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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS,
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out from one office to
Then he* come back in
i'stenographer's office and
Jack and told me, “Here
Emma Clark and Corinthia
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didn't stay so very long till Mr.
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eight minutes, and 1 was still In
the wardrobe and he never had
come to let me out, and Mr.
Frank come back and I said:
“Goodness alive, you kept me in
there i mighty long time,” and he
said: “Yes, I see 1 did; you are
sweating/’ And then me
and Mr. Frank sat down in
a* chair. Mr. Frank then took
out a cigarette and he give me the
box and asked me did I want to
smoke, and I told him, “Yes. sir,”
and 1 taken the box and taken
out a tigarette and he handed me
a box'of matches and I handed him
the matches back, and I handed
him the cigarette box and he told
me that was all right I could
Ik-ep that, and that 1 told him he
|had some money in it and he
told me that was all right I could
'keep that. Mr. Frank then asked
me to write a few lines on that
paper, a white scratchpad he had
e and he told me what to put
on there and I asked him what
he waa going to do with it and
he told me to just go ahead and
write, and then after I got
through writing Mr. Frank looked
at it and said it was all right,
and Mr. Frank looked up at the
top of the house and said, "Why
should 1 hang? I have wealthy
people in Brooklyn,” and I asked
him what about me and he told
me that was all right about me,
for me to keep my mouth shut
and he would make everything
all right.
And then I asked him where
was the money he said he was go
ing to give me, and Mr. Frank
said, “Here is $200,’' and he
handed me a big roll of green
back money and I didn’t count it.
I stood there a little while looking
at, it in my hand and I told Mr.
Frank not to take out another
dollar fer that watch man I owed,
and he said he wouldn’t—and the
rest is just like 1 told it before.
The reason J have not told this
before is I thought Mr. Frank
would get out and help me out,
but It seems that he Is not going
to get out, and I have decided to
tell the whole truth about the
matter.
While I was looking at the
money In my hand, Mr. Frank
said: “Let me have that and I
will make it all rig lit with you
Monday if I live and nothing hap
pens.” And he took the money
back, and I asked him if that was
the way he done, and he said he
would give it back Monday.
JAMES CONLEY.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me the 29th day of May, 1913.
G. C. FKBUARY,
Notary Public, Fulton County, Ga.
If the latest confession of James^
2onley is true, then Leo M. Frana’
killed Mary Ph&gan. and the killing
vas apparently accidental
Conley swears Frank told him he
ad picked up a girl and let her fall,
and that her head hit something.
/hen the body of Mary Phagan was
found there were deep wounds and
abrasions on the skull. Conley does
not say specifically whether it was
all un accident Conley says when he
reached the girl she was dead.
In his confession Conley admits he
himself tied a cloth about the dead
girl's head, so he could carry her to
the basement at Franks direction
The police theory has been that the
murderer of Mary Phagan accidental
ly knocked her against a piece of ma
chinery, then became frightened and
finished the job by strangling her
with a rope. Conley makes no men
tion of a rope. From his story, there
fore, it would appear that the deep
furrows in the dead girl’s flesh giv
ing credence to the theory of strangu
lation were produced by the cloth
which the negro himself tied about
the girl’s body. Conley insists the
girl was dead when he first saw her
Turning the Suspicion.
Frank superintended the .carrying
of the girl’s body to the cellar, Con
ley swore, displaying great nervous
ness. Then, when the body had been
rash pile, Frank took
k upstaii g ind laid plans
frrote the notes presumed to have
en found with the body of Mary
I
V* negro a cigarette, remarked,
Why should I hang?” and told him
The Georgian-American Pony Contest
VOTE COUPON
FACTORY CRIME
RE-ENACTED
Conley Shows Detectives How
He, at Frank’s Orders, Dis
posed of the Body.
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he (Frank) would see that everything
would come out all right for him
(Conley.)
Frank then gave the negro a roll
of bills, which he said was $200. In
a few* minutes he took them hack,
promising to make it all right the fol
lowing Monday morning.
Whether the killing was premedita
ted murder, or murder after Frank
had unintentionally injured Mary
Phagan, or accident pure and simple,
remains to be determined.
“Betrayed Himself.”
If Conley’s confession is true, Leo
M. Frank killed Mary Phagan by ac
cident, and in nervous, half-crazed
efforts to dispose of the body laid
himself liable to the vary charge of
murder he sought to avoid.
He knew he was alone in the fac
tory with the girl, that sensational
reports would follow discovery of the
body and feared his story of an acci
dental killing would be discounted.
Therefore, he bribed the negro to
help him dispose of the body—fear
ful lest the groundless charge of
murder be made against him.
Frank told Conley—so the negro
■ays—that he picked the girl up and
let her fall, her head hitting some
thing hard. The girl was dead, Con
ley says, when he first saw her, and
In an effort to facilitate removal of
the body he, Conley, tied a stout
cloth around the head. It was this
cloth, tightly drawn over the dead
girl’s features, which gave rise to the
theory of strangulation.
Examination disclosed a fractured
skull, caused by contact with a
heavy substance. This wound un
doubtedly followed the dropping of
the girl’s body against “something
hard.”
Frank’s statements to Conley while
the girl's lifeless body was not yet
cold throw* no light on the dramatic
scene ending in Mary Phagan’s
death. Whether they were on inti
mate terms and he was fondling her,
or whether they were struggling when
he “picked her up,” is still a mystery
—a mystery made all the more deeper
by the absence of any details per
taining thereto in the negro’s nar
rative.
Dorsey Ready to Indict
Conley as an Accessory
Solicitor Generni Hugh M. Dorsey
announced that if Conley persisted in
his story he would take steps to have
him Indicted as an accessory after the
fact and bring him to trial on this
charge.
Conley wrs Friday afternoon re
moved to the Tower, on an order
signed by Judge Roan.
Conley's startling tale came late
Thursday afternoon after he had been
under a merciless sweating for near
ly three hours. Noting the signs of
weakening, Detective Harry Scott and
Chief Lanford shot question after
question at him in rapid succession.
Conley hesitated and then told
the men who surrounded him,
that he had seen Mary Phugan on
the day of the crime, but that she
was dead when he saw her. When it
became evident that the most im
portant disclosures of the long in
vestigation were to be made. G. C.
February, secretary to Chief Lanford,
was called in and took the negro's
statement.
Sticks to Note Story.
Conley stuck to His story that
Frank 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 his arm and led
him to the body. Frank's hand was
shaking, 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 tne statement.
Conley explained his long silence by
saying that he thought Frank had
plenty of money and that he would
he 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 Inst 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, no two of which
agree in some essential points.
How Affidavits Conflict,
not 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 tiie other statements
in many of their details, and declared
that he did not leave the factory at
the time stated in the other affidavits,
hut, 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 detective.
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 with the negro Friday.
The detectives do not regard this ns
essential, but think it may serve fur
ther to strengthen the negro’s story
if he can be made to repeat it before
Frank, or if he breaks down, to inject
the possibility that he has manufac
tured the whole story to protect him
self.
The negro, on his own admission,
was in the factory for a considerable
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 Lanford and
went carefully over the discrepan
cies in the negro’s testimony with the
apparent facts of the case. They
made him give an explanation for
every occurrence that had been over
looked on the day before and went
over some of the same ground that
had been covered before.
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girl and her feet dragged on the
floor.” ' It was at this place that a
splotch of blood was found by the
detectives.
Conley then walked toward the ele
vator, talking all the time of what
was occurring on that other time he
had made the same trip through the
building. The negro appeared to be
telling a straightforward story and
was ready with an answer whenever
any of the officers asked him a ques
tion.
As Conley and the detectives reach
ed the elevator, the negro said that he
waited there while Frank went into
the office to get the key to the eleva
tor door. He described the manner in
which the body was carried into the
elevator and dropped on the elevator
floor. Frank ran the elevator down
to the basement, according to Conley,
while he (Conley) ran It on the return
upstairs. Conley went down on the
elevator Just as he had done before,
the officers with him.
“I took her body out of the eleva
tor,” said Conley, "and Mr. Frank
helped me. He told me to take the
body up to the trash pile in front of
the furnace. . I put the girl on my
shoulders again and walked up there
with her ana dropped her right there,”
pointing to a point only a few feet to
the left of the furnace.
“I pulled the bagging out from un
der her and threw it there on the pile
of trash In front of the furnace. Mr.
Frank he waited there at r.he trap
door to pee if anyone was coming.
Before that 1 went back upstairs and
got her hat and shoes and brought
them down in the basement.”
“Show’ us the way you left the
girl’s body,” commanded Chief Beav
ers
Conley promptly lay down in the
identical spot where Newt Lee found
the body of the girl. His lay with
the left side of his face on the ground,
his right arm slightly under him and
the left arm stretched by his side.
His feet pointed toward the rear door
of the basement where the staple was
pulled.
Negro Never Hesitates.
“You can’t help but believe him,”
muttered Detective Harry Scott, as
the negro went through the terrible
tragedy movement \>y movement
without faltering for an instant or
hesitating as though he were not
sure of his ground.
Conley appeared perfectly composed
as though he were reciting an every
day occurrence, but his earnest and
apparently truthful bearing gave his
dramatic story, told in a matter of
fact way, a convincing power that
evidently had its effect on every one
who was listening to his recital.
Negro Ran Eelevator Up.
“Did you ever find that piece of
cotton bagging?” Chief Reavers In
quired of E. F. Holloway, the day
watchman.
“No, I never did.” Holloway re
plied, his answer leading to thfe pre
sumption that the bagging subse
quently had been burned.
After showing the detectives where
he had disposed of the body, Conley
retraced his steps toward the eleva
tor.
“Frank climbed up this ladder.” he
said, “and I ran the elevator back
up. He met me on the first floor
and got in the elevator with me and
rode with me up to the second
floor.”
Conley ran the elevator back up
as he had done the day of the trage
dy. Chief Beavers and several of
the detectives rode up with him. Chief
Lanford climbed up the ladder as
Frank was represented as doing. Con
ley said that Frank was nervous
and rushed off the elevator before it
had come to a stop, stumbling in his
haste.
Illustrates Fall,
Having the elevator stopped about
a foot and a half below the landing,
Conley illustrated the fall of Frank,
who in his hurry to get out of the
elevator stumbled and fell on his
hands, the. negro says. Getting up
from the floor, Conley led the officers
to the sink where the negro claims
Frank washed his hands. Conley says
he waited for Frank by a post near
the elevator landing When Frank
came from washing h1s hands. Conley
said, he led him (Conley) into the
office and had him sit down. Conley
said Frank kept twisting about in his
chair, wringing his hands, and “act
ing lak white folks does when they is
scared, turned red in the face, and
kept looking around.”
Conley said Frank next walked out
of the room and got a box of matches,
stopped in the door and fooled with a
cigarette box. He says Frank then
looked out the glass door and said:
“Oh, God. here comes Emma Clark
and Corinthia Hall,” and quickly
pushed him in the closet at the side
of the door, closing the closet door.
Put Him 'n Closet.
The officers put Conley in the clos
et. It easily held him. Conley said
he could not tell whether or not the
girls entered the room. Tie heard one
of them ask. “Are you all alone. Mr.
Frank?” and Frank answered, “Yes,
1 am alone.”
Pretty soon Frank came and let
Conley out, Conley says, and had him
sit down at Frank’s desk. Conley
says Frank got some paper from a
drawer and told him to write a note.
The officers had Conley sit down and
write what he claims Frank dictated
to him. Conley readily wrote, "Dear
mother a long tall black negro did
this by hisself he told me if I would
lay down he w’ould love me play like
the night wich did this by hisselb.”
How About Me?
Conley says he asked Frank what
he was going to do with the note.
Frank replied that he was going to
put it in a letter and send it to his
mother in Brooklyn, that he had
wealthy people there. Conley says
Frank then clasped his hands, looked
at the ceiling and exclamed, “Why
should I hang?"
“I asked him," Conley told the of
ficers. "what about me?” Frank
says. “Don’t you worry, you are a
good boy and you will be all right.”
The negro stated that Frank then
hainded him a roll of greenback
money and said it was $200. Conley
says he did not count it. and that
Frank suddenly grabbed it away from
him. telling him that his people in
Brooklyn would send him plenty of
money and he would give Conley
plenty of money later.
Frank next took a cigarette, Con
ley declared, and then asked him to
Cars and Drivers
In Big Auto Race
Car. Driver.
Nyberg Harry Endicott
Stutz Charles Merz
Htutz Gill Anderson
Keeton Bob Hurman
Macon Bob Evan*
Mason Jack Tower
Stutz . Don Herr
Sunbeam Albert Guyot
Henderson Billy Knlpper
Gray Fox Howard Wilcox
Peugot Zuccarelll
Peugot 1 Jules Goux
Anel William Lelsaw
Schacht John Jenkins
Mercer Caleb Bragg
Mercer Ralph DePalma
Mercer Spencer Wlahart
Mercedes-Knight Then. PHlette
Tulsa George Clark
Isotta Harry Grant
laotta Teddy TetzlalT
Isotta Vincent Trucco
Mercedes Ralph Mulford
Case Ivouis Disbrow
Case Joseph Nlkrent
Case William Endicott
Mason William Haupt
CONSTITUTION
Speakers at Meeting of Georgia
Lawyers Declare Time Inoppor
tune for Calling Convention.
WARM SPRINGS, GA., May 30.—
Lawyers of Georgia as a whole are
opposed to a new State Constitution,
considering the present time inoppor
tune for a constitutional convention
because of the general spirit of po
litical unrest that Is manifest not only
in Georgia, hut throughout the coun
try. This sentiment was forcibly
brought out to-day in a report and
addresses before the Georgia Bar As
sociation in annual convention here.
The report of a committee on State
Constitution, appointed a year ago,
was submitted by Alex Smith, of At
lanta, declaring that any general
change in the constitutional law ot
Georgia was now unwise.
Several speakers discussed this re
port and constitutional subjects, and
each one expressed views coinciding
with the committee’s report. The
speakers were John R. L. Smith, of
Macon, on the executive department;
cx-Congressman W. G. Brantley, now
of Atlanta, on the legislative depart
ment; Wright Willingham, of Rome,
on the judiciary; Walter McElreath,
of Atlanta, on taxation and finance,
and Edgar Watkins, of Atlanta; H. J.
Kullbright, of Waynesboro, and Hat
ton Lovejoy, of LaGrange, in a gen
eral discussion. Messrs. McElreath,
Fullbright and Lovejoy were mem
bers of the last Legislature.
The annual election of officers takes
place this afternoon.
Addresses by Justice Joseph R. La
mar, of the United States Supreme
Court, and Judge Andrew J. Cobb and
Hamilton McWhorter, both of Ath
ens, were features of the convention.
Justice Lamar, whose home Is at Au
gusta, made a masterful address on
“The history of the organization of
the Supreme Court.”
Burman Makes Terrific Pace for
First One Hundred Miles.
Many Cars Forced Out.
Continued From Page 1.
have one. handing him the box. Con
ley says he saw a little money In the
box and was afraid to let Frank se it,
for fear he would take It away from
him. Conley next illustrated the man
ner in which he says Frank walked
to the stairs with him. The negro
says Frank placed his arms around
his shoulders and walked to the
stairs with him. and watched him de
scend. Then Fran ran about five
steps down and looked to see if Con
ley went on out.
Of His Free Will.
While in the superintendent’s of
fice Conley stated that he was making
this confession of his own free will
and accord; that the officers had nev
er in any way mistreated him or
cursed him or struck him, and that
they had not offered him any reward
In order to induce him to tell what he
knew’. He explained his delay in
making his confession by saying that
he had been hoping to receive a large
sum of money from Frank’s people.
He said that he had thought Frank
would get out and then help him out,
but he now saw’ that there was no
hope for either of them, and he had
decided to tell the truth. Conley stat
ed that the people at the factory
seemed to be down on him. but that
he wanted to tell all he knew and had
done so.
After Conley had finished Illustrat
ing his part in the crime he was led
bac k to the second floor and then was
taken back down to the basement in
the elevator. On the way down Chief
Beavers remarked to.him:
“This must be familiar scenery to
you, Jim.” The negro smiled and re
plied: “It sure is, boss.”
Conley did not hesitate for a mo
ment during the entire time he was
showing his part in the crime, and his
frankness of speech and clocklike
word impressed the officers that he
was st la?it telling the exact truth.
“There is not a doubt but that the
negro is telling the truth and it would
be foolish to doubt it. The negro
couldn’t go through the actions like
he did unless he had done this just
like he said,' said Harry Scott.
"We believe that we h%ve at last
gotten to the bottom of the Phagan
mystery. Conley's confession fits ex
actly in with our f heory.”
Going out the rear door of the base
ment, the officers hurried Conley into
Chief Beavers’ automobile and took
him back to the police station.
A large crowd had gathered in
front of the pencil factory and at
tlie rear, tut there was no marked
demonstrauen against him. Most of
these were factory employees who
have been of the belief that Frank is
innocent end that the negro has been
shifting the responsibility from his
own shoulders to those of an inno
cent man.
There was some muttering of
“There’s the negro now; get him.”
but there was no concerted demon
stration. The automobile was driven
rapidly away.
Detective Harry Scott stated to a
Georgian reporter that there would be
very little more questioning of the
negro. He said that there could be
very little more to tell, and that it
was his opinion that Conley had told
practically everything he knew*.
Chief Beavers and Chief Scott, aft
er the dramatic story of the negro,
were of the same opinion. They said
that Conley had proved to their sat
isfaction the guilt of Frank and that
they could no longer hold any doubt
of it.
back in later as relief for Caleb
Bragg, the Mercer driver.
Paced by Carl G. Fisher, president
of the motor speedway, the racing
cars in the free-for-all 500-mile con
test made a slow circuit of the course
Just before 10 o’clock.
At 10:30 the starting bomb was
fired and the racers plunged forw’ard
on the mad chase around the brick-
paved track.
Bob Burman, driving a Keeton, was
the first man w’ho experienced trouble
His steering knuckle was broken. His
car could not make the preliminary
circuit of the course. While the other
cars made the circuit Burman and
Tony Janette, his mechanician, work
ed desperately.
Their car was repaired and they
trundled on the track and got away
Just before the starter would have
been compelled to declare them out of
the race.
The crow’d, which favored Burman,
cheered wildly when it taw his Kee
ton take the track. His only handicap
as a result of the accident was the
lack of a flying start and a position
far back in the field. The other cars
crossed the starting line at an in
creasing speed of 50 miles an hour.
Drivers After Records.
The cars got away without a hitch,
except • for Burman's mishap. The
drivers w’ere out after records and
sent their machines away at top
speed. In the first dozen laps the cars
were bunched closely.
Bob Burman took the lead in the
fifteenth lap. going at a rate of 82
miles an hour. At the end of the sev
enteenth lap he was three-fourths* lap
ahead of Anderson. Tower and Nik-
rent, who were following in that
order.
Anderson and Nikrent narrowly es
caped a spill in the eighteenth lap.
At the end of 40 miles Burman was
still holding the lead, while Zuccareiii
was second, with Nikrent third. In
the twentieth lap “the jinx" marked
Jenkins for its own. A broken crank
shaft sent him out of the race with
his Schacht.
DePalma Forced to Quit.
DePalma was in the eighteenth lap
when he was compelled to pull his car
from the track. DePalma a year ago
shattered all records and was within
seven miles of the finish when his car
was disabled and he was compelled to
quit the race.
At the fiftieth mile Guyot, in a Sun
beam, was leading, Burman second.
Time for 50 miles was 37:29.27. The
record for this class car was 39:47.35.
Don Herr, in a Stutz. was the third
to withdraw. A broken clutch dis
abled his car, and he was forced to
leave the track.
At the end of 60 miles Burman still
was leading. His time was 47:20.23.
Burman Sots Record.
Burman, in his Keeton, took the
lead in the thirty-second lap and at
60 miles had established a new record.
The time was 47:20.23.
At noon the race was apparently
between Burman, Tower and Guyot.
Harry Grant, with one of the Isot
ta cars, developed tire trouble and
went out of the race at the end of
80 miles.
At the end of the twenty-ninth lap
DePalma, a favorite with speedway
fans, got back into the race as re
lief driver. He slipped into the seat
of Caleb Bragg, his Mercer team
mate, and started around the course
w*ith the touch of daredevil that has
endeared him to motor fans.
Burman w’as retaining his posi
tion in the lead at the end of 100
miles. Goux Peugot was second. Bur-
mans’ time for 100 miles was 1 hour,
15, minutes, 50 seconds and 55 hun
dredths. The record for this class of
cars was 1:23:43.11. The world’s rec
ord for all classes of cars was
1:13:37.25, established on the Indian
apolis motor speedway by Tetzlaff in
a Fiat car on May 30, 1912.
At the end of 120 miles Burman and
his Keeton were first, Goux. in the
Peugeot, was second, Anderson, in a
Stutz. w’as third, and Merz. in a Stutz,
was fourth. Burman’s time for this
distance was 1:31.00.63.
Besides the tire trouble that hin
dered the operation of his Isotta,
Grant discovered a leak in the gaso
line tank that made it impossible for
him to get back In the race.
As Burman was making his fortieth
lap Endicott. in a Nyberg, was mak
ing his twentieth.
Burman was driving a masterly
race For the first ten laps he con
tented himself with careful driving.
Then he began to develop the speed of
his car and soon shot ahead.
Merz drew an enthusiastic round of
Facts About Great
Auto Speed Contest
Distance, 500 miles, or 200 times
around the 2 1-2-mlIe brick oval.
Average speed, 80 miles an hour
(estimated).
Prizes—Winner, $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 *t 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
flr*a was won by Ray Harroun,
driving a Marmot! Wasp, May 30.
1911. The second was won by Joe
Dawson, driving a National, 78.2
miles an hour. May 30, 1912.
applause when he stopped at the
Stutz pit, changed a tire and took on
oil and gasoline In 65 seconds.
For the first 100 miles the time av
eraged 78.94 miles an hour, while for
120 miles the average was 79.11. This
was not equal to last year's speed.
The time for 140 miles was 1:45>08.75.
Harry Grant, whose Isotta went out
of the race, got into the running
again as relief driver for Billy Knip
per, In the Henderson.
French Contemplate
Barring U. S. Stocks
PARIS, May 30.—Americans may
be barred from the Paris bourse in
the future as the result of the finan
cial collapse of the St. Louis and San
Francisco Railroad just after a bond
issue of that road had been disposed
of here.
Maurino D’Ailly DeVerneuil, agent
De Change De Paris, to-day said: “1
am very’ much afraid that as a result
of the ill advised conduct of the
American financiers behind the St.
Louis and San Francisco Railroad
ether American stocks, other than
those above suspicion, no longer will
be accepted by the French public.
Wesleyan Warns of
Social Dissipation
MIDDLETOWN, CONN,, May 30.—
"Undue attention, not to athletics, but
to society, is responsible for the most
serious dissipation of student energies
to-day and for the majority of the
failures in college work," says the
Wesleyan University Bulletin.
"The multiplication of social func
tions and their increasing expense
during recent years is becoming a
serious problem in student life,” it
adds.
BEEF FINE
II, S, CERTAIN,
With Population Increasing, Cat
tle Supply Has Decreased
Nearly Half in 6 Years.
CHICAGO, May 30.—“Uncle Sam
must pay higher and higher prices to
other countries for his beefsteak or
go without it—unless Mexico comes
to his relief by furnishing cattle for
restocking the ranches of the United
States.”
M, A. Traylor, vice president of the
National Stock Yards National Bank,
of Chicago, made the foregoing
gloomy forecast in an address to an
association of Western bankers.
After calling attention to the tre
mendous decrease In the number of
beef cattle—from 62,000,000 head in
1907 to 36,000,000 head in 1913, while
the population Increased 12.000,000—
Traylor said:
"Should this tremendous shortage
be added to annually in the same
ratio for another period of six years
not a very vivid Imagination is nec- I
essary to realize what the price of|
beefsteak will be when the nation’s
total supply of cattle has reached
30,000,000 head, of which not more
than 20.000,000 wili be beef stuff, and
its population has been augmented by]
another 12,000,000 people to be fed.”
Our storage stocks, according to]
the speaker, have decreased from
some 262,000,000 pounds in 1908, to
little more than 135,000,000 pounds in
1910, while at the close of 1912 they
wore estimated at only 35,000,0001
pounds.
Argentina and Australia, hitherto I
supplying the world from their sur
plus, are going backward in produc
tion. Referring to Argentina the
speaker said: "So serious has become
the condition there and so insistent
the demand of foreign countries for
beef, that legislation Is now,'pending
to prevent the slaughtering of male
calves and all female cattle under
seven years old, or the export of live
cattle of any character; and it is cal-I
culated that with this strenuous leg
islation it would take ten years for
the cattle supply to reach its nor-1
mal proportions.”
The unsettled political conditions
forced the Mexican ranch owners to
sell their herds to prevent their de- |
struction. Our total imports in 1912
amounted to 326,000 head, of which
305,000 head came from Mexico.
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