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ALWAYS FIRST <S> <B> The SUNDAY AMERICAN Order it NOW The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—-GEORGIAN WANT ADS-—Use for Results HOME EDITION Both Phones Main 8000 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. +•+ +•+ +•+ +*4> +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•* +.+ 35 Convicts Are Burned to Death +•+ +•+ +•+ +•* +•+ +•+ +«+ +•+ +•+ +•* +•+ +•* +•* +.+ +,+ 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. \ Vhen A laddin P tubbed His Wonderful Lamp Georgian "Want Ads" were unknown. Telephone The Geor gian Want Ad Man, and get your wish by modern methods. ft 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