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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT) NEWS.
IN PRESENCE OFGflfilTT
Continued From Page 1.
Phapan was murdored Jim Ponley |
and Leo Frank conversing together
in Frank’s office.
Intimation that Gantt contemplated !
making such a statement to the pros- i
ecution is said to have come to the
defense in an anonymous letter norm-
time ago. The writer said in effect:
"I" was standing ^n the street the
other day and heard Gantt talking to
some other fellow He told this fel
low that he had stood across the I
street Saturday, April 26. and had
looked through the window of the
factory and seen Jim Conley talking
to Frank in Frank’s office.
“I don’t think Gantt has told this
to the Solicitor yet. and, as he is not
in very good financial condition. 1
think that he might be persuaded to ;
keep it quiet if he was sent a little
money.’’
No attention was paid to the letter.
Lee Grilled Again.
Gantt, the Solicitor and attorney
were in the Jail together. They re
mained two and a quarter hours ques
in the pencil factory, of which he had
any knowledge, was a small section
of broom handle, about a foot in
length, which hung by a cord beside
the desk of Leo M Frank in the lat
ter’s private office.
Broom Handle Was Found.
This "club” bore no blood stains,
he said, and showed no evidence of
having ever been used ns a weapon
in any way. It was too light to have
done any damage had a blow been
struck with it, he said
Chief Lanford treated the bloody
club story In the manner of a joke.
"Do you see a club there?" re
marked the Chief, pointing to a per
fectly clear spot on his office floor,
when asked as to the reported find by
the Pinkertons.
••Well, that's the answer.’’ he con
tinued "There Is just as much of a
bloody club lying there on that floor
as there was on the floor of the pencil
factory, where it is said the Pinker
tons found their bloody club. The
whole thing is absurd and will have
no bearing whatever on the case of
Frank. I'm satisfied this mysterious
club will ne ver be introduced In evi
dence.
No Weapon Was Found.
When it Is recalled that the very
tloning Newt Lee closely. They went ,.p 0t that yielded up this bloody club
over practically the same ground : NNas searched thoroughly more than a
that was covered in the inquest, j f | ozon times by numerous officers prior
quizzing him about his actions the to \j ay jq and no club nor other
day ef the murder and his where- weapon was found, the ridiculousness
abouts every minute during the time n f t j,j H Rt ory is apparent. We search-
before he reported at the factory and ,. ( j factory from top to bottom
about Frank’s manner when he met an( j bottom to top, closely investigat-
him at the factory. j n g every conceivable place for weap-
Lee stuck to his previous story, and
or any other bit of evidence that
declared that he knew nothing about j m j^bt throw light on the mystery,
the crime until he came upon the body , an( j yet no club was found,
that night. They asked him how tie "There’s absolutely nothing to it.
happened to go into the basement at "i n Frank’s private office we found
that time, and he made the same ex- a sma u piece of broomstick, riang-
planation that he gave before the p y a cor( j beside his desk. There
Coroner's Jury. were no blood stains on it, and it
Lee said that he did not see Conley showed no evidence of having been
there that night and did not even UBe< j aa a weapon. In the first place,
know Conley by sight. In the after- i wag too light to serve as a weapon,
noon It was planned to take Conley 'phis was the only club found In the
from the police station to the Jail to
confront Lee and question the two to
gether.
factory at the time any possible weap.
ons should have been found ana
would have been found."
Date Still in Doubt.
Lanford Scout/S Reuben Arnold said Wednesday
j ^ -d that the defense would ask for no
xsiuageon Jfcjviaence. continuance <>f the Frank case except
Chief of Detectives Newport I.nn- f°r such Imperative reasons as the
, , , ,, , i absence of material witnesses or the
ford Wednesday morning ridiculed 1Une8B , )f ( . oun8 el. Luther Rosser,
the story that the defense of Leo M. c bief of counsel, also has indicated
Frank has in Its possession a bloody that no move will be made by the de-
club, alleged to have been found by f '"' further delay in the trial
w , * unless an emergency arises of the
two Pinkerton detectives on May 1» j sort described by Attorney Arnold.
In the National Pencil factory, and i informal conferences between the
with which, it is reported, the defense j rouns el in the Crawford will case
will contend Mary Phagan was Ham an(1 t hose In the Frank case, in both
by James Conley, the negro sweeper. of which Rosser and Arnold appear
Asserting that he knows nothing i ^ attorneys, have resulted in the
announcement that the persons
whatever of the alleged bloody club,
Chief Lanford declared that, if Pin
kerton detectives found such a wea
pon on May 10, or any other datp,
they had failed to report the fact .
to him. Failure to officially report
such a find would be regarded as a
breach of the pact between the city
detectives and the Pinkertons, as the
latter officers, while employed by the
pencil factory, have been working
hand in hand with city detectives,
with the understanding that any evi
dence they unearthed would be com
municated to detective headquarters.
Has Received No Report.
"If Pinkerton detectives found a
bloody club In the pencil factory they
certainly should have reported that
fact to me at once—I have received
no such report." said Chief Lanford.
The police regard as significant the
attitude of Harry Scott, who is man
aging the Pinkerton investigation,
and who, subsequent to May 10, has
continued to assert his belief in the
guilt of Frank.
Chief Lanford characterized the al
leged finding or the club as an "ab
surdity,” and scouted the idea of it
having any bearing on the case. He
is satisfied, he said, that it will never
figure as evidence.
The chief said the only club found
Coming of
The Sunbeam
How to Avoid Those Pains and Dis
tress Which so Many Mothers Hava
Suffered.
in
terested in the Crawford hearing are
willing to waive the priority of their
ease and permit the Frank trial to
go on Monday.
Frogs Oust Mice as
Bogies of Fair Sex
PORT CLINTON. OHIO. July 23.—
Thousand!* of frogs are migrating
overland from the marshes of Lake
Erie and the Portage River to San
dusky Hay. In the evenings when
they lift up their voices their num
bers seem to have been multiplied to
millions. They till the roads and
streets und hundreds hop into homes.
Nervous women have become more
afraid of the clammy little frogs than
of the proverbial mice.
Slaton Makes More
Court Nominations
RIVALRY, MINUS DISCORD, ABOUNDS
IN BOOSTER BUTTON BEAUTY RACE
SENATE ACTS TO
Passes Hixon-Searcy Bill—Fight
Rages Over 3-Gallon Burden
of Proof Clause.
Noted Lecturer to
'Talk' to Deaf Here
George William Vedltz, of Colo
rado Springs, former president of the
National Association of the Deaf, will
deliver a lecture to the deaf people of
Atlanta in the sign language at Taft
Hall Saturday night, Aug,ust 2.
Mr. Vedltz’s subject will be "Faust.”
He also will deliver a sermon to the
deaf Sunday mornin, August 3, at
the Second Baptist Church.
Rev. John Wesley Michaels. South
ern evangelist to the deaf, also will
be in Atlanta at the same time and
will assist Mr. Veditz.
By a vpte of 36 to 3 the Senate
Wednesday afternoon passed the Hix
on-Searcy prohibition bill providing
for the enforcement of the Webb bill
In Georgia.
The bill makes it unlawful for any
firm or corporation to transport liq
uor into the State for illegal purposes
and places the burden of proof of
such legality upon the shipper when
quantities in excess of three gallons
are shipped.
Three-Gallon Clause Attacked.
It was around the three-gallon pro
vision as recommended in the Tem
perance Committee substitute that
the fight centered Wednesday morn
ing. Senator Hixon. chairman of the
committee and author of the original
bill, and Senator Searcy, vice chair
man of the committee, opposed this
provision on the ground that the
whole burden of proof should be
placed on the carrier.
This was' vigorously opposed, how
ever, by Senator McNeil, of the
Twenty-second, a member of the
committee, who declared that such a
provision was an unjust burden upon
the carrier.
Senator Harrell, of the Twelfth,
also opposed the Hixon-Searcy meas
ure, declaring that the measure was
an effort to punish the innocent car
rier rather than the illegal "blind
tiger” within the State.
Increase in Crime Charged.
As the bill stands the burden of
proof of illegal sale Is placed on the
State when quantities* less than three
gallons are shipped into the State.
Several amendments, including those
of Senator Hixon, striking out the
three-gallon clause, were voted down
before the final passage of the bill.
In the course of the debate sensa- |
tional statements were made by Sen-
ator McNeil, "a prohibitionist in re- j
striction." who declared that under j
the present prohibition law vv*.th its j
"nefarious results," felonies in the j
State had increased 66 per cent.
Oriental Fruit Fly
Threatens California
Papal Guards Must
Obey Orders or Quit
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, July 23.—The Swiss guards
at the Vatican must obey orders or
leave. Their demands, presented aft
er the mutiny on Monday, were re
jected by the Holy See to-day.
They were told they must either
submit to the present military rule
or return to their homes. The or
ganizers of the agitation will be dis
missed, it is reported.
Tokio Prepares New
Land Bill Protest
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23.—A To
kio dispatch to el local Japenese pa
per to-day said that the Japanese
Government, dissatisfied with the re
ply of Secretary of State Bryan to
Its protest against the California alien
land bill, is preparing a third note of
protest to the United States.
It will be ready for presentation
within a few days.
Governor Upsets Predecessor’s
Precedent by Carrying Suit to
U. S. Supreme Court.
Governor Slaton Wednesday morn
ing instructed Attorney General
Thomas S. Felder and James K.
Hines, special attorney for the Rail
road Commission, to appeal to the
United States Supreme Court Jn the
State’s suit against the Western and
Atlantic Railroad Company, seeking
to restrain the company from charg
ing higher rates than those fixed by
the Georgia standard tariff and
classification.
The appeal for injunction by the
State was turned down by the Su
perior and Supreme Courts.
Governor Slaton’s act is directly
contrary to that of Governor Brown,
who, when the State Supreme Court
ruled against the State, instructed the
Attorney General not to appeal, hold
ing it would be of no avail.
The Governor acted upon the ad
vice of the Attorney General and Mr,
Hines, who. immediately • after his
inauguration, urged him to order an
appeal.
GIRL HELD AS HORSE THIEF.
JOHNSTOWN, PA., July 23—Miss
Ella P Behe, 23, a nurse, is in the coun
tv jail at Ebensburg, charged with
horsestealing. She was arrested near
Portage riding a horse taken from a liv
ery stable.
WASHINGTON, July 23.—Secret'!.- 1
ry of Agriculture Houston to-day {
asked Secretary of the Treasury Me- [
Adoo for aid in the fight against ‘he
Mediterranean fruit fly, which men- }
aces California fruit interests.
He wants Secretary McAdoo to hoid
in quarantine all passenger vessels
entering California ports that officials
may qxamipe ltjggage.for fruit bear
ing the fly.
It la » pity mort wuiLtu .... i ot Know of Mother’*
friend Herr to a remedy that aaflaa# the ntus-
Mr*, enable* them to expand without any ■ train
Upon the lhganaenu enable* women U go
through matarotty without pain, nausea, morning
Cirkneaa or any of the dreaded symptoms ao fa
miliar to many mother#
There ia no foolish diet to haraaa the mind Tht
thoughts do not dwell upon pain and suffering. for
ali such are avoided Thousands of women nc
longer resign themaelrea to the thought tha* alckneat
and distress are natural. They know better, for
In Mother’# Friend thay have found a wonderful
penetrating remedy to banish ali Uiuae dreaded
asp?-lancet
It la a subject every woman should be familial
With, and earn though she u»ay not require such »
remedy, eh# will now and then meet *>m« pr.w
Motive mother to whom a word in time e 'it
ltig This famous remedy- is sold by all drug,
Mother's Friend will come a.« a wonderful bn s'-
and to only |1 00 a bottle It to for externa! «i»<
only, and is really worth Its weight In * t Writ*
V> day to the bradfleld Regulator Co . 127 l.amai
fildg.. Atlanta. Ga-. for a must valuable book-
The Senate Wednesday received the
! following nominations from the Gov
ernor:
Tom Eason to he Judge of the City
I Court of McRae for four years from Au-
! gust 3. 1913.
W. S. Mann to be Solicitor of the City
| Court of McRae for the unexpired term
1 from January 1, 1914. to November 1,
1914. vice Hamilton Burch, Jr.. re
signed.
I>. R. Pearce to be Judge of the City
; Court of Pulaski County for four years
from March 1. 1914.
Finds Cat, Whiskers
And All, Petrified
COTTONWOOD FALLS., KANS..
July 23.—While repairing the floor ot
his house John Mann, a farmer living
southeast of ntre, found a petrified
kitten in perfect condition.
The cat weighed five pounds and its
body was smooth and hard as though
the work of a sculptor. Its tail, feet
and ears were intact and there were a
few whiskers projecting from the
jaws. •
Veritable Shower of Coupon Votes Received,
Showing Enthusiasm in Competition.
Rivalry In Atlanta’s booster button
beauty contest threatens to equal that
Immortal mythological event in which
Ate. Goddess of Discord, dropped a
golden apple at the feet of Paris
marked for the fairest one.
But no such disastrous result as
the destruction of Troy is expected
unless Birmingham or Memphis
should steal Atlanta’s prettiest gin
and then outrank the Gate City in the
census of 1920,
Atlantans fell sure that the girl
elected the sponsor of the "500,000
Booster Club” will glory In her lead
ership and be present to act as queen
Pittsburg Policemen
Want to Form Union
PITTSBURG, July 23.—At the sug
gestion of Joseph G. Armstrong. Di
rector of Public Works, the police
men of Pittsburg are planning to or
ganize.
The new union, if the plans of the
movers are successful, will be incor
porated under the rules of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
FOR THE LIVER
TAKE LIVER EASE
i Calomel Has Been Completely
< Displaced by Dr. Verdier’s
Liver Ease.
Be sure you get the perfect substi
tute for Calomel when you need a
$ medicine for the liver
) DR VERDI ER’S LIVER EASE is
) made of imported drugs, purely vege-
< table and acts on the liver a> thor-
> oughlv as calomel with none of the
k ba i after effects.
DR VERDIER’S LIVER EASE
contains no drug that can produce
salivation; there is no irritation of the
stomach and bowels and no sickening
after effects.
Take DR. VERDIER’S LIVER EASE
and go about your work as though you
were not taking a medicine at all A
dose at bedtime will cleanse the sys
tem of all impurities and stimulate
the liver to expel the bile promptly
with no discomfort. You can get DR.
VERDIER’S LIVER EASE at any
drug store foi 50c per large bottle
fully guaranteed
L
of the celebration when the 500,000
population is counted* in 1920.
One of the fairest candidates nom
inated Wednesday is Miss Maud
rfteele, of 9 Venable street. She is
a brunette, though not extreme, and
gives the brunette almost an equal
place with the blondes in the number
of candidates.
Each day brings in new candidates,
and a snowstorm of coupon votes for
the favorites. It is a wonderful con
test indeed. But why shouldn’t it be?
The prettiest girl in Atlanta! Just
think of it.
Clip the coupons that appear each
day in The Georgian. Nominate your
candidate. VOTE.
Exhibit May Be in
Commerce Chamber
The location of the proposed per
manent Atlanta manufacturers’ ex
hibit probably will be definitely
known within a week. The commit
tee on arrangements has several
propositions under consideration, and
a report is expected soon.
It is understood the majority of
the committee favors leasing four
upper floors of the Chamber of Com
merce at Pryor street and Auburn
avenue, the old y . M. C. A. building.
The Board of Directors of the Cham
ber, it is unofficially stated, made a
fair price to the manufacturers.
"TIGER” GETS NEW TRIAL.
COLUMBUS.-W. A. Waters, a
former member of the Columbus po
lice force, convicted of violating the
prohibition law and sentenced to six
months on the State farm, nas been
granted a new trial.
A VOID IMPURE MILK
tor Infants and Invalids
Get
HORLICK’S
It means the Original and Genuine
MALTED MILK
"OMeU*" Jmitaticnl
The Food-Drink for all Ages
Rich milk, malted grain, in powder form.
For infants, invalids and growing children.
Purenutrition.upbuildingthe whole body.
Invigorates nursing mothers and the aged.
More healthful than tea or coffee.
Take no substitute. Ask for HORLICK’S
HORLICK’S Contains Pure Milk
Telephone Girls’ Presence of
Mind Results in Capture,of
Two Negro Thieves.
Continued From Page 1.
the Coca-Cola Bottling Company,
where they separated.
One of them dlsappearfd in the
darkness, but the other was* seen to
run around to the back of the plant.
The police surrounded the place, and
Captain Mayo went into the darkness
after him.
He flushed the negro in a few min
utes, and the burglar ran out into
the open on the rear side of the plant,
directly toward Officer Watson.
Leaps at Policeman.
The policeman yelled three times
at the negro to halt. The burglar,
however, continued to advance, and
as he struck at the officer, Watson
leaped aside and fired, the bullet pen
etrating the negro's leg.
The wounded negro was sent to the
Grady Hospital in the automobile,
and the police continued their search
for the other burglar Half an hour
later Captain Mayo and Officer
Gresham found him crouched in the
darkness of a cellar on Houston
street. Gresham < . *c upon the,
neero suddenly an.l the Dural ter
probably thinking the officer was
alone, leaped up with a curse.
Gres flam covered him with his re-
I volver, but the negro continued to ad-
j vance. As Gresham was about to
fire, Captain Mayo came up and coy- !
ered the negro and he surrendered, i
When the automobile, crqwded with j
police and prisoners, passed the tele- i
phone exchange en route back to the
station, they were applauded by the \
young women who crowded the win- |
dosvs and who were responsible for
the capture of the two negroes.
NEW WAYCROSS PAPER.
WAYCROSS.—This city has another j
publication. It is The Sentinel and it's
managing editor is C. R. Hawk, until
recently connected with The Morning
Herald. The Sentinel will be issued i
weekly.
EXCURSION
VIA
Funeral Designs and Flowei?
FOR ALL OCCASIONS.
Atlanta Floral Company,
455 EAST FAIR STREET.
Gro. Co.
118 & 120)
Whitehall
Combination Sale
Red Ribbon Tea, lb. 60cj
Anyone buying 1 lb. Tea we will
sell one of these Items
25 lbs. Granulated Sugar 99c!
23 lbs. Granulated Sugar 69c|
10 :bs. Granulated Sugar 2scI
10 lbs Snowdrift Lard . 5Sc
10 lbs. Silver Leal Lard S1.C91
Gal on V.esson Oil . . . 59cI
No. 10. Cottolsne . . . 79c
THERN RAILWAY
Premier Carrier of the South
Thursday, August 7th, 1913
$6.00 Jacksonville . . Limit 6 days.
$S.C0 Tampa .... Limit 8 days.
$6.00 Brunswick . . . Limit 6 days.
$6.00 St. Simon .... Limit 6 days.
$6.00 Cumberland . . Limit 6 days.
$6.00 Atlantic Beach . Limit 6 days.
Tipkets good returning on any regular train
within limit.
Two Special Trains From Atlanta
10:00 a. m. Solid Pullman Train, Will Arrive Jacksonville
8:10 a. m.
10:15 p. m. Coaches Only, Will Arrive Jacksonville 8:25
a. m.
No local stops will be made.
Passengers for Brunswick, St. Simon and Cumberland
will be handled in extra coaches and sleeping cars attached
to the regular train leaving Atlanta at 9:30 p. m., arriv
ing Brunswick 7:55 a. m., where connection is made with
the boats for the islands.
For Further Information. Ask Southern Railway
* Tickets Agents.
BANKRUPT SALE
WHOLESALE MILLINERY STOCK AND FIXTURES
0! Myers Millinery Company, Bankrupt
In pursuance of an order passed by Hon. P. H. Adams. Referee in
Bankruptcy, I will receive sealed bids ou the stock of mlLllnery, con
sisting of items invoicing approximately as follows:
Ribbons. $5,600; wire, $104; Hat Pins. $65; Thread, etc.. $288;
Mourning Veils. $100: Hat Bands, etc.. $.378; Braid, $950: Velveteen,
$98: Velvet, $t,285 ; English Crepe, $155 : Felt, $67 ; Furs, $47: Maline,
$367; Chiffon, $898; Scarfs. $1S8: Veiling, $706; Lace, $812; Mull,
$124: Silk, $1,000; Plumes. $3,829; Aigrettes and Fancy Feathers,
$2,800; Flowers, $3,282: Children’s Headwear, $845; Ladies’ Hats and
Frames, $1,750. Total $26,000.
Also office and store fixtures invoicing $1,825.
Also bankrupt’s leasehold interest in a five-story building equipped
with elevator located at No. 39 East Alabama Street, uow renting at
$200 a month, lease expiring June 30, 19X5.
I will accept said bids up and until 11 o’clock A. M. of Friday,
July 25, next, at which time said bids will be opened at Room No. 513
Grant Building. Atlanta, Ga. Bids may be submitted as an entirety or
separately on the stock or fixtures or lease and are subject to the con
firmation of the court. For further information and inspection of
stock and inventory apply to
H. A. FERRIS, Trustee
402 Rhodes Building, Atlanta, Ga.
Mayson & Johnson, Attorneys for Trustee.
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Will the Czar’s Long Arm
Get This Princess at Last?
How a noble Russian beauty lias (for
the present) tricked the imperial spies
and may yet escape the "golden cage”
prepared for her by a dissolute Grand
Duke will be told in
Next Sunday^ American
(let it from your dealer or order in
advance by phoning Main 100.
NOMINATION BLANK
I hereby nominate as the most beautiful girl in Atlanta:
Name
Address
Only one of these blanks will be credited to any one
contestant.
VOTING COUPON
For any regularly nominated Candidate in the
BEAUTY CONTEST
Name of Candidate.
Address ....
Fill out this Coupon and send it to “Booster Button" Editor of
The Georgian and American.
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