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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
FRANK DEFENSE
TO ATTEMPT
Five Persons to Swear Defend
ant Was Home at Hour Con
ley Says He Aided Him,
Continued From Page 1.
Hall before the Coroner’* jury. Mias
Hall testified that she left the build
ing about 11:45 Saturday forenoon.
Conley described her as coming to
Frank's office more than an hour later.
Sheriff Mangum made indignant and
emphatic denial Monday of the re
ports that Conley had been ap
proached, threatened or intimidated
while he was in a cell at the Tower.
Conley, he staid, was not threatened
in any way. fie was not approached
by friends of Leo Frank and no one
was permitted to see Conley whom
the negro did not wish to see.
“TheVe is not a bit of truth in the*
statements thHt have been made to
the effect that Frank's friends were
allowed to get to Conley and mnk ■
attempts to frighten him into a con
fession," said the R'net iff. "It was r e
ported that a group of Frank's
friends, with a bottle of liquor, went
to Conley's cell. This is absolutely a
fabrication.
Treats All Prisoners Alike.
“Frank is no more to me than Con
ley. so far as the law is concerned.
The law tells me to protect all my
prisoners without fear or favor. This
I have done, and this I shall continue
to do. Conley was treated exactly as
Frank has been, or as anyone eNe
awaiting trial or the action of the
Grand Jury.
“If anyone came to tee him, he was
asked first if he wished to see that
person or persons. If he said he did
not, his wishes were regarded to the
letter.
"The report that I am seeking the
Jewish support and the Jewish vote or
any other class or ace or national
ity. as against another, is most absurd
<mgton th* face of it.
"I have nothing to say against Chi«f
Lanford. I would > nly suggest that
he try his case in the court and not
attempt to settle the whole case and
hang one man or another before th**
twelve men the law prescribes have
had a chance to pass on the prisoner s
guilt or innocence.
Conley made n personal request of
Chief of Detectives Lanford Monday
morning to be taken to confront the
factory superintendent.
"I think 1 could make him tell
everything if I could Just go there to
his cell and tell my story again." «tid
the negro. Conley repeatedly urged
upon t’hief Lanford that he be allowed
to face Frank Ho declared he thougnt
his presence would break Frank down.
The Chief regarded Conley as sin
cere in his request, but said that he
would make no further effort to bring
the negro and the factory superin
tendent together. All rested In the
hands of Luther Z. Rosser, Frank’s
attorney, Lanford announced.
"I have made several attempts to
take Conley to Frank’s cell since the
negro began making his disclosures."
explained Chief Lanford "All efforts
have been unavailing. Frank stead
fastly has refused to talk with the
detectives or with anyone whom the
detectives may bring to see him. At
torney Rosser may arrange for a
meeting of this sort, but the detective
department has given it up.
Conley Not To Be Indicted Now.
“If Rosser is confident that Frank
is Innocent, he r«ny think it will help
his client s case to give him a chan e
to see the negro and deny his tale."
Chief Lanford said that there would
be no bar to Conley's testimony at
the trial of Frank ’Conley, he said,
would not be Indicted as an accessory
after the fact at the present time, but
more likely would be indicted after
Flank's fate was determined in one
way or another. In the meantime he
.Will be held ns a material w itness like
New t Lee the negro night watchman
at the factory.
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SCHOOL BOYS’ AND GIRL3’ BALLOT.
T
AUSTIN, t
PDET LAUREATE.
DUB IT 71
Succeeded Tennyson as Official
National Bard—He Penned
Much Worthy Verse.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LOS’DON, June 2. Alfred Austin,
poet laureate of England, died at his
home, Swinford Old Manor, in Ash
ford, Kent, to-day.
Mr. Austin, who succeeded Lord Al
fred Tennyson as poet laureate of
England, was 78 years of age <>n May
30, just two days before his death.
He wan named poet laureate in
1896 by Mr. Gladstone, in preference
to many admittedly abler poets, w hose
claltns to this honorable position were,
for one reaeon or another, sot aside.
Mr. Austin became poet laureate at
University of London In 1853, and
soon thereafter entered upon the prac
tice of law. He abandoned that pro
fession early in life, however, for the
more congenial one of literature.
Edited National Review.
After writing much for the periodi
cals lie became editor of The National
Review in 1883 and continued in that
position until he was named poet lau
reate of the realm.
Among Mr A actin'* better known
productions in verse are "The Sea
son" a satire (isfili. ' Sfivanarola. a
tragedy <1881»; English Lyrics ( 1890>
"The Conversion of Wincklematin"
(1897), Songs* of England ( 1900) and
"A Talc of True Love” (1893). Tin-
latter work was dedicated to Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Although severely lambasted by the
critics of the period' in which he
worked, particularly after he became
poet laureate. Mr. Austin produced
much wo.rU well worth while. As a
critic he was original and interesting,
If not .-pectaculnr. While he was not
possessed apparently of a very active
imagination, he wrote, nevertheless,
pome v« ry graceful and acceptable
verse.
Attacked Lord Tennyson.
Much of the always evident hostil
ity of Austin in England unquestion
ably arose from n production of bis
pen in 1870, wherein, under the title
of "The Poetry of the Period,” he se
verely attacked Tennyson, whom later
he was to succeed a* poet laureate,
and Browning, both then immensely
popular. •
Mr. Austin appeared to fall short of
his greatest opportunities as poet
laureate, and his beet work was pro
duced upon relatively unimportant oc
casions and topics, llis poem .on tin
accession of Edward VII generally is
rated mint commonplace, as was hla
poem upon the death of Queen Vic
toria
Among his better known works of
prose are “The Garden That I Love”
and In Veronica's Garden.’' Both of
these are interspersed with short
poems, however.
Mr. Austin been me poet laureate at
a time when every one thought that
tins honor was about to go to Rud-
yard Kipling
Just Say
Zu Zu
to the grocer man
hand him a nickel
and get a magic
package direct
from Ginger Snap
Land. So fresh they
crack with a snap.
To look at them
makes you hungry.
So tender they melt
in your mouth.
NATIONAL
BISCUIT
COMPANY
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SOUTH; 3 TOR
Few Chairmanships Given North
and East—Hardwick, Adamson
and Hughes Win.
WAHHlNOToN, Jun* 2 - Tho I)Pm-
ocratic leaders of the House made
their longs waited distribution of
committee "plumrt” find "lemons” to
day. The great bulk of the chairman
ships wont to Southern Congressmen,
the Northerners and Westerner* only
getting an occasional chairmanship.
The full list was made public when
the Democratic caucus met to-day to
ratify the selections made by the
Democratic members of the Ways and
Moans Gommittee.
The personnel of the Ways and
Means Committee, Accounts, Mileage
and Enrolled Bills Committees already
had been selected and approved. The
following members received these
chairmanships
Three Georgians Land.
Appropriations, Fitzgerald. New
York; Judiciary Clayton, Alabama;
Banking and Currency, Glaes, Vir
ginia; Coinage, Hardwick. Georgia.
Ihterstato Commerce, Adamson. Geor
gia; River.* and Harbors. Sparkman,
Florida; Merchant Marine. Alexan
der, Missouri; Agriculture, Lever.
South Carolina; Foreign Affairs,
Flood, Virginia; Military. Hay. Vir
ginia; Naval. Padgett, Tennessee;
Post office. Moon. Tennessee; Public
Lands, Ferriv. Oklahoma.
Indian Affairs, Stephens, Texas;
Territories. Houston. Tennessee; In
sular Affairs. Jones, Virginia; Rail
ways and Canals, Dies. Texas; Mines,
Foster, Illinois; Public Buildings
Clark. Florida; Education, Hughes.
Georgia, Labor. Lewis, Maryland.
Patents, Oldfield, Arkansn-t; Invalid
Pensions' Sherwood, Ohio; Pensions
Richardson. Alabama Claims. Pou
North Carolina; War Claims. Gregg.
Texas.
Two From New York.
District of Columbia. Johnson. Ken
tucky: Revision of Laws*, Watkins.
Louisiana; Reform in Civil Service,
Godw in. North Carolina; Election of
President, Rucker. Missouri; Alcohol
ic Liquor Traffic. Sabath. Illinois. Ir
rigation of Arid Lands. Smith Texas;
Immigration. Burnett. Alabama, ('en
sue Helm. Kentucky; Roads. Shackle
ford Missouri. Industrial Arts, Un
derhill. New York.
other minor chairmanships were
assigned to the following members:
Post of Ohio. Ha mill of New Jer
sey. Goldfogle of New York. Hawle\
<«f Missouri, Lobeck of Nebraska.
Adair of Indiana. Hardy of Texas.
Pepper of Iowa, Graham of Illinois.
Broussiard of Louisiana, Ddughton of
North Carolina. Rothermel of Penn
sylvania, Mayer of New York. Konop
of Wisconsin. Slayden of Texas Barn
hart of Indiana and Ashbrook of Ohio
Former Macon Mayor Not to Ap
peal Decision in Controversy
With Speer.
Colonel W. A. Huff, former mayor
of Macon, has been found guilty of
contempt of court for writing cer
tain pointed letters to Judge Emory
Speer in the famous Macon contro
versy. In the letters Colonel Huff ex
pressed unfavorable opinion of the
way Judge Speer had conducted a
bankruptcy case in which Colonel
Huff was Interested.
Following receipt of the letters,
Judge Speer filed charges, and Judge
W. I. Grubb announced a decision to
day, holding Colonel Huff in con
tempt %
Colonel Huff was formerly mayor
of Macon. He is 82 years old. At his
home in Macon this morning, after
received notice from his lawyer, At
torney General T. S. Felder, that he
had been held guilty of contempt,
Colonel Huff made the following
statement:
"It Is what I expected. At the time
1 wrote Judge Speer those letters last
summer I had a vague notion that
perhaps I was committing contempt
of court. However, I was not as fa
miliar then with the law on contempt
as. I am now. I wrote the letters
simply and .solely to let Judge Speer
know what I thought about him and
about the way he had handled my
bankruptcy case. He knows and the
public knows, and on that sepre I
am satisfied. There was never any
intention on my part to attack the
judiciary. 1 was aiming exclusively
at Judge Speer But if another court,
which I consider an absolutely fair
and impartial tribunal, holds ihat 1
am guilty, then that settles It. and
I have no protest to make. I shall
take whatever punishment is meted
out to me without rt murmur.”
Judge Grubb will be in Atlanta to
morrow for the purpose of conferring
with Mr. Felder in regard to passing
the order of sentence.
ENTRIES
Glass, Virginia, Heads
Committee on Currency.
WASHINGTON June 2. The Dem
ocratic personnel of the House Bank
ing and Currency Committee, which
will draft a currency reform bill for
fmbmisilon to Congress at an early
date, was announced at tHe Demo-
cratlc caucus this afternoon Only
five of the fourteen old members re
mained on It. and of the nine new,
members all but one are from the
West and South. The Democratic
members are as follows
G’nVirginia, chairman Knrhlv
of Indiana, Brown of West Virginia,
Hulk ley of Ohio. Neeley of Kansas.
Fatten of New York. Stone of Illinois.
Phelan of Massachusetts*. Eagle of
Texas. Wingo of Arkansas. Seldom -
ridge of Colorado Wilson of Florida.
Weaver of Oklahoma and Ragsdale of
South Carolina.
England Threatened
By National Strike
—
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ;
LONDON June 2.—Labor unrest
throughout England is becoming I
acute. Leaders of various trades j
unions are denouncing the Govern- I
mem fot no; passing a minimum i
wage bill affecting all industries,
and a national walk-out may be th« |
outcome.
Between 80,»)00 and 40,nno workmen!
are idle. Dn Wednesday represent:!- j
lives of shipyard workers will meet !
and a strike may be ordered.
W. J. Nolan, of Paris. Tenn.. is the
j guest of his daughter. Mrs H T. i
| Brooks. 274 Whitehall Street. Mr \
{ Nolan is a -tone and marble dealer i
(and has been inspecting the Georgia!
quarries. j
AT MONTREAL:
Blue Bonnet Entries.
FIRST Two-year-olds. 5 furlongs:
Cannock 103 Parcel Post 106. Louis
Travers 110. Lyric Museo 103. Single
109. Willie Waddell 105.
SECOND Three-year-olds and up. 1
mile. Canadian owned xAlleneen 88.
xTanunda 97, Colston 101, Oakley 101,
Inspector Lestrade 108, Clan Alpine 94.
Tender 96. Black River 98. Burnt Candle
107
THIRD—Three-year-olds and tip, 6
furlongs; Speaker Clark 99 \ elsl 104,
Three Links 104. Superstition 107. Strlte
110, The Rump 113. Tom Hayward 104.
Manhelmer 104, Stcnter 107. Bwana
Tumba 110, Cliff Stream 113.
FOURTH Windsor Hotel cup. $1,200
added. 3-year-olds and up. 1 mile: Bar
nett gt 110, Alrey 112. Horron 115, Buss
kin 110, Flabbergast 113, Mediator 120.
FIFTH -Steeplechase, 4-year-olds and
up, 2V 4 miles: Julia Armour 130. The
African 130. Jack Dennerltn 147. Buck
Thorn 147 Ennis Killen 152. King Cash.
130 Luckola 147, Wickson 147, Mystic
Light 147. ^
SIXTH selling. 2-year-olds and up,
6 furlongs: xRalph Lloyd 95. Clothes
98. Daisy Platt 98. Florida* Beauty 104.
xRIght Easy 105. Muff 107, Ajmier 107.
Incision 109. Americus 112. York Lad
115, xFairv Godmother 96. Orowoc 98,
Jonquil 98.' xChemUlpo 105, Planter 106.
xMcCreary 107, Little Jane 107. Stpell-
bound 112. Rye Straw 115. Lord Wells
116. Alsu eligible: Minnie Bright. Tom
Sayers. Venta Strome. Russell McGill,
Ella Grane.
SEVENTH Selling. 3-vear-olds and
up, mile; Pandorlna 95. Blackford 99,
Henry Hutchison 105. Merry Lad 110,
Sandhog 96, Bann Hard 104. Elwah i06.
Towlon Field 11.0. Adolante 97. xPartner
105. Griff 110
xApprentice allowance.
Weather clear; track fast.
Governor Pays Visit
To Franklin County
Governor Brown will leave for
Carneeville, Franklin County, Monday
afternoon to pay a f*ooial visit which
he promised his supporters there t-
mAke before the expiration of his
term The Governor w ill spend Tues
day in Carnesville and the Franklin
County folk are planning a general
rally day in his honor.
When Governor Brown's father ran
for Governor Franklin County was his
banner one. giving him more than
1,000 majority When the present
Governor made his first race th*
'county proved Hoke Smith's banner
one, but in the laet race it swung into
♦he Joe Brown column by a heavy
vote, giving a majority over boih
Russell and Pope Brown, and. ac
cording Joe Brown practically the
same vote it had given his father .»1
years before.
Americans Study
Egypt's Progress
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME June 2.—One group of the
American Commission on Agricultu- I
ral Co-operation which has been in
this city Investigating systems* of ag
ricultural credit and co-operative pro
duction and marketing, headed by j
Col. J. Shelby Williams and Clarence
Ousley. of Ft. Worth. Texas, has gone
to Egypt to study methods of financ
ing and marketing the Egyptian cot- i
ton crop
The Egyptian hale of cotton has
been accepted as the world’s standard,
and it is a well-known fact that
American cotton growers aie losing
large Mums of rtroney as a result of
their failure to bale and grade their
cotton properly. It is even claimed
that in the United States one-half
of the real value of the cotton crop
is «*st to the farmor> through poor!
selling methods, and lack of financial
'TWAS EVER THUS
Copyright. 1013, Inter - • 11 On a 1 New* Service.
Sir Long Shot Sends His Armor to His Majesty’s Steam Laundry
Id
Traction Officials Would Relieve
Congestion by Extending the
Service to Edgewood Ave.
Application to the City Council for
a franchise to double-track Ivy Street
from Auburn Avenue to Edgewood
Avenue will be read in Council Mon
day afternoon.
The Georgia Railway and Power
Company intends to extend the pres
ent Ivy Street troUev service to Edge-
wood Avenue and thence into Mariet
ta and Broad, as at present.
Official* of the company said Mon
day morning this change was pro
posed In order to men rhe many new
Improvement.* in progress in Edge-
wood Avenue and also to relieve the
(ongestion of traffic on Peachtree
Street wheye the Ivy Street lines now
traverse it.
The company has been studying
plans to improve trolley service from
the north side of Atlanta to the Audf-
torium-Armory Grand Opera Week
and at other times. The extension of
the Ivy Street lines to Edgewood Ave
nue will enable it to run cars direct
from the North Side to the Audito
rium-Armory without transferring
passengers.
Tracks will be extended as soon as
Council will permit.
$5,000 JEWEL ROBBERY.
NEW YORK, June 2.—Four men
entered a jeweler’s shop on the lower
East Side to-day, bound and gagged
the proprietor, collected $5,000 worth
of diamonds, watches and bracelets
and escaped.
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LAW SI
DEBATE FOR PRIZE
Contest Monday Night for Medai
Opens Commencement Exer
cises at Atlanta School.
A prize debate for the Hamilton
Dougins medal Monday night will
open the Atlanta Law School com
mencement week. The question will
b», “Resolved. That Capital Punish
ment Should Be Abolished.”
Judges will be Mrs. Hamilton
Douglas, Justice .Joseph H. Lumpkin
of the Supreme Court, and Thomas
Connally John M. Owens, of the se
nior class, will preside over the de
bate.
Contesting speakers will be Pierce
Burr.?. R. E. I^e** Cone, Samuel Cas-
t let on, W. Hassell. J. R. McClel
land. J. Samuel Highsmith. Franklin
S. Chalmers. Brooks B. Patterson and
Leonard J. Grossman
Names of successful candidates for
graduation will be announced before
the beginning of the debate. The com
petition for the Robert Elston medals
w ill close at H o’clock.
The law school orators will contest
for the faculty prize in oratory Tues
day night. They will speak in the
following order; R. E Lee ('one. Du
Pont Hood. -Samuel M. Castleton,
George F. .\orthen. M. J. Wood. Pierce
Burns. Harry B. Terrell, Allen A.i
Dowds. Leonard J. Grossman. J. B.
King. Richard H. Gordon and Wil
helm Hassell. Graduation will be
Saturday evening in the Grand Opera I
House.
Ambassador Page
At King's Derby Fete
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. June 2.—W. H. Page,
new United States Ambassador to
England, accompanied by his private
secretary, Harold Fowler, and I. B.
Laughlin. secretary of the United
States Embassy, to-day attended
King George’s derby levee at Buck
ingham Palate.
Eats 10 Pounds of
Eels in Hour on Bet
NEW YORK. .Tune 2 Simon Stein - ,
gut. "Mayor of Second Avenue,” bet '
a friend $25 that he could eat ten
pounds of eels in one hour
At the end of an hour the "Mayor"
had eaten ten pounds of eels, two
pounds of bread and a quantity of
beer.
Wine Merchant’s Romance Began
When He Was in America as
Racing Aeronaut.
D)NDON, June 2.—Dressed in one
of the most gorgeous bridal costumes
that ever came out of the Rue de la
Paix. Miss Frances Scoville. of Sene
ca. Kan., was married here to-day
to Walter deMumm. The ceremony
took place at St. George’s. Hanover
Square.
Tho bride is the daughter of Uourt-
nej Kennedy Scoville, one of the
richest bankers of Kansas. In addi
tion to the magnificent wedding
j gown, Mrs. DeMumm has a trous
seau said to have cost $25,000. Her
bridal outfit consists of 100 gowns.
The marriage to-day is the culmi
nation of a romance which began in
1910 when DeMumm visited Ameri
ca and took part In the international
balloon race at St. Louis, which ended
for DeMumm in the Canadian wilds.
The bridegroom Is a member of the
famous w ine family. In December of
last year he was shot twice and se
verely wounded in a room in Paris
by Mrs. Marie VanRensimer Barnes,
a divorced American woman. The
shooting was the outcome of De-
Mumm's announcement that he was
going to terminate his relations with
her.
Explorers Stranded
Off Georgia Coast
PH I LA DEI. PH I A. June 2—Tim
University of Pennsylvania expedi
tion to South America, which left
here two months ago on a trip which
was to last two years, has become
stranded off the coast of Georgia and
the yacht Pennsylvania, which was
outfitted at a cost $110,000, has been
abandoned.
It is tied up at Brunswick.
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Mother Stanislaus
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There’s Only One Way
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to it—let it grow into a habit.
A good way to start is to make a deposit and
add to it a certain specified sum every week.
Begin by selecting a STRONG institution
that pays 4 PER CENT COMPOUNDED
SEMI-ANNUALLY like the
Trust Company of Georgia
Capital and Surplus $1,800,000
Equitable Bldg. Pryor Street