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yr*. -'•'rr- V -*#•-•*:♦*»•**•?««"**'*'***•**• • ■**?•• -Vi '- * .' . . TIP always first <© ® 7V St/MM F AMERICAN Order it NOW = Both Phones Main 100 The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XI. NO. 311. ATLANTA, GA„ SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1913. o ppikts; rAT * 0 - 1 I rv morih EVENING EDITION DEFENSE THREATENS it FOREMAN OF FACTORY jAN IMPORTANTWITNESS C ' Y/ :'N- 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. *•* +•+ *•+ *•+ 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: / i uialion is tile cause ol dentil is uy .Mary I’hagan and an empioyee ol thJ