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4 I iXTRA The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIA.N WANT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 259. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1913. .2 CENTS n N m° South Georgia Her Narrative Believed to Bear Out Alibi Claim Defense Will Try to Prove. Developmsnts in the Phajfan ease Wednesday indicated that the detec tives are bonding all their enernies to Break down the strong alibis which have been established by the testi mony ot various persons who saw Leo Frank on the day the girl was murdered. Minola McKnlght, the colored cook at the Frank home, furnished the most notable example. She was free again Wednesday, but only after she had been put through the severest Sort of a grilling and her attorney had threatened habeas corpus pro ceedings If she was not released. It was learned Wednesday that in the main she stuck to her story favorable to Frank. The oook is one of the flve 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 Sellg and Mrs. Frank will be three of the other wit nesses called by the defense to prove tha time Frank arrived home from the factory on the fatal day. An ac quaintance will tell of seeing Frank Dn the street car that day, and an other will relate riding back to town with Frank. Sticks to Story. While it is understood that the ne gro woman, in spite of the rapid fire Of questions of which she was made the' target for more than two hours, maintained substantially the same »tory that she told when arrested on '•suspicion." the detectives appear to attach great importance to her af- Bdavlt. In the hope of breaking her Bown, Ernest H. Pickett, of 205 Raw- Bon Street, and Boy L. Craven, 11 Campbell Street, both employees at the Beck & Gregg hardware store, Were Sent into the room with her to fire .questions at her. Albert McKnight, husband of Min ola, also works for the eBck & Gregg Donoem, 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 that she had had a “fuss" With her husband, and that he was taking this means to get her Into trouble. Alibi Big Obstacle. The story she told before the two Beck & Gregg men Is understood to be practically the same, but the wom an evidently varied sufficiently from her original story to lead the detect ives to regard her testimony as val uable and significant. It was taken flown in the form of a statement and later was Signed and sworn to. Unless the State Is able to break flown 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 she had received her pay envelope and had made the Inquiries about the metal. Five min utes later Lemmle Quinn came in the building. He went to the second floor, walked into the office and talked to Frank. This circumstance, the de fense will be able to maintain, pre cludes the possibility that Frank could have committed the crime up to this time. Mary Phagan was not in the office at the time and the natural Continued on Page 2, Column 2- “0, K.’d by T, R,” Is Liquox* Ad Caption SPRINGFIELD, MASS., June “O. K.’d by T. R." is the flaring an nouncement of a local liquor Arm in to-day's Springfield papers in offering to the public "milk punch, rare old Madeira wines and mint juleps.” The slogan te in type an lnoh high and extends across five columns. Under the heading "Milk Punch" the advertisement say«: “T. R. la probably like the rural dominie who was given his first punch by his city host. ’“My dear sir,’ lie said, ‘you ought to thank God every day of your life for having a cow that will give such milk.” 10,215,000 Microbes Found in One Mud Pie Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LYONS. FRANCE. June 4.—A not ed basteriologrist of this city astbn- lshed his little Boh, Whom a few days ago he found making mud pie*. Cu riosity led the father to take a pie home for examination. He found 10,2.6,000 dangerous mi crobes in the few cubic Inches* of earth, classified as follows: Diphtheria, 1,800,000; measles, $2,- 450,000; smallpox, 900,000; tetanus, 8,000,000; dysentery, 900,000; pneu monia, 675,000; tuberculosis, 620,000. Germany and Prussia Floating New Loans Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN. June 4.—Announcement that the Imperial and Prussian Gov ernments are floating t.wo mftre large public loans caused dismay in finan cial circles. The empire is borrow ing $12,500,000 and Prussia $42,750,- 000 with interest at 4 per cent. The loan* redeemable in 1935 will both be issued June 12. The money is wanted for the extension of Mate railroads, particularly military stra tegic lines. Money Magnates to Reveal Wage Scales CHICAGO, June 4.—The powers of finance in Chicago, including a num ber of bankers, to-day were sub- penaed to appear before the Illinois Senate White Slave Committee and tell about the wages of men employed in their institutions. The financiers will appear Friday. The committee is investigating statements that many men in Chica go don't earn enough to support a family. Judge Finds “Most Dangerous Woman” NEW YORK. June 4.—A big crowd of curious persons flocked to Judge Swann’s room in criminal court to see Miss Geraldine Wingate, called by Judge Swann “The Most Danger ous Woman in New York,” who it is charged used wayward girla to trap wealthy men for her own profit. A subpena had been issued for Miss Wingate to come into court and explain why she caused the arrest of Joseph Rahoon May 7. Financial Morals of U. S. Scored in Paris Special Cable to The American. PARIS, June 4.—The bitterness against American securities is far from abating. The Journal des De bats, after reviewing the series of disappointments Paris investors have suffered, says: “American financial morals mAkc operations in securities depending upon New York particularly danger ous, American bankers have the idea, accepted as perfectly legitimate there, that ability only counts in business.’' Baby Girl Becomes Masonic Order Ward BUFFALO, June 4.—With ceremo nies used in this country for the first time since 1771, Ruth Katharine Dag gett, baby daughter of Byron B. Dag gett, was baptized at the Scottish Rite Cathedral here. The ceremony made the baby a ward of the Lodge of Perfection and entitled her to the guardianship and protection of the Masonic fraternity ig every part of the world. CALLED TO TELL OF IE Grand Jury to Hear Testimony of Proprietors of Houses Named by Colonel Felder, A score of women have been sum moned to testify before the Grand Jury in the sensational vice probe Just begun. Carl Hutcheson’s list of 80 places given to the Grand Jury in its open ing session was used as a witness list for the session of that body Wed nesday. A great many 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 Solicitor’s office for the service. The list, still is in the hands of the 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 be 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 he 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 6Ur investi gation in the pre^entmrht and return it to Judge W. D. FlHs. 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.” Not T«king Up Bribery Row. The names of witnesses handed the foreman by Chief of Detectives New port Lanford have not been sum moned. They are said to know of the dictograph evidence and the alleged bribery attempt on the part of Colo nel Felder. Mr. Beck made it plaid that this matter would have to be presented by the Solicitor and that the Grand Jury was only investigat ing the vice conditions. G. C. Febuary, secretary to the chief of detectives, appeared with oth er witnesses Wednesday morning who were not given an opportunity to tes tify Tuesday. Mr. Febuary, it is understood, will not be asked to tell anything of the bribery charge, but only that part of the controversy in which he was quoted as paying he had seen a "pro tection list” in the hands of the police officials. Colonel Thomas B. Felder was one of the first witnesses to arrive. He brought with him again the large batch of papers that he said con tained facts that would stand "At lanta on its head." Folder Has More Names. It was understood that Colonel Fel der had a "vice list" that would also oe given the jury. He said it con tained several of the names that were in the list furnished by Carl Hutche son and a great many more. Chief Lanford, (Thief Beavers, De tective Black and v'ebuary were among the first arrivals Wednesday. Chief Beavers was anxious to go be fore the jury and tell whet he kmv. of the vice conditions. "Conditions are better in Atlanta to-day than they have ever been," he said, "and I am quite sure the Grand Jury will find it out. But if 1 am mistaken about it, I want to put my men to work. 1 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.” Shirley Kellogg a Bride in London Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, June 4.—Miss Shirley Kellogg, an Americus chorus girl, who at one time was reported engaged to "Diamond Jim" Brady, of New York, was quietly married to-day to Albert Pierrade Courville. Miss Kellogg is a member of the chorus of a musical review at the Mrs. Keppel Regains Prestige +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +»•!• London’s Most Popular Woman Edward’s Friend Wins Test Vote E. 0. PAINTER’S m sun Mrs. George Kepfnd. Hippodrome, and her place may be taken by Evelyn Thaw, wife of Harry K. Thaw, who has been engaged to sing and dance there. $40,000,000 Urged For Alaskan Roads WASHINGTON, June 4.—A combi nation of the Jones and Chamberlain bill providing for a bond Issue of 840,000,000 for the construction by the Government of railroads in Alaska, will be urged at the present session of Congress, according to a state ment made tp-day by Senator Pit man. chairman of the Senate Commit tee on Territories. The new measure was framed by a sub-committee composed of Sena tors Pitman. Chamberlain and Jones. New Throat Disease Has Europe Puzzled Special Cable to The American. LONDON, June 4.—Physicians in many parts of England and France are puzzled by the spread of a mys terious throat complaint, the chief symptom of which is a filmy exuda tion from the tonsils or at the back of the throat. It has caused several deaths. The •omplicattons include erysipe las, high temperature and weakneiq* of the heart action. Some physicians are inclined ’to believe that it is a non-typical form of scarlet fever or' measles. Wins His Degree in College Though Blind NEW YORK, June 4.—Among the 2,000 or more students who receive degrees from Columbia University to day, is Carlton S. Glover, who gets the degree of Bachelor of Arts, though he is totally blind. He Is a native of Kentucky. Teaching is the career Glover has selected. He was assisted in prepar ing his lessons by readers provided by the State, which allows $300 to each blind student taking a course In a college. Heiress Will Choose Parent She Wants NEW YORK, June 4.—Eleven-year- old Muriel Bishop, whose mother, Mrs. Abigail Hancock Bishop, got a di vorce from her millionaire hanker husband, James Cunningham Bishop, last week on grounds of infidelity, to day will go into court and tell Justice Goff whether she would like to live with her mother or her father. She was sent to Virginia so she would not see reports of the divorce trial testimony. King George and Queen Mary Ask Society Favorite to Re main in London, LONDON, June 4.—Mrs. George Keppel, who was practically banished from London after the death of King Edward. It was learned to-day, has again been declared the most popu lar woman in London society. Dur ing n revtourant dinner “paper games,” which are now the rage in London, were started. In one of the games the question was asked: “Who is the most popular woman in London?” When the answers were opened and counted 19 out of the 22 guests had written the name of Mrs. George Kep pel. If is said to b^* the wish of King George and Queen Mary th.tl Mr. and Mrs. Keppel, who had planned to spend the rummer on the Continent, remain in London. THE WEATHER. Forecast — Local thunder showers Wednesday and Thursday. Militants Dynamite, Then Burn, Mansion Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. TROWBRIDGE, ENGLAND, June 4. —Damage estimated between $75,- 000 and $100,000 was done at West- wood, a suburb, to-day by militants who burned an unoccupied manor house. Toe old mansion, which was one of the historic spots of the neighbor hood, evidently was shaken by a pow der or dynamite explosion. Residents of the neighborhood heard a loud de tonation. Close Adviser of Pope Pius Deranged Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ROME, June 4.—Cardinal Vives y Tuto, one of the three intimate ad visers of Pope Pius X, is seriously ill. It became known to-day the Cardi nal’s mind has become affected and that he is suffering from a form of religious mania. He has been taken to a monastery, where h • is under the constant care of a physician. No Move Yet Made by Insurance Companies to Contest Payment of More Than Million Dollars on the Death of Jacksonville Fertilizer Man. By COLE E. MORGAN. JACKSONVILLE, FLA., June 4.—Edward Okie Painter’s family and intimate friends positively state their belief that his death in the St. Johns River on May 22 was accidental and not premeditated or due to mental abberation as is talked in Jackson ville. They declare his business was in excellent condition, his home life ideal, and that he had no cause to seek self-destruction. The insistence of insurance salesmen to write policies, because he was considered an excellent, risk, and because a spirited com petition among insurance rivals had ensued this spring, are the explanations offered for his taking out a million dollars of new insurance since February 1. / Miss Okie Painter, the dead man’s only daughter and his namesake, has for several years occupied a position in his office, and has been one of the directing spirits in the E. 0. Painter Fer tilizer Company. She is authority for the statement, speaking for the family, that he had no reason to want to die. She is typically a business woman. She discusses the affair calmly and 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 fertilizer company, but has not taken charge, being engaged in the legislative session at Tallahassee. In the meantime D. A. Morrison, Jr., secretary, is directing the company’s affairs, advising with Miss Painter upon matters concerning the family’s interest. A secret meeting of the stockholders was held yesterday after noon. It is said a 15 per cent dividend planned at this time was not declared because of Painter’s death. Painter a Self-made Man Painter was a self-made man, starting in business with a very limited education. As his dnughter grew up he gave her a splen did education and depended on her where he was deficient. 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 re cent election, receiving the third highest vote among fifteen can didates. This was his first political contest. He headed the Board of Trade’s foreign committee. Last December he represented Jacksonville at the Panama Trade Conference held in Atlanta. He was active in charity enterprises, his favorite being the Chil dren’s Home Hociety. It is said that one condition he exacted of the insurance agent who wrote his recent policies was that a percentage of the pre miums go 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 prescribed for the mutilation of a dead body before it is in the custody of the Cor oner. The only punishment pose 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, 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 re sults 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, representing 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 another coroner has jurisdiction there. But it was landed on the Jacksonville side, and for that rea son Coroner Abbott was notified. The Coroner’s Jury that viewed the remains of the body only after the autopsy was performed has had but one meeting since the day of death, and is awaiting the report from Baltimore. The investigation here is at a standstill. The insurance com panies are now doing practically nothing pending the inquest ver dict. No adjuster here professes to know what his companvs plans to do and the mystery i£us unsolved to-day as it was a i£?ek or more ago. ......