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The Atlanta Georgian
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VOL. XI. NO. 311.
ATLANTA, GA„ SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1913.
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EDITION
DEFENSE THREATENS
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FOREMAN OF FACTORY
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N. V. Darley, presented by the State, proved to be one of the
most important witnesses in the trial of Frank.
Slit Pants and Beauty
Spots for Men! Ain't
It AWFUL, Mabel?
SANDUSKY, OHIO, Aug. 2.—
Twenty custom cutters, attending the
international Custom Cutters’ meet
ing here, to-day wore trousers of
white flannel, the legs of which were
slit to a point between the ankle and
the knee under which hosiery of deli
cate hue was worn.
Slit trousers, the cutters say, prom
ise"the same degree of favor among
men as the slit skirt has attained
among the women.'
NARRAGANSETT PIER, Aug. 2.—
A young man appeared at the Ca
sino here with a beauty spot on his
left cheek. The astonishing stranger
was dressed in white and came from
Watch Hill. Teh beauty spot was a
tiny heart-shaped bit of black court-
plaster.
'Drink Buttermilk,
Not Wine, in Clubs/
JudgeUrgesWomen
Buttermilk a9 a social beverage for
women who visit Atlanta's locker
clubs is advocated by Recorder Nash
Broyles.
The Recorder especially recom
mended buttermilk to Minnie L.
Brow’n, a young woman giving her
address at 14-A West Baker street
and her occupation as a bookkeeper,
when she was arraigned Friday after
noon for drunkenness. She said she
became intoxicated when she visitj*1
the Theatrical Club with a man.
“You should h; called for butter
milk instead of wines and liquors,’’
said the Recorder. “If buttermilk
were kept on tap in all of these locker
clubs to be served to women instead
of strong drink, women would be bet
ter off.”
Offers Pearl Riches Japan Mourns for
To Garrison; Arrested Emperor, Dead Year
SAN FRANCISCO, .Aug. 2.—Frank
Buffington, a pearl fisher, enlivened
Secretary of War Garrison’s visit here
by offering to make him very rich.
Buffington was locked up.
The fisher, smoking a strong pipe,
strolled into the Secretary’s hotel and
asked to see him. To a detective, who
impersonated Mr. Garrison, he said ne
had a pearl fishery- which would net
both of them incredible wealth if a
“concession could be obtained.
Beautiful Lily Elsie
Sues Rich Husband
Special Cable to The Georgian.
LONDON, Aug. 2.—It is reported
here and hinted by the newspapers
that Lily Elsie, the famous Gayety
find Daly’s Theater actress, is insti
tuting divorce proceedings against
lan Bullough', the young Scotch land-
owner, to whom she was married a
little more than a year ago.
MAD DOG SCARE.
SAVANNAH—Residents of the
vicinity of “Rhose Dhu" rifle range
are terrorized over a mad dog scare,
which has brought death to stock and
injury to at least one person.
Special Cable to The Georgian.
TOKIO. Aug. 2.—All Japan joined
in a memorial service for the late
Emperor Mutsuhito, who died a year
ago.
The young Emperor Yoshihito at
tended a solemn service in the palace
while thousands of citizens of Tokio
went to Aoyama, where a temporary
chaRel was erected on the open
ground on which the funeral of the
late Emperor was solemnized.
Slade Urges Report
Ou His Military Bills
Representative Slade, of Muscogee,
renewed his demand Saturday that
the House Committee on Military Af
fairs make a report on two Impor
tant bills that are calculated to give
the military supreme local power*.
Representative Slade will ask for a
report Monday with or w ithout a rec
ommendation.
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CHATHAM OFFICIAL QUITS.
SAVANNAH.—J. W&rd Motte has
resigned from the Board of County
Commissioners, and Harvey Granger
has been elected to fill the vacanty.
Newspaper on Judge’s Desk Causes Protest
HELD PANIC
Senator Owen Asserts Banks
Will Gain, Not Lose, Under
Wilson Reform Act.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—With the
broad assertion that “panic will be
impossible If the administration cur
rency reform bill is passed,” Senator
R. L. Owen, of Oklahoma, chairman
of the Senate Committee on Banking
and Currency, to-day replied *o bank
ers wljo demand to know what ad
vantages they will gain from the bill.
Owen asserts the bill will safe
guard banks against occasional runs,
give the ordinary State bank, peace
of mind against possible artificial
panics, and that while the banker
loses 2 per cent on a part of his re
serve deposited with the Federal Re
serve Bank, he actually will make
money by other advantages.
Senator Owen points out that a re
serve of 15 per cent will be sufficient
instead of the 25 per cent now car
ried. With the same money, he as
serts, a bank of $100,000 capital would
make-$2,750 each year more than un
der the present law\
In reply to the suggestion that
bankers should control the Federal
Reserve Board because they are “put
ting up all the money,” he replied
that the banks are not putting up
money, but are merely lending cred
it, and that the Government Is really
supplying the money which is not sup
plied by depositors themselves.
Eight Trains of U. S.
Refugees Landed in
El Paso by Rebels
EL PASO, TEXAS, Aug. 2.—The
last of the Americans in Chihuahua
City* were being brought into El Paso
to-day by special trains over the
Mexican National road, guarded by
1.200 Federal soldiers under Colonel
Mancilla. Eight train loads of regu-
gees have been brought out of the
Mexican city. Fifty Americans hud*
died In one coach arrived here last
night after being three days on the
way.
The refugees said they had assur
ances from Governor Carranza, head
of the Constitutionalists, that Ameri
cans and other foreigners in all the
states where his troon« are fighting
Federals, will be protected. Carranza
added that the Constitutionalists w ill
not accept any proposals for peace
until Huerta has been deposed.
Eagles Gain 72,264
Fledglings in Year
BALTIMORE, MD„ Aug. 2.—When
Grand Worthy President William G.
Brennan, of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles, reads bis report next Tuesday
morning at the opening session of the
fifteenth annual convention of that
order, he will show that within a
year 72,264 members, a record num
ber, have been initiated and 2,725 re
instated, bringing the total member
ship July 1, 1913. to 350,000.
Thomas J. Cogan, of Cincinnati
present grand worthy vice president,
is slated for grand worthy president,
without opposition. Minneapolis.
Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Spokane.
Seattle and some other cities are
seeking the 1915 convention.
Falls 30 Feet, but
Returns to His Job
In spite of having fallen 30 feet
from the smokestack of the Western
Newspaper Company on Central ave
nue, W. W. Burdette, of No. 232 State
street, was back at work Saturday
morning.
Burdette, the daring steeplejack,
was repairing the big stack when one
side of his tackle swing gave way.
He struck on his back on a pile of old
tin roofing lying on the ground be
low. ' ^
He was taken to Grady Hospital,
but recovered sufficiently on the way
there to be able to walk back.
$400,000,000 in Autos
Are Exported in Year
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2— Accord
ing to figures compiled by the Bureau
of Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
Department of Commerce, $40,000,000
worth of automobiles and parts there
of were sent out of continental United
States in the fiscal year 1913, against
about $1,000,000 worth in 1903, a dec
ade earlier.
These figures of 1913 include $26,-
000,000 worth of finished automobiles
se^t to foreign countries.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Occasional showers
Saturday and Sunday.
Georgia Father Is
Seeking Children
In South Carolina
GREENVILLE, S. C., Aug. 2.—To
gain possession of his two children,
aged 8 and 9 years, respectively, Wil
liam A. Harris, of Clarkesville, Ga.,
has sworn out warrants for the ar
rest of his wife, Mrs. Dora Harris,
and W. E. Stroud, who, it is alleged
in the warrant, are now living to
gether in this county, near Travelers
Rest. Harris claims that his wife de
serted him in December, 1912, and
came to this county with Stroud,
bringing with her their two children.
Judge Prince, at Anderson, has or
dered Mrs. Harris and Stroud to show
cause why the court should not re
quire the children to be given to Har
ris.
TUX BILL
Wohlwender Declares Sheppard
Let Amendments Die After
Agreeing to Them.
Civic Club to Ask
Council to Shelter
Famous Old Engine
Despite the threatening weather, the (
Third Ward Civic Club held an en- j
thusiastic meeting Friday afternoon at
the bandstand in Grant Park.
Improvements of Grant Park were dis
cussed. It was decided to ask the City
Council to erect a shelter for the famous
old engine, “Texas,” a relic of Civil War
days. At present the engine is exposed
to the elements. A tablet bearing its
name and history is also desired.
The present enrollment of the club in
cludes over 400 women of the Third
Ward. The officers are: Mrs. John Jus-
tis. 616 Woodward avenue, president;
Mrs. Boland, Park avenue, vice presi
dent; Mrs. A. S. Wilson, 79 Augusta
avenue, secretary, and Mrs. John B.
Crossland, 57 Park avenue, treasurer.
Blackmail Charged
To Federal Officials
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2.—G. Ray-
monn Mathews, special agent of the
United States Department of Justice;
J. L. Mott, his assistant, and Ernesio
Fernandez y Arteaga, New Orleans
representative of the Constitutionalist
party in Mexico, are being held to
day, charged with blackmail. Police
say they have $500 in marked bills
which Mathews accepted from Em-
manuello Castillo Brito, formerly Gov
ernor of the State of Campeche,
Mexico, to prevent Brito being prose
cuted.
Adventists, in Camp,
Observing Sabbath
FORT VALLEY. Aug. 2.—The first
Sabbath of the annual camp meeting
and conference of the Georgia Sev
enth Day Adventists is being observed
here to-day. All business affairs and
secular things have been laid aside
at the city of tents in which the dele
gates ar<* encamped, and the hours of
the day are being devoted exclusively
to spiritual exercises.
The Sabbath observance began at
sundown Friday with an opening Sab
bath service.
Travel 7,000 Miles
To Wed Strange Girls
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 2.—Moy Bock
Quong and Moy Bock Tong, sons «.f
I Charlie Toy, one of the richest Chi
nese in America, w<” leave on a 7,00ft
mile journey to Hongkong to marry
girls they will see for the first time
on their wedding day.
Efforts to obtain a reconsideration
of the Sliteppard substitute to the
Lipscomb tax reform, bill, which was
passed by the House of Representa
tives by a vote of 107 to 59 after in
all-day session Friday, will be made
within two weeks, and probably be
fore the bill is sent to the Senate.
Representative McMichael of Ma
rion County, whose amendment pro
viding tax discoverers to work with
the county boards provided by the
Sheppard bill, was defeated, served
notice that he will make a motion to
reconsider.
An amendment by Mr. Nunnally of
Floyd, which makes the State Comp
troller General a sort of balance
wheel between the taxpayer and the
county boards, also is likely to get a
new trial.
State Board Men Favor Move.
It is understood the members of
the House who favor the State board
idea will support Mr. McMichael in
his attempt to get a reconsideration
of the bill, and prospects are consid
ered good for the success of the move
ment. It was the State board advo
cates who passed the bill Friday.
More of Mr. Sheppard’s followers
voted against his bill than voted for
it, and without the support of the
State board advocates, who acted on
the basis that half a loaf was better
than no bread, the bill would have
been lost.
The insurrection among the Shep
pard forces was led by Messrs. Wim
berly of Bibb, Wohlwender of Mug-
cogee and McMichael of Marion, and
was started after Mr. Sheppard got
through two amendments to his own
bill, which Mr. Wimberly declared
takes away all powers from the coun
ty boards.
Mr. Wohlwender voted against fhe
Sheppard bill and charged Mr. Shep
pard with double dealing. He said the
situation was this;
Failed to Give Signal.
The State board advocates agreed
to favor the Sheppard bill as amend
ed by Mr. Sheppard In the hope that
it could be amended by the Senate
to provide adequate tax revision. The
members led by Mr. Wohlwender, Mr.
Nunnally and Mr. McMichael agreed
to support the bill on its final pas
sage if the amendments offered by
Nunnally and McMichael were adopt
ed.
Mr. Sheppard, the/ claim, agre?i,
and when they came to a vote, he
was to hold up bis left hand as a
signal, and the amendments were to
go through. When the amendments
were offered, however, Mr. Sheppard
gazed steadily out of the window —
and the amendments were voted
down.
Then Mr. Wimberly and Mr. Woh'-
wender led a fight against the adop
tion of the substitute, but los{.
On the passage of the bill by sub
stlt.ute Mr. Wimberly and Mr. Wohl
wender continued their fight, but *ha
State board people, realizing the
Sheppard bill was probably their only
chance for any kind of tax revlsi ,n
measure in the House, rallied to its
support.
Dr. Stovall, of Elbert County, wh>
practically destroyed the original
Lipscomb bill with his amendments,
and who has advocated the Sheppa *u
b<” heretofore, lined up with oppo
nents of all tax revision Friday, vot
ing against the Sheppard bill.
Print of Washington
Family Brings $200
Special Cable to The Georgian.
LONDON. Aug. 2.—On the third
day of the sale of engravings at
Sotheby’s, $2,956 wa^ realized; $9,033
in all.
Sabin paid $200 for a rare early
impression by E. Bell of George
i Yv l rig ton and iiis family.
Woman Halts Plan
To' Change Street
Name; Wins Delay
McDaniel street received a new
lease on life Friday afternoon when
the Streets Committee of the Gen
eral Council heeded the protest of
Miss Susie Wells, a property owner
who, single-handed, fought the reso
lution to change the name of the
street to Oxford Terrace.
“You can’t improve the morals or
change the color of the people by
changing the name of the street they
live on.” declared Miss Wells in reply
to Representative Bob Blackburn, who
charged that McDaniel street, in cer
tain sections, was “disreputable.”
Members of the Council committee,
including those who' had practically
made up their minds to vote for the
change, saw’ the point and voted to
postpone action two weeks. Aider-
man James W. Maddox, it is under
stood, will aid Miss Well* In her
unique fight.
C. A, Sheldon to Play
Organ; Continuation
Of Concerts Assured
The departure of Dr. Percy J.
Starnes will not interfere with the
free Sunday concerts at the Audi
torium.
The organist for the free concert
Sunday afternon will he Charles A.
Sheldon. Jr., whose ability is recog
nized in Atlanta. Mr. Sheldon played
the Auditorium organ for all the con
certs of the Atlanta Auditorium
Chorus when Dr. Starnes directed the
singers.
The program will include a sym
phonic composition by Frysinger, a
gavotte by Ambroise Thomas, some
thing from Dvorak, an original com
position by Mr. Sheldon, and will con
clude with the “War March of the
Priests,” from the opera “Athalie.”
What Does John D.
Care for Expenses?
Lets Rain Hit Hat
t HITS HI
A genuine sensation was sprung at the trial of Leo M. Frank
Saturday morning when Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold, attor
neys for the defense, asked the State to consent to a new trial on
the ground that Judge Roan had allowed the jury to catch a
glimpse of a headline in the first extra of The Georgian.
Judge Roan had laid the pa-
CLEyEEAND, Aug. 2.—John D.
Rockefeller scorned the umbfella
which was held over him w’hen he left
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church and
allowed a fine drizzle to patter down
on his straw' hat while waiting for
friends to get into his big touring
car.
The Rev. Dr. Carter Helm Jones, of
Louisville, Ky., who preached on
“Moral Assets,” told the congrega
tion that in the Christian life they
were rich Indeed, but that earthly
riches do not amount to much, any
way. Mr. Rockefeller enthusiastical
ly congratulated the minister after
the sermon.
Bees to Knock Kinks
Out of Shank's Limbs
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug^- 2.—Mayor
Lewis Shank, who .has been suffer
ing from rheumatism for several
weeks, will try the stings of honey
bees as a cure. Forty-five stings are
expected to giye him permanent re
lief. Frank Johnson, who has a bee
farm near the city, guaranteed to-day
a perfect cure, with no charge for the
bees.
The treatment will he made at
Johnson's farm, where 45 bees will
be let loose in a closed room with the
Mayor. Only his face and hands will
be protected.
World’s Best Athlete
Loses Race to Cupid
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2.—Miss Gall
Jobson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
A. Jobson, of Pasadena, will be mar
ried to Fred Thompson, champion all
round athlete of the world, early in
September. The couple will live in
Pasadena.
Formal announcement of the en
gagement was made by’ the brido-
elect’s mother, who said the two had
been sweethearts since their school
days at Occidental College.
Wilson Takes a Day
Off; Golfs a Little
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—President
Wilson to-day dropped all official
business. He golfed in the morning
with Dr. C G. Grayson, his physi
cian. and planned to go to the ball
I 0 <4.iiic m liic afternoon.
per on the stand in front, of him,
and, according to the defense,
the headline across the first
page could be read by the men
in the jury box.
The headline said: “State Adding
Links to Chain.”
The defense’s lawyers went into
immediate conference with the judge,
and a few minutes later asked So
licitor Dorsey to consent to a new
trial. The Solicitor refused.
Rosser Asks Explanation.
Rosser and Arnold then came into
the courtroom and asked that the
jury be withdrawn.
Rosser addressed the court:
“Your honor inadvertently displayed
a newspaper when you came in jusi
now. One side was turned up with
large red letters reading: ‘State Add
ing Links to Chain.’ Every member
of the jury read it. I saw’ them lean
ing forward to see it.
“We don’t w'ant to make a motion
for a new' trial, but we want this jury
called back and such explanation
made by your honor as will elimi
nate any harm that might have been
done by the jury seelngMhis paper.”
Solicitor Dorsey Objects.
Dorsey objected to Rosser’s re
quest of Judge Roan.
“I object to your honor making an
explanation as to an isolated in
stance,” said Dorsey. “It is only fair
to the State to call that jury back
and ask It if It had seen any newspa
per. It is only fair to the State to
tell that jury that this objection of
protest wan registered by the defense.
The jury must have seen newspapers
on the streets in going to and from
the hotel that had headlines in them
eminently unfair to the State’s case. I
will ask your honor to explain the
matter fully to the Jury.”
Judge Roan heatedly said: “Cal!
the jury back and I will tell It what 1
see fit.
Attorney Rosser during the Solici
tor’s speech spoke in undertones,
threatening a mistrial if the prose
cution’s request was granted.
Judge Warns Jury.
Judge Roan said to the jury when
the tribunal had been returned to the
jury box:
“Gentlemen of the Jury, this is an
important case. You will have to be
extremely cautious and extremely
careful. You are to try this casesfrom
the evidence and from nothing else.
It has been suggested that you have
been able to se some headlines jr
some w'rllings in the newspaper which
may have Influenced you in your Judg
ment on this case. I desire to tell you
that you are the ones trying this casi,
and I do&ire to warn you again that
nothing you see in the newspapers\n
the streets or in the courtroom should
have any influence-ifpon you either In
respect to the case of the State or
that of the defense. Let the case pro
ceed.”
The xamtnation of witnesses pro
ceeded.
The defense rallied sharply Satur
day in a vigorous impressive attack
on the sensational testimony of Dr.
H. F. Harris, who declared Friday aft
ernoon that Mary Phagan was killed
within a half-hour after she ate din
ner April 26. and that she came to her
death by strangulation.
From one of the State's own wit
nesses, Dr. J. W. Hurt. County Phy
sician. Reuben Arnold obtained the
important admission that the time it
takes to digest cabbage depends on
the individual and that the only way
to determine with certainty if strang
an examination of the lungs. He ad»»
mftted the lungs w’ere not examined.-
Attacking the testimony of Dr. Il&r*
ris, w r ho collapsed while testifying on
the stand Friday, Arnold asked the
witness If Dr. Harris’ statement that
Mary Phagan had come to her death
within a half hour of the time she ate
her noon meal w’as not the wildest
sort of a guess. Harris had based
his conclusions on the fact that t
cabbage he had found In her sto:
ach had undergone only the sllghtei
digestion.
“Is It not true that cabbage Is one
of the hardest foods to digest and
that the average time required to di
gest it is from 3 1-2 to 4 hours?”
asked Attorney Arnold.
Dr. Hurt replied that he though!
this was so.
No Proof in Cabbage.
Arnold then showed the specimen
of cabbage taken from the stomach
of the murdered girl, and called at
tention to the fact that it had not
even been masticated, and that therei”
fore It might have been in her stom
ach for several hours before she was
killed.
Dr. Hurt accompanied this state
ment by the one, equally vital, that
no examination was ever made of the
murdered girl’s lungs. From this tes
timony the defense will be able to
argue that the State had no substan
tial foundation for Its charge that the
girl was strangled to death.
Arnold also forced Dr. Hurt reluc
tantly to admit that it was Impossible
for him to state positively either that
the blow on the back of Mary Pha-
gan’s head had produced unconscious
ness or that, on the other hand, it
might not have been the actual causa
of her death.
State Adds to Chain.
The State Saturday continued to
strengthen the web of circumstantial
evidence In which It seeks to enmesn
Frank by preparing to introduce ad
ditional testimony showing Mary
Phagan arrived at the National Pencil
Factory at 12:05 or before.
As the case stood Saturday morn
ing, these are the strong links in tha
State’s case:
Mary Phagan left her home a!
11:45, according to her mother, after
having eaten some cabbage.
The girl arrived at the factory be
tween 12:05 and 12:10, according to
Frank's own statement before tho
CoroneT’s jury.
Mon teen Stover looked into
Frank’s office between 12:03 and 12:10
and says he was not there.
Dr. ii. F. Harris, Secretary of the
State Board of Health, testifies that
the condition of the cabbage taken
from the girl's stomach shows con
clusively that she died within about
half an hour after it was eaten. This
would make the time of death about
12:10—a few minutes before or after.
Claims Negro Is Eliminated.
Mrs. Arthur White testifies that
when she left the factory at about 1
o’clock a negro, presumably Conley,
was sitting on a box on the first floor.
This, according to the State,* elimi
nates the negro as the slayer, because,
according to its expert evidence, the
girl must have been killed some tim*»
before that.
The defense’s attack on all this tes-'
timony and reasoning was expected
to be spirited and bitter, and until !!
has been made It is impossible to de
termine how much weight testimony
i , Dr. Harris’ purporting to fix al
most to the minute the time it take#
to digest cabbage will have with th*
Jury. %
Helen Ferguson, a companion o:
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i uialion is tile cause ol dentil is uy .Mary I’hagan and an empioyee ol thJ