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VOL. XII. NO. 3.
ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6,1913.
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CRISIS IN1913
FACED
House Paralyzed by Temperance
Filibuster While Budget, Cut
by Senate, Hangs Fire.
With the Senate decks cleared for
concerted action on the taxing bill
Rnd with a paralyzing filibuster on
the action of the temperance bill in
full swing in the House, the Georgia
General Assembly Wednesday faced
the real crisis of the 1913 session.
Leaders in both branches are frank
to confess that they can not tell just
what may* happen during the six re
maining days of the present session.
In the meantime the decrease in
county returns has been bosted to
the million mark. Returns from 95
counties received at the Comptroller
General’s office up to Friday night
indicate a total decrease of $1,000.-
000. Unless the larger counties, in
cluding Fulton and Chatham, which
have not been heard from, show big
increases, nothing will save the State
Treasury from the first decrease in
its revenue since 1898.
r Assembly Aware of Deficit.
The legislators are aware of this
condition. They have been apprised
of the facts and given the figures by
Governor Slaton in a recent message,
es well as by President Anderson in
the Senate. Acting on this informa
tion, the Senate Tuesday concurred
in the Appropriations Committee’s
recommendation of a slash of $280,-
000 in the House general appropria
tions bill.
So far so good, the Senate ieaders
say. but the end, or the final solution,
is not yet in sight. The Senate ap
propriations bill must be transmitted
back to the House for the approval oi
the lower body. Whether or not the
threatened veto of the Governor will
deter the Lower House from wreak
ing vngeance on the Senate for slash
ing its bill, by again raising the ap
propriations, remains to be seen.
Some Sort of Bill Certain.
In either case, however, under the
laws of Georgia, the State will have
some sort of an appropriation, as the
Governor has the power to veto item
by item, and so in such a way he may
reduce the general bill to the sum
where disbursements balance reve
nues. Even this must be returned to
the House for approval. If the House
and Senate then fall to concur in
these cuts and in the meantime ad
journ, then the bill, unless vetoed as
a whole by the Governor, with the
cuts stands. *
Something like this may happen,
the wheels of the House are
clogged even now by a filibuster on
the report of the Temperance Com
mittee, which seeks to investigate
the constitutionality' of the Webb
bill.
' Senate Works on Tax Act.
In the meantime the Senate is
going ahead on the taxing bill. And.
according to indications, will have
some sort of a bill to present to the
House by the end of this week. Ac
cording to Senator Miller, chairman
of the Finance Committee, the Senate
probably will pass an out-and-out
substitute to the Sheppard House bill
which provides only for county boards
of tax equalizers.
If such a bill is passed by the Sen
ate the probabilities are that the
House will adopt the bill, as the tem
per of the lower body seems to favor
the passage of an adequate taxing
bill. In fact, the Sheppard substitute
was passed solely to give the Senate
a working basis.
China Picks Cornell
Grad to Replace Wu
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PEKIN, CHINA, Aug. 6.—The gov
ernment, according to latest informa
tion, intends to appoint Alfred Sze, a
Cornell graduate, as Minister to Wash
ington. It planned to make Wu Tlng-
‘far.g Ambassador, but the American
Government did not agree to raise the
status of the legation here and this
necessitated the nomination of a ju
nior.
Mr. Sze was nominated Minister to
Washington in 1911, but <1 id not go to
hi-* post on account of the revolution.
This Is Comforting!
Freezing at Big Bear,
Snow in Yellowstone
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL., Aug.
6 ‘—Very ’hilly weather is reported
at Big Bear, in the San Bernardino
Mountains.
Early yesterday morning there was
a thin sheeting of ice around the
edges of the lake. At Pine Knot Ho
tel the thermometer registered 33 de
grees.
The minimum in the city of San
Bernardino yesterday was 48 degrees,
the lowest July record in many years.
HELENA, MONT., Aug. 6.—There
was a heavy snowfall in the Yellow
stone Park last night and the moun
tains in the vicinity of Livingston
were white with new snow this
morning.
Department Store
In Shark's Stomach
VENICE, CAL., Aug. 6.—In a post
mortem operation performed on a
shark eighteen feet long, which was
cast up on the sands here, the fish
was shown to be a collector of no
little ability. Here’s a list of the
contents of the stomach:
Sugar bowl, silver, engraved Pacific
Coast 8. 8. Co., steamer President.
Three corset steels, nearly new.
Dice box, gutta percha.
Baby’s shoe.
Four undigested halibut and num
erous small fish.
Society Girl Now a
$3 Millinery Clerk
ST. LOUIS. MO.. Aug. 5.—Miss
Delphlne Force, a pretty society girl
and daughter of wealthy parents, is
now a millinery apprentice at $3 a
week and says .vhe likes the work.
She recently quit society pleasures to
become a professional cook.
Miss For.-’e plans to be a teacher of
demestic science at Dana Hall, Wel
lesley, Mass., in the Fall, where mil
linery is part of the curriculum.
300 Factory Women
Gamble on Baseball
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 3.—Three
hundred women gamblers, working
in mills and spending their money on
baseball pools, have been counted by
Detective Charles Lee, head of the
vice squad here. Harry Reed has
been held in ball by Magistrate Cow
ard, having been charged with op
erating a pool.
Lee says 1,800 persons gambled on
ball games in Reed’s place each week,
most of whom were women. The
chances cost 25 cents each.
23 Church 'Drones'
Ousted by Elders
STOCKTON, CAL., Aug. 6.—Twen
ty-three members were forcibly re
moved from the First Baptist Church,
of this city, last night by the deacons
because of negligence in attending
church.
No specific charge was made
against any individual, but all of
them were referred to as ’’drones”
and guilty of “indifference and non-
attendance.”
If You Don't Drink
Do Not Read This
LEAVENWORTH, KANS., Aug. 6.
Henderson Hasty, of Easton, a small
town near here, was stripped, plas
tered with a coat of warm tar and his
face painted green last night by a
party of citizens, determined to en
force observance of the prohibition
law. Hasty was found asleep beside
a road in Easton.
That he would sign the pledge is
said to have been his declaration
when he awoke.
‘Wilson White' for
Male Dress Rules
IS REFUSED
McReynolds Ignores Recommen
dation of Board Which Made
Special Inquiry of Case.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6—White ie
the proper coior for men who want to
be up-to-the-minute in their dress
at the National Capital.
The tropical raiment was adopted
by the President one day when the
mercury was trying to hit the sky.
The next day Secretary Bryan made
his debut, arid within 48 hours "Wil
son white” was the fad. The ma
terial may be anything from silk to
duck.
Bulgaria's Enemies
Relent; Intercede
For Conquered Ally
Special Cable to The Georgian.
BUCHAREST, A.ug. 6.—Sympathy
may yet prevent Bulgaria from los
ing all the spoils she won in the
Turko-Balkan war. Premier Pasitch,
of Servia, an d Premier Venizelos, of
Greece, to-day wired their respective
sovereigns for permission to extend
the Bulgarian frontier so as to in
clude a big area of the territory in
Northeastern Macedonia, which was
taken away from Turkey.
It had been the original intention
of the Servian and Greek to punish
Bulgaria for the atrocities of her sol
diers by refusing to allow the Bulgars
to profit by the war.
So eloquently did the Bulgarian
peace representatives plead their
cause and so graphically did they
paint the sufferings undergone by the
Bulgarians in the war with Turkey
to secure victory for the Balkan
league that the Serb and Greek en
voys relented.
Trots and Tantos
Boon to Chiropodist
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—The turkey
trot und the tango are to the chiropo
dists, equal to the goose that laid the
golden eggs, says Miss Clara Houston,
of Chicago, the "girl with the perfect
foot.” Miss Houston, herself a chi
ropodist, says:
’’Those dances put an unaccus
tomed strain on the toes and Instep
and since they started women have
been flocking to chiropodists in droves
to have their feet made over. I hope
the.craze lasts, but I would never
dan<?£ any of those dances myself. 1
tap much of my £#••»”
ONE OF WITNESSES FOR DEFENSE
j
Mrs. Emma Freeman, who will
testify for Leo Frank.
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Despite the fact that the Federal
Parson Board strongly recommended,
after a thorough investigation that
pardons by granted to Julian Haw
thorne and Dr. William J. Morton,
who are imprisoned in the ^Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary on charges of
using the mails to defraud in the sale
of mining stocks. Attorney General
McReynolds has issued a statement
from Washington that he has decided
to override the recommendations of
the board and refuse clemency to the
two men.
The action of McReynolds is almost
unprecedented in the history of the
Department of Justice. The Boil'd of
Pardons made the Hawthorne case a
subject of thorough and exhaustive
investigation. It came to Atlanta and
went into every detail of the case. At
the end of the investigation it made
the Hawthorne case the subject of a
special report and a special recom
mendation for clemency. It had been
intimated that the writer had been
the scapegoat for others.
Mr. McReynold’s excuse for refusing
to grant a pardon to Hawthorne is
that he and Dr. Morton have been
shown enough leniency.
It is generally understood that one
result of Mr. McReynold’s actions in
the Hawthorne case will be the re
doubling of the efforts of the writer's
friends and the case may be taken to
President Wilson.
Under the ruling of the Attorney
General, Hawthorne and Morton must
remain in prison until October. The
trial judge, in sentencing them, dated
their terms back a year and a day,
and their time will be up in about
two months.
Deputy Warden Hawk, of the Fed
eral Prison, stated Wednesday morn
ing that the prison authorities have
as yet received no formal notifica
tion that a pardon had been refused
Hawthorne. He stated, however, that
it is not usual for them to do so. They
are notified when a pardon has been
granted, but never when one has been
refused.
D DEFENSE II IP. I
As soon as court opened Mr. Rosser asked the judge if he was
ready to hear argument on the proposition to eliminate parts of
Conley's testimony. He said he was prepared to support his mo
tion with authorities.
Judge Roan replied that he would postpone his decision until
2 o’clock.
Solicitor Dorsey declared that he had witnesses he expects to
put on the stand Wednesday morning to substantiate the part of
the negro’s testimony in dispute. He said:
“I just want the court to understand that I am going to do
this."
Judge Roan replied:
“I’ll give you the benefit of whatever you bring out.’’
Conley was then recalled to the stand for the conclusion of his
cross-examination.
Jim Conley was the same cool, unafraid negro when he re
turned to the stand Wednesday morning in the trial of Leo Frank
after almost two whole days under the cross-examination of Luther
Rosser. He had passed through fire and didn’t seem to mind it.
He had no fear of anything that was yet to come.
Mr. Rosser might threaten him or might joke with him; it was
all the same to the negro. He had tried both and had established
1 but cne thing—that Conley is a liar, and Conley admits that.
Arnold might describe him as “that miserable wretch in the
witness chair;’’ he could gaze calmly out the window as he had
done before. He didn’t quite understand all those names they
were calling him, anyway.
If, in all the time that Conley was under the raking fire of
Rosser’s cross-examination, he was disturbed in the slightest de
gree it was when he was being asked about that mysterious affi
davit of William H. Mincey.
Secretary Daniels Plans Huge
Naval Display for 1915—An
nounces Defense Policy.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.—Secretary
of the Navy Daniels to-day announced
his plan to have all the world’s fleets
mobilize in Hampton Roads in Feb
ruary, 1915. and, led by* the Ameri
can squadron, proceed through the
Panama canal and up the West Coast
to San Francisco.
Secretary Daniels considers that
this will form a fitting opening for
the Panama canal besides being the
greatest naval pageant the world hae
seen.
In addition to this, Secretary
Daniels intends to have the Ameri
can fleet, headed by the old battle
ship Oregon, steam through the canal
next spring to celebrate the opening
of the passageway to ships of com
merce.
“It has beeen stated,” said the Sec
retary of the Navy to-day, “that I
Intend to divide the Atlantic fleet
and to keep a portion of it on the Pa
cific side. Thb' is erroneous. What
I intend to do is to divide the time
of the fleet so that it will spend six
months of the year on one coast and
then go to the other, instead of
spending all its time on the Atlantic
side as at present."
Beware, Poseurs,
of ‘Soul Photos’
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 6.—“With the de
velopment of ‘soul photography,’ ” the
latest addition to the picture maker’s
are, says Miss Emma Gerhard, “the
modern photographer will vie with the
old masters in producing pic tures that
will live forever.
“It is wholly a matter of art.” said
Miss Gerhard. “It consists* of bring
ing out in the subject what is really
In him or her, not in making an arti
ficial reproduction of his features and
clothes.
“Every human being Is constantly
posing There are a thousand and
one little superficial things about
every man and woman which cover
up the real self, and these thing?
overshadow all else in photographs."
DIES FROM HEAT.
SAVANNAH.—Overcome by heat
after spending several hours at work
in his garden, Bryan L. Heath, aged
66 years, in drfjvd at his home in
Bloomingdaie. ne is survived by his.
wife, four son * »and three daughters.
FrenchWant Trading
Base North of Canal
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Aug. 6.—The commission
sent by the French Government to
study the effect upon French com
merce of the opening of the Panama
Canal reports unfavorably upon the
establishment of a commercial base
either on Guadaloupe or Martinique
These French possessions in the West
Indies are too far south of the regu
lar Panama route, says the commis
sion, and shippers will rather coal in
Porto Rico or Cuba.
Lieutenant Hallier, representing the
Minister of Marine, recommends,
however, the establishment of a nave'
station at Fort DeFranee, Martinique.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Unsettled Wednesl
day; probably fair Thursday.
The declaration of Mincey
that Conley had Vioasted the aft
ernoon of April 26 of killing a
girl was sinister and held in it
the possibility that Rosser would
finish by blazing forth with a
direct charge of murder against
the negro. Conley moved un
easily in his seat. He refused to
meet the eye of his inquisitor.
He fidgeted with his hands, but
with his lips he framed a denial
of every damning charge con
tained in the document.
The ordeal soon was over. Conley
regained his composure, and when
court adjourned a few minutes later
a grin of triumph cleft his black face
almost in twain.
Attorney Sees Conley.
Conley’s attorney, William M.
Smith, provided him with supper and
breakfast at the jail and talked for
some time with the State’s star wit
ness. He had been prevented from
holding any sort of a conference with
his client the night before, and pro
tested at this procedure at the close
of court Tuesday night. Judge Roan
extended him the privilege of seeing
Conley. Reuben Arnold asked that
an exception be entered in the record.
Conley slept between nine and ten
hours and arose much refreshed.
• "Use telling the truth now,” he said
to a newspaper man who encoun
tered him outside the Jail. “That
Mr. Rosser ain’t got no chance to get
me mixed up because I’m telling just
\vhat happened.”
Frank occupied his usual cell on the
second floor of the Tower. He was
joined by his wife and mother as soon
as he arrived at the courthouse.
Rot*«r Reads Affidavits.
Rosser asked Dorsey for the orig
inal of Conley’s third affidavit. The
Solicitor advised Mr. Rosser that the
original had never been signed. Ros
ser took a copy of the affidavit, which
the Solicitor said was identical with
the original, and read it to Conley.
It was a signed statement from the
negro, in which he admitted the other
two affidavits contained lies and the
one. which the detectives said was the
last word in the great mystery.
The reading consumed nearly fif
teen minutes, Rosser emaciating
Clearly and slowly, emphasizing every
statement that differed with Conley’s
evidence on the stand.
Freely Admits He Lied.
All of Rosser’s qu*z Tuesday had
only the one possible effect—that of
casting suspicion In the minds of the
Jury of the story that Conley now
is telling. He spread his lies with
a lavish hand in that first affidavit
he made to the detectives.
He freely admitted this and rather
gloried in his prowess as a first-class
liar. He lied in his second affidavit,
although he maintained that this was
a step nearer the truth. And- in his
third affidavit, which he and the de
tectives had Joined in proclaiming
“the whole truth,” there were still lit
tle discrepancies and deviations from
the straight path of veracity. *
But this tale that he was unfolding
to the jury, this was the pure, un
alloyed, gospel truth. He had raised
his right hand and sworn that he was
going to tell the whole truth and
nothing but the truth. Mr. Rosser
was most unkind to throw over it a
shadow' of suspicion.
And the lawyer labored in vain to
shake the negro’s storyq as It had
gone before the Jury. Rosser mid
way In the Tuesday forenoon session
abandoned his line of intrrogation in
regard to statments that Conley had
made to the police and detectives and
began questioning Conley directly on
the crime.
Questioned Closely on Time.
He questioned him most closely in
regard to the time in an effort to show
conclusively to the jury that Frank
and Conley did not have the oppor
tunity to accomplish all which the ne
gro narrated before Frank left the
factory for luncheon at his home, No.
68 East Georgia avenue, at which
place he arrived by 1:30 o’clock, ac
cording to the State’s own witnesses.
Conley testified, under Rosser’s
cross-examination, that he went to
the rear of the factory at Frank’s di
rection and there found the body of
the slain girl. He said that he yelled
to Frank that the girl was dead and
that Frank told him to bring her to
the front of the factory.
Conley said that he did not know
how he was going to carry the girl
and he asked Frank. • Frank, he said,
yelled back something about getting
some crocus bagging, but he did not
quite understand him and walked to
the front of the factory so that he
could hear the superintendent better.
He noticed the clock at this Aoment.
I* was four minutes of 1 o’clwk.
With this time as a starting point.