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ALWAYS FIRST ® ® The SUNDA Y AMERICAN Order It NOW====e= Both Phones Main 100 The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 308. ATLANTA. GA., TIIURS DAY, JULY 31,1913. By Copyright. 1908. The Gel leorglAn Co 2 CENTS. PAT TOO MORE. EXTRA SWEARS FRANK KNEW GIRL +•+ +«+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ •!•••!• +•+ +••!• +•+ +•+ .J..+ 4-«*F ( Plant’ Charged By State Against Newt Lee ARTIST'S HIS W SKETCH OF FRANK AND FE IN THE COURTROOM The prisoner and his wife are the center of all eyes. Mrs. Frank is at her husband’s side throughout every session. Delicate and frail as a result of an operation for appendicitis and a vic tim of tuberculosis. Jack Duvis. a 20- year-old girl prisoner in the Savan nah county Jail Wednesday morning received a pardon from Governor John M. Slaton. The girl was convicted on the charge of vagrancy in Chatham Coun ty In May and sentenced to six months in jail upon failure to pay the fine of WASHINGTON, July 30.—Senator Lewis Introduced a resolution in the Senate to-day authorizing Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo to withdraw Government deposits from all banks which he believes are in a conspiracy to “intimidate Congress and terrorize the citizens of the United States through inciting fear of a panic” and "which have falsely depressed securi ties of the United States and discred ited the bonds of the United States Government.” The Secretary is further author ized to suspend all the privileges en joyed by said banks and to withdraw their charter. Senator Stone charged the Repub licans with attempting to create a financial panic in the country by pes- •emistic speeches in the Senate which were circulated throughout the coun try and had the effect of making people fear that hard times were com ing. Senator Clark, of Wyoming and Kenyon, of Iowa, vigorously denied Stone’s charge and said the trouble was due to the effects of President Wilson, Secretary of Commerce Red- field, and Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo to force a new economic pol icy on the country which the coun try does not want. JohnD.’s Son-in-Law Speeds 29 Miles to Office in Flying Boat CHICAGO. July 30.—Harold F. Mc Cormick, millionaire sportsman and son-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, made a successful flight in his flying boat to-day from his home in Lakecrest to Grant Park. He followed the shore line of Lake Michigan during the 15-mile journey. Mr. McCormick announced he would fly from his suburban home to his office every morning if the weather permitted. On the trip to-day he was accompanied by Aviator Charles l . Witmer. Starting at McCormick’s private harbor, the machine was driven sev eral hundred feet into the air about 200 yards from the shore. McCor mick maintained a speed of about miles an hour, covering to Grant Park made a perfect half a block to his office. 70 ’ tne 2y miles I 28 minutes. He | landing and walked I Plan to Strip City Council of Powers JACKSONVILLE, July 30.—A spe cial committee of the Central Civic Committee will meet next Wednesday evening to draw' up a new city char ter along commission lines. The law will not permit of abolish ment of the City Council, but an ef fort will be made to strip that body of its powers. Rescinds $1,000,000 Assessment Income JACKSONVILLE, July 30.—After raising the valuation of business property in this city $1,000,000 while sitting as an equalization board, the County Commissioners met again this morning and rescinded their action. The figures given in the Assessors' I books were accepted as correct. $100. At the end of a month she was stricken down by an attack of appen dicitis, from which she recovered only by the heroic efforts of the State phy sicians, coupled with her own deter mination to live, regardless of obsta cles. A worse calamity was in store for her, however. The physicians an nounced that sh? was affected with tuberculosis, and it was then the girl, in the face of a lingering death in prison, decided to make an appeal to be allowed to pass her last days out side of prison walls. So she wrote to the Governor, begging him to have mercy upon her and allow* her to go home to die. Victim of Misfortunes. “I have not long to live, I know," she states in the letter, “and the idea of dying a prisoner is more than I can stand. 1 am a girl just 20 years of age, and unfortunately wac led away from my home a year ago. I have only been living a life of shares since then. I am innocent of the charge against Continued on Page 5, Column 4. DALLAS, TEXAS, July 30.—After hours of the most thorough investi gation the police of Dallas to-day ad mitted that they were no nearer a so lution of the city’s worst murder mystery than they were when the body of Florence Brown was found in the office where she was employed. A pearl button, evidently from a man’s shirt, found lying in a pool of blood was the only tangible clew in the possession of the police. Wax im pressions of the finger marks in the girl's flesh were taken. The detec tives on the cas^ have gone over the scene of the crime a dozen times and have compiled a complete history of the young stenographer’s life without result. Loft Her Home in Auto. Miss Brown left her home at 8 o'clock Monday morning. S. B. Cuthbertson, an employee of the real estate firm employing her, called for her .n his automobile. leaving Miss Browm at the office, Cuthbertson went on to the courthouse, where he spent less than 35 minutes transacting business. ^Vhen he returned to the •fflee Miss Brown was not at her desk, but the other employees of the firm had not noticed her absence. G. W. Swor. manager of the rental department, entered the lavatory and came upon the girl’s body lying in a pool of blood. She had been dead only a short time, and there were evi dences of a desperate fight waged by the girl against her slayer. Rings Torn From Fingers. Blood was on the wall and the girl's throat was cut. Marks on her left arm showed where strong teeth had met in the flesh. Two rings were torn from her fingers. A blood-cov ered hammer was found. The sharp instrument that cut her throat was not found. The murderer apparently left the office in haste, although he stopped to wash his Lands of the girl's blood. Search began to-day for a woman suspect. The police said the scratches and teeth marks on the girl’s arm were not made by a man. but that they were the marks made by a wom an fighting. The laet of the 25 white men taken into custody as suspects were released to-day. A new' development disclosed by to day’s investigation related Mis.? Brown’s activity in unearthing crook edness in the management of part of the real estate firm’s business during the absence of Miss Brown’s uncle, a member of the firm. Judge Roan Denies Attorneys Right To Remove Coats "If I allow the lawyers to take their coats off during this trial, I am afraid wo will never get through," said Judge Roan in re fusing to allow the attorneys the privilege he had allowed the news paper men gathered around the press table. Even some of the spectators in the row' of seats out side the railing have shown their disregard of the dignity of the court by removing their coats. "It is so unnatural for a lawyer to take off his coat while In court that I am afraid they w'ould get too comfortable if I should—so com fortable that this case would be a long time reaching the end. Now, newspaper reporters are so used to slipping out of things that they just naturally slip out of their coats, anyway." $1,000,000 in Bonds Voted for Roadways TAMPA. July 30.— By a majority of I 2,169 in a total vote of about 3,100, with three small precincts missing, Hillsborough Countv. of which this city is the county sea. voted yestti- day to issue *1,000,000 of bonds for brick roads. About 60 miles of roads will e built reaching the county line In four directions and along olhpr routes laii out in advance by the County Com missioners. Tills means a continuous line of brick roads from Tampa .o Jacksonville in three years, for sev eral other countips will bond to build roads to connect those of Hillsbor ough and Duval Counties. Florida Shippers Get Rate Hearings JACKSONVILLE, July 30.—Friday afternoon there will be a hearing in this city for the purpose of discussing the raising of water transportation rales on freight between this port and Baltimore. The Merchants and Miners Transportation Company has made application to increase rates. The Florida Railroad Commission has announced a public hearing on August 6, when "Class P” rates will be discussed with a view to enforc ing the ruling of 1905 reducing tha present rate 20 per cent in Florida. Boy in Knee Pants Jailed as Slayer j VALDOSTA. July 30—Henry Mil- | ler, a boy in knee trousers, is to-day in Jail here charged with the mur der of Walker Smith at Melrose, last night. Miller, it is alleged, stabbed Smith to the heart with a barlow knife, Smith dying in a few min utes. Miller and Smith were employed ; t the turpentine distillery of W. M. Miller, brother of the alleged slayer. Smith had charge of the mules and objected to Miller riding one of them. A quarrel followed. The dead man was 23 years old. He left a wife and two children. Jacksonville to Invite President JACKSONVILLE, July 30.—A spe cial committee from the Board of Trade of this city left here this aft ernoon hearing a apeciAl invitation to President Wilson to visit this city on his contemplated trip to the Canal Zone. The same committee will make a fight while in Washington to retain Major John R. Slattery, chief of tho United. States Engineers *n Florida, at this post for at least two years more. An order has been issued to transfer Slattery to Vicksburg on October 15. Coroner to Probe Initiation Deaths 16-Year-Old Boy On Trial for Slaying GAINESVILLE, GA.. July 30.—Bar tow Cantrell, 16 years old, to-day is being tried for the murder of Arthur Haw kins on May 27. He first decided to plead guilty and said his brother, Jim Cantrell, hired him to kill Haw kins. Jim Cantrell has been found guilty of murder without recommen dation. Mrs. Silva Hawkins. w r ife of the murdered man, has not yet been tried. Jim Cantrell is likely to be the first w'hite man to be hanged in Hall County. BIRMINGHAM, July 30.—Coroner Spain to-day summoned a jury to in vestigate the deaths of two candidate during an initiation in the Loyal Or der of Moose last Thursday night. Twenty-five witnesses w*ere sum moned to appear to-morrow morning. The investigation is to be thorough. Storage Reduced On Naval Stores JACKSONVILLE. July 30.—The National Transportation and Termi nal Company has made a reduction on the storage charges of turpentine and rosin because of the present weak condition of the market. The reduction is 3 cents on ros*in and 4 cents* on turpentine. Cudahy Employees To Hold Annual ’Cue Employees of the Cudahy Packing Company, of this city, will hold their annual barbecue at 6 o’clock Wednes day evening at Grant Park. It is expected that several hundred persons will attei^l. J. T. Launius has charge of the arrangements. ‘It is our contention, shouted, “that, the shirt, was a ‘plant.,’ and that Herbert Haas, as an attorney for Frank, de manded that Frank’s house be searched so as to open up the way for a seareh of Newt Lee’s house.” Gantt Says Frank Knew Girl. The most sensational statement of ,1. M. Gantt, rttschui'Ked employee of the National Pencil Factory, was that Frank, contrary to the factory su perintendent’s representatives after he was arrested, knew Mary Phagan by sight and by name. He knew this, he said, because Frank had remarked to him: “You seem to know Mary pretty well, Gantt.” Gantt’s other testimony was to the effect that Frank appeared nervous and fearful at 6 o’clock Saturday evening. Dorsey tried to bring out that Frank had told Black that he thought Newt Lee knew much more about the crime than Lee had told and that the seareh of Lee’s house had fol lowed this remark of BTank’s. Attorneys In Wrangle. A wrangle between the attorneys occurred over the endeavor of DorBey to bring this out, and after this was settled Rosser resumed his attack up on Black with such terrific effective ness that Black, shaken and un nerved, was forced to admit that he was confused, admit that he could not swear to the absolute accuracy of .any of them. "Boots” Rogers had testified that he assisted Frank, in removing the tape from the time clock. Black said he could not recollect any one assisting Frank. "Is your memory so bad that you can’t remember what you told Mr. Dorsey only 20 or 30 minutes ago?” Rosser roared a moment later, when Black hesitated to repeat some of his direct testimony. The attorney alternately bellowed and laughed at the witness. He fin ally got him to say he would not even swear as to Frunk’s conversation in regard to the time slips. Factory Girl on Stand. Sixteen-year-old Grace Hix, a pretty employee of the National Pen cil Factory living at No. 100 McDon ough road, who identified the body of Mary Phagan, was called by the State in the trial of Leo M. Frank Wednes day, but proved a much better wit ness for the defense. Slight and graceful and attractive, the young factory girl made a de- cidedely pleasing impression in the half hour she was on the stand. She answered all the questions asked her by Solicitor Dorsey and Atorney Ros ser with simple directness and ap Important developments in the trial Wednesday of Leo M. Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan follow: W. W. Rogers, former county policeman, in whose auto the police went to the factory the morning the body was found, testi fies Frank was nervous when taken to the plant and apparently afraid to look at the body. Miss Grace Hix, factory employee, testifies Frank rarely spoke to the girls in the plant and that the young women combed their hair near the lathe where strands of hair, alleged to be from the head of Mary Phagan were found. John Black, deective, testifies that Frank was nervous. His statement that Frank was “nervous, as any other man would be who had been arrested,’’ is stricken out on Dorsey’s request. He is questioned by the State in an effort to show Frank engaged counsel before he was arrested. Cross-examined by Rosser, he admits having made a mis-statement and retracts it. He is fiercely grilled by the defense. Dorsey, in questioning Black, says the State is trying to show that Frank “planted” the bloody shirt found in the yard of Newt Lee’s home and changed Lee’s time slip. Black admits Rosser has him “confused.” J. N. Gantt testifies Frank knew Mary Phagan, but admits he testified at the inquest he never saw Frank with her. Koliritor Dorsey eaint‘ out with the startling announcement Wednesday afternoon that it was the State’s contention that the blood-stained shirt found.at the house of Newt Lee, negro night watchman at the National Pencil Faetory, was a deliberate ‘plant” to shift suspicion from Leo M. Frank to the negro Lee. he first witness whose testimony was distinctly favorable to the defense. In response to the questions in the cross-examination conducted by At torney Rosser, chief of counsel for Frank, she said that she never had known of Frank speaking to any of the girls in the factory except in. connection with their work and never had known that he had attempted familiarities of any sort. As far as she knew he had never spoken to Mary Phagan. Spots Might Have Been Paint. The red spots discovered by the de tectives on the second floor, for all she knew, might have come from th© paint room. She said that paint fre quently was spattered on the floor when the employees in the paint room were walking to the dressing rooms. “And do you girls have a place to comb your hair?” inquired Attorney Rosser. “Yes, we have one. but many of us girls comb our hair right where we happen to be working," she respond ed naively. “And are there any of the girls *n the factory who have hair the color of Mary Phagan’s," continued the at torney. “Yes. there’s Magnolia Kennedy. Her hair is almost the same color.” Points for Defense. Ry the testimony of this one girl Attorney Rosser showed that It was possible that the red spots on th© floor In the dressing room and to ward the middle of the factory might have been red paint and not blood; that the hair found on the lathing machine might have been that it Magnolia Kennedy, or some other girl, who had been combing her hair there., and, finally, that Frank’s deportment among the girls of the factory, so far as she knew, was always exemplary. The Hix girl was called by 'Solicitor Dorsey to tell of her identification of the body of Mary Phagan the morn ing after the murder and to describe some of the physical characteristics of the second floor of the factory. With her testimony he continued n laying the foundation for his theory that the attack upon Mary Phagan was madf on the second floor of tho building and not on the first floor, where Jim Conley was in hiding. He had her tell of the proximity of the men’s and women’s dressing rooms on the second floor and how it would have been impossible for a person entering the men’s not to have passed within a few feet of that for the women. Solicitor Dorsey, by his other two witnesses of the forenoon, W. W. (“Boots”) Rogers and Detective John Black, sought primarily to place in the hearts of the jurors that Leo , Frank attacked I parent truthfulness. She!.was the Phagan in 1 eked and strangled Mary the factory AprJ*26, an<$