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FELDER PROMISES NEW SENSATION EXTRA The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—-GEORGIAN WANT ADS—-Use for Results South Georgia VOL. XI. NO. 259. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1913. Copyright, 1906, i> r*T?XT r TC By Tn« Georgian Co. ~ J. ft PAY NO MORK Defense Prepares to Show Glar ing Discrepancies in Affidavit of James Conley. ■'Developments of a startling nature may be expected from day to day in the Phagan case,” said Chief of De tectives Lanford Tuesday morning. "They may be expected right up to the date that the trial of Leo Frank begins. "That we feel we practically have a conclusive case against the factory superintendent does not mean that we are rating in our labors to the slight est extent. We are a little more at rest in our minds, that Is all. "The detectives are working con stantly on new clews that present themselves and are investigating every story that is heard, whether‘it is told by a witness favorable to Frank or against him. We wish to go into court prepared to establish our case ' against Frank so that not a doubt of his guilt will be possible. That is, of course, if it still appears at that time as certain to us that he is the guilty man as it does now. With the continued activity of the detectives, it has become noticeable in 'the last few days that the defense is at work on its case. Both sides are preparing for a titanic battle when Frank is put on trial for his life the third week in this month. Frank’s cook is still held at police headquar ters. To Cite Time Differences. Differences in the time given by Jim Conley in his affidavit and the testi mony of Coroner’s jury witnesses will be pointed out in the defense of Leo M. Frank against the charge of'killing little Mary Phagan, it was revealed Tuesday. They will be used as indi cations of the superintendent's inno cence because of their many seeming deviations from fact. One of the most glaring was the negro’s declaration that while he was in Frank’s office to write the notes Miss Corinthia Hall and Mrs. Emma Clark entered. Conley said that this was 1 o’clock or a few minutes after. But Miss Hall had left the building more than an hour before, according to her own testimony before the Cor oner’? jury. ’’What time was it when you left the factory?” Coroner Donehoo asked Miss Hall when she was on the stand at the inquest. "A quarter to twelve,” she replied. "I looked at the clock when I came down.” The negro said that he looked at the clock when he went in the office and ' that it was just four minutes of I o’clock. He had been in there a few minutes, he asserted, when the voices of Miss Hall and Mrs. Clark were heard. Another statement which will be re futed is Conley’s declaration that he 1 assisted in taking the body from the second floor down to the basement on the elevator. To Testify Elevator Didn’t Run. Two witnesses will be called to prove that the elevator did not run that day at the time the body is said to have been disposed of. These two witnesses are Harry Denham and Arthur White. They were on the fourth floor from early in the forenoon until after 3 o’clock in the afternoon. If the elevator had been run they say they would have known It. The experiment of running the elevator has been tried since the murder. It is said that it can not be run without the persons on the fourth floor being aware of it. The theory that will be presented by the defense is that Mary Phagan was the victim of drink-crazed Conley. From his hiding place near the stairs he saw her descending from the sec ond floor. She was alone. He quick ly stunned her with a blow over the head, the defense will suggest, and toppled her down the elevator shaft, taking her purse and later disposing of her body. The alabis which the defense will Seek to establish are, of course, the weapons on which reliance will be * placed to complete the riddling of Conley’s testimony and affidavits. Frank had arrived home in the after noon at the time Conley says the su perintendent was dictating notes In his office, according to five witnesses the defense will be able to call. U. S. Biggest Market Place for Canada WASHINGTON, June 3.—Accord ing to a report made public to-day by the Department of Commerce, the United States ranks second as a cus tomer for Canadian products and first as a supplier of Canadian needs. Canada buys more from the United States than from all other nations combined. We also would take the bulk of the exports except that Cana da has little to sell that is not pro duced also in our own country. The larger takings of Canadian wheat constitute the principal factor that makts England loom larger in the export trade. Pushes Bet Winner 30 Miles in Barrow SPOKANE, WASH., June 3.—Roy McCampbell, of Okanogan, Wash., es corted by a drum corps, made a thir ty-mile hike from Okanogan to To- riasket, trundling a gorgeously trim med and canopied wheelbarrow in which sat George Hopkins, the man who won the bet as to the probable date of entrance into, Okanogan of the New Croville-Wenatchee branch of the Great Northern Railway. If the line had reached Okanogan by April 10 Hopkins would have been the motive power, with McCampbell his passenger. Translates Bible Into New Spelling CLEVELAND, MINN., June 3.— Judson Jones, of Cleveland, has com pleted a translation of the Bible, ac- cqrding to a system of phVmetic spell ing. which he devised himself. Most of the manuscript is being kept in a safe deposit vault, while the four books of the Gospels and the book of Acts are being put into type. Mr. Jones began his work twenty- one years ago, when he was sixty years old, and he has devoted most of his time since to the translation. Militants Set Fire To Boats and House Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, June 3.—Militant suffra gettes set fire to the Long Bridge Boat Club house early today, destroy ing the house and about 50 boats. Most of the boats were of special de sign. The damage is estimated at about $5,000. Mrs. Flora (“General”) Drummond, the famous militant leader, and lieu tenant of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, who was operated on yesterday for an illness induced by a hunger strike, was reported improved to-day. Impure Water Said To Cause Pellagra ROME, June 3.—Drs. Scala and Alessandrini announce that they have discovered that pellagra is a ‘‘chronic infection due to silex found as a col loidal solution in certain drinking waters.'’ Their theory explains the peculiar topographical distribution of the disease, which is limited to the foreland of mountain ranges, more particularly valleys. The Medical Academy of Rome has accepted the theory and will shortly apply preventive method. Edna Goodrich Will Star in ‘Evangeline’ LONDON, June 2.—Miss Edna Goodrich intends to star next season in a version of Longfellow’s “Evan geline,” dramatized by Tom Broad- hurst, which Arthur Hopkins will pro duce in New York. Miss Goodrich will visit Normandy and Nova Scotia to get local color. Sewell Collins has arranged with the Hippodrome to produce a sketch on the suffragette question a fortnight from now. Says No Meat Diet Weakens Will Power PARIS. June 3.—A vigorous attack on vegetarianism nag just been made by Prof. Gautier in a Sorbonne lect ure on the value of various food stuffs. "Vegetarianism." he declared, re duces the energy, weakens the will power, and lessens the capacity for prompt decision.” Wine' Prof. Gautier considered to be a good instead of a harmful drink. Stevens Suspects Cower in Cell in Fear of Lynching—Con fession Expected. With Walter Wilkes and Ernest Maynard, negroes under suspicion In the Stevens murder, cowering in their cells in the DeKalb County Jail, with guards posted to prevent a repetition of Monday's attempted lynching by neighbors of the Stevens family, de tectives on Tuesday began trying to break down the alibis put forward by the negros to account for themselves on the night of the murder. Both Wilkes and Maynard were still badly frightened Tuesday morning, and rumors are being circulated that the farmers of DeKalb County, balked of their prey Monday afternoon by the revolvers of Detective Chief Lanford, Sheriff McCurdy and Detective Ros ser, are planning to come en masse to the Decatur prison and make an other attempt to lynch the negroes. Though none of the officials will ad mit it, it is generally understood that these rumors are being allowed to reach the ears of the prisoners, in the hope that they will break liowp un der the strain and confess tfiat tfiey murdered Mrs. Stevens and her daughter and burned their home. The negros pace their cells like wild ani mals, and at every new face that peers at them through the bars they shrink back into a corner, with terror writ ten on their faces Pair Plead for Protection. They plead continually with the guards to protect them from the ven geance of the DeKalb County neigh bors of the Stevens family, who, firm ly convinced that the negroes commit ted the murder, haye made one effort to .take the law into their own hands, and who, it is feared, will make an other. Under the strain of their fright the negroes are gradually weakening, and o’fficers are confident that within 24 hours one of them will break down and tell the truth. The atempted lynching of two ne- goes Monday on the scene of the crime was one of the most dramatic incidents in the history of DeKalb County. With the negroes tied to a tree In full view of the ruins of the homes where the murdered woman and her daughter- were found, the fanners took advantage of their op portunity when Sheriff McCurdy and Detective Rosser stepped behind the old barn to continue their search for clew's. Hardly had the officers gotten out of sight than mutterings of venge ance began to be heard. One of the farmers secured a large hemp rope and formed a noose. The determined farmers pressed closer and fitted the noose around the necks of the trem bling blacks. Chief Prevents Lynching. As the word was given to raise the negroes from the ground, Chief Lan ford leaped from the automobile in which he had raced from Atlanta, fearing trouble. With drawn revolver he rushed at the crowd and grasped the rope that had already begun to draw the nggroes from the ground. Backing up against the negroes, with one arm thrown protestlngly across their bodies, Chief Lanford held the mob off. For a noment it appeared that the farmers were going to rush the de termined officer and attempt to cap ture the negroes. Before a leader came forward, however, Detective Rosser and Sheriff McCurdy rushed from behind the barn and with drawn revolvers took their places beside Chief Lanford. One of the dramatic Incidents of the attempted lynching came when Wade Stevens, son of the murdered woman, took his place beside the offi cers, and, armed with a big rock, made a plea for the enforcement of the law. "Don't lynch them!" the boy cried. “I believe they're guilty as well as you do, but let the law deal with them. These men (with a wave of the hand to McCurdy and Rosser) will get evi- denc% enough to convict htiui" Noted Franciscan to Preach at Novena The public novena in honor of 8t. Anthony will open Wednesday in St. Anthony’s Church, West End, under the direction of Father Flavian Lar- hee, of Cincinnati, a distinguished Franciscan. Father Flavian will preach twice a day during the novena, which con tinues for two weeks. His first ser mon will be at 8 o’clock Wednesday morning, to be followed by another at 8 o’clock that evening. These hours will be followed throughout the no vena. Father Flavian ' is the guest of Father Jackson, of the parish. Wife, Forced to Sell Jewels, Asks Divorce Forced by want, she alleges, to sell her engagement ring, Mrs. Aggie Dean Rader Monday entered suit against Frank N. Rader for absolute divorce and custody of their 2-year- old boy, Dean Rader. She charges non-support. In her petition Mrs. Rader declared her husband had drank and gam bled his money away. Rader is a civil engineer. They were married August 31, 1910. The suit was filed by Attorneys H. B. Troutman and H. L. Graves. Rebels Lack ‘Nerve’ For Aerial Attack DOUGLAS, ARZ„ June 3.—The plan of the Sonora rebels to drop bombs from an aeroplane upon the Mexican Federals intrenched in and around Guayamas has been abandoned. It was found that the aeroplane, which is an antiquated machine, ha* not enough plane surface to riee be yond the danger zone of 3,500 feet. In addition, no Mexican has been found with sufficient courage to as- cend in the aircraft. Presbyterians Write Praise of Atlanta The executive committee of the Presbyterian Assemblies, of which J. K. Orr is chairman, has finished up Its work and formally disbanded. The committee received letters from all parts of the country from Assem bly delegates, loud in their praise of Atlanta. After paying the expenses incurred by the General Assemblies, the com mittee found a good balance in the treasury. Laughs Himself Sick At Vaudeville Joke MILWAUKEE, WIS., June 3.—A veteran vaudeville joke heard for the first time by Julius Jeswein, aged 34, made him to laugh so loud and so long that the show was Interrupted until he was helped out to the side walk. He continued laughing until at the end of sixteen hours he became so weak he lost consciousness. Physi cians to-day fear the violent laughter will cause his death. Macon Again Ready For Capital Fight MACON, GA., June 3.—The capital removal campaign will be renewed shortly by the people of Macon, under the auspices of the Chamber of Com merce and the Mayor and Council. Both will this week appropriate $500 to defray the expenses of a lobby In the Legislature. Colonel C. R. Pen dleton, editor of The Telegraph, is chairman. The lobby will seek to have the question submitted to voters of the State.^ Turks Give to Allies 60,000 Square Miles Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 3.—Tur key has begun the evacuation of the 60,000 square miles of territory In Eu rope which she lost to the Balkan al lies. A dozen transports left Rodesto, on the Sea of Marmora, to-day, bear ing Turkish troops into Asiatic ports. Rodesto is at the western end of the little strip of land Turkey has been allowed to retain in Europe. Strike Paralyzes Spain. CORUNNA, SPAIN, June 3.—Mari time traffic is completely stagnated here oxving to the general strike. Freight handlers and other dock work ers have placed pickets about the wharves and refuse to allow' strike breakers to go to work. S HERIFF M CURDY, of DeKalb County, who, with Chief of Detectives Lanford, led the demonstration against a mob which saved the lives of the two suspects in the Stevens eMe. Methodists Conduct Mission Pilgrimage A ’’pilgrimage’' to various countries where the women of the Methodist Episcopal Church South support mis sions will be conducted by the Wom an's Missionary Society of the Kp- worth Church Tuesday. The ’’pilgrims” will visit 15 Mell Avenue, the exhibit there represent ing the negro and mountain mis sions, immigrant missions at 3 Mell Avenue; Indian work, 14 Mell Ave nue; Brazilian missions, in South Mason Avenue; Mexican missions, in North Mason Avenue, and Jap anese and the Corean missions. A drama, “Our Thank Offering.” will be presented at the Corean sta tion; also a pageant of little children. At 5 o’clock pilgrims will be served tea at th- China station. At 7 o'clock the Cuban station will be visited. Hotel Men Seeking 1914 Bankers’ Meet A campaign to secure the 1914 dton- vention of the American Bankers’ As sociation for Atlanta wa? Inaugurated at the monthly meeting of the Atlanta Hotel Men's Association Monday night at the Georgian Terrace. Present were a number of banker* who will attend the bankers’ conven tion in Boston In October. A guar antee of 2,000 rooms, necessary should the 1914 convention come to the Gate City, was declared an easy arrange ment by the hotel men, and a com mittee was appointed to find these ac commodations. Serious Floods in Spain. PAMPLONA, SPAIN, June 8.— Heavy destruction is being done by floods throughout the province of Na varre. At Elizondo four persons were drowped and death.- from drowning or exposure were reported to-day from other districts. Attorney Ready to Go Before Grand Jury, but Has Not Been Called; Hutcheson Summoned in the Air ing of the Dictograph Controversy. Colonel Thomas B. Felder appeared before the Grand Jury Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock, prepared, he said, to substantiate every charge he had made against the police department and its heads, and promising to open the eyes of the city to a condition of affairs that was startling in the extreme. “I have not been served with a subpena to go before the Grand Jury,” Colonel Felder said, ‘‘but Mr. Hutcheson has been, and I will be there in ease I am called upon. The people of At lanta have no idea how far-reaching this thing will be. 1 will show the conditions as they are, and the men higher up will not escape. If the grand jury takes up this thing fully it will be the most sensational probe that has ever been made into affairs in Atlanta.” The announcement that the Grand Jury would take up the Felder-Beavers-Lanford dicto graph controversy with the at tending charges of corruption and bribery was made late Mon day afternoon when Foreman L. H. Beck had the assistant solicitor general serve a number of subpenas to those concerned. Mayor Woodward. Chief of Police Beavers, Chief Lanford, Charlie Jones, proprietor of the Rex saloon; Carl Hutcheson, City Detective John Black and Mrs. Mina Fomby were the per sons summoned. Mrs. Fomby in City. The fact that Mrs. Fomby, a wit ness in the Phagan case, has been : summoned, gave the meeting an air of mystery It was stated on reliable Information, however, that her testi- money wouiu have nothing to do with the Phagan case. It is understood that her name was one on the list that was to be furnished the police department by Car! Hutcheson, in which the attorney alleged she was receiving police protection. It was also said that the woman was not out of the city, as hinted a few days ago, but had merely changed her ad dress and given the new location to the Solicitor. Whether the Jury would take up charges of Chief Beavers and Chief Lanford that Attorney Felder offered a bribe of J1.000 to Lanford’s steno grapher Febuary, or the counter charges on the part of Colonel Fel der and Attorney Hutcheson, would not be discussed by the foreman. Chief Beavers. Chief Lanford and G. C. Febuary, Lanford’s secretary, were served Tuesday morning., Feb- uary's subpena demanded that he bring the dictograph and documentary evidence he had taken in the affair. A. S. Colyar, Jr., had not been served, but Deputy Plennte Minor stated he would locate him during the morning. Before going Into the Grand Jury room Chief Beavers made the follow ing statement: "I want the truth of this whole af fair to be known. If there is rotten ness In the department I certainly want to find out about it and get it out. 1 want the Jury to hew close to the line and let the chips fall where they may.” Can’t Locate Gentry. The dictograph stenographer, George Gentry, could not be located and it was reported he had left the city. Colonel Felder said he knew of the young man’s movements, however, and there was some probability of his being brought Into the case in a new capacity. Foreman Beck would not discuss the Grand Jury meeting at all. He denied on several occasions that it was his intention to take up the mat ter until it was presented by the So licitor. The Solicitor, however, knew absolutely nothing of the nature of the meeting until Informed by his as sistant late Monday afternoon. He said then that he did not know posi tively the Grand Jury would take the matter up, but intimated if It did it would conduct ItB own inve^gation until such a time as it called upon him for advice. It is not probable the jury will be enabled to examine all the witnesses or the testimony In the case Tues day, and It Is likely several days will be taken before some decision can be arrived at. Attorney Hutcheson and Colonel Felder have the names of several wit nesses that they probably will ask the Grand Jury to summon before the investigation is concluded. Mercer Frats Get New Lease on Life MACON, GA„ June 3.—Trustees of Mercer University have Indefinitely ''tabled" a resolution to abolish Greek letter fraternities at the school. The proposal to eliminate fraterni ties at Mercer brought a number of prominent fraternity men from alt parts of the State here, but none were permitted to appear before the board. Although he is a member of the S. A. E. fraternity, Dr. Jameson Is lead ing the movement to do away with chapters. Train Plunges Into Stream; 3 Injured MACON, GA., June 3.—The engine and ten cars of a west-bound freight on the Central of Georgia railroad plunged through a ubmed trestle 20 feet into Beaver Creek last night. Engineer Oliver D, Touchstone, of Macon, Is near death and Reese Lump kin, fireman, and Marcellus Culbert, brakeman, both negroes, are seriously Injured. Heeter Guilty, Says Citizens' Committee PITTSBURG, June 3.—The citizens’ committee appointed by the School Board found that Superintendent H. L. Heeter, of the Pittsburg: schools, was guilty of making improper ad vances to three women. The committee made no recommen dations. Fix Balkan War Claims. __ PARIS, June 3.—M. Pichon, French Foreign Minister, was to-day chosen chairman of the international com mission which will settle financial is sues arising from the Balkan war. The sessions of the commission will open here to-morrow with M. Pichon pre siding. Small English Birth Rate. LONDON, June 3.—The official re turns show 216,330 births in England and Wales in the three months ended March 31. This corresponds to a rate of 23.8 annually per 1,000 of popula tion, the lowest rate recorded for any first quarter of the year since the es tablishment of civil registration. Marlborough on Journalism. LONDON, June 3.—The Duke of Marlborough attended the annual din ner of the Printers Pension Corpora tion. “Journalism and literature,” he said in the course of a speech, “mun march haqd in hand. Literaturo^tf| row s frjin journalism vivfch^ ^HJff vigor, while journalism lookA, erature for direction of its ideas.” *