silvery Bells,” Botsford: "In the Shadows, ’ Stern; "The Sprites’ Revelry," Bailey; "Lights and Shadows." Holmes: ‘The Grand Mo- ftuV Ludprs; "T. M. B.," King. Huff to Know Fate Next Tuesday *•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Grubb to Decide Contempt Case + •+ Bankruptcy Suit Caused Charge Photo by Thurston Hatcher, Macon. Colonel William Arnold Huff, aged defendant in contempt of court case in Macon. MAPON, OA., May 31.—Colonel William Arnold Huff, the 82-yeaf- old ex-Mayor of Macon, will next Tuesday know whether or not he will have to serve a jail sentence, pay a fine or go free on the con tempt of court charge filed against him by Judge Emory Bpeer, of the Un ited States Court for the Southern district of Geor gia. At that time the decision of Judge W. I. Grubb of Birmingham, who heard the evidence, will be announced in open court here. The contempt charge grew out of a caustic letter written by Colo nel Huff to Judge Speer last year, in which the Jurist was severely crit icised for ^ his course In bank ruptcy proceed ings in his court against Colonel Huff, Instituted fourteen years ago and still pending. The court now holds $96,000 as sets of the Hilff estate. Recently Judge Speer or dered a distribu tion of about two- thirds of this amount. However Colonel Huff and five creditors, in cluding the City of Macon, which has tax and pav ing claims, are re sisting this order Consequently the litigation will likely continue for two or three years longer. This case holds the time record In Federal courts In Georgia. Two of Colonel Huff's sons, Edi son and Travers Huff, reside In At lanta. The accompany ing picture of Col onel Huff Is the first taken of him in 28 years. It was posed espe cially for The Georgian. Millionaire Seeks Thrill Killing Whale SAN FRANCISCO, May 31. John Borden, young New York millionaire, left San Francisco to-day on a pri vate whaling expedition on his $56,000 new whaler de luxe, the Adventuress, built especially for this cruise. Borden was accompanied by Roy C. Andrews, a member of the National History Museum, an American ex pert on whales. The main quest of the expedition is to secure a specimen of the rare bowhead whale. 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 Ric«5 University at Houston. Texas. He is a brother of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. Chamber Works for Vital Record Bureau A committee on vital statistics from the Chamber of Commerce began work Saturday to throw the weight of its in fluence behind the medical societies in having a State board of vital ntatistlcs Dstabllsheh. The committee was organ- zed with Alfred C. Newell chairman, md Dr Stuart Roberts secretary. Dr. J. P. Kennedy, city health officer, who appeared before the committee. d that Georgia was one of the four : tates in the Union that had no legisla tion on the subject. Atlanta Men Speak At Decatur Smoker The program for the "homecoming smoker" at Decatur Tuesday night has been announced by President W. J. Dabney, of the Decatur Board of Trade. The affair will be held at the DeKalb court house at 6:30 o’clock in the evening. Among the speakers are: Wilmer L. Moore, president Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; *R. W. Walker, mayor of Madison; R. F. Gilliam, mayor of Kirk-’ wood; Walter G. Cooper, secretary At lanta Chamber of Commerce; Alonza M. Field, representative from DeKalb in the Legislature; Forrest Adair and C. J. Haiden. Doctor Blows Life Into 1-Pound Baby NEW YORK, May 31.—A one-pound infant—a girl—visited the home of Mrs Mildred Williams, of Far Rock- away, to-day, three months before she was expected. Dr. William H. Nammack, Coroner’s physician of Queens, was hastily sum moned. He believed the tiny child was dead. He blew his breath into the infant’s mouth and nostrils and by other artificial means induced res piration. French Playwright Still Is Pondering Reporters’ Queries Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, May 31.—In an article print ed In to-day’s issue of L’lllustration, Pierre Loti, the famous French play wright and author, says that the fol lowing are some of the question ask ed him by reporters upon his recent visit to New York: Are you an anarchist? Are you an idiot? Are you in favor of polygamy? What are your views on rhinoceros hunting? Are you feeble-minded? What is your income? Were you ever in jail or an insane ax Hum? Do you believe in the sterilisation of criminals? What do you think of American girls? (Loti had only been in Amer ica an hour.) Can you cook? Would you marry a suffragette? Isn’t America a great country? Year of Hard Luck For Col. Roosevelt MARQUETTE, MICH. May 31.— Colonel Roosevelt thinks he’s had a hard and expensive year. He said: "It's tough when a man gets shot up and has a wedding in his family and gets into a libel suit all In one year. That bullet in Milwaukee cost me about $3,000; the wedding about the same. I’ve no idea what this af fair is going to cost me." Prosecution in the libel action for $10,000 brought by Theodore Roose velt against George Newett, editor of The Ishpeming Iron Ore, was ex pected to be completed to-day. Kaiser ‘Peace Lord/ Declares Carnegie Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, May 31.—"The peace lord of Europe" Is 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." Hansen, Out of Row, Will Leave England 8peclal 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- schlld'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. "1 will leave England to-day If you will reduce the bond to $5,000," Han sen Informed the court. The magis trate agreed. mentioned the subject to any of the attaches of the Jail, except occasion ally to the sheriff himself. And then It was in an almost impersonal man ner. "I do not know who Is guilt,” he said, “but whoever he is, he should hang.” 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. Police Hope Meeting Will Prove Whether Negro Will Stick to Latest Story Under Eyes of the Man He Accuses—Ready to Pay Penalty. A determined effort is being made by the police department to bring Leo M. Frank face to face with his accuser, Jim Conley, the negro sweeper. The negro has lied before and has been broken down in hia stories. The detectives wish to learn how he will go through tha ordeal of confronting the mail he accuses of directing the disposal of the body of Mary Phagan, and dictating the notea that were found by her body. They desire also to give Frank an opportunity to deny the ne gro’s story as the negro is re peating it. Frank has been the man of silence in the Tower. He has had nothing to say in regard to the crime to anyone who has sought to talk with him on the subject, unless it be to his most intimate friends who have visited him in his cell. He still refuses to have anything to fray or to have the negro brought to his cell, except by the permission of his attorney, Luther Z. Rossere, and in Mr. Rosser’s presence. Plan to Ask Rosser. The detectives propose to take the matter up with Attorney Rosser. They will represent that the case has reached a stage where it is nec essary to give the negro’s statements their final test. The black man went over the scene of the crime step by step on Friday and neVer wavered in his tale involving Frank deeply. Now it is desired to have him ap pear before the very man he so strongly accuses and have him repeat the terrible charges. Sotne believe that if the negro is alone guilty of the crime, this ordeal will be the final straw that will bring about his full confession. If Attorney Rosser agrees to the plan, the negro will be taken at once to the cell of Frank. Conley is still In an unsettled state from his long three-day grilling by the detectives, and Is thought to be Just in the frame of mind to break down and make a full cbnfession, if he knows any more about the crime than he already baa told. Silent Regarding the Case. In the evnt that the meeting is 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 direct 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 th Imprisoned man. They declare that he never hae \T' THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Fair Saturday and Sunday. FREE TO-MORROW -q -WITH THE- SUNDAY AMERICAN A beautiful Magazine will be given FREE w { th every copy of the Sun day American to-morrow. It will contain the opening chapters of JACK LONDON’S NEW STORY “ The Scarlet Plague” Order Your Paper Now Both Phones Main 8000 n / Conley Is Ready to Pay Penalty as Accomplice. “Yes, sir, I guees 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 g-olng 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 Phagen 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 hie readiness to die for his crime as an accomplice, and in the same breath protested his Innocence of the actual murder. Ready to F* e 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 I didn't kill that girl, Mr. Frank, and you know I'm telling th0 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 notes are the work of one man. The paper of neither cor responds to that described by Conley as the kind Frank used. What does Conley's assertion signify? Harassed by questioners, bombard ed with hostile queries, importuned and threatened In an effort to get at * the truth In the terrible pencil 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 .rfe " *“ detectives in the startling confasslon 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 asy 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 pression of ghastly tragedy, the pris oner has learned his lesson well. From whatever angle he is attacked he tells the same narrative. Under cajolery or abuse h® is unchanged. “I waited and waited, bass,” he said. "I thought Mr. Frank would sure see me. I thought maybe we could have a talk and myabe everything would be all right, but he never would see me. I tried once and I tried twice and I tried a^ain, but Mr. Frank never would see me. So, I guessed It ws just about time for me to tall t’ truth. It looked like Mr. -Fro