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The Georgian’s Weekly
' Ji %vj News Briefs
Being the News of Each Day of the Week in Condensed Form Specially For the Busy Man and the Farmer
ATLANTA, GA., WEEK ENDING JUNE 3, 1913. .
Entered at the Atlanta. Ga., Poatofflce as Second Class Mail Matter.
Published Weekly By
THE GEORGIAN COMPANY
20 E. Alabama-st., Atlanta, Ga
Roxburghes Want a Young Duke
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Boy Is Needed to Save the Title
The Duchess of Roxburghe.
VOL. IV. NO. 24.
tc A MONTH. 36c A YEAR
TO PROBE DEATH
OF FLORIDA MAN
Defense Prepares to Show Glow
ing Discrepancies in Affidavit
of the Negro Conley.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., June 3.—
Did E. O. Painter commit suicide?
That is the question everybody here
Is asking.
Painter carried $1,178,000—perhaps
more—on his life, most of which was
taken out in the past four months.
His death was unexpected and
mysterious. One more mystery has
been added too it by the disap
pearance of the dead man’s heart,
stomach and kidneys, forwarded from
this city to the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity for analysis.
Painter’s death, so the life' insur
ance companies suspect, was pro
duced by an overdose of chloral, which
overwhelmed him when he toppled
over from a ferryboat ostensibly on
the way to his factory.
Those most‘free to talk of his death
seem inclined to one of two theories,
suicide or insanity, and the suicide
theorists seem to be in the majority.
But there are many who scout at
either of these opinions and stead
fastly maintain that his death was
purely accidental.
In the meantime expert physicians 1
and chemists in Baltimore are ready
to analyze the brain, heart, liver,
lungs, stomach and other organs of
the dead man to determine whether
they contain evidence of poison or
disclose any other condition to ex-,
plain his death.
Coroner C. D. Abbott, of DuyaL
County, is holding ifl abeyance an in
quest over the dead man. A jury has
been impaneled but has gone no fur
ther than to view Painter’s body.
An autopsy was performed by four ;
physicians, two of whom were acti*ng
at the instance of Painter’s family,
one for the State and the fourth call
ed in by the others. But the body
was dissected before the Coroner had
seen it and had an opportunity toj
subpena a jury.
Some two or three months ago, it!
has been reported to the life insur
ance cdmpanies concerned, Painter
began taking chloral, perhaps for ner- j
vousness. It isc harged that shortly
before his death, he became a very
heavy user of the drug.
When his body was recovered from
the St. Johns River, and the suspicion J
that all was not right became fixed
in the minds of the insurance com
panies, it was determined to set on
foot a rigid probe of his death, and
its cause, also all the circumstances
bearing upon it.
WHIPS HER HUSBAND.
ANNISTON, ALA., June 3.—Mrs. J.
L. Thomas, of this place, was fined $5
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.
CLARK PICKS OCTOBER 1.
WASHINGTON, June 3.—Speaker
Clark’s prediction that Conngress 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.
POET IN 250-MILE HIKE.
NEW YORK, June 3.—Arriving on
the White Star liner Cedric from
Liverpool was Richard LeGallienne,
the poet, with his wife and daughter,
after a three months’ trip through the
“troubadour district” in the South of
France, where he went to get ideas.
During the trip, Mr. LeGallienne
said, they wore peasants’ costumes
and visited the notable people, in
cluding Frederick Mistral, who is
called the King of Provence. They
walked altogether about 250 miles.
FELDER BEFORE GRAND JURY.
Colonel Thomas B. Felder appeared
before the Grand Jury Tuesday morn
ing 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 ex
treme.
“I have not been served with a sub
pena to go before the Grand Jury,”
Colonel Felder said, “but Mr. Hutche
son hay been, and I will be there in
case I am called upon. The people of
Atlanta have no idea how far-reach
ing this thing will be. I 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.”
LONDON, June 3.—Expectation of
an heir to the Dukedom of Roxburghe,
ten years after the marriage of Miss
May Goelet, of New York, to the
4tcesent Duke, presents a problem as
well as a surprise to London’s lofty
society. Upon the birth depends the
question of whether the ancient title
and estates shall be handed down in
direct line or shall go to Lord Alas-
Hot Wave Withers
Kansas Wheat Crop
WICHITA, KANS., June 3.—Farm
ers and grain buyers in Southern Kan
sas estimate that the growing wheat
has been set back 25 per cent by the
hot and dry weather of this week.
Each succeeding day is adding to the
loss.
It is feared that unless a general
rain comes within a few days the 1913
crop will be 50 per cent short of pre
dictions made ten days ago.
SOME CABBAGE, THIS.
GUYTON, June 3.—Dr. H. R. Tar
ver, a resident of Guyton, is the pro
ducer of a cabbage that weighs 27
pounds, measures 38 inches in diame
ter and 114 inches circumference.
BUMPER OAT CROP.
COLUMBUS, June 3.—According to
a report made by District Agent C. M.
James, of the West Georgia District,
the oat crop throughout this seotion
will be one of the best raised in many
years. Corn and cotton crops are
backward, but are considered promis
ing.
COMMITTEE SAYS HE’S GUILTY.
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.
tair Robert Innes-Ker, the brother of
the Duke. Although the relationship
between the two households is very
cordial, it is known that the Duke
and Duchess are eager that their child
shall be a boy, so that the title shall
be his.
“I sincerely hope,” said Lady Innes-
Ker, “that the Duchess’ baby will be
a boy.”
Impure Water Said
To Cause Pellagra
ROM PI, 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.
NO DIPLOMAS FOR SICK.
INDIANA, PA.. June 3.—-Dr. James
E. Ament, principal of the State Nor
mal School, has issued orders that all
of the 300 students in the school must
obtain certificates of perfect health
before diplomas will be awarded.
The school code provides that all
applicants for diplomas to teach in
Pennsylvania must be examined by a
reputable physician and must produce
certificates of health before they are
eligible for diplomas.
TRAIN PLUNGES INTO STREAM.
MACON, GA., June 3.—The engine
and ten cars of a westbound freight
on the Central of Georgia Railroad
plunged through a burned trestle 20
feet into Beaver Creek last night.
Engineer Oliver D. Touchstone, of
Macon, is near death and Reese
Lumpkin, fireman, and Marcellus Cul-
bert, brakeman, both negroes, are se
riously injured.
FIGHT IS CERTAIN
E. 0. Painter Had More Than a
Million Dollars of Life
* Insurance.
“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 lo
the date that the trial of Leo Frank
begins.”
With the continued activity of the
detectives, it has become noticeable m
the last few days that the defense 's
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.
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.
The theory that will be presented by
the defense is that Mary Phagan was
the victim of drink-crazed Conley.
HELLFIRE CALLED ONLY MYTH.
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.. June 3.—
Hell and hellfire are myths, in the
opinion of members of the Interna
tional Bible Students’ Association,
whb are-bolding a cmtreqfioh- here.
They ask* ministers to discard tjre
“offending words.”
JAPS CONTINUE PROTESTS.
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.
REBELS LACK “NERVE.”
DOUGLAS, ARIZ., June 3.—The
plan of the Sonora rebels to drop
bombs from an aeroplane upon the
Mexican Federals intrenched in and
around Guaymas has been aban
doned.
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 be n
found with sufficient courage to as-
ceml in the aircraft.
PINE BUSINESS BETTER.
NEW ORLEANS. June 3.—More
cheerful news came from the yellow
pine and cypress operators this week
as to business conditions, car serviee'
and demand. From points west of
the Mississippi River the movement
seemed distinctly on the rise, and
with the increased demand a firmer
tone in prices was noted. Inquiries
were being received by all mills of
reputation, and the orders asked were
of considerable proportions. Stocks
in the retailers’ hands are believed to
be generally depleted, and as buyers
are of the opinion that the market
has reached its lowest point, they aro
eager to get in with their orders be
fore prices make upward jumps.
PUSHES WINNER IN BARROW.
SPOKANE, WASH.. June 3.—Roy
McCampbell, of Okanogan, Wash., es
corted by a drum corps, made a 30-
mile hike from Okanogan to Tonas-
ket, trundling a gorgeously trimmed
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.
LAUGHS HIMSELF SICK.
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-
w’alk.
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.
ALLIES GET 60,000 SQ. MILES.
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 transport^ 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.