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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. W i£j & $ & $ & t£r t£j $ & t $ $ & # & & & $3 & $ t# & & rSs $ $ & $ & $ & © & & & 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. -e-!- '' 1 l. r, i I ' 1 .