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ALWAYS FiRST ® <a> The SUNDA Y AMERICAN Order it NOW ■ The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit~~GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results HOME EDITION Both Phones Main 100 VOL. XI. NO. 309. ATLANTA, GA„ THURSDAY, JULY 31,1913. Br Co TY.Telr^’co. 2 CENTS. p &a£ 0 NEW VIDENCE SPRUNG BY STATE 4»4 4*4 4»4 4*4 4*4 4«4 4*4 4»4 4»4 4«4 4»4 +•+ 4»4 4»4 4*4 4*4 4»4 4»4 4*4 4»4 4*4 4*4 4»4 4*4 FACTOR YMA CHINIST GIVES STARTLING TESTIMONY BEAUTIFUL WIFE OF PHAGAN DEFENDANT U The House general appropriations bill, calling t; ' approximately $280,- 000 more in disbursements than in es timated revenues, is doomed to re ceive a slashing when it is considered in executive session by the Senate Wife of accused factory superintendent, sketched by Georgian artist in court room, as she defiantly watched State’s attorneys. Boys in Jail Try to Hang Cellmate for Informing on Them FITZGERALD. July 31.—The time ly Interference of Sheriff Fountain prevented the hanging of a prlsonei by hie cellmates in the Ben Hiil County jail. The near-victim and the plotters are all boys from 10 to 16 years of age. They had been arrested for robbing the grocery store of Isler Brothers. Officers caught one of the boys in the act and he told who were with him. resulting in their arrest. Sherlfl Fountain placed them in one cell. During the night the boys who were "turned up" made a noose from strips torn from a sheet in the cell and were In the act of hanging the informer when the Sheriff discovered them. Do You Know Ice Users Cheated By Short Weighing; Negro Drivers Fined A systematic ice steal, through which numerous Atlantans have been consistently swindled, was brought to light in Police Court Thursday morn ing when two negro employees of the Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation, Will Gifford and Dan Irwin, were ar raigned. Another negro, Tom Wil liams, Implicated in the steal, failed to show up and was ordered rear rested. Inspector of Weights and Measures Buchanan, who trapped the negroes, presented evidence to show’ that for weeks they have been giving short weight to customers on their routes, frequently stealing as much as 100 pounds out of 400 pounds The in spector. by shadowing the negroes and carefully weighing the ice after it had been delivered by them, obtained con clusive; evidence Irwin was fined $15.75 and Gifford $10.75, Appropriations Committee Thursday afternoon. Senator Stark, chairman of the committee, Thursday morning de clared he w’ould fight the bill as now drawn to the last ditch. Members of the Senate committee, he says, will not adopt the bill until the House provides some means for balancing up disbursements with revenues. Although not generally known, .Sen ator Stark and other members of his committee have lined up behind Gov ernor Slaton in his efforts to get leg islation through frhich will relieve the present financial embarrassment. Should the oonlmittee withhold its approval of the House budget, it will be up to the lower house to legislate through the taxing bills or else lose its fight for an increase in appropria tions. That the House will never allow tn^ latter to be done is certain, for pres sure is being brought to bear for nec essary increases in certain appropria tions. Winds and Showers Temper Heat Wave Moderately cool breezes Thursday tehipered the sweltering heat which had held Atlanta in its embrace for a week. The morning started with the mercury at 75, a high minimum for Atlanta. At l o’clock the thermometer registered 86 degrees. The official forecast is thundershow ers Thursday night or Friday. The greatest known. See Page 17. depth Blalock to Assume His Duties on Friday Special Agent Shawhan arrived in Atlanta Thursday from Washington to effect the tranter of the office of Internal Revenue Inspec tor on Fricay Henry S Jackson. Taft appointee, will be succeeded by A. O. Blalock, of Fayetteville. Heat Makes Senator Forget His Collar; He Pays Calls, Too! WASHINGTON, July 31.—‘Pretty hot to-day,’ observed Senator Thorn ton, as he boarded an elevator at the Capitol to-day. “Yes,” replied the runner, “but I see you are going the limit In trying to be comfortable.” “How'' is that?” inquired the Sen ator, with an uneasy tremor in his voice. The runner silently pointed at the Senator’s neck, and Mr. Thornton grabbed it with both hands. There was nothing there but neck. The Senator had neglected putting on collar and necktie until the last min ute because of the excessive heat, and then fared forth without them. “Blushing Primroses!” exclaimed the Senator, “and I have been out making departmental calls. I just left Postmaster General Burleson.” Convict Freed of New Theft Charges SAVANNAH. July 31.—W. O. Brown, already smder conviction and serving a sentence for embezzlement of funds from the Southern Cotton Oil Company, of which he was for merly manager of the seed and fer tilizer department, was acquitted to day in Chatham Superior Court of additional charges of misappropria tions of money while connected with that company. Brown was brought from State prison to face the addi tional charges The Jury returned a sealed verdict Tuesday night, which was not opened until this morning. Brown’s wife was elated at the outcome of the trial. Moultrie Feudist Is Guilty; Brother Tried MOULTRIE July 31 —After delib erating many hours the Jury trying the case of James Hart, charged with the murder of J. M. Harnage, returned a verdict to-day of voluntary man slaughter. Jerry Hart, a brother of James Hart, is on trial to-day for the murder of Horace Harnage, the charge grow ing out of the same affray for which his brother was convicted. The trouble between the Harnages and the Harts took placein May in a roadway near Berlin andBkps the cul mination of a number misunder standings. China Rebels Slay Helpless Thousands Special Cable to The Georgian. VLADIVOSTOK, July 31.—Dis patches received here tell of the wholesale massacres in China by the rebels. The rebels swept through Thibet, killing thousands of men, women and children. It is reported Thibetians who could not flee to safety commit ted suicide in preference to falling into the hands of the Chinese. One report stated that the Thibe- tian natives had almost been exter minated by the Chinese rebels. MULE’S KICK FATAL. VALDOSTA. July 31.—John Leper, of Hickstown, Fla., is dead as the re sult of being kicked In the head by a mule. The animal strayed to Mr. Lo- per’s place. When he attempted to put it in his lot until the owner came, the mule kicked him on the forehead, fracturing his skull. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Local thundershow ers Thursday and Friday. I I Murderer of Dallas Typist Ex pected to Seek Last Look at Victim—Teeth Prints Clew. Two Suffocated as Ammonia Pipe Bursts ATHENS, July 31.—Two negroes are known to have met almost instant death at the ice plant of the Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation this after- Doon, when an ammonia pipe burst In the storage room, where they were al work. Before they could be res cued they had suffocated. The fumes are so strong where the men were caught that it has been impossible to get into the room, and it is not known w hether any other em ployees were overcome. Decies Wins $6,000 Suit Over Mansion • Special Cable to The Georgian. LONDON, July 31.—Lord Decies, who married Vivien Gould, was to day awarded $6,265 with $5,000 costs in his counter claim for overcharges against Holland, Hannen & Cubitts, the builders who repaired his home at Stoke Pogis. Jn his testimony Lord Decies de scribed himself as an easy mark, charged the builders with putting in bills twice for the same work. Lord Decies declared that he gave instruc tions for building the mansion Just before he was “to be married to an American lady.” DALLAS, TEX.. July 31.—Love let ters written to Miss Florence Brown opened a new line of investigation to day in the most puzzling murder in the history of this section. The let ters were guarded by the police, and nothing of the contents nor the iden tity of the girl’s admirer was re vealed. The body of the murdered stenog rapher was buried to day. A half holiday was declared in most of the stores in Dallas. Chief of Police Rya.n detailed every officer that could be spared for duty at the funeral. He expected the murderer to be there. “To the man capable of such a hideous murder,” said the chief, “the attraction to the church would be so great that he could not resist, if he was within a reasonable distance. Guard for Mob Violence. “That mysterious eharm that haunts the vicious murderer wHl im pel him to try to have one more glimpse of the body from which he drove the life.’’ Preparations were made to guard against mob activity ( if the slayer of the stenographer is captured at the funeral. It was certain that thou sands w r ould be in the vicinity of the Brown home and the church. The men of Dallas County have discussed what they believe should be done to to slayer of the young stenographer, who had scores of friends and no enemies. Father Watches by Body. To-day in the home of the Brown family the mutilated body of the girl lay in the only quiet room. The house was besieged by hundreds of curious. The roms were filled kith sympathetic ic frierrds and mourning relatives. The girl’s father, Policeman Brown, who walked the beat on which the office of the real estate firm is lo cated, remained beside the casket. He was the first to reach her side when the murder was reported to the police. He has been unconsolable for more than 100 hours. Missing Tooth a Clew. The man who is convicted of tne murder of the girl will have one le.^s than a normal number of teeth. Im pressions of the marks on Miss Brown’s arms showed they were made by teeth set in the strong jaws of a male. One tooth was missing. Great faith was placed in the newly discovered love letters* by the city de tectives on the case They believe the man who wrote the message of love to the girl on Monday slashed tne throat that twelve hours before was uttering the words of hymns in the choir loft of the little Baptist Church. Atlanta Minister to Head Masonic Home BIRMINGHAM, July 31.—The Rev. S. C. Williams, of Atlanta, has been elected superintendent of the Ala bama Masonic Widows and Orphans Home at Montgomery and will take charge August 15. The selection was made here at a meeting of the board of control, of which Ben M. Jacobs, of Birmingham, is chairman. Rev. Mr. Williams succeeds Rev. Mr. Graham, who has been in charge since the institution was completed several months ago, but who has re signed. Brenau Head Not Alarmed by Dog Bite I)r. T. J. Simmons, president of Brenau College for girls at Gaines ville. recently reported to have been bitten by a mad dog. is* in Atlanta. Dr. Simmons said that while a dog had snapped at him and had broket the skin of his finger, he was certain the dog was not mad, and he felt no alarm. Slayer Convicted By Circumstances Faces the Gallows DALTON, July 31.—The Jury in the Dan Hatfield murder case to-day re turned a verdict of guilty of murder without recommendation, the verdict meaning a death sentence for the de fendant. The jurors were out fifteen hours, it being understood that the question of a recommendation was what held them. Hatfield was convicted of the mur der of Will Parrish. He was at- raigned before Judge Fite Wednesday morning when court opened, and the entire day was consumed in the hear ing. The evidence introduced by the State virtually was all of a circum stantial character. The defense had two alleged eyewitnesses to killing of Parrish, who swore that Hatfield shot in self-defense w'hile Parrish wag advancing on him with an ax. These two, John and Tom Nicodemus, were, however, jointly indicted with Hat field as accessories to the crime. Mulhall, Lobbyist, Once Was Policeman WASHINGTON. July 31.—The cross-examination of Colonel M. M. Mulhall by attorneys for the National Association of Manufacturers, the ac tivities of which he revealed in 5,000 letters, was begun before the Senate Lobby Inquiry Committee to-day. The first question was whether Mulhall w r as not discharged from the Cleveland, Ohio, police force In 1883 after two years’ service for violation of a State law. “No, sir; It was a political remov al,” answered Mulhall. Pants Pocket Bank Is Robbed of $2,000 INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. # July 31.— Joseph Diamond, a painter employed by an automobile company, to-day is minus $2,000 in gold and currency because he lacked faith In banks and kept his savings in his room at a boarding house. Because of intense heat the front door was kept open during the night. The money, his life's savings, was tied in a handkerchief in Diamond’s 4 German Officers Tried as Traitors Special Cable to The Georgian. BERLIN, July 31.—Four officers of the Ordnance Department, Lieuten ants Tllllan, Hanst. Hose and Schieu- der, were brought before a military court martial to-day on the charge of betraying military secretR, the accept ance of bribes and insubordination. The ctiarges grew out of their giv ing secret information to representa tives of the Krupp ordnance factory. CRUISER SINKS SHIP. Special Cable to The Georgian. LONDON, July 31.—The British cruiser King Alfred collided with and sank the Spanish steamer Umba off Spurn Head. Boats from the cruiser rescued the crew of the sunken ves sel. Some one through the country wide Awaits your long ing to provide. Georgian “Want*Ads” tell every day sto ries of human inter est. READ FOR PROFIT GEORGIAN “WANT ADS” USE FOR RESULTS R. P. Barrett, a machinist on the second floor of the National Pencil Factory, gave unexpected and important evidence for the State Thursday at the trial of Leo M. Frank. He told for the first time of finding between April 28 and 30 part of a pay envelope un der the machine used by Mary Phagan, who was murdered in the factory April 26. Barrett is the factory employee who made the startling dis coveries of the spots resembling blood near the water cooler at the ladies’ dressing room on the second floor and the strands of red dish brown hair on the lathing machine about 20 feet from the Phagan girl’s machine. The witness repeated his story of the finding of the supposed blood spots and the hair. He made probably the best witness the State called during the fore noon to strengthen its theory that the murder was committed on the second floor of the fac tory. ‘I know it was blood!” was the re peated assertion of Barrett when At torney Rosser, Frank’s lawyer, tried to force him to admit that the deter mination of whether it was blood was a matter for a skilled chemist. Harry Scott, Pinkerton detective; Monteen Stover, a 14-year-old factory employee, and Mel Stanford, another employee at the factory, were the forenoon’s witnesses. Scott refused to be cowed by the battering attack of Luther Rosser, chief of Frank’s c^mnsel, and fought back viciously a various times dur ing his cross-examination. He was inclined to argue with both Attorney Rosser and Solicitor Dorsey, and at one time blazed forth angrily when he thought that Dorsey was charging him with holding something back. Defense Discounts Scott's Story. Rosser succeeded In impeaching Scott’s testimony to a certain extent by showing that his testimony at the Coroner’s inquest differed in some re spects from that given at the trial, and that the testimony at the inquest lacked much that was contained *n his testimony Just givpn under the questioning of Solicitor Dorsey, al though Scott had sworn at the in quest that he was telling all he knew. It was evident as soon as the Pin kerton detective was called that a sharp battle was to ensue over his testimony. A liveh- tilt occurred be tween Rosser and Dorsey before Scott had been on the stand five minutes. The testimony had progressed only a little further when Dorsey claimed that he had been trapped by the wit ness into believing that testimony .»f another sort would be given. Dorsey demanded the privileee of asking leading questions in order to determine whether Scott's memory was faulty or if he was purposely holding something back. Haas Wanted First Reports. The Solicitor rot from his witness the details of his engagement by th» National Pencil Company and sougnt to emphasize that Herbert Haas, one of Frank's attorneys, had tried to in duce Scott to withhold his evidence from the police, but Scott cn cross- examination declare that Haas asked only that the evidence be given the pencil factory officials first. Scott testified that Frank in ths first days of the investigation had told him that J. M. Gantt, a discharged factory employee, knew Mary Pha gan well and was familiar and inti mate with her, the Solicitor by this evidence seeking to show a disposi tion on the part o* r rank to throw suspicion on someone else. The detective described FYank’s de meanor as extremely nervous at the interview Tuesda’Alight, April 29, be- tween Frana and Le Scott said that i Frank hung his head, crossed and re- e SB crossed his lev®. rubbed his face and lips w ith one hand and then the other, and seemed not to know where to put his hands. Rosser GrBIs Scott. Rosser, cross-examining Scott, made the detective xdmit that he had not told of these circumstances be fore the Coi’oner's inquest and had not stated any of the conversation be tween Lee and Frank which he had Just told to the Solicitor. Going fur ther, he forced Scott to admit that he had said at the inquest that he had heard none of the conversation. Scott told Dorsey that he had mads a thorough search of the first floor of the factory soon after his services were engaged, and that he had found no ribbon, purse, pay envelope or bloody stick wh*ich later was said to have been found near where Jim Con ley was hiding, by Pinkerton opera tives. Scott said that he had looked fo? blood spots, but that most of the evi dence of this sort had been chipped u before he entered the case. Rosser and S ott engaged in a heat ed argument when Rosser called at tention to the fact that the detective had not mentioned at the Coroner’s Inquest Frank’s alleged remark in re gard to Gantt’* intimacy with the Phagan girl. Scott gave as hi* excuse that it was an oversight, or that he possibly had not been questioned on that matter by the Coroner. “I am not fool enough to give away the whole case in detail at a prelimi nary hearing, anyway,” added Scott. R. P. Barrett, the machinist at the pencil factory, who discovered the strand of hair on a lathing machine and spots resembling blood on the floor, was called to the stand at the conclusion of Monteen Stover’s testi mony. Dorsey Quizzes Scott. Solicitor Dorsey started his ques tioning of Harry Scott with the query: Q. What is your business?—A, Pinkerton detective. Q. Do you know Leo Frank?—A, Yes. Q. When did you first see Frank? A. Monday, April 28, at 7 p. m. Q. w\iere was that?—A. In Frank’s private office. Q. What was Frank's attitude?—A. He was composed. Dorsey said: “Your honor, I want to refresh his memory. I was misinformed as to what the witness would testify.” Attorney Rosser objected. “I am surprised at the evidence.** said the Solicitor, “of this witness re garding Frank’s attitude.” Noted Nothing Unusual. “What about his breathing?” asked the Solicitor—A. Well, between sen tences, occasionally he took a deep breath. Q. What about the expression of his eyes?—A. I had never seen him before. The expression of his eye* was about as they are now. Frank, sitting a few feet away, wors the same cool expression he has had since the beginning, his face utterly devoid of emotion. The expression of his unusual eyes was calm. Dor* sey resumed his questioning. Q. What did he say?—A. “I suppose you have heard of the horrible mur der In this factory. The directors and