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ALWAYS FIRST <0> <3> The SUNDAY AMERICAN Order It NOW The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—-GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results EVENING EDITION Both Phones Main 8000 VOL. XI. NO. 302. ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1913. Bj c «* r ^ co 2 CENTS. r ^ R £° CHARGES POISON PLOT YOUNG +•+ *•* +•+ +•+ +•+ *•+ + •+ +•+ + •+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ *•* v • v +•+ +•* ■r • +•* +•+ * \ • * l House Hears Salary Scheme Charge Against Soule *•+ +e+ +»•!• +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ •{•••{. LANFORD RIDICULES BLUDGEON THEORY F'OF E Detective Chief Scoffs at Claim of Evidence That Club Used by Negro Was Found. Chief of Detectives Newport Lan ford Wednesday morning ridiculed the story that the defense of Leo M. Frank has in its possession a bloody club, alleged to have been found t?y two Pinkerton detectives on May 10 In the National Pencil factory, and with which, it is reported, the defense will contend Mary Phagan was ‘■•lain by James Conley, the negro sweeper. Asserting that he knows nothing 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 date, they had failed to report the fa^t 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 of 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 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 as 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 never be introduced in evi dence. No Weapon Was Found. “When it is recalled that the very spot that yielded up this bloody club w r as searched thoroughly more than a dozen times by numerous officers prior to May 10 and no club nor other weapon was found, the ridiculousness of this story is apparent. We search ed that factory from top to bottom and bottom to top, closely investigat ing every conceivable place for weap ons or any other bit of evidence that might throw’ light on the mystery’, and yet no club was found. “There’s absolutely nothing to it. “In Frank's private office we found a email piece of broomstick, hang ing by’ a cord beside his desk. There w’ere no blood stains on it, and it showed no evidence of having been used as a w’eapon. In the first place, I s v'titinued > ^ D *ae 2, Column 6. Breakfasters Eat On Calmly as Fire Is Fought in Cafe Fire which broke out in the ceiling I of Durand’s Restaurant shortly be- fore 7:30 o’clock Wednesday morning failed to take the appetite from a dozen men, who calmly continued eat ing their breakfast w’hile firemen swarmed the room. Even when the firemen mounted ladders and began hacking at the ceiling the diners were not dismayed. The fire was of little consequence, the ceiling catching probably from a defective wire near the flue of the warming retainer. The call brought out every central company, though, w’hile a great crowd of early morning workers gathered. L Noted Sleuth Trails Warship Plans Thief NEW YORK, July 23.—Declaring that he had been commissioned to work with United States Government operators in rounding up a band of international spies, Captain Marian Herrmann, nominally head of the Trieste police, but officially known a.« one of the cleverest secret service op eratives of Austria, arrived here to day'. Captain Herrmann is believed to have important information bearing on the recent disappearance from the naval officers at Washington of plans for the construction of a new dread nought. Republican Regime In Portugal Totters Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MADRID. July' 23.—The Portuguese Republic is tottering. The country seethes with the revolutionary spirit to overthrow’ the Republican Govern ment and re-establish a monarchy. Travelers from Portugal arriving here to-day say the movement is the best organized since King Manuel was de throned. Troops are being rushed to all points in an effort to check the re bellion. which Government officials consider the most serious since the new’ form of government was estab lished. Strike Shuts World's Biggest Copper Mine CALUMET, MICH., July 23.—Be tween 15,000 and 20,000 copper min ers of the upper peninsula went on a strike this morning, completely tying up twenty mines in four counties. The men demand shorter hours and an increase in w’ages. The Calumei and Hecla, the biggest copper pro ducer in the world, has been shut down. The men w’ere organized recently by the Western Federation of Miners. There has been no disorder. PRESIDENT ACCUSED Assembly Likely to Probe Report False Representation Was Made to Boost Salary. Zion City Banishes Pool and ‘Movies' ZION CITY. ILL., July 23.—The young sports and old ones of Zion City hereafter will go to bed without rolling their accustomed series of games of Keely pool. The other resi dents of the city will retire without having made their nightly excursion to the moving picture theater. The City Council, controlled by the forces of Overseer Voliva, ordered the theater and the poolroom closed. Pass the Medals to These Heroes, Please! TRENTON. N. J., July 23.—A test meal of eggs three years old was made by the State Board of Health here. If the board survives. $4,000 worth of ancient eggs will be released from cold storage. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgiar—Local thundershow ers Wednesday and probably Thursday. Representative Connor, of Spald ing County, introduced a resolution In the House to-day calling for a legis lative investigation of the State Ag ricultural College at Athens, particu larly with respect to Dr. Andrew M. Soule’s connection therewith. Mr. Connor’s resolution recites the fact that Dr. Soule has been publicly accused in The Southern Fancier- Farmer, a poultry and agricultural magazine, with having obtained a re cent raise In salary upon false repre sentations, and calls upon the Legis lature to investigate the charge and summon Dr. Soule before the Com mittee on Appropriations to answer the same. It also provides for the summoning of B. M. Blackburn, the editor of the magazine, who is held responsible for the charges, to come before the com mittee and substantiate them, if he can. Charges M ^representation. The magazine charges that Dr. Soule recently asked the board to raise his salary from $5,000 to $6,000 and based his appeal upon the ground that he had been offered a salary of $8,000 per annum to serve in a simi lar capacity in the Minneapolis Col lege of Agriculture. The magazine says Dr. Soule never was offered any such sum to serve in the Minnesota college, nor any sum whatever, and t,hat hts correspondence with the Minnesota college was very brief, and resulted speedily in the choice of another man for the place. The Fancier-Farmer prints that which purports to be documentary evidence to sustain this charge. Besides the direct allegation of ob taining a raise in salary on false rep resentation to the Georgia College management, the magazine attacks Dr. Soule vigorously for incompeten- cy and general unfitness for the of fice he holds. Bitter Fight Probable. Mr. Connor’s resolution, which, un der the rules, went over for one day, caused a genuine sensation in the House and undoubtedly will bring about a biter fight on the floor. In addition to that it may hold up indefinitely the contemplated $100,- 000 appropriation to the college. The House likely will pass the Con nor resolution and order the inves tigation to proceed with all haste pos sible. Besides the specific charges set forth The Fancier-Farmer protests that Dr. Soule, in The Country Gen tleman and other publications has caused ot be printed false and ridicu lous statements about the South, call ing the people of Georgia “mossbacks” and saying that when he came here originally the State’s agricultural sit uation was deplorably bad and mark ed by pronounced unintelligence and shiftlessness. Motive Is Discovered. Back of this entire matter is said to be the impression that Dr. Soule is advocating qffuietly but as effect ively as he may the removal of the Experiment Station from Griffin to Athens. Mr. Connor, the author of the res olution, is a resident of Griffin and is, of course, much opposed to the contemplated change. This, in connection with the other charges, undoubtedly means a bitter and perhaps prolonged fight in the Legislature, not only over the matter of Dr. Soule’s opposition, but over the question of removing the Experiment Station from Griffin to Athens. Big Fortune Left by Russian Sought Here Somewhere in the United States a Russian emigrant named Trooshkov- sky died a few f years ago, leaving a vast fortune, and in the effort to lo cate In whose hands the estate Is now being held, W. Trooshkovsky, of St. Petersburg, Russia, ha« Implored the assistance of Governor Slaton. While such Information would not be in the Governor’s office, through newspaper publicity Governor Sla ton hopes to be able to furnish the information requested if Trooshkov sky lived In Georgia. Any person hav ing information is requested to com municate with the Governor. Cardinal Gibbons 79; Felicitated by Pope BALTIMORE, MD„ July 23— In a modest chapel at the home of T. Her bert Shriver, at Union Mills, near Westminster, Md., Cardinal Gibbons this morning celebrated the mass of thanksgiving that marked the 79th anniversary of his birth. Only mem bers of the family of the host were present. The rest of the day the Cardinal passed In repose. He received many telegrams and letters of felicitation, iEcludlng a cablegram from the Pope and rulers of Europe. Slain While Aiding Brother in a Fight DOTHAN, ALA.. July 23.—Robert Moon, aged 20, shot and killed Jo seph Halsted, 25 years old, In a row at Memphis Church, seven miles south of Dothan, late Tuesday night. Moon shot three times with a pis tol, all taking effect. He surrendered to the Sheriff. Moon was in a row with Jasper Halsted, brother of Jo seph, when Joseph interfered. Hal sted is survived by a wife and small child. Atlanta Salesmen Held as ‘Peddlers' RICHMOND, July 23.—Arrested last night at the instance of the Re tail Merchants’ Association on the charge of peddling merchandise with out a license, J. H. Thrash and W. E. Holston, young men, both fhom At lanta. representing the Fisher Knit ting Mill Company, were in Police Court to-day. They were allowed to go free when they explained that they were merely soliciting orders. Tokio Prepares New Land Bill Protest SAN FRANCISCO, July 23.—A To kio dispatch to a local Japeneae 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 Dill, is preparing a third note of protest to the United States. It will be ready for presentation within a few days. HER FIRST VOTE “DRY. H ELGIN. ILL., July 23.—The first vote of a woman in Illinois on the saloon question was in favor of the ‘dry" side. Miss Illione Wilbur, age 23, was the voter. The Man Who Said “There Is Nothing New Under the Sun” neglected to read The Georgian “Want Ad” columns. New features, names, opportunities,' prices and effects are being introduced daily. Read for Profti Georgian “Want Ads” Use for Results Trio of Robbers Surprised as They Are Looting Store Caught in Long Chase. The presence of mind of half a dozen girls employed at the Atlanta Telephone Exchange, at Ivy and Edge- wood streets, In notifying the police when they saw burglars breaking into the candy store of Michael Koliff, across the street, resulted In the capture of two negro burglars early Wednesday morning. In the chase and battle which fol lowed the arrival of the police one of the negroes, Will Wauker, was shot in the right leg by Call Officer Wat son. but was not wounded seriously. The other negro, Dave Smith, was found hiding in a cellar on Houston street half an hour later by Plain Clothes Officer Gresham and Captain Mayo. The police declare that the burglars would have escaped with their booty had it not been for the telephone girls, and Chief of Police Beavers has extended his personal thanks and congratulations to the girls for their presence of mind. Heard Glass Crash. The young women, while working at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, heard the sound of breaking glass is the burglars smashed the window of the candy store. Looking out of the exchange win dow the girls say the two men en ter a store. A third posted himself on the corner as lookout. While several of the young women watched the burglars, another of the girls telephoned police headquarters and notified the police. Assistant Chief Jett, Captain Mayo. Call Officers Watson and Anderson and Policeman McWilliams went to the scene in an automobile. As the car. driven at top speed, dashed up lo the front of the candy store, the negro w'ho stood on the sidewalk saw the officers coming and ran. The police, thinking he was the only man In the job, started in pursuit, but were called back by the telephone girls, who were gathered at the windows of the plant. Call Policemen Back. “Come back.” they cried, “there are two others In the store!” As the car turned and started hur riedly back to the store, two negroes dashed out of the front door and ran up Ivy street, with the police in pur suit. The negroes turned down Au burn avenue and ran to the plant of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, where they separated. One of them disappeared in the darkness, but the other wap 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. Th* 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 came upon the negro suddenly, ant} the burglar, probably thinking the officer was alone, leaped up with a curse. Gresham covered him with his re volver, but the negro continued to ad vance. As Gresham was about to fire. Captain Mayo came up and cov ered the negro and he surrendered. When the automobile, crowded w ith police and prisoners, passed the tele phone exchange en route back to the station, they were applauded by the young women who crowded the win dows and w’ho were responsible for the capture of the tw’o negroes. SUFFRAGE CAUSE HERE BOOSTED BY BIG MEET Enthusiasm Marks Taft Hall Gathering- “Anti” Partially Converted. Only Spurred to enthusiasm by Mrs. William Peel, presiding officer, sev eral hundred suffragists and a suf fragette or two at Taft Hall Tuesday participated in a monster meeting, in many respects unequaled before in Atlanta. Round after round of ap plause marked th© efforts of every speaker. The meeting was an ell-suffrage affair, for although a debate was ad vertised not a single out-and-out anti-suffragist speech was made. Er nest Neal, member of the House of Representatives, was the only speak er of the opposition, and even he de clared he had little faith in many of the stock arguments of th" antis and that he wished Mrs. Peel godspeed in the present movement Debate Is Opened. Following an organ recital by Dr. Percy J. Starnes, Mrs. Peel called the meeting to order. “If it had not been for woman," sh© said in opening the discussion, “man would still be walk ing on four legs. But woman has performed her duty and as a result all of us are to-day walking on two legs.” Following Representative Neal’s ad dress, R. A. Broyles declared the men needed the women to help them out In things political. Among the other speakers were Dr. A. M. Hughlett, who declared he was a suffragist first, last and all the time, for the reason that women are as in telligent as men; Mrs. S. E. Cunning ham, who paid high tribute to the cause; Mrs. Frances Whitesides, a ieader in the Civic League; Mrs. Mary McLendon, “the original suffragette,” president of the Georgia League, and Dr. John E. White. Mrs. McLendon Speaks. Mrs. McLendon spoke of the first efforts of Georgia women to organize, and asserted the present movement would result In a perfect organization throughout the State. Dr. White made a vigorous address In favor of suffrage and sharply criti cised the “idle rich” woman, who, he said, .“ought a good time for life by marrying a man with an automobile. At the meeting's close Mrs. Peel invited all anti-suffragists In, the house to stand up. No ojie stood up. E. R. Sweat, Seeking Divorce, Bares What He Declares Was Attempt on His Life. That his bride of six months placed pulverized glass in his coffee with the evident purpose of killing him is one of the sen sational charges made in a suit for divorce filed Wednesday by E. R. Sweat, of Xo. 33 Gresham street, through his attorney, S. A. Boorstin. Sweat claims that persecutions at the hands of his wife, of which the alleged attempt to administer the ground glass was the climax, have left him a nervous wreck and unfit for work. They were wed February 8. after a romantic courtship. Married life soon palled on the wife, according to Sweat. Her ill treatment of him began before a month bad passed, he says. She reproved him one day, he recites, by slapping him in the face in the presence of strangers. Then she grew’ more persistent. Sweat swears that she would sleep the whole day for the sole purpose’ of keeping him awake and tormenting him when he returned home tired from work at night. They separated after an Incident of July 16. Sweat’s story is that he came home from work that night and sat down at the supper table. He drank one cup of coffee and asked for another. He says that the second cup tasted peculiar and that when he stirred it and got some of the grounds on his spoon he discovered a quan tity of pulverized glass. He declares that he charged her with an attempt to kill him and that she replied by hurling the sugar bowl out of the window and snatching the coffee cup from his grasp and de stroying it. She left the saucer on the table and in this,’ Sweat claims, there remained some of the glass which he had removed from the cup. Sues Money Lenders For Loss of Position MACON, July 23.—W. R. Roberts, a railroad fireman, who lost his po sition because his salary was gar nished. has brought suit for $2,000 damages in Superior Court against King Bros., money lenders, of Atlanta and Macon. Roberts charges that he borrowed $20 and paid back $40, and that King Bros, then claimed he still ow’ed $22. Refusing to pay this, his salary was attached, which entailed the loss of his position at a time when his wife was critically ill. China Quells Revolt; Shanghai in Danger Special Cable to The Georgian. SHANGHAI, July 23.—From reporta received here to-day it is believed the Chinese Republic will not be torn asun der. The outlook for President Yuan is much more hopeful and all indications point to the Government ruling supreme. The royal troops to-day defeated the Secessionists at Hsuichoufu. An attack on the arsenal at Shanghai by the southern army is expected at any mo ment. Accused Chief of Feudists on Trial WINCHESTER, KY., July 23.— Fletcher Deaton, alleged to be the arch conspirator in the assassination of for mer Sheriff Ed Callahan, was placed on trial after Andrew Johnson had been, found guilty and sentenced to life im prisonment. Mrs. Lillian Gross, daughter of Calla han, shouted and wept for joy when the jury pronounced Johnson guilty. She worked up the evidence on which the prosecution was conducted.