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I ALWAYS FIRST <8> 4D The SUNDAY AMERICAN OrHwr it NOW The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results ■ S EVENING EDITION Both Phones Main 8000 VOL. XI. NO. 307. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 29,1913. 2 CENTS. p & n l° ROSSER TRIES INVOLVE +•+ 4-«+ 4*»4- +•+ +•+ •!••+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ •!••+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ <••+ +•+ JURY IS EXCLUDED AS LAWYERS CLASH Carranza, Therefore, Looms Up , as the Hope for Peace in Mexico. By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. WASHINGTON, July 29.—From in formation which seems to me In the last degree reliable, I have it that the Administration—White House and President—-are rigidly set against in tervention in Mexico. All forms of diplomacy they are willing to apply and exhaust. All ef forts of mediation they are willing to try. Perhaps in co-operation with other nations they might be willing to intervene, but as an abstract American proposition, neither the President nor Mr. Bryan will ever consent to intervention by the United States in Mexico unless the compul sion should be stronger than policy and forced by evident unavoidable necessity. So, therefore, Carranza looms up on the Mexican horizon as the man of the future, the next revolutionary dictator or President of the so-called 1 Mexican republic. If the present attitude of neutrality restricts the. advantage of Huerta in importing arms or gives equal chance to Carranza with Huerta, then the experts of our own arm agree per fectly with the optimist of the con stitutionalists and revolutionists that within sixty days Huerta will be relegated to the ranks of the discred ited and dethroned and Carranza, for a time at least, will be the dictator. This makes Carranza the central figure of interest, romance and revo lution in Mexico. Carranza's Spokesman. There speaks for Carranza in shi^gtori,' Escudero, his Minister Wa sl ot Finance, his expert in political economy, soldier, economist, states man and dreamer—WTUi a career as romantic and a temper as daehing as Madero. whom he loved and serv ed. He was Madero’s bosom friend and follovced the romantic and tragic fortunes of the late President with courage and devotion. He was a member of the Mexican Congress when Madero fell. He was Mexico's spokesman and leader upon the floor. When the Huerta bullets clipped the vital cord of Mexico on that midnight ■ ride, Huerta lavished all his blandish ments and promises upon Escudero to attach him to himself. He offered him office and power. Escudero refuse! Huerta threatened, but still Escudero refused. Huerta set a limit on Esou- dero’s acceptance or his banishment. Filially one day in the Mexican Con gress with Huerta's soldiers civilian clad in the galleries and Huerta’s soldiers full nrmsd in the basement of the Capitol, Escudero mounted the rostrum and in a speech ringing with fire of old Spain and the fervor of the Aztecs denounced the usurpation of Huerta, his tyranny and his part ir. Madero's death. In the storm that followed he vaulted through a win dow of the Congressional charabet, flung on a disguise and escaped by a waiting train to Vera Cruz. H<s Esoape. Huerta’s wires followed him and Huerta's officers were on his trail. But two loyal students piloted Escu dero to a smack in the harbor, where he set sail for Guatemala, and joined himself to Carranza, whom he now holds as fervently as he did Madero as the leader of the constitutionalists and the hope of the Mexican people. This is the soldier-statesman who with full authority speaks for Car ranza here in the capital at Washing ton. Escudero holds that the Mexican struggle must last forever, or until trie people are redeemed from the bondage of the aristocracy, the church and the army. The enormous for tunes piled up during the diplomatic years of the elder Diaz have estab lished conditions of money power In Mexico far beyond the conditions on Page 2, Column 7. Ex-Georgian, Held As Kidnaper, Wins First Tilt for Child LOS ANGELES. July 29—A. T. Martin, a real estate dealer, formerly of Fulton County, Georgia, won the first round In his fight against his di vorced wife, Lillie, for the custody of their child, Sarah, when Judge Wilbur allowed him to retain the custody of the child pending the hearing of the writ of habeas corpus. Martin put up $1,000 bond. The writ was taken out by D. P. Mc- Loughlin, humane officer, for the mother, who is in Texas. The writ alleges that Martin kid naped the child soon after a divorce decree was granted Mrs. Martin in Fulton County, Georgia, in 1911. The court gave the child to the mother. According to McLoughlin, Martin alleges hi* former wife is unfit to care for the girl. Crazed at Sight of Ex-Wife, Man Kills Her; Wounds Self BIRMINGHAM, July 29.—Frenzied at sight of his former wife, Henry J. Naff, son of one of the oldest families in Birmingham, to-day walked next door to his home, where Mrs. Marie Naff, from whom he was divorced six months ago, was sitting on the porch, pulled out a pistol and shot her, and then put a bullet into his own head. The woman died on the way to the hospital, and Naff was pronounced fatally wounded when he arrived at an infirmary. Naff was living with his parents, while his former wife resided next door with friends. Moore’s Aide Heads U. S. Weather Bureau WASHINGTON, July 29.—Professor Charles F. Marvin, chief of the in strument division of the Weather Bu reau, to-day was selected by Presi dent Wilsoh to be chief of the Weather Bureau. He succeeds Professor Willis L. Moore, who recently was dismissed. Professor Marvin is a native of Co lumbus, Ohio, but is one of the oldesr employees of the Weather Bureau. He has been connected with the in strument division for 25 years. Ho is considered by members of the de partment the most expert of scientific observers in the bureau. Secretary of Agriculture Houston said his appointment was entirely on merit. Sylvia Pankhurst’s Arrest Causes Riots Special 'Cable to The Georgian. LONDON, July 29.—Charged with making a demonstration in front of Holloway jail, where Sylvia Pank- hurst, daughter of the militant lead er, was taken yesterday, two women suffragettes were to-day sentenced to two months’ imprisonment and a man sympathizer to four months in jail. The demonstrators marched from the East End to the jail, followed by a riotous crowd. Violent speeches were made, blank shots fired from pistols and windows smashed. The mounted police had a hard time i i dispersing the gathering, Bitter Fight Certain Over Currency Bill WASHINGTON, July 29—A bitter fight on the question of prohibiting Interlocking directorates in all banks under the proposed Federal reserve system, provided for by the Glass currency bill, is anticipated in the Democratic caucus -ef the House to be called Augus* 11. President Wilson is opposed to this proposal, although the Democrats of the House Banking and Currency Committee have accepted such a pro posal by a vote of 6 to 5. Slays Husband Who Didn’t Support Her SHREVEPORT. LA., July 29.—Mrs. N. B. Leopard to-day declared 9he killed her husband because he would not support her. She fired the shot that killed Leop ard in the presence of her four chil dren. House Leader Calls Lobbyist Blackmailer to His Face Be fore Inquiry Committee. WASHINGTON, July 29.—Repre- sentative Underwood. Democratic leader of the House, appeared before the House Lobby Investigation Com mittee to-day and charged that Colo nel M. M. Mulhall, the lobbyist, was a blackmailer. The appearance of Underwood was an event not on the program. He came unexpectedly, and his usual bland smile was not on his face. In stead his eyes flashed fire and he was clearly angry through and through. Underwood was not sworn, having become involved in an argument with Senator Reed before Chairman Over man of the committee had an oppor- unity to place the Houfce leader under oath. "Is this Mulhall?" inquired Lender- wood, pointing his finger at the lobby ist, who was sitting in the witness chair in an apparently disinterest ed attitude. "In the public interest," declared Underwood, "I think men who take liberties with the names of public tneii should be confronted and made to prove their charges. "I regard this man as a blackmailer. He has even blackmailed the men wno employed him.” Wins Pie-Eating, but Dies Within an Hour WALDEN, COLO., July 29.—Chleb Evans, 23 years old, consumed eleven pieces in ten minutes during a pie eating contest here. He died an hour later. He won the prize, a cowboy saddle, his nearest competitor being able to eat only eight pieces. Three of the pieces Evans ate were made of gooseberries, three of cher ries, three of custard and the other two of pumpkin. Court Too Small; Trial Held Outdoors BARNWELL, KY, July 29.—The preliminary hearing of May Copeland, confessed slayer of her brother-in- law, Hugh Atchinson, and Lucten Turk, her fiance, held as an accom plice, was held in the courthouse yard to-day. The crowd wishing to attend the trial was so great that Judge Hobbs ordered a temporary trial chamber arranged in the open air. Czar’s Daughter to Wed Roumanian Heir Special Cable to The Georgian. PARIS, July 29.—It was reported here to-day that the engagement of the Grand Duchess Olga, eldest daughter of Czar Nicholas of Russia, and Prince Charles, "eldest son of the Crown Prince of Roumania, will be announced shortly. The Grand Duchess was ljorn No vember 3, 1895, and Prince Charles October 3, 1893. Highwaymen Slug Guest at Waldorf NEW YORK, July 29.—Evidently the victim of a highwayman’s as sault, Frederick B. Wells, millionaire merchant of Minneapolis, was found to-day lying on the sidewalk at a cor ner of the lower We6t Side. He was hatless and coatless. Wells was hurried to a hospital. He had been stopping at the Wal- dorf Astoria. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Local thundershow ers Tuesday and Wednesday. PRISONER FRANK AND SHERIFF ON WAY FROM- JAIL TO COURT Leo M. Frank, on left, and Sheriff C. W. Mangum. igi -if liF? ' if • I i $»>:• I! ytj s\ Army Paymaster Liable for $86,510 WASHINGTON, July 29.—Captain R. C. Williams, U. S. A. paymaster at Olo^gapo, P. I., personally is lia ble to the Government for $86,510.84 until he presents receipts and evi dences that he paid out this amount. Captain Williams says he paid the money to contractors, soldiers and others to whom payment was due from the Gsvernment and that the receipts were lost in the wreck of the collier Brutus at sea. SHIP CUT IN TWO IN CRASH. MONTREAL, QUEBEC, July 29.— The steamer Lady of Gaspe was cut in two by the steamer Queen of Cor dova near Cape DeLa Madeline. The steamer Quebec, summoned by wire less, rescued all the passengers. Eugenic Bride of A Month Deserts BOSTON, July 29.—"Eugenic mar riage may be all right as a health proposition, but it isn’t a guarantee of future happiness," declared Edwin Perron, of Lynn, the first eugenic hus band in Massachusetts. His wife, he says, ran away a month after the w’edding. Town of 200 To Be Sold Under Hammer 10 WATC 65 Sing Sing Rioters Transferred in Irons OSSINING, N. Y., July 29.—Sixty- five of the Sing Sing priso^ "bad men," who have been holding the prison in a state of terror, were taken, heavily shackled, to Auburn prison to-day. It became known to-day that the new administration has been using the "cooler,” a dark retreat in the cellar under the deathhouse, for the safe holding of some of the worst characters. It was for using this means of correction that former War den John S. Kennedy was indicted in one of the counts found by th# Winchester County Grand Jury. SUNBURY, PA., July 29—Pixinos, a town of 200 population, owned by J. Warner Mifflin, a brick manufac turer, is to be sold at auction. Only two properties in the town are 1 not owmed by Mifflin. Bankruptcy is the cause of the sale. A startling turn to the trial of Leo M. Frank was given Tues day by the determined efforts of Frank’s attorneys to connect Newt Lee, nightwatehman at the National Pencil Factory, with the mur der of little Mary Phagan. Luther Z. Rosser, chief of counsel for Frank, revealed the hand of the defense for the first time when he began a merciless cross- examination of the negro which was intended utterly to discredit Lee’s testimony and show that he knew much more about the crime than he ever had told in his two appearances before the Coroner’s Jury and in his sweating at the police station. Rosser’s inquisitorial tactics 25 Young Men Held For Death of Typist DALLAS, TEXAS, July 29.—Twen ty-five young men, rounded up by the police after the murder of Miss Flor ence Brown, were being held to-day as suspects. The girl was a stenographer in a real estate office and was alone when i she was attacked. brought remonstrance after re monstrance from Solicitor Dor sey, but was allowed to continue on a ruling from Judge Roan. Rosser read extracts from Lee’s tstimony at the Coroner’s inquests and pointed out discrepancies and omissions. When these were called to the negro’s attention, he declared emphatically that the stenographer had made a mistake. After a short battle of words be tween Rosser and Solicitor Dorsey, Reuben R. Arnold, associated with Rosser, as^ced for the first time dur ing the day to be heard, and plainly indicated that it was the intention to prove that Newt Lee was con cerned in the writing of the two mys terious notes found by the mutilated body of Mary Phagan. Jurors Sent From Room. The Solicitor objected strongly to arguing before the jury the admis sibility of this testimony of Lee’s, and the jurors were excused while Arnold outlined the purpose of the defense. "We expect to show that two notes were found by the body of Mary Phagan," said Arnold. Solicitor Dorsey had just given Mr. Arnold the two notes found in the basement and Judge Roan ordered the jury to retire. Mr. Arnold said: ’The defense expects to show that the two notea found in the basement of the National Pencil Factory were very obscure notes and the police were trying to read them in the pres ence of Lee. "They read this one: “He said he would love me. laid down, played like the night-witch did it, but that long tall black negro di it by his-self’ Cites Lee’s Explanation. ‘In an instant, Lee said, ‘That night-witch means me,’" said Arnold. It showed familiarity with the notes. This negro who is so dull that Mr. Rosser has to repeat his questions now and again interpreted thi mys terious note in a second and a half." Here Dorsey interrupted. "Since Attorney Arnold has the note itself, there is no reason to ask what somebody else said about it.” Assistant Prosecutor Hooper here joined in: ‘Unless it was intended to try to connect Lee with the crime, what someone else said about the notes to Lee is wholly inadmissible. The charge first must be made against him." . "We don’t have to photograph a criminal. We have got to begin somewhere." retorted Rosser. Judge Roan sustained the defense, saying that it might produce evidence to show anxiety on the part of the negro, or a lucid interpretation of the notes. “Suspicion on Lee/’ Says Rosser. "We expect to show that the notes were obscure and doubtful in mean ing. We expect to show that the of ficers were endeavoring to read them. But they were of doubtful and strange meaning. In one of them we will show that the wording was something like this, so far as I can decipher it: ‘He said he would love me, laid down, played/like the night-witch did it but that lJng, tall, black negro did it hv his-self.’ "We want to show," continued Ar nold, "that Lee spoke up and said, ‘That’s me, boss. That means night watchman.’ “Isn’t It strange that a negro so ignorant and dull that Mr. Rosser had to ask him a question ten times over could in a flash interpret this illegible scrawl ?” Rosser supplemented Arnold’s ar gument by remarking that he regard ed Lee’s alleged remarks as highly suspicious, and that he considered he had the right to question a witness with a view of showing that a person or persons other than the defendant had a part in the crime. Judge Roan ruled with the deefnse, and the jury was returned. The judge declared: "The attorneys for Frank are privi leged to bring out evidence showing anxiety or fear on the part of the negro.” Lee Makes Denial. Lee denied when questioned that he had said, "That’s me, Boss; that means night watchman.” He testified that he told the officers that someone was trying to put the crime on him. Sergeant L. S. Dobbs, one of the officers who visited the factory after Lee called the police station, testified before the Coroner’s Jury in regard to Lee’s ready explanation of the notes. Rosser ended his cross-examination of Lee at 10:50 a. m. Tuesday, after the negro had been on the grill two hours Monday afternoon and nearly as long Tuesday. The efforts to discredit Lee’s story began the moment Rosser got him on the stand. He sought first to show that it was a very peculiar circum stance that Lee went clear to the rear of the factory basement, where he found the girl’s body, when all through the earlier part of the night he had gone only a short distance from the foot of the ladder in the front of the basement. Calls Lee’s Excuse Flimsy. "Every time you went down into the basement you went only about 25 feet from the ladder to see if there was fire in the dust pan," said Rosser, re peating Lee’s testimony, "and yet at this time, when you say you found the girl’s body, you assert that it was necessary to go clear to the rear to ascertain the same fact?” Lee replied that he had gone to the rear of the basement for another pur pose and Rosser attempted to show that this was only a filmsy excuse. By his line of questioning Rosser endeavored to ridicule the Idea that Lee could have identified Mary' Pha- gan as a white girl by the dim light of his dirty lantern when, as he testi fied, he got no nearer than five or six feet to the body, and when the of ficers with electric searchlights were not able to determine whether the girl was white or a negro because of the grime and cinders on her body, until they had pulled down her stock ing. Session Full of Clashes. The session was full of spirited clashes between Rosser and Dorsey. It was a favorable forenoon for the defense, Rosser almost invariably being permitted to continue the line of questioning which he was pur suing. Rosser, while he succeeded in showing up discrepancies in Lee’s present story with that before the Coroner’s jury, was unable to force the negro to any admissions incrim inating in themselves. Dorsey questioned Lee in re-direci