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Atlanta Edition ot The American
Consists of the Following Sections;
1— Late News. •—Editorial,
2— Extra News. 7—City Life.
3— Sports. Autos. 8—Magazine.
4— Real Estate and Want- 'files
5— Society and Foreiti*v ' Magazine.
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VOL. I. NO. D.
Copyright. 1913. by
The Georgian Company.
ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, JUNK 1, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Captain Scott's Tragic Death in Polar Wastes Told in Photographs
T HE SUNDAY AMERICAN, in this issue, publishes seven pictures—the only ones in exist
ence-showing the last dash of the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole. These pic
tures vividly depict the brave struggle of the British explorers in their quest for the goal. They
show the start of the expedition on the final dash; they depict their arrival at the pole, where, to
their intense disappointment, they found the tent and flag of the courageous Captain Amundsen,
the Norwegian explorer who had preceded them to the coveted goal; they show the pathetic tent of
death in which Captain Scott and his brave comrades perished; and lastly, they show the cairn
marking the final resting place of these heroic men.
These pictures are the most remarkable ever published of a similar tragedy and give some
idea of the terrors of the Antarctic wastes. They should prove a most instructive study to both
young and old, and as such, The Sunday American presents them. They will be found on pages
2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Second Main News Section.
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Fish Overrun Lake
At Piedmont; Carey
Lifts Ban on Angling
Public Invited to Raid Mischievous
Bream That Persist in Nibbling
Fair Bathers' "Tootsies."
Does Not Deviate in Least From
Detailed Story Despite Traps
to Snare Him.
FRANK APPEARS PLEASED
Prisoner-Tells His Friends That
Sweeper’s Affidavit Is Good
News to Him.
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A grueling cross-examination of
{ Jim Conley, confessed accessory in
the murder of Mary Phagan, in an
effort to break down his charges
( against. Leo M. Frank as the actual
slayer of the little girl, was made by
Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey late
i Saturday afternoon.
« Before the rapid-fire questioning,
> n which every imaginable snare was
^ set to entrap him, the negro did not
| deviate one iota from the detailed
xcount which he made Friday to the
>olice. Every effort to make him con-
ess that he was the slayer failed.
In amazing contrast to the attitude
, the negro is that of the pencil fac-
I tory superintendent.
To friends who visited the Tower,
where he is confined, Frank declared
5 Saturday that Conley’s statement was
' good news to him. Frank had just
i read the negro’p affidavit in full in
\ The Georgian. That the negro was
beginning to talk meant that the mys
tery soon would be cleared, Frank
told his friends. He had said pre
viously that the murderer should be
hanged.
Did Not Accuse Conley.
Frank did not declare outwardly
that he thought Conley guilty of the
murder when he spoke with his visi
tors Saturday. He stated, however,
that he was glad that the negro had
begun to talk, and predicted an early
solution of the mystery.
Luther Z. Ro.^ser the noted Atlanta
lawyer and counsel for Frank, also
expressed to friends of his client his
opinion of Conley's statement Satur
day as a most satisfactory' turn In the
case.
Friends of the accused man declare
that Frank was not In the factory at
the time given by Conley. They stat
ed Saturday that Frank would offer
five witnesses to prove an alibi to this
effect.
Police Seek Meeting of Two.
The police will make another at
tempt this week to confront Frank
with his accuser in an effort to break
the deadlock. They look for a possi
ble (solution of the diverging state
ments, should the two prisoners meet
face to face.
It developed Saturday that should
Conley be declared an accessory aft
er the fact, as he will be adjudged
should his present statement prove
to be true his sentence, under the
Georgia Code, will be not under one
year imprisonment nor more than
three years.
It was reported late Saturday night
that an effort will be made to prove
Conley an accessory to the fact.
Should this be established, and the
negro is proved to have been an ac
tual participant in the murder, he
will be liable to the death penalty.
Solicitor General Dorsey tried in
vain to wring a confession from Con
ley that he was alone in the crime.
Time and lgain during the inter
view the Solicitor cautioned the ne
gro:
*Tf you are guilty say . so now', it
would be found out later and if pos
sible it would go much harder with
you. You must tell the truth, for the
truth will be known.”
Swears He Is Telling Truth.
And the negro’s answ'er w'as al
ways the same:
“Before God, I am telling the truth.”
Trying the trap him, the Solicitor
often would completely turn the con
versation and discuss with Chief
Beavers some case entirely foreign to
i the Phagan murder, the new police
* automobile, the Stevens murder and
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Fish have become so plentiful in
Piedmont Park and so pernicious in
nibbling fair bathers’ “tootsies” that
Dan Carey, general manager of parks,
announced Saturday that during June
the public is invited to fish in the
lake.
All entreaties of enthusiastic an
glers have been resisted by Manager
Carey. When the sparkling bream
flas' ed their plump bodies in the sun-
lig' it was almost impossible to re
st : n them. But the argument that
fin. ly persuaded was entirely dif
ferent It began last summer when a
woman screamed to a policeman one
day that a strange man had dived and
tickled her feet. A fish was the cul
prit
The lake was stocked with thou
sands of little bream by the Federal
Government three years ago.
“June is to be the annual fishing
month,” said Manager Carey. “But
the fishing must stop at midnight on
June 30. We simply ask that these
two rules be observed:
“No one person shall catch over six
fish.
“All fish caught beneath pan size
must be thrown back.”
Statesmen Accept
Spelling Bee Defi
Congressmen and Newspaper Men
Will Be Matched in Contest Before
National Press Club.
Benefaction Is to Build and Main
tain Laboratories in Charge
of Eminent Scientists.
ONE-FIFTH AVAILABLE NOW
Cigarette Wins Wife
For Austrian Officer
New York, Chicago, Budapest Girl
Likes Brand of Tobacco and Brand
of Verse Soldier Uses.
NEW YORK, May 31.—"I'm en
gaged to the finest soldier in Austria
and all because of a cigarette," said
Miss Rosa Roth, of New York, Buda
pest and Chicago, when she arrived
from Europe on the Friedrich Der
Grosse.
Miss Roth was smoking in a cafe in
Budapest. Lieutenant Leo Nov An-
drafy sent her a box of her favorite
brand by a waiter. On the bottom
he had written a verse telling her
how ardently he admired her.
An introduction followed and soon
afterward the engagement was an
nounced.
MISS YOAKUM COMPLETES
PLAN FOR JUNE WEDDING
NEW YORK, May 31.—Miss Bessie
Yoakum, one of the first brides of
June, has completed the plans of her
wedding on Wednesday to Francis R.
Larkin, son of Mr, and Mm John
Larkin. Their marriage will take
place in the Fifth Avenue Presbyte
rian Church and Miss Yoakum will be
attended by her sister, Mrs. Paul Ding
Fordyck, Mrs. George Bourne and five
bridesmaids.
Income, From Remainder To Be
Paid Annually to Medical
School of University.
NASHVILLE, TENN„ May 31 —
Andrew Carnegie has offered $1,000, -
000 to the medical department of
Vanderbilt University, according to
an announcement to-day by Chancel
lor J. H. Kirkland.
The only contingency the "Iron
Master" imposes is that direction of
the educational and scientific depart
ment be committed to a board ot
seven members, three of whom must
be eminent in medical and scientific
work and research.
Of the sum from Carnegie $200,-
000 will be given immediately for the
erection and equipment of laborato
ries, while the income from the re
maining $800,000 will be paid annual
ly through the Carnegie Corporation
of Hew York for maintenance.
Will Not Hurry Work.
"Already there is invested in the
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about $325,000," said Chancellor Kirk
land, in making announcement of the
gift, "and while we do not consider
that the million dollars from Mr. Car
negie will give us the greatest medi
cal school in the country, it will lay
the foundation for one of the greatest
medical schools in the South, and we
will proceed with this idea in view.
We will not hurry. The laboratories
which the donation provides for will
be planned and erected with the ut
most care. The three scientists pro
vided for in the board of seven will
be selected from among the most emi
nent men in the nation.
"This benefaction is largely the re
sult of the great interest taken in
Vanderbilt University's medical work
by Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, of New
York, president of the Carnegie Foun
dation.”
It is understood to be one of the
provisions of Mr. Carnegie’s gift that
Chancellor Kirkland himself be a
member of the board of seven. Dr.
Kirkland, however, did not indicate
to-day whether any names had been
considered for the remaining mem
bers.
Vanderbilt has been favored with
several large gifts, but that of Mr.
Carnegie surpasses them all. It is, in
fact, the largest single donation ever
given the university.
WASHINGTON, May 31— Although
many statesmen have declined for the
reason, as they admit, that they are
poor spellers and "were not going to
stand up there and make darned
fools of themselves," sixteen have ac
cepted the challenge of the Washing
ton newspaper men and will meet in
an old-fashioned spelling bee on
Thursday next, to mark the annual
"ladies' day” of the National Press
Club.
The challenge had its origin in the
comment by Chairman Underwood, of
the Ways and Means Committee, on a
dispatch sent out criticising the com
mittee in respect to the duty on "dia-
midostilbendisulfoacid” in the tariff
bill. Underwood forgave the criticism,
but condemned the spelling. Hence
the meeting at which Secretary of
Agriculture Houston will be "teach
er.”
Suspicious Sailors
Damage Imperator
Vessel's Accident and Kaiser’s Re
fusal to Make Trial Trip Brand
Her “Jonah Ship.”
GALE SWEEPS
ATLANTA; 01.
DEAD IN STATE
Storm Which Does Heavy Dam
age in This City Covers
Wide Area.
Ethel Barrymore in Quarantine Q
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Little Daughter Has Diphtheria
Ethel Barrymore (Mrs. Russell Griswold Colt), and her two
children.
MANY SECTIONS ISOLATED
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, May 31.—A large portion
of the equipment and furnishings of
the Imperator have been irreparably
damaged by vandals, according to
statements made by German shipping
masters to-day. Liquid cement has
been poured into the water pipes and
allowed to harden, thus rendering the
system •■‘if
costly paintings and carpets with
which the cabins were furnished have
been cut and slashed.
These acts are believed to have
been committed by workmen who
were angered at being forced to ac
company the ship to a desolate part
of the coast near Cuxhaven after the
Imperator had grounded in the Elbe
after being launched.
Sailors regard the Imperator with
great superstition, and this has be
come more marked since it has been
learned that Emperor William has
refused to go on the trial trip.
Georgia Man Drowns
Saving Friend's Life
John D. Artley, of Savannah, Victim
of the Surf at Wrights-
ville Beach.
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WHICH OF THESE
CALLS IS FOR YOU ?
Calls from country to city by those wfyo want good help.
As usual, the people at the Summer resorts need all the ef
ficient assistance they can get. There is room for many
kinds of ability.
Calls from city to country by those who would give
such help for fair wage. Employers will be glad to hear
from them.
Calls for bright people to take advantage of Business
Opportunities to be exploited at the Summer resorts. Good
chances to make money are offered to those who recognize
good chances when they meet them.
Other calls, as timely as sunshine and roses in June,
will be sounded in the
SUN DA YAMERICAN
AND DAILY GEORGIAN
WANT AD SECTION
If you need help in Store. Shop or Home; employment
for Hands or Brains, Capital, a Partner, a Business Open
ing, you will read this section carefully.
WILMINGTON, N. C., May 3L—John
D. Artley, 32 years old, lost his li*^ at
Wrightsville Beach this afternoon ir an
effort to rescue Dr. Ralph E. Lnouse,
with whom he was in bathing ano who
had been caught by a heavy undertow.
I Dr. Knouse was afterward brought in
by a fife guard, on duty nearby, and
resuscitated. The body of Artley was
recovered by the life-saver, who re
turned in a boat and found it floating
face downward near the surface. Art-
ley leaves a wife and an eight-month-
old child.
Mrs. Artley was Miss Fleming, of
[^.Grange, Ga., before her marriage.
Mr. Artley was a son of A. Artley, a
large contractor of Savannah.
j COLUMBUS. OA.. May 31- Mrs. J.
j D. Artley, whose husband was drowned
at Wrightsville Beach, N. C., to-day
while trying to save a friend, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Newsome Cooper, in
! Columbus. She came here this week
direct from Wrightsville Beach, leaving
her husband employed there.
F. P. Smith, Former
Atlantan, a Suicide
Washington, D. C., Chief of Police
Notifies Brother in This City
of Death.
Loss Here From Terrific Wind
Will Reach Thousands—All
Traffic Halted.
One man is dead and another seri
ously injured as the result of the
storm that swept over Atlanta and
adjacent territory Saturday after
noon, leaving thousands of dollars'
damage in its wake.
A man named Rosser was killed
by lightning at the river bridge Just
out of Cartersville, while a man
named Field suffered a broken arm
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AS SLAYERS
Son Points Out on Atlanta Street
Two Suspects in McDonough
Road Fire Mystery—Success
Comes as Hunt Is Given Up.
Prisoners Are Placed in Solitary
Confinement Preparatory to
Grilling—Both Are Caught in
Falsehoods, Police Declare.
Wilkes, Who Says That He Is a
Preacher, Admits He Marked
Bible Found in His Cabin Near
the Scene of the Tragedy.
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F. P. Smith, formerly of Atlanta,
and a brother of H. W. Smith, con
nected with the Fulton Bag and Cot
ton Company, committed suicide in
Washington, D. C.. Saturday night,
according to a telegram from police
authorities of that city to Chief Beav
ers.
The dispatch read as follows:
Notify H. W. Smith. 38 Cle
burne Avenue, that F. P. Smith
committed suicide here to-night.
I —Sylvester, Chief of Police.
Mr. Smith left Atlanta four years
j igo. He was mairied, his wife hav
ing formerly been Miss 11 ’len Watts,
ul.-o of this city. No reason for the
i suicide could be given by his brother
j here Saturday night.
at Villa Rica.
But meager reports from the storm-
swept district have been received, be
cause the wind played havoc with
telephone and telegraph wires, whole
counties being isolated Saturday
night.
The storm seemed to have origi
nated in'the mountains at the head
waters of the Chattahoochee and
Etowah Rivers and to have swept
down the river , alleys, gaining force
as it progressed until it reached its
maximum of intensity in Douglas,
Campbell and Carroll Count!***.
Houses Reported Wrecked.
Several house* were reported
wrecked in Douglas County between
Douglasville and the Chattahoochee
River. Chapel Hill and Winston
sections in that county suffered heav
ily. At Villa Rica on the line be
tween Douglas and Carroll Counties,
a store was wrecked, Field being
caught in the debris.
Reports from Fairbum are that the
storm was intense in that section. All
country telephone lines in the west
ern part of Campbell County are
down.
Heavy wind and rain were reported
at Newnan, in Coweta County, and
Hogansville and LaGrange, in Troup,
but not as severe as in the counties
Just north. Carr diton reported a se
vere storm along r entire east side
of Carroll County.
Paulding, Cherokee and Milton
Counties were entirely cut off and no
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Actress Forced to Abandon Her
Theatrical Engagements and
Trip to Europe.
NEW YORK, May 31.—Ethel Bar-
rymore. in private life Mrs. Russell
Griswold Colt, is spending a two-
week quarantine in the Mintum Hos
pital in this city, where her 1-year-
old daughter is confined with diph
theria.
Mrs. Colt has been compelled to
cancel her professional engagements
and her plans to sail for Europe a
week from Monday have been inter
rupted.
When the family physician diag
nosed the ailment aljecting the baby
as diphtheria, the mother hastened
with the child to the hospital.
After seeing her daughter tucked
in bed, she told the house physician
that she would like to engage a room
in the hospital for herself.
She promptly was told that she
could not leave if she wished to, for
she had been exposed to the disease
for two days and must consider her
self under a fourteen-day quarantine.
CAPTAIN AND CREW SAVE
LIVES AS SHIP FOUNDERS
HALIFAX. NOVA SCOTIA, May 31.—
During a 60 mile gale on the Nova Sco
tia coast to-day the Norwegian ship
Freia was dashed to pieces on the rocks
at Sunday Point, off Yarmouth, and her
cargo of lumber was strewn along the
coast for miles.
Captain Olsen, his wife and the crew
escaped after a thrilling experience.
Raw Food Champion
On Trans-U. S. Hike
Athlete Tests Efficiency of Uncooked
Diet for Those Taking
Violent Exercise.
NEW YORK, May 31.—Harry Sain,
21 years old, a member of the Irish -
American Athletic Club, will leave
Coney Island on a long hike for San
Francisco some day during the com
ing week in an effort to prove that
a man can thrive on an uncooked
diet, though taking violent exercise.
His diet on the tramp will consist
of cereals, raw oatmeal, vegetables,
fruit and nuts, washed down with
water and an occasional glass of
milk. He expects to finish the trip
by September. He will carry a lef-
ter from Mayor Gaynor to Mayor
Rolph of San Francisco.
PROPERTY LOSS ENORMOUS
IN HURRICANE IN VIRGINIA
PORTSMOUTH, VA„ May 31.—
; Scattering reports received here to-
' day show' that the loss of life from
the hurricane which -sw.ept over this
section yesterday probably will not
exceed two. The property loss, how
ever, is enormous. Wire communica-
! tion throughout the c* token section is
1 cut off. *
To a youth of 16—Wade Stevens—
once himself suspected of slaying his
mother, Mrs. William Stevens, and
her adopted daughter, Nellie, whose
bodies were found in the ruins of
their burned home, will go the credit
for the solution of the mystery of
McDonough Road if two prisoners
now held at police headquarters are
rightly accused.
The lad. who was arrested a few
days ago in Chattanooga at the rec
ommendation of a coroner’s jury, first
dissipated entirely the clouds of sus
picion about him, and then joined in
the pursuit of the real criminals with
such tenacity that late Saturday aft
ernoon his efforts were rew r arded.
The searchers, Detctives Rosser, of
the local force; L. M. Johnson, a
close friend of the Stevens family, and
young .Stevens, were just about to
give up the hunt after an exhaustive
automobile tour of the city, when at
Peters and Beerman Streets, the
youth shouted:
Points Out Men.
“There are your men.”
The machine was halted and a few
moments later Walter Wilkes, a ne
gro, who had been employed in the
Stevens household, and Ernest May
nard , an Indian half-breed, seen
hanging around the place, both of
whom had been sought ever since the
tragedy was discovered, were In cus
tody.
Both suspects, denying they are
guilty, are held in cells in the police
station In solitary confinement. They
will be “sweated.” Both men, offi
cers say, already have been trapped
in falsehoods.
W r ilkes admitted that he marked
the Bible found in the cabin he for
merly occupied when he worked on
the Stevens place. Many of the pas
sages marked referred to the taking
of human life. He declared that he
was “studying the Scriptures.”
A few minutes later, when asked if
he had read the newspaper accounts
of the tragedy, he asserted that he
was unable to read.
Wilkes at first also denied that he
saw Wade Stevens in Atlanta Tues
day night, just before young Stevens
left for Chattanooga with "Red”
Merchant, the companion with whom
he was arrested.
Under a fire of questioning, he
finally admitted that what young
Stevens said was true, that be did
meet the boy, and that the latter told
him he was going to Chattanooga.
Knew Women Were Alone,
Stevens told the offeera that he
met Wilkes and that when he told
him he was going to Chattanooga,
the negro said:
"Your father is already in Chatfca--
nooga, ain’t he?"
Stevens answered in the affirma
tive, and said the negro then re
marked:
"I guess your mother and sister
will be alone to-night.”
He then added, according to Stev
ens:
"I think I’ll go out and see if I
can’t get my job back.”
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