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2 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Bands, Vehicles of Trade and Happy Clerks in Five-Mile ‘Emancipation’ Pageant. The mammoth parade of the retail men. marking Wednesday nft- rte employees of Retail Grocers elation, started grocers and mark the beginning of t ernqpn holidays fo the members of th anti Butchers * 1 \ with a blare of trumpets Wednesday afternoon. Over £00 retail grocers and market men of Atlanta closed their doors for the afternoon, and the holiday spirit is rife among the 10,000 participants in the big event. The parade began to form at 1:30 p. m. at the corner of Washington and East Mitchell Streets, and at 2 ojclock th< march began down Wash ington Street to East Fair, where it turned into Brotherton Street to Whitehall and down Whitehall and Peachtree to North Avenue. Turning at North Avenue, the pa- raders marched into West Peachtree and back up to West Baker Street, where they were reviewed by the grand marshals, assistant grand mar shals and aides. After the review the line of march was to Five Points, where the parade disbanded. Mayor Rides Behind Band. At the head of the parade came the city policemen, followed by the grand marshals of the day, Harry L. Schles inger and D. N. McCullough. They were followed by an auto truck car rying the Fifth Regiment Band, plac ing popular airs. Behind the band were Mayor Woodward and the mem bers of 'ast year’s holiday committee in automobiles. ^ Next came the wagons of this year’s holiday committee, escorted by Aides Cowan and Mosley and their assist ants, Messers. Phillips, J. A. Word, H. A. Bishop and Ed R. Buchanan, on horseback and wearing red sashes and uniforms. The Marist College band, followed by H. Weinberg and his aides, hea ling the retail grocers and marketmen's wagons, was nex* in line. Others in the march w r ere packing house representatives, escorted by Chief Aide M. J. Burton and his corps of aides, the Greater Atlanta Boys’ Club Band, handsome floats of the <nmmisf r i n and JobbaiB, wtnU-r the escort of Chief Aide J. F. McNair, and Aid' s J. J. McCarthy. I). C. Mc Nair. J. H. Walker. Willie Reisman and Miller M. White and Weidemey- er’s Ban l, heading the wagons of tlie bakery and cracker manufacturers, which were under the escort of Chief Aide J H. Merritt and Assistants J. N. Willis, L. C. Thompson and W. E. Baldwin. Ic® Wagon* Come Next. Next in the line of march came thr ice wagonh and ice manufacturers’ w agons, escorted by Chief Aides C. J. McCoy and R. H Comer and their ten assistants. The line was brought up by another hand and a number of wagons of various trades manufac turers, retail wagons, laundry wagons end others. Candies, chewing gum. sandwiches and samples of various food products were distributed from the wagons along the line of march by the mer chants and manufacturers. The thou sands of people who turned out to see the parade were In no w'ay disap pointed. The various floats and unique costumes won many words of approval. The parade was more than five miles long and’more than 10,000 peo ple took part in it. It was under the supervision of F. E. Hamper, chair man of the committee. The parade originated at a luncheon at the Pied mont Hotel last year, given to the members of the 1912 holiday commit tee of the Retail Grocers’ Association. It was first suggested by Harry Schlesinger, and a movement for a Wednesday half-holiday during the months of June, July and August was launched. Get 400 Signatures. O. T. Camp, then chairman of the holiday committee, now president of the association, assisted by the city salesmen of the commission and Job bing houses of Atlanta, secured more than 400 signatures to an agreement to close at noon on Wednesdays dur ing the summer months. All the lo cal jobbing houses, commission men and meat packers have agreed to make no deliveries on Wednesday afternoons, and loaned their wagons and city salesmen to this week's pa rade. The Atlanta and Montgomery ball teams were brought to Atlanta es pecially for to-day. The game was not to begin until 4 o’clock. The ball club made a flat donation toward the entertainment, and the association will get a percentage of the gate re ceipts on June 11. Postmaster Dutro Of Memphis Fined MEMPHIS. TENS'., June 4.—Post master L. W. Dutro. of Memphis, to day was found guilty of soliciting and accepting contributions for cam paign funds by a jury in Federal Court. Judge McCall fined him $1 and costs on each of four counts. Dutro ha^ been postmaster here for fourteen > ears. The Georgian-American Pony Contest VOTE COUPON Continued From Page 1. r fountains, motels, or usiwHmi Get the Original and Genuine HORLICK’S MALTED MILK "CtheU-tue JfrruhUicnS' TbeFoodDrinkforAlIAges tlcH K1UL. MALT CUA1K EXTILACT. IN rOWDU Not m any Milk Trust Insist on “HORLICK’S" S Take • pwlfl* Iwa* lifter the murder I don't remember how much they paid me, and the next week they paid me $3.50, and the next week they paid me $6.50, and the next week they paid me $4, and the next week $4. One week Mrs. Selig give me $5, but it wasn't for my work, and they didn’t tell me what it was for. They just said, “Here is $5, Minola,” but, of course, 1 under stood what they meant, but they didn't tell me anything at the time. I understood that it was a tip for me to keep quiet. They would tell me to mind how 1 talked, and Miss Lucile give me a hat. t^. Is that the reason you didn’t tell the Solicitor yesterday all about this, that Miss Lucile and the others had told you not to say anything about, what had happened at home there? A. Yes, sir. (>. Is tha1 true? A. Yes, sir. Q. And that is the reason why you would rather have been locked up last night than tell this? A. Yes, sir. (^. Has Mr. Pickett or Mr. Cravens or Mr. Campbell or myself (Detective Starnes) influenced you in any way or threatened you in any way to make this statement? A. No, sir. Q. You make it of your own free will and accord in their pres ence and in the presence of Mr. Gordon, your attorney? A. Yes, sir. (Signed) MINOLA M'KNIGHT. Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 3d day of June, 1913. G. C. FEBUARY. building at a few minutes of 1 o’clock, Frank’s testimony is that he left the building himself at 1 o’clock, locking the door behind him. At 1:20 he was at home, according to the testimony of witnesses. Mystery in Staple. The theory of the defense, a? out lined previously, is that Conley, lying In wait on the first floor, saw Mary Phagan coming down the stairs alone and attacked her. He is believed by those interested in the defense of Frank to have dropped the body of the stunned girl down the elevator shaft to the basement, where he com pleted his crime. By the time he had disposed of the body and came back upstairs Frank had gone and locked the door, the contention will be. The negro was locked in the building with his crime If this theory is correct. His nat ural course would have been to run down Into the basement again, pull the staple from the rear door and make his escape. No plausible explanation has been offered for the removal of the staple from the basement door In any of the affidavits of the negro. Bv his own story, he and Frank, returned to the second floor, wrote the notes and de parted, Frank going out, so far as he knew, by the front door. There was ro reason for him to go out anj other way. if*the negro’s story is true. Accepting the affidavits of Conley, the detectives were at loss for a time to explain the pulling of the staple. Then came the affidavit of the woman. Mrs. Mima Fomby, and the theory soon was evolved that Frank had pulled the staple later in the day so that he might remove the dead body from the building, place it in a cab and take it to the house of Mrs. Fom by, so that suspicion might be di rected away from him. Counsel Obtained. The theory of the police is made to appear improbable by the fact that such an action, if Frank was guilty of the crime, would only have served to direct suspicion more certainly at him. The theory presumes that Frank first virtually took Conley into his confidence by getting Conley’s aid in disposing of the body when there was no reason he could not have done it alone. Then it presumes that Frank proposed to run the risk of discovery by Newt Dee, who would have been aware, at least, of the damaging cir cumstances that Frank was in the factory after 6:30 o’clock in the even ing at the time Frank swore he was home. On top of all this Frank would have had to taken a cab driver into his confidence, then Mrs. Fomby and any others who happened to be at her house, where they could observe the bringing of the dead body. Both Conley and Minola McKnight, the servant girl, have obtained coun sel. William M. Smith is acting in behalf of Conley, and George Gordon has been selected to represent the no- gross. While police activities have been turned to this line of investigation, the negro sweeper, Jim Conley, has been given a rest. Chief of Detectives L&nford stated that the negro would be quizzed no more. Cook Counted on by Defense. "If he has not told the whole truth,” said the Chief, “he will send for me within the next few days, I believe.” The cook is one of the five witness es upon whom the defense has relied to prove that Frank returned home for luncheon at 1:20 o’clock the Sat urday afternoon of the murder and that he therefore could not have been in the office dictating the notes at the time James Conley, the negro sweeper, set In his affidavit. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Selig and Mrs. Frank will be three of the other wit nesses called by the defense to prove the time Frank arrived home from the factory on the fatal day. An ac quaintance will tell of seeing Frank on the street car that day, and an other will relate riding back to town with Frank. The detectives attached the great est 'importance to her affidavit. In the hope of breaking her down. Ernest H. Pickett, of 295 Raw- son Street, and Roy L. Craven, 11 Campbell Street, both employees at the Berk Si Gregg hardware store, were sent into the room with her to tire questions at her. Albert McKnight. husband of Min ola, also works for the Beck & Gregg concern, and Is said to have told Pickett and Craven that his wife had confided to him that Frank did not arrive home at the time he testified before the Coroner’s jury. The two men informed the officers of Me- Knight’s statement, and as a result the woman was arrested. She was taken first before Solicitor Dorsey, where she hysterically denied that she ever had made such remarks to her husband. She declared ffiat she had had a "fuss” with her husband, and that he was taking this means to get her into trouble. Alibi Big Obstacle. Unless the State is able to break down the alibis furnished by Frank in the manner attempted on the .Mc Knight woman, the factory superin tendent’s movements will be account ed for practically every moment on the day of the tragedy. Mary Phagan entered the factory at about 12:05 In the afternoon. It is to be presumed that it was about 12:10 by the time s*he had received her pay envelope and had made the j inquiries about the metal. Five min utes later Lemmie Quinn came in the : building. He went to the second floor, \alked Into the office and talked to j Frank. This circumstance, the de- ! fense will be able to maintain, pre ludes the possibility that Frank could have committed the crime up to his time. Mary Phagan was not in the office at the time and the natural presumption would be that he had left and had gone downstairs. Quinn left about 12:20. Half an hour later Frank was on the fourth floor talking to Harry Denham and Arthur White. This half hour is the only time of length that is unac counted for in the movements of Frank during the time it is the theory that Mary Phagan was killed. And if Frank committed the deed at this time it would have been necessary for j him to have her in hiding meantime. I After netting Mrs. White out of the Widow of Diplomat Held as Auto Slayer BRIDGEPORT, CONN.. June 4.— Coroner Phelan, of Fairfield County, to-day began an official investigation of the death of William Stan ho user, a laborer, who was run down and killed by an automobile driven by Mrs. Stewart L. Woodford, widow of a former United States Minister to Spain. Mrs. Woodford, who was arrested subsequently on a manslaughter charge, is ill from the nervous shock. GIRLS WIN PRIZES Felder WRITING ON FLIES Grind Exonerates Beavers of Graft ChargePITPIl DEATH +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ ■■ if n t r n if in Tury Takes Up Colyar Bribery Accusation MYSTLH! IS Chamber of Commerce Commit tee Judges Papers in Contest by Public School Pupils. The Chamber of Commerce com mittee on health, appointed to award prizes to public school pupils writing the best compositions on fly preven tion, made its report Wednesday awarding all prizes to girl pupils. Prizes were offered in the high school, in the seventh and eighth grades and the fifth and sixth grades; also In the seventh and eighth and in the fifth and sixth grades in the colored schools. The Girls’ High School prize went to Miss Alice Cooper, 155 Peeples Street. Louise Woodruff, of 34 Cunningham Place, won the first prize in the sev enth and eighth grade contest, while Elizabeth Vaughn, of 303 East Pine Street, took second nonors. In the fifth and sixth grades, Jo sephine Colbert, of 213 Cooper Street, received first award, while Grace Davis got the second honor. In the colored schools the prizes were not all won by girls. Alice Kee- bler 47 Bell Street, was first, and Adalina Ward, 69 Griffin Street, sec ond in the seventh and eighth grade contest. Jimmie LeSueur, 43 Howell Street, was first and Mark Thomas, 452 Auburn Avenue, second in the fifth and sixth grades. The committee making the awardR was composed of L. E. Rogers and the following physicians: Claude A. Smith. Alex W. Stirling, S. W. Fos ter, A. H. Llndorme and A. F. Quil- lian. BROYLESEXPLAINS 20-DAY SENTENCE Necessary to Circumvent Mayor to Enforce Law Against Blind Tigers, He Says. Declaring the Interests of justice and the enforcement of the law de manded that he forestall Mayor Woodward’s policy of pardoning con victed blind tigers, Recorder Nash Broyles Wednesday gave out a state ment explaining why he has adopted the course of sentencing blind tigers to a term of 29 days in the stockade, instead of 30 days. The Mayor can not interfere with a sentence of less than 30 days. Judge Broyles said: "The views of Mayor Woodward and myself on the punishment of blind tigers seem to be at wide va riance, judging by his attitude in pardoning several notorious law breakers after they had fought their cases through the courts and lost. “I am determined to enforce the liquor laws so long as I ac Recorder, and to do this I find it necessary to take such cases out of the hands of the Mayor. Therefore, I have adopt ed this policy of sentencing blind tigers to terms of 28 days, instead of 30. "This gives the lawbreaker the ad vantage of one day on his term, but at the same time it insures the serv ing of the sentence. It is better for the city and for Justice that he serve one day less than the usual term than not to serve at all. "There is but one sure way to awe lawbreakers, to insure the proper en forcement of law, and to protect so ciety, and that is to make certain the punishment of criminals. Fear That Aviator Is Lost on Lake Erie SANDUSKY. OHIO. June 2.—Har ry M‘. Atwood, an aviator, is believed to be lost on I.ake Krie. He started to fly across the lake from Amherst- burs, Canada, this mominc In a hy droplane, and was due at Sandusky at 11:30. He has not arrived at 1:30 p. m. He started to fly to Amherstburs last week, bljt met with a mishap and was towed to land after falling into the lake. Factory Head Denies Plot to Dynamite BOSTON, June 4.—Frederick E. Atteaux, president of the Atteaux Mills Supplies Company, this after noon took the stand in his own de fense at the trial of William M Wood. Atteaux and Dennis M, Collins, on a charge of conspiracy to plant dyna mite in Lawrence. He denied John J. Breen's accusa tion that he suggested the plant and paid green $700 for his part In It. Broyles Fines Six Taken in Vive Raid Mrs. Lottie Hammond, of 149 Luckie Street, Wednesday is under bond of $500 as the result of a raid on her home by members of the police vice squad. She was bound over by Recorder Broyles. Two other women and three men were arrested in the raid. All were fined $15.75 each. Buster White, a 16-year-old girl, made a spectacular escape from the house and was chased by several of the offic ers. Later in the night she returned to the house and was arrested. The other woman gave her name as Bessie Thom as. a waitress. . To discuss the question of public markets for the city committees from the Chamber of Commerce and the Atlanta Improvement league will meet Friday afternoon a 5 o’clock at the Chamber of Commerce. Mayor James G. Woodward, leaving Grand Jury room after testifying in' vice probe. Men Who Declare Police Are Protecting Vice Lay Bare Their Evidence. Continued From Page 1. attempt to blacken his reputation; that justice to himself called for a speedy investigation; that partici pants in the affair be summoned and the matter settled. Mr. Felder declared that the inves tigation Thursday would follow his own charges that the police had al tered the dictograph record alleged to have been taken of his conversation with Colyar and Febuary at the Wil liams House. The attorney has made the asser tion that the record was elaborated by police officials from the chief of detectives' office and that in ^wearing to the truth of the conversation per jury had been committed. Mr. Felder averred that strenuous prosecution of this phase of the controversy would be made. Cali Colyar and Febuary. As a result of the attorney's de mands, the Grand Jury issued sum monses for A. S. Colyar, Jr., author of the dictograph conspiracy, and G. C. Febuary, secretary to Detective Chief Lanford, who was alleged to have been offered bribe money by Felder, to appear Thursday. Also to be heard on this subject at that time will be Chief Beavers and Chief Lanford. Documentary evidence will be Introduced by the disputants and the matter of bribery decided upon by the Grand Jury before the vice investigation shall continue. At Wednesday morning's session Colonel Felder was the only witness. Mr Felder appeared before the Grand Jury' with a large portfolio of papers pertaining to his allegations of cor ruption. Felder Before Jury an Hour. He went over the situation thor oughly before the Grand Jury, taking Thomas B. Felder, who.exon erates Beavers of graft charges but declares war on Lanford, more than an hour in which to pre- sent his case. While the evidence which he placed before the hearing was not revealed, Colonel Felder inti mated that it included affidavits from persons who have paid corruption money to the police in substantiation of the Hutcheson list of resorts now in operation. Just preceding the opening of the morning session of the Grand Jury, Chief Beavers, Solicitor Dorsey and Detective Chief Lanford were closet ed in conference. It was at the be ginning of this that Mr. Felder de clared himself regarding his charges. The attorney intercepted Chief Beav ers as he was entering the Solicitor’s private office. "My accusations do not touch you, chief," said Mr. Felder. “I know that you are not mixed up in the shame ful conditions which exist in Atlanta. “My evidence points at another man the other chief at the police station. I have the proof against him and l am going to lay it bare at this inves tigation." Near Open Clash. At this moment Chief of Detectives Newport Lanford, the other chief at the police station, entered the room. A silence pregnant with expectancy fell upon those present. Lanford walked directly over to where Felder was standing and took his seat. He was accompanied by Detective Black. An encounter seemed imminent. Friends of both men declared later that they were keyed up to a dan gerous pitch. Then the situation was relieved by the sudden appearance of Solicitor Dorsey and the conference between himself and the two chiefs was called. A great ihany of the women whose names appeared as conducting the “houses in our midst.” or hotel pro prietors whom the young attorney al leged were paying for police protec tion, were served with subpenas as soon as Foreman L. H Beck could ar range with the Solicitors office for the service. The list still is in the fraud* «*,*•*• Carl Hutcheson, who gave Grand Jury list of “houses in our midst.” foreman. On it also are the names of persons whom it is alleged will make affidavits, or testify, that the allegations of the attorney are true. These, it is understood, may be sum moned during the day. Promises Thorough Probe. Foreman Beck, who is conducting the probe independently of the State’s prosecuting attorney, intimated be fore going into the executive session Wednesday morning that the probe would be one of the most extensive a Fulton grand jury ever has conducted. He said the true conditions would he found out and the public acquaint ed with them at the proper time. He would not say whether the probe had progressed sufficiently to warrant re turning indictments, but made it pret ty plain that the jury would con clude its work when it completed the investigation and that the indict ments, if any. would be brought at the request of the Solicitor, who would be made acquainted with the conditions. "More than likely,” he said, “we will" embody the result of our investi gation in the presentment and return It to Judge W. D. Ellis, who charged us so specifically to investigate vice conditions. Then if the people, or the officers, want to carry the mat ter further, it can take the customary course through the police or State officers.” Chief Lanford. Chief Beavers, De tective Black and Febuary were among the first arrivals Wednesday. Chief Beavers was anxious to go be fore the jury and tell what he knew of the vice conditions. "Conditions are better in Atlanta to-day than they have efver been,” he said, "and I am quite sure the Grand Jury will find it out. But if I am mistaken about it, I want to put my men to work. I am quite sure, how ever. it will be found the condition has been exaggerated. Of course nothing will come of the charges of corruption in my department.” Mrs. Nina Fomby, the only witness wanted for the Grand Jury Tuesday, it is understood, was telephoned and told to remain away until Wednesday. The idea of her having left the city was ridiculed by the Solicitor’s office. FIELD GLASS For your vacation trip, all styles and CORRECT prices, at John L. Moore & Sons, 42 North Broad Street. INCREASED Continued From Page 1. deliberately, with little of the emotion typical of her sex. State Senator J. B. Conrad, of Glenwood, a wealthy banker, has been named acting president of the fertili zer company, but has not taken charge,’ being engaged in the legisla tive session at Tallahassee. In the meantime D. A. Morrison. Jr., secre tary. is directing the company’s af fairs. advising with Miss Painter upon matters concerning the family’s inter est. A secret meeting of the stockhold ers was held yesterday afternoon. It is said a 15 per cent dividend planned at this time wa-s not declared because of Painter’s death. Painted a Self-made Man. Painter was a self-made man, start ing in business with a very limited education. As his daughter grew up he gave her a splendid education and depended on her where he was defi cient. Painter was a real leader in Florida and Jacksonville. His word was accepted without question. As an evidence of his popularity he was elected one of the Jacksonville port commissioners in a recent election, receiving the third highest vote among fifteen candidates. This was his first political contest. He headed the Board of Trade’s foreign com mittee. Last December he represent ed Jacksonville at the Panama Trade Conference held in Atlanta. He was active in charity enterprises, his fav orite being the Children’s Home So ciety. It is said that one condition he exacted of the insurance agents who wrote his recent policies was that a percentage of the premiums go to this society, of which he was secretary. The Painter case has brought to light a peculiar phase of Florida law. There is practically no penalty pre scribed for the mutilation of a dead body before it is in the custody of the Coroner. The only punishment im posed is a misdemeanor for interfering with an officer in the discharge of his duties. Consequently, those who performed or instigated the hasty autopsy on Painter’s body before the Coroner’s jury had seen it were to all intents within the law r , and no legal question as to their action is anticipated. No Word From Baltimore. Thus far Coroner C. D. Abbott has heard nothing of the results of the analysis ordered in Baltimore. He has directed that the report be sent to him through the Barnet National Bank, while Dr. P. C. Perry, repre senting the family, has contended that he is the proper one to receive it. He is now in Baltimore. Coroner Abbott’s authority in this case has been questioned because the body was recovered on the South Jacksonville side of the river and an other coroner has jurisdiction there. But it was landed on the Jackson ville side, and for that reason Cor oner Abbott was notified. The Cor oner’s jury that viewed the remains of the body only after the autopsy was performed has had but one meet ing since the day of the death, and is awaiting the report from Balti more. The investigation here is at a standstill. The insurance companies are now doing practically nothing pending the inquest verdict. No ad juster here professes to know what his company plans to do and . the mystery is as unsolved to-day as it was a week or more ago. LaGrange-Wesleyan Union Plan Dropped LA GRANGE, GA., June 4.—The board of trustees of the LaGrange Female College last night called off negotiations looking to the merger of this institution with Wesleyan, at Macon, expressed their faith in this college and pledged themselves to raise an endowment fund of $100,000. The LaGrange college h^s closed one of the most successful years in its history. The proposition of merg ing with Wesleyan was not looked upon with favor in this city. White City Park Now Open We have Beautiful Bedding Plants, 3c each. Atlanta Flora! Co., 555 E. Fair Street. HHBflnEBRHHBMHBKBIHBnBifiE SEWELL’S Special Snaps for Thursday and Friday Solid carload Fancy Lemons < 17'/2C per doz. Solid carload Pineapples..5c each EXTRA SPECIAL 7 Bars Octagon Soap 25c 10c Can VanCamp's Soup..7>/2C 15c Can Peaches 7'/ 2 c 15c Can Apples 71/aC 35c Can Libby’s Asparagus.. 17‘/ac 24-lb. sack Best Flour 68c SEWELL COMMISSION COMPANY Wholesale and Retail, 113-115 Whitehall Street. 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