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t GRAND JURY VICE ALWAYS FIRST <Jf> The SUNDAY AMERICAN Order It NOW • Both Phone* Mein 8000 The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WAhT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. XO. 259. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1913. BITTER FIGHT Oefense 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 resting 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 <Jae 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 w’hen Frank is put on trial for his life the third week in thus 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 w’hile he w&s 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’s jury. “What time was it when you left the factory?” Coroner Donehoo asked Mies 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 w’ent 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 Conwy’s declaration that he 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 door from early in the forenoon until after 3 o’clock in the afternoon. If the elevator had been run they say they would have knowm 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-crazea 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 alibis which the defense will seek to establish are. of course, the weapons on which reliance will be Continued on Page 2, Column 8. Bryan Lands Good Job for Publisher Of the Commoner Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, June 3.—Militant suffra gettes set Are 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. Other militants fired a building at Eaton College, doing $15,000 damage. Woman Sees Her 2 Grandsons Drown ORLANDO, FLA., June 3.—Frank Pounds, $Jr., and Fred Wilmott, Jr., and 6 years of age. were drowned in Lake Lucerne here yesterday while the grandmother of the Wilmott child looked on in horror. The boys were playing in a boat which floated out into the lake where the water is ten feet deep. Thinking It shallow, both jumped out of the boat. The bodies were soon recov ered, but efforts to resuscitate them were unavailing. Impure Water Said To Cause Pellagra Special Cable to The American. 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. WASHINGTON, June 3.—President Wilson, after a conference with Sec retary of War Garrison, to-day de cided to appoint Richard L. Metcalf, of Nebraska, editor of William J. Bryan’s paper, The Commoner, to be Civil Governor of the Panama Ca nal Zone. Metcalf will succeed Maurice H. Thatcher, of Kentucky. It if expected the nomination will go to the Senate within a short time. IS. GRACE REJOIGESAS Militants Set Fire To Boats and House EIS ED Mother Sentences Her Wayward Son CHICAGO, June 3.—A mother was called upon to pass sentence upon her 13-year-old son in the Juvenile Court yesterday after the boy had been found guilty of snatching a pocket- book from a woman on the street. Judge Pinckney asked Mrs. Anna Burek, who had heard the testimony against her son, Joseph, to determine his punishment. “You must earn the money to pay for w hat you stole,” said the mother. “You must promise to be In bed every night by 9 o’clock, or I’ll ask the ludge to send you away until >our hair grows gray,” was her ruling. Mercer Frats Get New Lease on Life Copyright. 1906. By Th* Georgian Co. 2 CENTS ^3^° EVENING EDITION “Wofnan With Money Mark for Designing Men,” She Says. “I’ve Learned a Lesson.” PHILADELPHIA. June 3—Tlieap- pointment of a master to. take testi mony in the case of Mrs. H)aisy Opie Grace, who, in Septemb^rof last year, filed suit for divorce from her hus band, Eugene Grace, will be asked for by Mrs. Grace’s counsel some time this week. Grace failed to reply to notice of the action and a verdict for the plain tiff virtually is assured. If Grace fails to appear at the hear ing before a master Mrs. Grace will be called to the stand, her libel in divorce read, and, after she has been sworn, 4 the decree likely will be awarded her by default. Personal service was not obtainable, because the respondent failed to come within the jurisdiction of the county courts here, and, under the law, it was necessary to advertise the suit by legal notices in the newspapers. Take Testimony Next. This advertising was made return able yesterday, and the next move will be for the courts to appoint a lawyer to take testimony on the charges of cruel and barbarous treat ment, on which the woman, who fig ured in one of the most sensational ;rials in recent years, bases her suit. Mrs. Grace said to-day: "I do hope to be free from that man forever. The world has never known what I had to endure from him, and now that I 9hall have the opportunity to tell what he did to me, I know that opinion will change. It is true that sentiment was all against me. because of the ptfh that I was assumed to have taken in the shoot ing. Won’t Wed Again, She Says. "I have had enough of men like him. Since my acquittal I have been more careful than ever of my associ ates. and I tell you that the costly lesson I hr. ° learned has taught me to bewt. i “When a woman has a little money, she is a mark for designing men, and the race is predisposed to that sort of thing. “Once 1 am free again, I tell you it will be a long tiVne before any man can court me.” Baby’s Body Found; Police Investigate Wrapped in an old skirt, the body of a six or seven months old baby was discovered in a gully at the Williams street rock quarry, near Third Street, by R. R. Wood, a driver for the city. Tuesday morning. It is believed to have been an in fanticide. Detectives are investi gating. Catch Tarpon and Pelican? We Know Darn Well We Can Atlantans are figuring conspicuous ly this year in fine tarpon Ashing off the west coast of Florida. The St. Petersburg Independent, in a current issue, tells how H. W. Brown, of At lanta. who was fishing off Pass-a- Grille with George Lizotte/- landed four big ones in one day. Mr. Lizotte, the genial Frenchman who makes two stone-crabs grow where only one grew before, is well known to Atlantans. The only thing more plentiful than tarpon this year on the west coast are pelican. Mr. Brown has sent to Atlanta a copy of a poem just composed by Lizotte, in which the latter thus epitomizes the noble fowl. The poem follows: “There’s a curious bird called the Pelican. Whose mouth holds more than his bell can. He stuffs into his beak Enough grub for a week. Though I don’t see how in helican.” Cattle and Wheat To Go on Free List WASHINGTON, June 3—The free list of the Underwood tariff bill wili be augmented by the addition of cat tle and wheat, according to a state ment of Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, after a conference with President Wilson to-day. Senator Simmons to-day said the chief executive had signified his will ingness to have the duty removed from both. It is not expected that President Wiison will sanction any further changes in the measure. Japs Will Continue Protests to Bryan Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. TOKIO, June 3.—In response to questions of members of the Diet, Baron Nobuaki Makuino, Japanese Foreign Minister, announced to-day that Japan could not institute legal proceedings against the California alien land bill until the end of Au gust. when the measure goes into effect. In the meantime diplomatic protests will continue to be made. Hellfire Only Myth, Say Bible Students HOT SPRINGS, ARK.. June 3.— Hell and hellfire are myths, in the opinion of members of the Interna tional Bible Students Association who are holding a convention here. Th *y ask ministers to discard the “offending words.” 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 all 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 j chapters. Presbyterians Write Praise of Atlanta The executive committee of the Presbyterian Assemblies, of which 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 ot Atlanta. After paving the expenses incurred by the General Assemblies, the com mittee found a good balance in the treasury. A dion ! This little “Want Ad” ap peared m Hearst’s Sunday American on Sunday: PLENTY' money to loan on city prop erty. Watt Kelly, Attorney, 400 Tem ple Court Building. 43-2-5 At 3 o’clock Monday afternoon 90 answers had been received. Yours will do the same. Results! Bathing at Piedmont All the Rage M J1 Vfl Attendance Records Are Smashed •J*»*j* Fair Swimmers Come in Shoals Clark Picks Oct, 1 as Adjournment Date WASHINGTON, June 3.—Speaker Clark’s prediction that Congress will be in session until October 1 is be lieved to forecast a long wrangle over currency reform and a record - break ing debate on the tariff in the Senate. While the Democratic caucus was adopting a resolution to limit the legislative program in the House, Speaker Clark observed that, with the work already cut out for it, Con gress “will be here until about Octo ber 1.” Congress has been in almost continuous session for five years. Miss Mattie Keisliny, one of the fair mermaids of Piedmont Park, and her human springboard -Messrs. McKinney (on the left) and Kelly. . 2,000 Daily, Present Mark, Ex pected To Be Increased to 3,000 This Month. Bathing at Piedmont Park has be come the rage. From the moment the life-saver gets on his job in the morning until the closing time at night the beauti ful pond is literally alive with bath ers. The daily average thus far hasbeea something above 2,000, but Superin tendent Dan Carey, of the Park Com mission, expects the number to go well above 3,000 before the end of June—and then some. Attendance Records Broken. Never, says Mr. Carey, has th • sport been so popular. For the early season—winter Is still far. far away —all records are smashed higher than a kite, and there Is some talk of keeping a lower level In the pond fair fear that an unexpected excess ip the number of bathers would nuik< 18 rise abovp the banks. Such things as aquatic records are I yet to be established and smashed for the season. Right now there are some likely contenders for each and every one of the swimming and div ing events, and they arc; not necessa rily of the stronger sex. Pond Is Making Good. But most important of all Is the fact the pond is making good. The water is just delightful and the most timid bather will dive in head first without the customary taking of tem perature with the big toe as a ther mometer. Women go to Piedmont Park in as large numbers as the men. In fact, says Mr. Carey, the women and girls hold the attendance records thus far, and. unless something entirely un foreseen happens, they will pome very near capturing the aquatic records when the meet is held later in the year. WHIPS HER HUSBAND. ANNISTON. ALA., June 3.—Mrs. J. L. Thomas, of this place, was fined $'• for hitting her husband with a bottle and throwing him to the floor. For talking back to the Recorder. Mrs. Thomas was fined $3 more. U Investigation of Reports That Disor derly Houses Again Are in Operation Begun—Foreman’s Move Surprise. Dictograph Row Not Taken Up. A broad and exhaustive probe into vice conditions in Atlanta was the unexpected turn taken by the Fulton County Grand Jury when it convened Tuesday morning supposedly to take up the Felder-Beavers-Lanford dictograph controversy with the attend ing charges of corruption and bribery of police offieials. Fore man Reck himself conducted the inquisition. Witnesses who gave testimony at the morning session were asked for evidence pertaining to the existence of vice only. That the Grand Jury will conduct a sweeping investigation of new red light districts which are reported to have sprung up, despite the persistent warfare against such resorts by Chief of Police Reavers, is almost certain. Mayor James G. Woodward, Colonel Thomas R. Felder and Carl Hutcheson, the lawyer who says he has a list of disorderly houses of holding forth by rea son of police protection, were the men called to testify in the . morning. | The Mayor was questioned closely I as to his knowledge of existing vice \ conditions. He Is said to have in- i mrmed the grand Jurors that his In formation was only hearsay. How- i ♦•ver, he gave out what he had heard ! in full. The Mayor also pointed out , to the jurymen possibilities for the I existence of such practices. The ex amination of Mr. Woodward contin ued for more than an hour. Colonel Felder wa* before the Grand • the p ne an( j j et t he chips fall where Jury for ten minutes. The attorney they may.” was not subpenaed to appear at the hearing, but presented himself volun tarily. He is said to have outlined Ms own position in reference to the brib ery charges and also the wholesale charges of corruption which have been made against the police. Felder Offers Evidence. In connection with the latter accu sations, Mr. Felder declared to the in vestigating body that he would sub mit documentary evidence showing the existence of vice in Atlanta to prove his previous assertions. It is believed that Carl Hutcheson, the young attorney in Felder’s office, Is counted upon to supply this evi dence. Mr. Hutcheson was called be fore the Grand ^Jury shortly before noon. While he did not carry in with him the list of resorts said to be oper ating now in this city, which he has compiled, he declared that if this doc ument were asked for by the jury men he would hand it over to them. That the Grand Jury was in pos session of sufficient information to indict the keepers and proprietors of at least 30 houses of disreputable character was the announcement made by Mr. Hutcheson when he emerged from the session chamber after he had been before the Jurors for more than an hour. Says He Furnished Proof. He said that he had furnished posi tive evidence that these resorts and houses of assignation existed and that the policemmen on the beats knew of their existence. “But did you give them positive information that Chief Beavers and Chief Lanford knew of their exist ence?’’ Ue was asked. “I told them enough so that they must draw the conclusion that Beav ers and Lanford could hardly help but know,” he replied. "The heads of departments always are responsible for the workings of the men under them.” 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 mony would 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 Carl 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. 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 Plennie 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. I want the jury to hew close to The dictograph stenographer, George Gentry, coukl 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 its own investigation 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. 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, has not enough plane surface to rise 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. Boy, 14, Begins Life Term for Slaying GENEVA, ILL., June 3.—Henry Koppage, aged 14, today left for Joliet, Ill., to begin serving a life sentence for the murder of Mrs. Maud Sleep and her tw’o children, aged 2 and 6. The lad appeared unconcerned when sentenced.