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VOL. XI. NO.’301. * ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1913. 2 CENTS.
DEFENSE ASKS RULING ON DELAYING FRANK TRIAL
VOTING GROWS BRISK IN SLOGAN
EMBLEM 'PRETTIEST GIRL' RACE j
jiass Tries to Quiet
Money Board Strife
WASHINGTON. July 22 —Repre
sentative Ragsdale, of South Caro
lina, the member of the House Bank
ing^ and Currency Committee who
suddenly quit the committee because
Chairman Glass could not furnish
copies of certain amendments to the
currency bill that Ragsdale demand
ed, returned to the conference on the
bill with his Democratic colleagues
to-day.
Glass made strenuous effort to pre
serve harmony in the committee. •
Said the Bulldog in
Tree-Never Again!
CHICAGO, July 22.—"Whitey," a
bullpup, loved to sink his teeth into
auto tires.
Yesterday he made one lunge at a
revolving tire, caught it firmly in his
teeth and sailed away into the ai".
Emil Klank, manager of Prank Gotch.
wrestler, climbed into a tree, 20 feet
high, and rescued "Whitey"—unhurt,
but greatly puzzled.
More than 100 automobiles passed
"Whitey’s" home to-day. "Whitey*’
sat on the porch and watched them.
Wrestler Killed as
He Falls on Dynamite
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y„ July 22.—
Palling while wrestling with his
brother near Germantown, Martin
Punk, 18, was blown to pieces to-day.
A stick of dynamite in his hip pocket
exploded.
Hip brother's left hand was blown
off.
Atlanta Charter Is
Opposed by Senator
The new charter for Atlanta will dp
opposed by Senator G. M. Huie, of
the Thirty-fifth District, which in
cludes Atlanta. His objection will b-i
based on the ground that the charter
curtails the powers of the City Re
corder.
"While I don't live in Pulton Coun
ty, still as Senator from the Thirty-
fifth I consider myself as much of a
resident of Atlanta as the Fulton
County delegation,” he said. "1 see
where they want to cut the Record
er’s authority from a limit of $500 and
60 days to $200 and 30 days. I don't
think they ought to do this: there
fore, I am going to hold the bill up in
the Senate."
Urges Congressional
Record Cartoonist
WASHINGTON, July 22.—A sug
gestion that the Congressional Record
be made an Illustrated daily and that
a regular cartoonist be employed by
Congress was made by Senator John
Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, Bpeak-
ing jocularly during a debate as to
whether illustrations should be in-
serted in the Recbrd.
‘'Why could we not Lave a regular
cartoonist," said Williams, "and a
daily Illustrated Record, with proper
headlines and loving and lovable
caricatures of our friends across the
chamber?"
Nominations and Photos of All
Types of Beauty Are
Pouring In.
With the "Beauty Button” contest,
to determine w^hose picture among
the hundreds of Atlanta girls shall
adorn the Greater Atlanta button, in
full swing, nominations with photo
graphs of all types of beauty arc-
coming in.
Hundreds of votes are being cast,
everyone in Atlanta having the privi
lege of nominating and voting for
whomever they wish. The honor of
leading the city in its quest for the
500,000 population mark by 1920 is
being sought on all sides.
Every contestant is busy securing
votes, and with the end of the race,
the picture of the candidate securing
the largest number of votes will be
placed upon the button.
One of the latest entrants is Miss
Estell McDonald, an extremely at
tractive young woman, whose friends
are confident that no mistake will be
made if she is chosen to represent
fair Atlanta.
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Atlanta
and Georgia: Local
showers Tuesday and
probably Wednesday.
Miss Estell
McDonald,
latest entrant in
the slogan
button beauty
contest.
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35 Convicts Are Burned to Death
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DEMANDS INTERVENTION IN MEXICO
Murray of Oklahoma Would
Hasten Relief to Americans and
Europeans in Mexico.
WASHINGTON. July 22.—A sen-
8ational resolution demanding inter
vention in Mexico within 30 days un
less peace be restored, and denounc
ing the Heutra regime as one ot |
"brute force, incendiarism, rapine and
murder." was introduced in the House
to-day by Representative William H.
Murray, of Oklahoma, a Democrat.
The resolution provides that the
President shall notify Mexico that
peace must be restored and that the
lives and property of American citi
zens and all foreigners sojourning in
Mexico shall be respected.
If disorder in the Mexican repub
lic continues for another 30 days the
resolution provides the President
shall intervene, "establish peace and
order and civil government, and take
possession of all public property of
the former republic of Mexico and
hold the same until every item of ex
pense and all damages for the dep
rivation of liberty or the destruction
of property of any American citizen
or citizens of any other nation has
been fully compensated out of the
Mexican revenues
Gives President War Power.
It is *also demanded that in the
event of intervention the President is
empowered to rehabilitate the Mexi
can Government, prepare the Mexi
cans for self-government and restore
law and order, "and the President is
authorized to use the land and naval
forces of the United States for the
accomplishment of all such pur
poses."
The preamble of the resolution de
fends the Monroe Doctrine and as
serts that the United States is in duty
bound to protect its own citizens in
Mexico as wel as the citizens of other
nations. The refusal of this coun
try to carry out the Monroe Doctrine,
the resolution says, might justify for
eign intervention.
Mr. Murrays resolution refers to
President Huerta as “the usurping
marauder." Huerta, the resolution
recites, "has nullified the Constitu
tion. destroyed all lawful authority
and government and has committed
upon the persons of the President
(Madero) and his family, a black
handed murder, paralleled in all his
tory only by the cruelty of the dark
ages, with all its superstitition* and
dastardly deeds of rapine and mur
der."
"There remains in Mexico neither
rights of government nor of belliger
ent powers such as could be recog
nized,” continues the Oklahoman’s
resolution
Punishment for Guerrillas.
After warning the Mexican Gov
ernment to restore order and protect
the lives of Americans, It is stipu
lated that this Government "shall
pursue to the ends of the earth" any
military leader or band who disre
gards the warning.
With the arrival of Ambassador
Henry Dane Wilson only two days
distant, Washington is on the qut
vivo 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 roast
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.
Deadly Bomb Sent
To Carnegie Will Be
Dropped Into Ocean
NEW YORK, July 22.—So deadly
W'as the bomb sent to the offices of
the Carnegie Corporation addressed
personally to Andrew Carnegie, in the
opinion of the police, that the Bureau
of Combustibles will to-day take the
missile on board a launch and drop
it in the sea as the only safe way of
getting it out of New York.
So dangerous is believed to be th* j
contents of the watermelon-shapeu
container of zinc that the bureau’s
chief bomb expert refused to open it,
declaring that the destruction of two
city blocks might result.
So far the police are without a clew
to the sender of the bomb.
Obsolete Laws to
Be Stricken From
Atlanta City Code
Through the efforts of Councilman
Claude L. Ashley, the City Council
has appointed a «r>eclfll committee to
strike all persiflage from the City
Code. He said it is full of obsolete
laws, and gives the following exam
ples:
No public meeting shall be held in
Atlanta without twelve hours’ notice
to the Chief of Police.
Pigs shall not be allowed to run
loose in the streets.
It shall be unlawful to trap mock
ingbirds within the city limits.
It shall be unlawful to auction off
mules at the corner of Broad and * -
rietta streets.
Bryan Naps in Depot;
Buys 45-Cent Lunch
For 5; All on $12,000!
CHICAGO. July 22 —For two hour*
early to-day Secretary of State Bryan
sat nearly upright in a railroad sta
tion seat and slept. When his train
was called he entered a drawing room
and prepared to awake In Oelwein,
Iowa, where he was scheduled to give
a Chautauqua lecture this afternoon.
Before his nap Secretary Bryan en
tertained four newspaper men at a
midnight lunch which cost him 45
cents. He ate cantaloupe off a dairy
lunch chair. Three others of the party
ate oanteloupe and one reporter drank
buttermilk.
16 Considered for
Mercer President
MACON. July 22— Dr John E.
White, pastor of the Second Baptist
Church; the Rev. P. H. Mell, former
president of Clemson College, and
Professor M. I>. Brittain, State Su
perintendent of Schools, all of At
lanta. are among the sixteen minis
ters and' educators considered for the
presidency of Mercer University.
Others considered are Rev. W. W.
Landrum, of Louisville; Rev. John
Roach Straton, of Baltimore; Rev.
W. L. Pickard, of Savannah, and E.
T. Holmes, president of Gordon In
stitute, Barnesville.
Hot Siege Broken,
Says Weather Man
Hot weather is over in Atlanta for
the next few days, and the weather
man says there is no immediate pro*
pert of another spell like that of last
week. An east wind, beaflng consid
erable moisture, is causing showers ail
over Georgia and the South Atlantic
coast region.
The forecast for Tuesday and Wed
nesday is showers, with a maximum
temperature of 82 or 83 degrees.
the Longest Tnnnel
in the World?
PERISH
E
Flames Start in Hay Stored Under
the Sleeping Quarters on
Oakley Farm.
JACKSON, MISS.. July 22.—Thirty-
five convict*, sleping on the second
floor of a wooden cage at the Oakiey
convict farm 20 mile* southwest of
Jackson, were burned to death earlv
this morning
All of the victims were negroes and
their bodies were burned beyond rec
ognition. Thi* afternoon their charred
bodies were buried In the prison
grave yard.
The fire started on the first floor fit
the stairway landing, cutting off the
only avenue of escape. The structure
was 'milt ten years ago with lumber
taken from the old penitentiary build
ing in Jackson. It burned with aston
ishing rapidity.
The convict farm i* not equipped
with any form of fire protection. Two
night watchmen are employed at the
place, but neither saw the fire until
the flames burst through the windows
of the lower floor.
The screams of the dying prisoners
could be heard for nearly two mile*.
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 add_*d
rapidity.
The Oakley farm is in charge of
Sergeant S. T. Byrd. The prison hos
pital also is located at that place, but
the convicts who lost their lives we *
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. Bea!. accompanied
by a jury, w'ent to Oakley this morn
ing to hold an Inquest, and endeavor
to ascertain the cause of the fire.
Origin of Fire Mystery.
"I can t explain it." said Sergeant
Byrd over the long distance telephone
this morning. "As to the origin of
the fire I 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 blaze was
under good headway before anybody
discovered it. When we reached the
building It was to find that the fire
centered around the only stairw'ay
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 flght
their way out.
Fight Was Useless.
"We did everything in our power,
but the flght was useless. The build
ing was doomed from the first and
the piteous cries of the poor prisoners
who were beinv roasted alive added to
the demoralization of our forces. We
have no sort of Are protection or Are
fighting 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 aw-akened by the Intense heat
And clouds of smoke that poured up
from below.
House Has ‘Spank’
Day; Olive Warms
Breeches of Pages
Tuesday was official spanking day
in the House, w’ith genial Sam Olive,
Representative from Richmond Coun
ty, as "spanker" and the pages as
"spankees."
During the recess the pages became
unusually playful. In fact, they are
the liveliest page* the House ever has
known. One of them developed the
idea of initiating the new members of
their ranks but ran a-foul of Rep
resentative Olive, u'ho decided to
initiate the entire lot.
Ten elaps upon the western side of
each of the pages’ trousers were ap
plied to each youngster. There was
no escape, for as each boy’s turn
came the other pages seized him and
held him firmly across genial Sam’s
lap. while the ten slaps were counted
In unison.
POSTOFFICE ROBBED.
The Tilton. Ga., postofflee was en
tered Tuesday morning. The safe was
cracked and a considerable amount of
postage stamps stolen.
‘Bomb’ for Wilson
Was Cake of Soap;
Doctor Brought It
WASHINGTON. July 22—When
Dr. Bernard Rachauer. who gave nls
add re*s at Port Hamilton, N. Y„
called at the White House to-day and
I demanded to see President Wilson,
j the secret service men took him into
j custody long enough to examine a
black bag the doctor carried.
| The secret service operative* feared
a bomb. They found a cake of soap
and a roll of bandages.
Dr. Rachauer would not state his
business with the President. He w'as
told that the Chief Executive was
"not at home."
Roumania Ready to
Treat With Bulgars
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VIENNA, July 22.—The Bulga
rian Legation hare thia afternoon
received the following dispatch
from the home government at So
fia:
"The Government has decided
to surrender Adrianople to the
T urks."
BUCHAREST, July 22—Roumania
Is willing to end the war with Bul
garia. In an official note issued to
day it accepts the Sofia Government’s
offer to cede territory above Turtbkai
and Dobrideh.
Roumania suggest*, however, that
the p***'* negotiations proceed with
in the border* of its own country.
Militants Are Fined;
Burn Another House
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. July 22.—Following the
severe battle between the militant
suffragettes and the police, when the
later arrested Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
hurst and six of her followers, the
rioters were arraigned in police court
to-day. Two were fined and two oth
ers were ordered to furnish bond to
keep the peace
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, July
22.—The suffragettes’ "arson squad"
resumed operations here to-day. A
house valued at $2,000 was destroyed
by fire.
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Conference Planned to Decide
Which Shall Take Precedence.
Ready to Draw Venire.
Reuben R. Arnold, of counsel
for Leo M. Frank, announced
Tuesday that he proposed to seek
a conference of the attorneys in
the Frank ease and in the Craw
ford will hearing to determine
which ease should be postponed
next Monday, the date set for
the beginning of the trial of
Frank on the charge of slaying
Mary Phagan.
Mr. Arnold, Luther Z. Rosier, chief
of counsel for Frank, both also are
attorneys In the Crawford will case,
and it would be impossible on thla
account to conduct the two cases si
multaneously. The Crawford hearing
will resume Wednesday before a spe
cial auditor in a branch of the Supe
rior Court, and undoubtedly will be
in progress next week if it is not
stopped by a postponement.
The will hearing, because of the
fact that It already Is under way,
would have a natural precedence over
the Prank trial. This may b© waived,
however, in order to take up the Pha
gan mystery.
None of the attorneys for the de
fense will say that they intend to ask
for a postponement of the Frank trial,
but the hot weather and the fact that
the Crawford case is in progress at
this time apepar to be combining to
bring about such a consummation.
Judge Roan has stated that the case
would be called Monday, but he prob
ably will accede to the request for a
conference some day this week to dis
cuss the matter.
Court Likely to Accede.
Attorney Arnold will ask that the
Jurymen be not summoned until a
definite decision is reached as to
which of the cases is to take prece
dence.
When Deputy Sheriff Plennie Mine?
arranged to install twelve large elec
tric fans In the courtroom for the
Frank trial Tuesday morning, he said
there would be no excuse for a post
ponement on the grounds of the room
being too warm.
"Spectators will not be allowed to
crowd Into the court." he said. "The
fans will keep It much cooler than
the average office building In the city.
There are plenty of windows, and the
place is always well shaded.”
Despite the reported repudiation of
her sensational affidavit that eLo M.
Frank had tried repeatedly on the
night of the Mary Phagan murder to
«ecure a room in which to bring a
girl, Mrs. Nina Formby declared in
Chattanooga Tuesday that she would
be in Atlanta on July 28 to testify
to her statements when the trial of
the pencil factory superintendent
opens.
Denies She Retracted.
According to a dispatch from Chat
tanooga. where the woman haa been
for several weeks, Mrs. Formby de
nies having ever retracted from her
original declarations which she mad*
to the police, and further stated that
she would repeat them on the witness
stand.
The police have asserted that Mrs.
Formby has been eliminated from the
case.
Superior Judge John T Pendleton
prepared Tuesday to draw the 150
veniremen for the trial. This venire
will be called next Monday morning
unless the weather is unusually warm.
The jury, in all probability. <toill be
.selected and served before