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Preparations Are Made to Begin
Trial Monday Despite Talk
of Delay.
Continued From Page 1.
prepared Tuesday to draw the 150
veniremen for the trial. This venire
will be called next Monday morning
unleas the weather is unusually warm
The jury, In all probability, will be
selected and served before Wednes
day night. according to Judge Pendle
ton.
Attorney Reuben R. Arnold stated
Tuesday morning that he probably
would ask Judge Pendleton to draw
the venire from the Grand Jury box.
and that he felt confident he could
cite enough law on the subject to sus
tain his point.
Solicitor to Fight Move.
Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey stated
that the procedure was altogether ir
regular, if not illegal, and that he
would oppose such a move as strongly
as he fought the attempt on the part
of the Grand Jury to indict Jim Con
ley over his protest.
The attorneys on both sides will be
notified by telephone when Judge
Pendleton begins to draw the venire,
and he will allow them to be heard.
Judge L. S. Roan, who will preside
at the Frank trial, will not return to
Atlanta from Covington until Friday.
He announced to a correspondent of
The Georgian in Covington that the
Frank trial would be called next Mon
day sure, but he would not commit
himself as to whether he would con
sider any move for postponement aft
er the case was called.
Before leaving for Covington he re
marked that if the weather was as
hot next Monday as it was last week
he would welcome some sufficient
ground for postponement.
Both Sides Are Ready.
Attorneys Arnold and Rosser admit
they would like to se the trial post
poned to escape the ordeal of a hard
fight in torrid weather, hut state they
will be reluctant to ask for delay un
less there is some very excellent rea
son why the case should not go to
trial.
Both sides are ready. All the wit
nesses who will be used are within
the Jurisdiction of the court and able
to attend. The inability of any one
of the more than 100 to be in court
on the day the case is called would
sustain a request for postponement,
but the attorneys for the defense
made it clear that if any move for
postponement for any other reason
than the absence of a witness was
made, it W'ould come from the other
side, or the judge)
Attorney Arnold stated that the
failure of the Grand Jury to indict
Conley had made little difference to
their case, because it bad been built
before any known move was made to
bring about the indictment.
“It made absolutely no difference to
us,” he said. “It was purely a tech
nical point in the trial that would
have been in our favor. As to the
negro's character and standing. it
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Fire Starts in Hay Under Sleep
ing Quarters on Mississippi
Penal Farm.
would make little dlfferenre to a fair-
minded jury whether he were In
dicted."
Bacon, Unopposed,
Gets 29,529 Votes
In Senate Election
A total of 29.529 votes wore cast
for Augustus O. Bacon for United
States Senator in the special election
held July 15. No one opposed Sena
tor Bacon, but more than one-eighth
of the State's electorate turned out to
give him a complimentary vote.
The election was unique in that it
was the first to be held under the
new law requiring United States Sen
ators to be elected by direct vote of
the people.
The returns were canvassed before
the House and Senate in a Joint
meeting Tuesday by a committee of
five Senators and five Representa
tives. The senatorial committee was
compose i of Senators Jones, Tarver,
Tyler, Turner an.d Bush. The House
committee consisted of Representa
tives Miller. McCrory, Smith, Ed
xnondson and Culpepper.
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Police Attempt to Prove Pair That
Nearly Killed Clerk Committed
Series of Crimes.
JACKSON, MISS.. July 22.—Thirty-
five convicts. sleplng on the second
floor of a wooden cage at the Oakiey
convict farm 2ft miles southwest of
Jackson, were burned to death earlv
this morning
All of the victims were negroes and
heir bodies were burned beyond rec
ognition. This afternoon their charred
bodies were burled in the prison
grave yard.
The fire started on the flmt floor nt
the stairway landing, cutting off the
only avenue of escape. The structure
was built ten years ago with lumber
taken from the old penitentiary build
ing in Jackson. It burned with aston
ishing rapidity.
The convict farm is not equipped
with any form of fire protection. Two
night watchmen are employed nt the
place, but neither saw the fire umil
the flames burst through the windows
of the lower floor.
The screams of the dying prisoners
could be heard for nearly two miles.
Farmers in the vicinity hurried to the
scene, but were unable to give any
assistance. The lower floor of the
cage was used as a store building,
quantities of hay, corn and molasses
being in storage The hay doubtless
caused the fire to spread with addsd
rapidity.
The Oakley farm Is In charge of
Sergeant S. T. ByTd. The prison hos
pital also is located at that place, but
the convicts who lost their lives were
not members of the hospital squad, .all
of them being employed in the cotton
fields Several notorious negro crim
inals were among those who lost their
lives.
Coroner J. W. Beal, accompanied
by a Jury, went to Oakley this morn-'
lng to hold an inquest, and endeavor
to ascertain the cause of the fire.
Origin of Fir® Mystery.
'I can’t explain it,” said Sergeant
Byrd over the long distance telephone
this morning. ‘‘As to the origin of
the fire-1 haven’t the slightest idea.
It may have been a match carelessly
dropped at the stairway. I can not
believe it was of Incendiary origin.
‘There was never a chance to save
any of the prisoners. The blase was
under good headway before anybody
discovered it. When we reached the
building It was to find that the fire
centered around the only stairway
leading to the upper floor of the cage.
All of the upper windows were cov
ered with heavy iron bars and it was
impossible for the convicts to fight
their way out.
Fight Was Useless.
"We did everything in our power,
but the fight was useless. The build
ing was doomed from the first and
the piteous cries of the poor prisoners
who were beine r roasted alive added to
the demoralization of our forces. We
have no sort of fire protection or fire
f\ghting equipment here, and the
buckets of water thrown by other
prisoners on the building had no ef
fect whatever.”
The first news of the holocaust was
received by Mrs. O. M. Spickard, sec
retary of the State Prison Board, in a
telephone message from Mrs. Byrd
wife of the sergeant. Mrs. Byrd was
almost hysterical and could give but
few of the details. An hour later com
munication was secured with Ser
geant Byrd and a list of the victims
obtained. A number of the prisoners
were life termers.
Under prison rules, all convicts
must be in their cages and lights out
by 9 o’clock. The prisoners had been
sleeping several hours when they
were awakened by the intense heat
and clouds of smoke that poured up
from below.
According to Assistant Secretary S
E. Birdsong, of the Prison Board,
nearly all convict cages at the prison
farms, except those at Parchman, are
similarly constructed, having only one
means of exit.
Washington, Watching Every
Phase of Situation, Awaits Ar
rival of Ambassador Wilson.
Continued From Page 1.
BILL IS
PISSED AFTER
FIGHT
Provides for Damage Suits in
Homicide Cases—Was Issue
in Senate Several Years.
Clark Makes White
Suits Congress Fad
Detectives Tuesday searched the
home of R W. Miller, at Red Oak,
near Atlanta, In an attempt to un
earth more evidence that Miller and
T. W. Reeves, who were caught after
they had knocked senseless an em
ployee in the store of R. A. Gober,
No. 3ft Carroll street, and were trying
to open the safe Monday night, per
petrated a series of daring and clev
erly-planned burglaries covering a
period of several months.
During the afternoon the two men
were again cross-examined by the po
lice.
Their alleged attempt to loot the
Gober store came near to being fatal
to Eugene M. Davis, 18 years old. for
merly residing in Blshopville, S. C.
Davis, who occasionally worked at
night for his employer, was sitting on
the steps to the store about 11 o’clock
when four men approached him.
’Boy,” one of them said, “can you
let us into the store? We are mighty
thirsty and want a dope around.”
Thrown Into Ico Box.
“Sure,” replied Davis without hesi
tation as he pulled a bunch of keys
from his pocket and unlocked the
store door.
Entering the store, he was followed
by the men. The small ice box where
soft drinks are kept is Just inside
the door. As Davis raised the lid of
the ice box he was rudely seized from
the rear by the nape of the neck and
rough hand was clapped over his
mouth.
He was bumped against the side of
the wall into near insensibility and
dragged to the rear of the store,
which is used as a butcher shop. Back
of the butcher shop counter is an ice
closet about nine feet high and four
feet deep.
His captors opened the ice box door
and thrust Davis in, bolting the heavy
door upon him. Davis was unable to
rise to his feet and lay in a cramped
position, with 300 pounds of ice not
two inches from his head.
Thought He Would Die.
“The air was stuffy,” said Davis.
“I could hardly get my breath, and 1
thought several times I would die. It
was terribly cold, and a sickening
sensation came over me as I felt the
drops of water trickle down on my
back.”
“I couldn’t hear a sound. The men
had taken the keys from me, and I
didn’t know whether anyone would
ever get me out. The keyring taken
from me contained the key to the
safe which I had heard Mr. Gober say
contained several hundred dollars.
Finally I could stand it no longer; my
breath was gone and I felt 1 was lost.
I remembered no more until I awoke
to find men standing all around me
ami someone giving me a taste of
something which felt warm and good.
“I must have been in there fifteen
minutes at least, but I don’t know*.
Mr. Gober says it was more than
twenty minutes before they found me.’
Defy Police to Prove Guilt.
Despite the assertion of the detec
tives that they have connected the
men with a chain of robberies and
suit case thefts extending over a con
siderable time, both Reeves and Mill
er emphatically denied Tuesday that
they had had anything to do with |
them and defied the police to prove
their charges.
The detectives went to the home of
Reeves. 13 Stonewall street, and there
found three suit cases, which, they
say. are stolen property. Another suit
case was found in a woman’s room at
No. 153 1-2 Whitehall street.
Thief Lanford Tuesday morning
said that Reeves and Miller had stolen
more than 40 suit cases at the depots
in the recent weeks, and also had
participated in attempts at safe
cracking and burglary. Detectives
Chewning, Davis, Sturdivant and
Rosser have taken turns in trailing
the men in the last six weeks.
distant, Washington is on the qui
vlve for every shift in the Mexican
situation
Predictions are made that, by the
time Ambassador Wilson arrives, the
Huerta administration will be in
such an unstable conditon that the
envoy will not recommend that it
be recognized, no matter how favor
ably disposed he may be toward it.
Dispatches of the past two days
have caused deep alarm to the State
Department because of the Insistent
appeals for help coming from Ameri
cans in the demoralized country.
Tuxpam, on the southeastern coast
of Mexico, is now the center of all
official eyes. The town was cap
tured by the Constitutionalists, and
the battleship Louisiana, with Rear
Admiral Fletcher aboard, is speeding
toward the port from Vera Cruz to
prevent possible depredations on for
eign property.
Senator Demands
Protection of U. S. Citizens.
WASHINGTON. July 22.—Senator
Fall, of New Mexico, to-day called up
in the Senate his resolution providing
that the constitutional rights of
American ciizens shall go with them
throughout the world and that Amer
ican life and property shall be pro
tected abroad This resolution was
framed from a plank in the Demo
cratic platform
“I ask that the resolution b e placed
before the Senate for immediate con
sideration," said Fall. "Its importance
demands immediate attention."
Senator Bacon, chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee, moved
the resolution be referred to his com
mittee.
Bacon Urges Caution.
“We are in a position of grave re
sponsibility," said Senator Bacon,
“and no man who loves his country
can afford to shut his eyes to the ef
fect of an enunciation on this mat
ter by the, Senate, therefore care
should be taken in voicing an opinion
on this resolution."
Bacon argued the resolution was
open to criticism inasmuch as an
American citizen in Mexico or the
Balkans had no constitutional rights.
Senator Lodge, a member of the
Foreign Relations Committee, called
attention to the fact that the resolu
tion was copied from a plank in the
Democratic platform which had been
framed by Senator O’Gorman, of New
York.
Lodge Take® Issue.
“Can not we act upon two abstract
principles, contained in this resolu
tion, because these principles are be
ing violated in a neighboring country
at this time?” demanded Sena*'"
Lodge. •
Senator Bacon asked if Lodge
wished to send an army to Mexico
because American citizens have been
Imprisoned there.
“No,” said Senator Lodge. “There
are diplomatic steps to he taken to
rescue American citizens and a resort
to arms should be had only when all
other stepp have been taken. This#
resolution can not be lightly dis
missed.’’
“As I see It, the resolution means
about this: If some person goes to a
foreign country and gets in trouble
there, he can embroil all the people in
the United States. I am not in favor
of the resolution,” said Senator Jones,
of Washington.
Following a two-hour debate, in
which charges of being 1n league with
the railroads and counter charges of
seeking to Increase the earnings of
damage suit lawyers were made, the
Georgia Senate Tuesday morning, by
a vote of 27 to 10, passed Senator
Tarver’s bill, as amended, providing
for recovery by certain parties in
cases of homicide. The bill has been
before the Senate several years.
Snator Miller, of the Twenty-fourth
District, who opened the fight on the
bill In an hour's speech, declared the
authors of the bill could not have
drawn a better thing for the damage
suit lawyers. He offered a substi
tute bill omitting the alleged drastic
features, which was voted down.
Judge Allen, of the Twentieth, also
opposed the bill.
In rebuttal Senator Tarver declared
the opposition had the interests of
the railroads at heart. Following the
vote Senator Miller gave notice of re
questing reconsideration of the bill.
One Other Bill Passed.
In addition to Senator Tarver’s bill,
the Senate passed one other, a local
measureo ffered by Senator Smith, of
the Ninth, amending the charter in
corporating the town of Edison
The Senate passed a resolution, of
fered by Judge Allen, extending sym
pathy to Speaker Burwell upon the
death of his sister, Miss Rosa Bur-
well.
The General Judiciary Committee of
the Senate reported adversely the bill
for an amendment to the Code pro
viding that the only grounds for total
divorce shall be adultery. It is un
derstood a minority report on this
measure will be filed with the Presi
dent of the Senate.
The committee also reported In the
negative on the bill providing for the
rotation of judges of Superior courts.
A favorable report was made on the
bill providing for the appointment of
a Notary Public for the State at large,
as well as a bill providing for in
amendment to the penal code mak
ing husband and wife competent is
witnesses In criminal proceedings, but
not compelled to testify one against
Thomas Protested
As Crawford Case
Solicitor Pro Tem
Reuben R. Arnold, one of the at
torneys for Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford,
under heavy bail on the charge of
poisoning her husband, Joshua Craw
ford, filed a protest Tuesday against
the appointment of Attorney Lewis
Thomas, former City Solicitor, as So
licitor Pro Tem in the prosecution of
Mrs. Crawford.
The appointment was made by
Judge W. D. Ellis because of the dis
qualification of Solicitor Dorsey. At
torney Arnolds based his objection on
the ground that Thomas already had
been one of the attorneys in the case
and therefore also was disqualified.
Attorney James said Tuesday he
would go before Thomas and seek to
have him indict Fred Lumb so that
extradition papers might be obtained.
He said he also would urge the im
mediate indictment of Mrs. Crawford.
Joseph E. Johnson
Dies in Sanitarium
Speakers to Determine Difference
in Meaning of "Suffragette”
and "Suffragist.”
the other.
Other Committees Report.
The Senate Finance Committee,
headed by Senator Miller, recom
mended the bill forcing foreign fire
insurance companies that have rein
sured all policies to show cause for
withdrawal from the State.
The Penitentiary Committee re
ported favorably the measure making
it unlawful for any person with au
thority to deliver a prisoner to an
other.
Joseph E. Johnson, 86 years old,
father of George E. Johnson, the Po
lice Commissioner, of No. 302 Luckie
street, died Tuesday morning at 5
o’clock at a private sanitarium. He is
survived by three sons. George E..
Orie and W. L. Johnson.
For several years Mr. oJhnson was
active in various lines and well known
by business men of Atlanta.
The funeral will be held from the
residence Wednesday afternoon at 4
o’clock. Interment will be in Oak
land Cemetery.
OBITUARY
The double funeral of Casey Daniels
and Jerry Moles, who were drowned
in the Chattahoochee River Satur
day while on a fishing trip, was held
from the Congregational Church on
McDaniel and Hightower streets
Tuesday morning. The body of Ca
sey Daniels was interred at Sardis
churchyard, that of Jerry Moles at
West view.
Mrs. Rachel Harland, twenty-eight
years old, wife of John H. Harland.
cashier at the Putt & Davies Com
pany, died Tuesday morning at 2
o'clqfk at their home. No. 196 Juni
per street. The funeral will be
held from the residence nt 1ft o’clock
Wednesday morning. Interment in
Westview.
Mary M. Mapes, two-year-old daugh
ter of the Rev. and Mrs. A. L.
Mapes, No. 21ft Winthrop street,
died Tuesday morning at 6 o’clock.
Funeral services will be held from
Poole’s chapel at 2 o’clock Wednes
day. Interment in Westview.
Melvin Nesbitt, 15-month-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Nesbitt, died
Tuesday morning at the home, No.
25 Dill avenue. Funeral services
will be held Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock. Interment in Westview'.
general, N. S. D. A. R., and promi
nently connected with Habersham
Chapter, will preside.
The meeting will be called at 7:43 /
o’clock. Among the speakers will oe
Miss Rosa Woodberry, Mrs. M. C. .
Hardin, Mrs. M. T. McWhorter, Mrs.
S. E. Cunningham, Mrs. W. H. Fel
ton. Mrs. M. L. McLendon, Mrs.
Frances Whiteside, Mrs. Nellie Peters
Black, J. R. Smifh, R. H.. Hardeman.
Dr. A. M. Hughlett, H. H. Swift, J.
L. Hope. W. L. Converse, Louis Wis
dom and R. A. Broyles.
Council Serenaded
After Aiding Police
Woman suffrage In all It* phases
will be discussed Tuesday nigrht in
Taft Hall. One of the Important
questions to be settled will be the dis
tinction between a suffragist and a
suffragette. Speakers who will take
up this angle of the argument declare
there is a wider gap In the meaning
of the words than there is between
sanitarium and sanatorium.
The debate will be under the aus
pices of the Habersham Chapter, D.
A. R., and is the last of a series of en
tertainments arranged by the chapter
to aid in raising funds for the new
building which will be erected in
Peachtree street.
“This will be an open discussion on
the suffrage question, as one of the
leading thoughts of the day," said
Mrs William Lawson Peel, outlining
the plans. "It must not be thought
for a moment, however, that the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion are taking part in this discussion
as an organization or even as indi
viduals.
"For instance, our last entertain
ment was a Mother Goose affair, but
it was not Intended that the public
suppose we were all geese.
“Our next venture will be the pres
entation of beautiful Indian legends,
but it can not be Inferred that we are
Indians.”
Mrs. Peel, who is vice president
Council Monday had Just Increased
the salaries of six roundsmen $5 by
changing their names to sergeants
and the leaders in the fight were
leaning back In satisfaction when the
air suddenly was filled with, lively
dance music.
Custodian Joe Shearer had a phon
ograph In the adjoining committee
room and someone had started It.
The councllmen heard all the reoords
before they stopped the machine.
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The funeral of Mrs. Clara Holt, who
died Sunday, will take place at 2
o’clock Tuesday afternoon from the
residence. No. 720 East Fair street.
Interment at Hollywood.
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Japan Not to Aid
Huerta Administration.
MEXICO CITY. July 22.—Japan
will not aid the Huerta administra
tion in its fight for recognition by
the United States.
While greatly appreciating the
friendship shown the Japanese Gov
ernment. the latter's charge d’affaires
to-day notified President Huerta and
his Cabinet that his country will not
sanction any demonstration, w r hen
the new Japanese Minister arrives,
which would tend to be of an anti-
American character.
Committee Favors
Woman Lawyer Bill
Chances for women lawyers to ob
tain the right to practice in the courts
of Georgia received a boost Monday
afternoon when the bill introduced
oy Representative J. L. Cooper met
vviiL a favorable report from General
Judiciary Committee No. 1.
For several years the House has
been so divided on the question that
each time the bill has been killed.
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to Congress he would be immensely
gatifled by the unanimity with which
distinguished statesmen have adopt
ed his fad of wearing white.
Over on the House side, Speaker
Champ Clark, looking like a huge
mountain of ice cream, is resplendent
in white from his snowy hair to his
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