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The Georgian’s Weekly 36 Cents Per Year ' ' N [] RWS Bi RT FI 4^1 J Li/ tv Ul J LVX Hz j L O j Being the News of Each Day of the Week in Condensed Form Specially For the Busy Man and the Farmer VOL. V. NO. 32. Sc A MONTH. 36c A YEAR ATLANTA, GA., WEEK ENDING JULY 29.1913, Entered at the Atlanta. Ga.. PostofTIce as Second Class Mall Matter. Published Weekly By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY 20 E. Alabama-st.. Atlanta. Gl ROSSER TRIES TO INVOLVE NEGRO T HIS is a picture of Leo M. Frank, the young pencil factory superintendent, who was placed on trial in Atlanta on Monday charged with slaying Mary Phagan, a girl employee of the concern. WILSON OPPOSED TO INTERVENTION Newton Lee, Night Watchman, Is Grilled by Lawyer for De fense in Frank Trial, Carranza, Therefore, Looms Up as the Hope for Peace in Mexico. A startling turn to the trial of Leo M. Frank was given Tuesday by the determined efforts of Frank's attor neys to connect Newt Lee, night- watchman at the National Pencil Factory, with the murder of little Mary Phagan. Luther Z. Rosser, chief counsel for i Frank, revealed the hand of the de- i fense for the first time when he be- j gan a merciless cross-examination of the negro which was intended utter ly to discredit Lee's testimony and show that he knew much more about ; the crime than he ever had told in his i two appearances before the Coroner’s jury and in his sweating at the po lice station. Rosser's inquisitorial tactics brought remonstrance after remon strance from Solicitor Dorsey, but was allowed to continue on a ruling from Judge Roan. Rosser read extracts from Lee’s testimony at the Coroner’s inquest and pointed out descrepancies and 1 omissions. When these were called to the negro’s attention, he declared emphatically that the stenographer i had made a mistake. After a short battle of words be- I tween Rosser and Solicitor Dorsey, Reuben R. Arnold, associated with Rosser, asked 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. The Solicitor objected strongly to arguing before the jury the admis sibility of this testimony of Lee’s and the jurors were excused while I 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. i Arnold the two notes found in the ; basement and Judge Roan ordered j the jury to retire. Mr. Arnold said: “The defense expects to show that the two notes 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 negro did it by his-self.’ “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 this 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 ii.terpretation of the notes. 65 RIOTERS IN IRONS. OSSINING, N. Y., July 29.—Sixty- five of the Sing Sing prison ‘ 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 the Win chester County Grand Jury. KILLS EX-WIFE; WOUnV SELF. BIRMINGHAM, July 29— \renzied 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. Kills His Sister by Mistake for Burglar ELBERTON, July 29.-Mack Guest shot and instantly killed his lw-year- old sister last night, mistaking her for a burglar. She w*as visiting from the country. Guest told his sister to leave a window open when she retired. About 10:30 o’clock Miss Guest decided to dose the window. Mrs. Guest awoke, telling her husband someone was breaking into his sister’s room. Guest secured a shotgun and shot his sister in the back. No arrest has been made. Guest is prostrated. TRY TO ROB JUROR’S HOUSE. Two negro burglars made two at tempts Monday night to enter the home of F. V. L. Smith, No, 481 Cher okee avenue, one of the jurors in the Frank trial. They were frightened away by Mrs. Smith, who was alone in the house with her 4-w*eek-old child. Mrs. Smith saw the negroes on the porch the first time and succeeded in frightening them away by making a noise in the house. She had hardly taken her seat, however, when the would-be burglars returned. Mrs. Smith calmly walked to the phone and telephoned the police. HIS BLOOD MAY SAVE WIFE. CINCINNATI, July 29.—In order to save the life of his wife Joseph Tinker, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, may be compelled to submit to an operation for transfusion of blood at a Kansas City hospital. Mrs. Tinker, who was until recent ly in a Chicago hospital, has suffer ed a decided change for the w’orse, and a telegram summoned the Reds’ lead er to her side. N He left the team in Brooklyn and started immediately for Kansas City. REAL ESTATE MEN ENTERTAIN. WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, July 29. One thousand real estate dealers in the United States arrived here to-day to take part in the National Real Estate Convention. The Government and the railroad are entertaining the visitors with the idea of counteract ing the unfavorable impressions being expressed regarding Canadian real estate specualtion. Bees Usurp Bed and Couple Can’t Sleep BUCK GROVE. IOWA, July 29.— A swarm of bees does not form as easy a resting place as a feather bed, as Mr. and Mrs. Nels Wingrove dis covered. Going to bed in an upstairs room in the dark, as was their cus tom, they heard the buzzing of bees. It was discovered that a swarm of bees had settled in their bed. PAGE DELAYS HIS ARRIVAL. ROMP], July 29.—Although Thora\3 Nelson Page, the new Ambassador to Italy, will leave the United States on September 3, he will not be at his post by the middle of the month, as he has decided to go first to England and stay some time there. By so doing ha will avoid arriving in Italy long before the time when he can present his cre dentials to the King, who generally does not return to the Capital until the reopening of Parliament, usually the second fortnight in November. Mr. Page, even more than his pred ecessors, will be confronted by the difficulty of finding a suitable resi dence. as nearly all the apartmon'f in the Roman palaces are occupied by tenants who have no desire to vacate. BRIDE DENIES POISON PLOT. Emphatic denial of her husband’s charges that she tried to kill him by putting particles of broken glass In his coffee cup are made in the cross bill filed by Mrs. Blanche Sweat in anew er to the petition for divorce filed recently by her husband, E. R. Sweat. The husband bases his plea for di vorce on the assertion that his wife had tried to kill him by placing the glass in his cap. In her cross bill Mrs. Sweat de clares that Sweat himself had. through accident and while drunk, placed the broken glass in the cup. 25 YOUNG MEN HELD DALLAS, TF3XAS, 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 she w'&s attacked. DENOUNCES MULHALL. WASHINGTON, July 29— Repre sentative Underw r ood, Democratic leader of the House, appeared before the House Lobby Investigation Com mittee to-day and charged that Col onel 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 Hashed fire and he was clearly angry through and through. Underwood w r as not sworn, having become involved in an argument with Senator Reed before Chairman Over man of the committee, had an oppor tunity to place the House leader un der oath. “Is this Mulhall?” inquired Under- w'ood. pointing his finger at the lob byist, w'ho was sitting in the witness chair in an apparently disinterested attitude, “In the public interest,” declared Underwood, “I think men w lid take liberties w'ith the names of public men should be confronted and made to prove their charges. “I regard this man as a blackmailer. He has even blackmailed the men who employed him.” SAY SLANDER CAUSED KILLING. Investigation by detectives Tues day morning bared a sensational story of the alleged cause of the killing of Samuel Jackson. 40 years old, an en gineer in the employ of the Georgia Railroad, who was shot by W. D. Partee, a fellow-engineer, in tho roundhouse of the road late Monday afternoon. According to information obtained by Detectives Sturdivant and Davi j, the shooting of Jackson was the di rect result of charges made by Par- tee that Jackson had been intimate with the wife of an ther engineer on the same road. Partee and Jackson both ran engines on the main line ol the Georgia. MAY CALL IN BOERS. JOHANNESBURG, July 29.—Busi ness is at a.complete standstill here. The miners, angry over the refusal of the Government to meet their de mands, are in an ugly mood. Threats to burn the mining property havo been made. The men also resent the report th;it the Government intends to . bring commands of armed Boers to quell any possible rioting. CZAR’S DAUGHTER TO WED. 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 born No vember 3, 1895, and Prince Charles October 3, 1893. SHE COULDN’T PLAY PIANO. NEW YORK. July 29 —Five dollars a week alimony was granted Mrs. Amelia Cohn after she told the, court her husband abandoned her because she could not play the piano. Her husband said the trouble was “too much mother-in law.” 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 ara willing to apply and exhaust. All ef forts to mediation they are willing •<> 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 Unit <i States in Mexico unless the compul sion should be stronger than policy and forced by evident unavoidable ne cessity. So, therefore, Carranza looms tu- on the Mexican horizonr as the man of the future, the next revolutionary dic tator or President of the so-called Mexican republic. If the present attitude of neutrality restricts the advantage of Huerta »n importing arms or gives equal chanca to Carranza with Huerta, then tha s of our own arm agree per- with the optimist of the con stitutionalists and revolutionists that within 60 days Huerta will be rele gated to the ranks of the discredited 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.