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2 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, 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. Miss Hall testified that she left the build ing about 11:45 Saturday forenoon. Conley described her a* 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 said, was not threatened In any way. He was not approached by friends of Leo Frank and no one was permitted to see Conley whom the negro did not wiah to see. "There la not a bit of truth In the statements that have been made to the effect that Frank's friends were allowed to get to Conley and make attempt* to frighten him into a con fession." said the Sheriff. "It was re 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 Aliks. "Frank Is no morre 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 1 have done, and this I shall continue to do. Conley was treated exactly as Frank has been, or as ajiyone else awaiting trial or the action of the Omnd Jury. "If anyone came to see 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 lam seeking the Jewish support and the Jewish vote or any other class or -ace or national ity, as against another, is most ahsurd upon the face of it. “I have nothing to say against Chief 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 ot another before the twelve men the law prescribes have had a chance to pass on the prisoner’s guilt or innocence. Conley made a personal request of Chief cf Detectives Lanford Monday morning to be taken to confront the factory superintendent. "I think I could make him tell everything if I could Just go there to his cell nnd tell my story again,” said the negro Conley repeatedly urged upon Chief Lanford that he be allowed to face Frank. He declared he thought 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 malting 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 haa given 1t up. Conley Not To Be Indioted Now. "If Rosser is confident that Frank is Innocent, he may think it will help his client’* caae to give him a chance 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. Conloy, he said, would not be indicted as an accessors’ after the fact at the present time, but more likely would be indicted after Frank’s fate was determined in one wav or another. In the meantime he will be held as a material w itness like Newt Lee, the negro night w’atchraan at the factory. The Georgian-American Pony Contest VOTE COUPON Hearst's Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian PONY CONTEST VOTE COUPON. MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1913 5 VOTES NOT GOOD AFTER JUNE 17, 1913. Vote for Address CARRIERS’ AND AGENTS’BALLOT. Hearst’s Sunday Americarwmd Atlanta Georgian Pony Contest Vote Coupon, Monday, June 2, 1913. e 1/flTrC not good after 9 VUIC.9 JUNE 17, 1913. j Vote for ' v v v\j iV/X ••••••••••• * • •• •• ••••••••••• | Address SCHOOL BOYS' AND GIRLS’ BALLOT. POETUMTE, DUD IT J8 Succeeded Tennyson as Official National Bard—He Penned Much Worthy Verse. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, 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 on May 30, just two days before his death. He wap named poet laureate in 1896 by Mr. Gladstone, in preference | to many admittedly abler poets, whose claims to this honorable position were, for one reason or another, set 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 he 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. Austin’s better known productions in verse are "The Sea son," a satire (1861); "Savonarola." a tragedy (1881); English Lyrics (1890). "The Conversion of Wineklemr.nn" (1897). Song* of England (1900) .Lid "A Tale of True Love” (1892). Tiie latter work was dedicated to Presi dent Roosevelt. Although severely lambasted by the critics of the period in which he worked, particularly after ho became poet laureate, Mr. Austin produced much work well worth while. As a critic he was original and interesting, if not spectacular While he was not possessed apparently of a very active Imagination, he w’rote. nevertheless, some very graceful and acceptable verse. Attaoked Lord Tennyson. Much of the always evident hostil ity of Austin in England unquestion ably arose from a production of his pen in 1870. wherein, under the title of "The Poetry of the Period," he se verely attacked Tennyson, whom later he was to succeed as poet laureate, and Browning, both then immensely popular. Mr, Austin appeared to fall short of his greatest opportunities as pod laureate, and his best work was pro duced upon relatively unimportant oc casions and topics. His poem on the accession of Edw’ard VII generally Is rated moMt commonplace, as was his 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 beeame poet laureate at a time when every one thought that this honor was about to go to Rud- yard Kipling SOUTH; 3 FOR Just Say ZuZu 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 W' Few Chairmanships Given North and East—Hardwick, Adamson and Hughes Win. WASHINGTON, June 2.—The Dem- ocratlc leaders of the House made their long-awaited distribution of committee "plums” and "lemons" to day. The great bulk of the chairman ships went to Southern Congressmen, the Northerners and Westerners 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 Means Committee. 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: Thre® Georgians Land. Appropriations, Fitzgerald, New York; Judiciary. Clayton. Alabama; Banking and Currency, Glass, Vir ginia; Coinage. Hardwick, Georgia; Interstate Commerce. Adamson. Geor gia Rivers and Harbors. Sparkman, Florida; Merchant Marine. Alexan der, Missouri; Agriculture. Lever, South Carolina; Foreign Affairs, Flood, Virginia; Military, Hay. Vir ginia; Naval, Padgett. Tennessee; Postofflce, Moon, Tennessee; Public Lands, Ferris, 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; Pateots, Oldfield, Arkansas; Invalid Pensions. Sherwood, frhio; Pensions, Richardson, Alabama. Claims. Pou, North Carolina; War Claims, Gregg. Texas. Two From Now York. District of Columbia. Johnson, Ken tucky; Revision of Lawr. Watkins. Jjouislana; Reform in Civil Service. Godwin. North Carolina; Election of President. Rucker, Missouri. Alcohol ic Liquor Traffic. Sabath. Illinois; Ir rigation of Arid Lands, Smith Texas; Immigration, Burnett. Alabama; Cen sus. Helm, Kentucky; Roads, Shackle ford Missouri; Industrial Arts, Un derhill. New York. Other minor chairmanships were asHgned to the following members: Post of Ohio. Hamill of New Jer sey, Goldfogle of Naw York. Hawley of Missouri, Lobeck of Nebraska, Adair of Indiana. Hardy of Texas, Pepper of Iowa, Graham of Illinois. Broussard of Louisiana. Doughtpn of North Carolina, Rotherme! of Penn sylvania. Mayer of New York. Konop of Wisconsin, Slayden of Texas. Barn hart of Indiana and Ashbrook of Ohio. 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 eubmission to Congress at an early date, was announced at the Demo cratic 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: Glass, Virginia chairman; Korblv of Indiana. Brown of West Virginia. Bulkley of Ohio, Neeley of Kansas Patten 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 acute Leaders of various trade* unions are denouncing the Govern ment for not passing a minimum wage bill affecting all industries, and a national walk-out may be the outcome. Betw-een 30,000 and 10,000 workmen are Idle. On Wednesday representa tives of shipyard workers will meet and a strike may be ordered. W. J. Nolan, of Paris, Tenn., is the guest of his daughter, Mrs. H. T. Brooks, 274 Whitehall Street. Mr. Nolan Is a stone and marble dealer and ha* been inspecting the Georgia quarries. FOUND GUILTY 'T 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 letter*, 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 I 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 score I am satisfied. There was never any intention on my part to attack the judiciary. I was aiming exclusively at Judge Speer. But if another court, which I consider an .absolutely fair and impartial tribunal, holds that I am guilty, then that settles it, and I have no protest to make. I shall take whatever punishment is meted out to me without a 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. To-day Grace’s Last Chance to File Reply PHILADELPHIA, June 2.—This wa* the last day upon which Eugene H. Grace, of Atlanta, Ga., could an swer to the suit for divorce filed here by hla wife, Daisy Ulrich Ople Grace, who allege* cruel and barbarous treatment. Mrs. Grace wa* acquitted in Atlanta la»t gummer on a charge of having shot her husband. Whether Grace does or does not make answer to the suit to-day, a master will be appointed to take tes timony Grace, supposed to be at his mother’s home, in Newnan, Ga., has filed a counter ault for divorce in the Georgia courts. Miss Alice Ormond Weds in Paris ASK FRANCHISE TO Bride of* Theatrical Producer DOUBLE TRUCK IVY Beavers to Talk Over the Felder Row With Dorsey Dictograph conversations and al leged bribery charges will be dis cussed by Chief of Police Beavers and Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey at a conference to be held to-day. Chief Beavers is ready to have ev ery one who had anything to do with the graft charges called before the Grand Jury, and if conspiracy can be proven it is very probable there will be indictments. However, it is all up to Solicitor General Dorsey Just what will be done. It is thought that, owing to the present state of the Phagan case, the dictographers will not be subpenaed for some time. Governor Pays Visit To Franklin County Governor Brown will leave for Carnesvllle, Franklin County. Monday afternoon to pay a social visit which he promised his supporters there to make before the expiration of his term. The Governor will spend Tues day in Carnesvllle 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 the county proved Hoke Smith’s banner one, but in the la«»t race it swung into the Joe Brown column by a heavy vote, giving a majority over both Russell and Pope Brown, and, ac cording Joe Brown practically the same vote it had given his father 51 years before. Americans Study Egypt's Progress Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ROME, June 2.—One group of the American Commission on Agricultu ral Co-operation which has been in this city investigating systems of ag ricultural credit and co-operative pro duction and marketing, headed by 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 ton crop. The Egyptian bale of cotton has been accepted as the world’s standard, and it is a well-known fact that American cotton growers are losing large .°ums of money 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 lost to the farmers through poor selling methods, and lack of financial Two Widows Killed As They Go to Mourn CHICAGO, June 2.—For several hours yesterday two asred widows wept at the graves of departed loved ones in a Chicago cemetery As they left the cemetery Mrs Marie Blau- rock. aged 68 years, whispered to Mrs. Johanna Shalk. aged 76: "It can't he much longer." To-day the bodies of the two wom en were removed to their homes. The automobile in which they were riding home wgs hit by- a street car. Atlanta Girl Won Fame asWriter Dying from Poison In Drink of Whisky ABBEVILLE, OA, June 2—Post master L. P. Wimberly, of this place, has been at the point of death since yesterday afternoon from the effects of a drink of supposedly poisoned whisky, mysteriously placed in the postoffice Saturday night. He is not expected to recover. Wimberly McLeod was also poison ed by the whisky, but has recovered. No explanation of the mystery has been found. 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. Laughlln, secretary of the United States Embassy, to-day attended King George’s derby levee at Buck ingham Palace. , Traction Officials Would Relievo 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 trolley service to Edge- wood Avenue and thence Into Mariet ta and Broad, a* at present. Officials of the company said Mon day morning this change was pro posed in order to mew the many new improvements In progress In Edge- wood Avenue and also to relieve tha congestion of traffic on Peachtree Street where 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 Audi 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 car* direct from the North Side to the Audito rium-Armory without transferring passengers. Tracks will be extended s Council will permit. $5,000 JEWEL ROBBERY. NEW YORK, Jnne 2.—Fmxr men entered a Jeweler’s sjiop on the lower East Side to-day. bound and gagged the proprietor, collected $5,000 worth of diamonds, watches and bracelets and escaped. Eats 10 Pounds of Eels in Hour on Bet NEW YORK, June 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. Mrs. James Campbell, formerly Miss Alice Ormond, of AManta. Wine Merchant’s Romance Began When He Was in America as Racing Aeronaut. LONDON, 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. The bride is the daughter of Court ney Kennedy Scoville, one of the richest bankers of Kansas. In addi tion to the magnificent ‘wedding 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 wine 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. $115,000,000 Sugar Trust Profit Denied Will Spend Her Honeymoon in South Africa, the Wife of James Campbell. . Announcement of the marriage of Miss Alice Ormond, society favorite of Atlanta and a writer of note, to James Campbell, of Paris, France, on May 22 has come as a great surprise to Atlanta friends of the young bride. Equally as interesting are the plans of the couple for a honeymoon in South Africa and other remote trav els. The marriage has been made known by the bride’s mother. Mrs. Florence Root Ormond, who, with her daugh ter. has been spending the last three months in Paris. Mr. Campbell is an American who has lived the past two years in Paris. He is connected there with Archie Selwyn, who owns the production rights to "The Blue Bird” and "With in the Law." While at present the young couple are in London, they will leave shortly WASHINGTON. June 2.—Asserting that the American people have been fooled respecting the sugar tariff, and that the Democratic party will be playing into the hands of the Sugar Trust If it passes free sugar. Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana, made a set speech which was regarded as an in direct defense of the sugar lobby which President Wilson attacked last week. He asserted that the people really care nothing about the duty on sugar, as it is now the cheapest of food-, stuffs. Senator Ransdell asserted that the Sugar Trust can not pocket more j than $15,000 a year through the pres ent duty, although the advocates of free sugar, declare that the trust robs * the people of $115,000,000 annually. Mother Stanislaus Tells of Recovery Any person who may d*ubt the merit* of , Eckman’s Alterative, a remedy for the Throat ] and Lungs, which has brought about many complete recoveries, should investigate the case J of Mother Stanislaus of St. Anne’s Convent. < Sanford, Fla. She write*; Convent of St. Anne, 800 Oak Ave., Sanford, Fla. ’’Gentlemen: In February, 1911, four doc- i tors examined my throat and pronounced the J necessity of an operaUon. Having heard at < Peekskill. 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Pa., for booklet telling of recoveries and addi tional evidence. for South Africa, where Mr. Camp bell will present the Maeterlinck pro duction. A cordial interest will center in this marriage, the bride having lived in Atlanta until a few years ago, when, with her mother, she went to New York to devote her time to literary work, in which, through her maga zine writings, she has made a name for herself. She is a .sister of Mrs. Hinton Hop- kinr; and of Sidney Ormond, of At lanta. Headquarters for Wedding Gifts WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. You will probably require one or more wedding gifts for the June bride. We offer you the greatest variety of suitable gifts to be found in the South. The val ues cannot be excelled any where. The recipients will be doubly pleased if your gifts come from us, for they will know you wanted them to have the best. See our three window dis plays. 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