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V' ALWAYS FIRST ® The SUNDA Y The Atlanta Georgian ■ S EVENING AMERICAN Order it NOW ======— Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results EDITION Both Phone* Main 100 VOL. XI. NO. 310. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1913. 2 CENTS. STATE WITNESS HELPS FRANK +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ H-»+ +•+ v** +••!* +••:* +•+ +•+ +*+ +•->■ *•+ +•+ +•+ Dorsey Clears Way for Jim Conley’s Story Noted Author-Convict Pictures in Strange Allegory What Penal Reforms Would Do. Four men sat around a table at one of the western windows of the great dining hall; one of them was a recent arrival at the prison. * * * The last course of dinner had been served and the 400 friends were en joying their coffee: a few were smoking cigarettes, for this was Sunday an ( ] tobacco was allowed to all who cared for it, on that day. The band was playing Beethoven’s ’Moonlight Sonata;” the music vi brated softly and remotely on the air. The hall had marked archi tectural beauty, and the colors and decorations were quiet but effective. The tables were arranged with aisles between, at the intersection of which stood immense orange trees and standard roses alternately. That is the setting that Julian Haw thorne. in what is probably his last article for “Good Words.” the maga zine of the Atlanta Federal prison, provides for a remarkable dialogue between the four men on "Jails of the Future,” forecasting prison reforms. It appears in the August number, and is without doubt one of the best that the noted writer has produced since his incarceration In prison. One of the four men is a newcomer, both to the prison and to the country, and to him is explained the workings of a system that has revolutionized the treatment of crime and changed jails from "hells to a kind of ante chamber to Paradise." The dialogue is fanciful, but It un doubtedly depicts conditions th'.t Hawthorne believes must exist when humanity has come to recognize crime as a disease and treat it as such. That portion of the article that de scribes the workings of the jails of the future is as follows: “No More Lawyers.” "When we found we were Jailing about a million men a year, and that the faster the lawyers made laws, the greater was the number of law breakers. iome of the sane ones got together to talk it over. -They fixed it so that there snould be no more lawyers admitted to the bar for 50 years, and those already practicing should be charged 75 per cent of their incomes in taxes. No . lawyer was eligible for election i? any Legislature or office of public trust. -A body of 500 experts was set to work revising the statutes, and they reduced the number of them 90 per cent. All artificial crimes—those cre ated by laws—were cut out; only kill ing, stealing and lying were left in. if these were committed owing to congenial defects, or under 'abnormal conditions, the perpetrators were put under medical care; if otherwise, th* culprits were tried and sentenced, but were given their, choice of going to jail, or carrying rouqd their necks, by a small steel chain, a pewter disk, on which was engraved the crime and the penalty. At first, nearly everybody took the disk, but after a few years the majority preferred the jail. The jails, meanwhile, had been undergoing strange transformations, both actual and theoretical. "It began to be realized that the handling of crime was the most im portant function of the State and problem of society. If even justice were done, everybody would be n prison, and so-called officers of Jus tice were often the worst of the lot. Best Men as Wardens. "Accordingly, the very best men of the community u4re appointed’ war dens and guards of jaila Upon elec tion. these men w'ere given a free hand and all the funds they wanted to carry out their plans. All th old Jails were torn down and new ones built upon ditferent principles, both of construction and administration. "In a few years Jails had become a kind of universities for training men who were found to be below the aver age in intelligence, character or hab its in the obligations and responsibil ities of the best citizenship. All kinds of trades and nrofessions^were taught theoretically and practically, and the *jhen were put to work as soon as possible a,t such employment as they selected or as were chosen as most suitable for them. "Along with all this was established Continued on Page 5, Column 2. POETPAYSTRIBUTE TO 'ANGEL OF U.S. PRISON’ AN APPRECIATION TO MRS. EMMA NEAL DOUGLAS Beautiful, gracious Spirit of human pity and kindness. You, from your tranquil retreat, remember our need and our blindness; You speak not, but stretch your hands, full of plenty and healing. Not cold and disdainful, but gentle and tender irith sisterly feeling: From your height serene you step down to comfort our gloom, and remind us To hope and be strong, and to leave our evil and error behind us. Our void is filled with your bounty, ire bless your name, though unspoken. We hail you the herald of God. whose mercy your mercies betoken. —By REGISTER NO. 1,1,35. This inspiring verse is by Julian Hawthorne, dedicated to the “Angel of the Federal Prison" in “Good Words, - ’ the Fed eral Penitentiary publication. Mystery in Blaze That Does $2,000 * Damage to Store Fire of mysterious origin early Fri day morning damaged the building occupied by the G. A. and F. Grocery Company, at No. 23 Piedmont avenue. The loss is $2,000. Firemen conquered the blaze in a hard fight. The fire was discovered soon after 3 o’clock by Call Officers McHugh, Arnold and McWilliams, who thought they heard a pistol shot in the neigh borhood of the store. They found the second floor of the stor.e in flames. They think now what they supposed was a shot was an explosion. Policewomen Must Be Single and Large CHICAGO. Aug. 1.—The City Civil Service Commission has decided that unmarried women of generous pro portions are the most desirable police women. Widow's are not barred, but they must be young and vigorous. Exam ination for ten policewomen wili be held soon. X-Ray Skirt Breaks Up Baseball Game SOUTH NORWALK, CONN..—A girl with a diaphanous skirt ended a baseball game here between the Na tionals and the Westports. The man ager of the Westport team called the game off In the ninth inning when his outfielders turned all their at tention to the maid with the gausse- like skirt, who stood Detween the sun and the fielders. Three dies were bated to the fence without the players making a move to intercept them. Heat Kills 901 Babies In Chicago in Month CHICAGO, Aug. 1.—The heat wave that gripped Chicago for three days was broken today by a strong breeze off Lake Michigan. Figures made public to-day by the Health Depart ment showed that heat had contrib uted to the death of 901 babies ’in Chicago between June 14 and July 12. During the same period last year 809 deaths occurred among children under two years. Woman Is Named to Supervise 'Spooning' ASBURY PARK, N. J„ Aug. 1.— Mayor R. S. Bennett has appointed Mrs. Nanette, a social worker of Bal timore, as a special boardwalk po licewoman. She will watch the "spooners" and "mashers” and act as a censor of the bathing costumes THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Occasional thunder showers Friday and probably Saturday. Society Women in Pajamas Dance at Narragansett Ball NARRAGANSETT PIER. R. 1., Aug. 1.—Stories of a gay .mm* a: the Point Ju<A|^Country ClmPat which several of ^Htw omen guests are de clared to havt^ianced in pajamas un til sunrise, are being circulated here and are almost as much of a sensa tion as the hunt for the Jewel thieve* Some of the best known young ma trons and maids of New York and New England society were among the guests. Turkish costumes are said to have vied with the pajamas. One observer says fifteen of the women wore ankle watches. Dete ;- tivea guarding the country club, it is said, to learn something of the jewel thefts, were ordered off bv Malcolm Stevenson, who was giving the party. Widow Will Inspect Harriman Railways NEW YORK, August 1—Mrs. L. H. Harriman. acompanied by her daugh ter. Miss Carol Harriman. will leave early in August to visit her ranch in Idaho. \ There was a report which C. C. Tegethoff. of the Harriman estate, re fused to deny or confirm, that, Mrs. Harriman will be accompanied by railroad officials and engineers for the purpose of making an official in spection of the Harriman railroad properties in the West. Massacre and Pillage Continued by Turks Special Cable to The Georgian. SOFIA, Aug. 1.—The Turks are con tinuing their campaign of massacre and pillage in the country near De- deagatch. All the men in the villages or Tartar!are. Se’ilu. Saryta and Lachman, were killed when the Turk ish troops entered thoee places. The torch was applied to all pub lic buildings and looting began. All who opposed the Turks were tortured before being killed. Fire Alarm System Nearing Completion Work on the new fire and police alarm signal system is being rushed by the Okenite Company, despite the fact that an injunction restraining the city from paying for the work has been sought on the ground that the contract is a moral obligation, and therefore not le gal. Fire Chief Cummings speaks favorably of the new system, believing It will meah the saving of many thousands of dollars. The total cost of the new sys tem will be $106,000. $1,000,000 Estate Willed to Charity DECATUR. ILL.. Aug. 1.—The will of Mrs. Anna B. Milliken. widow of the founder of Milliken University, just made public here, gives the fam ily estate of neatly $1,000,000 to char itable and educational institutions. The will provides th^t the Milliken mansion here shall become a mu seum of art* Government to Minimize Money Stringency During Crop Moving. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—To facili- tate the movement of crops, the Ad ministration. through Secretary Me- Adoo, announces that $25,000,000 to $50,000,000 of Government funds will be deposited in the national banks *f the South and West at once. Federal. State and municipal bonds and prime commercial paper will be accepted as security for the money, upon which the banks will pay 2 per cent interest. Unusual Amount Needed. The motive of the Administration in establishing this new policy is to an ticipate the money stringency in the late summer and fall, which accom panies the marketing and movement of crops, especially when the crops are unusually large, as the harvest now beginning forecasts. intends to prevent or minimize the usual tightness of money. The Secretary announces that Gov ernment bonds will be accepted at par as security for the new deposits, and that the additional money would be placed only with banks which have taken out at least 40 per cent of their authorized circulation. United States 2 per cent bonds, serving as security for most of the national bank circulation, have been depressed recently to new low market records, dropping to 95 3-4 during the past few f days. The Secretary’s will ingness to accept these bonds at par as security for the $25,000,000 to $50,- 000,000 of promised deposits and the inducement to the national banks to increase their circulation up to the 40 per cent limit are expected to help in restoring the parity of the depressed 2s by creating a new market for them. To Accept Commercial Paper. For the first time in history the Government will accept prime com mercial paper as security for depos its. This privilege will be granted, announced the Secretary, in order 13 make these special deposits available to the banks on securities readilv within their reach. ‘‘The commercial paper submitted," added Mr. McAdoo, "shall first bs passed upon and approved by the clearing house committees of the cities in which the banks offering such pa per may be located. All commercial paper and bonds must finally be passed upon and accepted by the Sec retary." Try a 3-Year Egg: Ten Tons on Sale TRENTON. N. J., August 1.—The State Board of Health has released ten tons of cold storage egg?, worth $4,000, which had been held by the Government for the last three an< a half years in a warehouse in Jersey City. Doctors and reporters had eaten cake, custards and ice cream made from the eggs, and not one of those daring persons had died, so the board decided the eggs were flt for other stomachs. Rich Business Man Slain by Burglar TOLEDO, OHIO, Aug. I.—F. # V. Wilder, aged 73. a wealthy business man, was shot to death in his home here early to-day by a burglar he dis covered in the act of robbing the house. Wilder’s daughter heard the shot and rushed into the dining room Just as the aged man fell to the floor dead. The robber escaped. DORSEY UNAFRAID AS HE FACES CHAMPIONS OF THE ATLANTA BAR FALLS 100 FEET, UNHURT. GAINESVILLE. FLA. Aug 1.— After falling 100 feet from a balloon here Fred Lowen was unhurt. His fall was broken by the branches of a tree. This shows the Solicitor warily noting the moves of an opponent. 1 The defense played one of its strong cards in behalf of Leo M. Frank Friday when it secured from N. V. Darley, manufacturing head of the plant and State's witness, evidence that the prisoner performed three hours of the most intrioate mathematical work just after the time the prosecution claims Mary Phagan was slain. This, the defense brought out, Hugh M. Dorsey, Solicitor and prosecutor of Leo M. Frank Up Against a Hard Proposition Youthful Solic itor Is Fighting Valiantly to Win Case. By L. F. WOODRUFF. Georgia’s law’s most .supreme pen alty face8 Leo Frank. A reputation that they can not be beaten must be sustained by Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold. Atlanta’s detective department's fu ture is swaying on the issue of the Frank trial. But there is a man with probably as much at stake as any of the hun dreds who crowd Judge Roan’s court room. with the exception of Frank, and he is accepting the ordeal, though he realizes it. as calmly as a person who has nothing more serious to de cide than whether he will order his steak rare or well done at breakfast time. Hugh Dorsey is hereby introduced. He is known pretty well in Atlanta without introduction, but as chair men on political meetings insists on telling the audience that the Presi dent of the United States if* about to speaK or that the Secretary of State is endeavoring to earn an additional amount to his yearly $12,000, Mr. Dor sey- can be placed before the public without fear of violating precedent. Consider Hugh Dorsey. Consider Dorsey’s Job. His posi tion as public prosecutor places on him the duty of sending someone to the gallows, end this time it ia Leo M Frank, against whom he must direct his efforts. The proposition of convicting &.man is as common in the life of a Solicitor as paying hi-* car fare home. But here’s a different proposition. Dorsev is confronted with the task of getting a conviction over the efforts of Luther Rosser and Rueben Arnold to obtain an acquittal. And anyone who knows Atlanta, who knows Fulton County, who knows Rosser, who knows Arnold, realizes that this Is a task from which Hercules might sidestep, a labor that is more tremendous than the building of the Panama Canal or the success ful storming of the fortress of Gi braltar. And still Dorsey has gone into the Continued on Page 5, Column 5. required an exceedingly clear mind. Darley also gave testimony as to Frank’s nervous and upset condition on the tw'o days following the mur der of Mary Phagan. The statement® of Darley came as % complete surprise. The nature of the testimony had been carefully guarded by the Solicitor. Darley declared that he and Frank arrived at the factory at about tho name time Sunday morning, April 27, rtrrfp th«t he first noticed Frank s nervousness w’hen he saw the factory superintendent’s hand tremble vio lently when he grasped the elevator rope to run the elevator down into the basement. "When we got down to the base ment," continued Darley, "and Frank started to nail up the back door. I saw that his hands were trembling and I took the hammer and nailed up the door myself, because I thought I could do it better than he could." Darley also told that when he rode with Frank to the police station Mon day, Frank sat on his knee. "I could perceive that his whole body was trembling and shaking,” said Darley. "I noticed It all of the way to the station house." Club Not Found in Clean-Up. Solicitor Dorsey asked Darley about a general clean-up ordered by a gen eral Insurance inspector who visited the factory' Apjril 28. Darley replied that the factory had been cleaned on the first and second floors on or be fore May 3. Dorsey then called for the bloody club that was said to have been found on the first floor May 15 near where Jim Conley was sitting. Dorsey threw it down with a clatter by the chair of the witness. “Was any club of this sort turned up during the cleaning process^” shouted Dorsey. "No," the witness replied. "And was not this a thorough cleaning?" the Solicitor asked. "It was a general cleaning." replied Darley. Frank Explains Nervousness. Darley said that Frank later ex plained his nervousness of Sunday by saying that he ho-d not had any breakfast and that he had Just lookel upon the body of the dead girl at the morgue. The witness added that Frank did not appear completely up set Monday, a» he was able to trans act a number of business affairs. Darley, in spite of his testimony, which will be interpreted by the State as incriminating against Prank, prob ably was a® valuable a witness for the defense as he was for the prose cution. It was under the skillful questioning of Attorney Reuben Ar nold, who had begun to take a more active part in the cross-examinations than he had at first, that Darley tolo of the intricate work that Frank did on the afternoon of April 26 after the time the State claims that Frank murdered the Phagan girl. Mrs Arthur White, wife of one of the employees of the National Pencil Factory, who declared she saw a ne gro hiding behind some boxes on the first floor of the plant on the day Mary Phagan was killed, was the first witness called Friday. The State with her testimony Legan to pave the way for the appearance of Conley, who. it is believed, would be the last.witness to be called by Solicitor Dorsey, as he would be the most snectacular. ^ 1 The first witness said her husband had been working at the National Pencil plant about two year®. Tells of Going to Factory. Q. What Is your husband's name?— A. John Arthur White. Q. Where does he work?—A. At the National Pencil Factory. He has worked there about two years. Q. Where was he April 26?—A. At the pencil factory. Q. Did you go to the pencil factory that day?—A. Yes; about 11 o’clock. Q. Did you see Frank?—A. Yes; he was in his outside office. Q. What did you say to him?—A. 1 told him I wanted to see Mr White. Q. What did he say?—A. He asked me if I was his wife. He said be thought so, as I looked like y Camp bells. c Q. Did you see your husband?—A. Yes; he sent for him. Q. Did you go upstairs at 11: JO a. m.?—A. No. Q. What time did you leave?—A. About ten minutes to 12. Says Frank Jumped. Q. What time did you come back? —A. About 12:30. Q. Whom did you see?—A. I -Saw Mr. Frank standing at the safe in hi® office. Q. What happened then?—A. I asked him if I could see Mr. White. As I spoke to him he jumped. Q. What did you do then?—A. I went upstairs to see Mr. White. Q. Did you see anybody else in the office except Denham, White and Mr. Frank?—A. No. sir. Q. Did you see anyone eflse as you came down?—A. I saw a negro. Q. Where?—A. He was sitting ot* a box near the stairway that leads up to the second floor. Q. Where did you see Frank the last time?—A. In hig outside office. Q. Where was your husband and Denham at work?—A. On the fourth floor. Said Sh# Had Better Go. Q. What were they doing?—A Working on a machine with a ham mer. Q. When did you first hear the ham mer?—A. When I got on the fourth floor. Q. Did you see Frank again before you left?—A. He came up on th® fourth floor. Q. Did anybody say anything about your going up to the fourth flooT?— A. Yes; Frank told me to go up there. Q. What time did Frank come to the fourth floor?—A. Some time be fore 1 o’clock. Q. Where were you at 1 o’clock ?— A. At McDonald’s furniture store. Q. Why did you leave before 1 o’clock?—A! Mr. Frank said, "Arthur, if your wife wants to get out before 3 o’clock she had better leave now. 1 will go as soon as I get my hat and coat." Frank in Office as She Left. Q. When you cUme down, did you see Mr. Frank?—A. Yes; when I went down he was sitting in his office. Q. Did he have on his ha* and coat as If he were going out?—A. No. Q. What was he doing?—A. A^riting. Q. Could your husband and Den ham see the stairway from upstair® where they were working?—A. No. Rosser took the witness on cross- examination. Mrs. White, you talked about this matter to Mr. Arnold and myself, didn’t you? You told us you left the factory about 1 o’clock?—A. Yea Q. You don’t mean to change your statement bv saying it was ten min« utes to 1 when you left, do you?—A. I can t say exactly what time it