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VOL. XI. NO. 303. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1913. B , Co rSa c .. 2 CENTS. P & R £°
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SECRET OF ETERNAL YOUTH HELD
BY GALAXY OF BEAUTIES IN CONTEST
FRANK TRIAL DELAY
TO ROAN
MISS HELEN IRVING.
Big Cotton Carnival
Opens at Galveston
GALVESTON, July 24.—The fifth
annual cotton carnival opened to-day
with thousands of visitors here for the
eleven days’ festivities.
Features of the carnival will be au
tomobile races on the beach on July
28, 29 and 30; horse racing on the next
two days, and a military parade, In
which 12,000 Federal troops will take
part.
Paroles for Julian Hawthorne and
Dr. William J. Morton. ex-Treasurer
of the United States, who have been
serving sentences in the Federal Pen
itentiary for misuse of the mails in a
stock scheme, were recommended on
Thursday in a report submit-ed by
the Federal Pardon Board to Attorney
General McReynolds.
The recommendation in respect to
Hawthorne and Morton had been
agreed upon by the Pardon Board
since their meetings at the Federal
prison some time ago. but they have
withheld their report, as is the cus
tom, until the prisoners named are
eligible to parole.
The indorsement of the Attorney
General is regarded aa a formality
and it is expected that the two will
receive their freedom by Saturday. A
telegram will be sent at the direction
of the Attorney General and this will
be followed by a letter containing the
formal notice of the paroles.
“I am delighted that the recom
mendation is before Mr. McReynolds."
said Hawthorne, when Deputy Ward
en Wilbur Hawk informed him of the
action of the Pardon Board. "I was
aware that the board had considered
my case favorably and it please? me
that it requires only the signature of
the Attorney General to make me a
free man.”
Charlton Dying Is
Verdict of Doctors
Ponce DeLeon Would Certainly
Have Believed Their Loveli
ness Immortal.
JERSEY CITY, N. J„ July 24. -
Porter Charlton, who is in jail here
awaiting extradition to Italy for trial
for the murder of his bride at Lake
Como, three years ago, is so ill no
never will reach Italy alive, accord
ing to a statement by his physicians.
He is a victim of pulmonary tubercu
losis.
Two members of the Italian con
stabulary are expected to arrive in
this country this week to take Charl
ton to Milan.
If Ponce DeLeon were upon the
earth to-day and should come to At
lanta in search of the fountain of i
youth he certainly would think he
had found it in the galaxy of beauty
in the booster button contest. A look
through the photographs of the beau
ties who have been nominated would
almost convince one that the loveli
ness is immortal.
Miss Helen Irving, of No. 385 Cher
okee avenue, is the newest entrant.
She is fair skinned, with dark hair,
sea-blue eyes and a cameo profile.
And it is predicted that sho will get
many votes in the remaining days of
the contest.
Votes for the favorites are flowing
in. The nominations have by no
means ceased, but the contest has
gone far enough for there to be fa
vorites.
Do you remember the slogan for
the ”500,000 club” booster buttons
that is to go under the picture of the
girl voted the fairest? It is:
“Watch Atlanta—Shell Get You
Yet. 500.000 by 1920."
Clip the coupon and nominate
whom you .think is Atlanta’s pret
tiest girl, or vote for your favorite
if she already has been nominated.
ELBERT CORN SHOW OCT. 77.
ELBERTON.—Martin < 'rawford,
62 years old and James
seventy-nine are enrolled on the
books of the Boys’ Corn Club of El
bert County. It has been decided to
hold the exhibit of the club at Elber-
ton on Friday, October 17.
Ask Mayor to Light
New Crematory Fire
It was announced Thursday that
the new $260,000 crematory would be
put into operation Friday, and to'
make assurance doubly sure that the
row over this plant between Mayor
Woodward and the Council has end
ed, Mayor Woodward was invited to
light the Are.
Mayor Woodward was uncertain
Thursday wuhether he would accept
the invitation. He has never been
down to look over the plant, which is
located just back of Terminal Sta
tion.
To Test Alimony Law
In High State Court
MACON, July 24—W. M. Herring,
an engineer, whose father was buried
yesterday, was arrested to-day by the
sheriff, upon affidavit made by his
divorced wife that alimony had not
been paid.
Since the divorce both Herring and
his former wife have married again,
and it is for that reason that he re
fuses to pay her alimony, notwith
standing the order of the court. His
case is going to the Supreme Court
for decision.
Predicted she
will receive
many votes for
honor of
having likeness
placed on
Booster
Button.
Latest entrant
in race has
dark hair, blue
eyes and pure
cameo profile.
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FEMALE RAFFLES LOOTS PHONE GIRLS’ CAMP
Girl, 14, Caught Stealing Purse,
Freed on Plea of Victims in
Series of Robberies.
Following a series of thefts at the
summer camp of the employees of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company in
Lakewood Heights during the past
two weeks, a 14-year-old girl was
trapped and caught in the act of tak
ing a purse by County Policeman R.
E. Jackson Wednesday night.
Every effort was exerted to avoid
publicity of the incident. When the
girl was taken to the county police
headquarters. Miss Katherine Tatum
superintendent of the camp, appeared
and asked that no charge be made
against her.
The miscreant returned the purse to
Miss Tatum, declaring that she took
it by mistake, thinking it to be her
own. The money it contained,
amounting to about $7, was intact.
The girl was then released and Thurs
day morning was discharged from the
employ of the telephone company.
Various Traps Sot.
Since the first report that a Raf
fles was operating among the women
at the camp, various traps have been
set, but without success. The arti
cles which disappeared ranged from
portions of women’s attir* to small
amounts of money and bits of jew
elry. Almost nightly, it is said, some
thing was stolen.
Wednesday night Miss Tatum called
in County Policeman Jackson and in
formed him of the thefts. The officer
got a woman’s purse and, placing it
upon a table full view in one of
the tents, concealed himself behind a
trunk to wait developments.
A short time before the last car to
the city was scheduled to leave, the
policeman saw the girl enter the
tent hastily, and after glancing atiout,
snatch the purse from the table and
depart.
Springing from his hiding place,
Jackson placed her under arrest.
Pleads for Girl Thie*.
Miss Tatum was Informed and the
girl taken to police headquarters.
When Miss Tatum confronted her an
hour later, the young prisoner’s grief
was pathetic. She protested her in
nocence of any intention at thievery
and denied that she had perpetrated
the other thefts.
Miss Tatum asked that no charge
be lodged against her. The girl was
permitted to return to her home.
Thursday morning Miss Tatum de
clared that the incident was closed.
"It was simply one of those cases
of being unable to withstand tempta
tion," she declared. “It was not so
much the girl’s fault, considering the
circumstances. I pity her and hold
no malice toward her. nor do any of
th3 other girls in the camp. She
Just couldn’t help it."
Snake Kills 3 Tots;
Fourth One Drowns
KNOXVILI.E, July 24.—Becoming
alarmed at the continued absence of
her three children who had gone into
the barn to hunt eggs. Mrs. John
Cooper, wife of a prosperous farmer
of Blount County, Instituted a search
and found the three dying from the
bites of a rattlesnake.
While the woman was gone her
fourth child, a baby boy, fell into a
creek and drowned.
Do You p
Know •
the Name of the Lar
gest Active Volcano
in the World?
See Page “
Headless Body of
Girl Found at Sea
BOSTON, July 24.—The finding of
the headless body of an apparently
well-to-do young woman at sea. 35
miles east of the Georges Bank by
Captain Charles White, of the Glou
cester fishing schooner Jennie H. Gil
bert, is believed to reveal a death by
violence at sea, possibly on a trans-
Atlantic liner.
The body was found ten miles south
of the southerly track of trans-
Atlantic steamers, about 170 miles out
from Boston. Corsets of apparently
expensive make, a black shirtwaist,
portions of a dark green silk skirt and
high button boots were on the body.
Back From Liberia
To Die in the South
NEW YORK, July 24.—Pauline
Woodson, a 69-year-old negress. was
permitted yesterday to land In this
country on the aswrance of her son-
in-law, David Robertson, that he
would care for her in his home at
Charleston, 8. C.
Fifteen years ao-o Pauline, her hus
band and daughter went to Liberia
and built a hut in the woods. They
thought the life of a seml-civillzed
African superior to the drudgery' of
their Southern home. Her husband
and daughter died in Liberia, and sht
came back to die In South Carolina.
Eugenic Restaurant
To Save Babies' Lives
NEW YORK. July 24—“Thousands
of children are brought into the world
handicapped for life* because their
mothers were Ill-nourished before they
were born.”
Miss Mabel A. Parker thus tersely
explains why she has embarked on one
of the most novel eugenic experiments
that has yet been made in this country
—a prenatal restaurant.
Thir restaurant, which will be con
ducted solely for women who are ex
pected to give birth to a child within
six months, will be opened in two
weeks.
Currency Reform
Not Likely to Pass
WASHINGTON, July 24.—Passage
oi a currency' reform bill at this ses
sion of Congress was considered most
doubtful to-day unless President Wil
son brings peace between the warring
factions of the House Banking and
Currency Committee.
Chairman Glass to-day presented
to the commltte a draft of an
amendment to his bill providing for a
prohibition of interlocking directo
rates. Mr. Glass is against such a
proposal by the committee by a vote
of 7 to 5, forced him to»draw up the
amendment.
Love Affair Drives
Mme.Curie from Paris
WARSAW, July 24.—Mme. Curie,
discoverer, with her husband, of
radium, will return to her home here
soon to remain permanently. Sh**
will have charge of a radiological
laboratory.
Another reason for her return ts
the gossip connecting her name with
that of Prof. Langevin, of the College
of France, whose wife sued him for
separation. Letters between Mme.
Curie and Prof. Langevin became
public.
Screaming Militant
Bombards Premier
MORLEY, YORKSHIRE, ENG
LAND, July 24.—Premier Asquith
was again attacked by' suffragettes
to-day. While he was proceeding to
the town hall to receive the freedom
of the borough a woman ran scream
ing to his automobile and threw pack
age after package of papers at the
Premier.
The police rushed to the Premier's
rescue and after a desperate struggle
the woman was arrested. She was
Miss Hey Jores, a Well-known sym
pathizer with the cause.
BRIDE 20, BRIDEGROOM 74.
GADSDEN, July 24—Daniel B.
Fleming, aged 74, and Miss Jennie
Rayburn, aged 20. were married at
I Guntersvllle. county seat of Marshall
County, to-day. They will live on a
farm.
Works Charges Executive With
Usurping Legislative Power.
Scores Tariff ‘Influence.’
WASHINGTON, July 24.—On the
floor of the Senate to-day Senator
Works, of California, denounced Pres,
ldent Wilson for influencing tariff leg
islation In the summing up of a
speech on the tariff bill pending be
fore the Senate.
"The tendency of latter-day poli
tics is to exalt the executive at the
expense of the legislative and judicial
power of the Government, and make
the President the master and ruler of
them all. and the master and not the
servant of the whole people," said the
Senator.
"It is an unwarranted and danger
ous tendency. Every public official,
however exalted. Is only the servant
of the people, and should at all times
be subject to their control and sub- 4
servient to their will in conformity to
the Constitution and laws of the coun-
fbv, and each department of the Gov
ernment, if its institutions are to be
preserved, must be kept within the
limitations of Its power* as fixed >y
the Constitution.
He Charges Tariff Coercion.
“If this bill Is passed, it will not be
by the willing and voluntary consent
of a majority of this body. It will be
the result, In part, of outside influ
ence that should never enter Into the
deliberations or acts of Congress. The
Constitution provides:
All legislative powers herein
granted shall be vested in a Con
gress of the United States, which
shall consist of a Senate* and
House of Representatives.
"The President is also made Com
mander-In-Chief of the army and
navy. That instrument further pro
vides that ‘the executive power shall
be vested in the President of the
United States of America.’ It is fur
ther provided: ‘He shall from time to
time give to the Congress informa
tion of the state of the Union and
recommend to their consideration such
measures as he shall Judge necessary
and expedient.'
No Warrant for Influence.
“This 1r the only power vested In
the President in respect of the making
of laws. There Is no warrant in the
I Constitution for his participation In
the formation or passage of laws or
the exercise of any influence on leg
islation beyond that of recommending
to the consideration of the lawmak
ing power such measures as he shall
judge necessary or expedient.”
Here the Senator said that his view s
coincided with those injected into the
Democratic platform of 1904 and he*
quoted from the declaration of prin- I
ciples drawn by the Democratic par
ty at that time.
In concluding hi* speech. Senator
Works said:
"I have approached this subject
w'ith reluctance and purely from a
sense of duty. 1 expressed similar
views during the last administration.
I have the greatest respect and es
teem for the Incumbent of the great
office of President of the United
States, as I had also for h1s predeces
sor.
Explains Causes of Alarm.
“I believe in the integrity and sin
cerity of his purpose to serve the
people and the country to their very
best interests. But, sir, this can not
deter me from expressing my views
on a question so serious and far-
reaching in its consequences.
“It makes the situation only the
more alarming that* one of such high
ideals and patriotic purposes should
do anything that can reasonably be
construed to be a usurpation of power
or an Infringement of the Constitu
tion that may some time be appealed
to as a precedent by one less con
scientious and patriotic.”
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia — Thundershowers
Thursday and Friday.
Lightning ‘Scrubs’
Tower at Terminal
One of the most freakish stunts
ever performed by lightning in At
lanta was discovered Thursday as a
result of the striking of one of the
towers of the Terminal Station. The
brick and fancy work on both towers
had been stained black by smoke, but
the lightning cleaned one as perfectly
as though It had been scrubbed. The
other, still black, presents a striking
contrast.
The shock of the stroke was felt in
the waiting room and almost caused a
panic. Little damage was done to the
tower, but electrical and chemical ex
perts still are unable to solve the'
mystery of Its magic cleaning.
Fan Market Slumps;
More Rain Forecast
A dealer in electrical supplies was
offering regular $9 electric fans foi
ls.60 Thursday morning, but found
no buyers even at that price. Atlan
tans evidently believe the w'eather
man’s prediction that the remainder
of the summer will be cool and pleas
ant.
At 8 o'clock Thursday morning the
official thermometer registered 72 de
grees. and the mercury had only
climbed 10 degrees higher at 1
o'clock.
Showers Thursday night or Friday
is the forecast for Atlanta and vi
cinity.
Mann Stops Work of
House by Filibuster
WASHINGTON. July 24.—Repre
sentative Mann again prevented the
House from transacting any buslneo®
to-day. Employing the same tactics
he used yesterday—a point of no quo
rum—Mann demanded a roll call. Ad
journment finally was ordered by a
vote of 154 to 68.
The Mann filibuster Is occasioned
by the action of the Democrats In
preventing a discussion lest week of
the Caminetti-DIegs white vlavo
cases.
Georgia Rhodes Man
Calls Oxford ‘Grind'
BOSTON, July 24.—Being a student
at Oxford^ is strenuous work, accord
ing to the verdict of five Rhodes
scholars who returned to-day on the
White Star liner Arabic.
The five were Frank B. Bristow, son
of Senator Bristow, of Kansas; Wal
ter 8. Bryan, of Georgia; C. B. Gros-
land, of Alabama; W. Lloyd Williams,
of North Dakota, and W. A. Zelgler,
of Iowa. The five have completed
the four years’ course at Oxford.
CARRY CANES FOR MA8HERS.
BOSTON, July 24.—Members of the
Women's Homestead Association
here carry canes and whistles as pro
tection against mashers. The
whistles are to attract attention.
FIGHT II
DELAY
Solicitor Disappointed Wfien
Court Fails to Draw Jury
Panels at Time Planned.
With the belief growing that
a serious effort is being made to
delay the trial of Leo Frank, set
for next Monday, Solicitor Gen
eral Hugh M. Dorsey Thursday
renewed his protest against
further postponement in a vigo
rous statement, declaring the
prosecution is ready with a com
plete case against the National
Pencil Company factory head, ac
cused of killing Mary Phagan.
The trial date rests entirely with
Judge Roan, who is In Covington.
The drawing of the jury venire await
ed word from him. expected some
time during the afternoon. At his
home It was said the Judge would not
return until to-morrow.
Reuben R. Arnold, of counsel for
Frank, was said to have consulted
w’ith Judge Roan In Covington and
presented arguments for delay, but
the truth of this report could not be
established.
Judge Leaves for Atlanta.
Judge Pendleton, who will conduct
the drawing of the Jury, said Thurs
day afternoon that he had received
no word from Judge Roan and would
proceed unless he did.
A long distance message from Cov
ington had it that Judge Roan left
shortly before 2 o'clock for Atlanta
and the indications were that ft
would he known definitely before
Thursday night whether the long-
awaited trial will begin Monday or be
delayed once more.
In a statement to The Georgian,
Solicitor Dorsey said:
"The prosecution was ready June 30
In the case of the State vs Leo M.
Frank, charged with the murder tjf
little Mary Phagan on April 26 last.
We have subpena^Ki all the witnesses,
expecting to try this case on Monday
next. This date was set at the sug
gestion of Judge L. S. Roan at the in-
I Btance of counsel for the defense.
“We are disappointed that the Jury
Let the Frank Trial Go On
Leo Frank should be placed on trial Monday for the murder
of Mary Phagan.
The crime was committed April 26; Frank was arrested
April 28; he was indicted May 23 and his trial set for June 30.
At the suggestion of the judge in whose court the trial is to
take place, a postponement was agreed on, and the date of the trial
moved up to July 28.
Now attempts are being made to secure another postponement.
The only reason given to the public is that the weather is hot and
It would be disagreeable to hold the trial in the summer.
Of course it is hot, but it isn’t any hotter in the court room
than it is in jail.
Both the prosecution and the defense have had ample time
to prepare their cases. If Frank is guilty, the State can prove his
guilt as well now as later on; if he is innocent, the defense can prove
1 his innocence as well in summer as in winter.
The public has taken a keen interest in the Phagan case and
it will demand that the man who killed her be punished, whether
that man is Frank or someone else. Furthermore, it is tired of
delays.
Public sentiment is where it was on the date first set for
Frank's trial and it will be at the same place if the trial is delayed
for a year.
Atlantans are awaiting the trial with open minds. They art
not holding themselves up as judges. They know the law la
supreme and they want it to take its course. But they want
[that course taken without seemingly endless delays.