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ALWAYS FIRST The SUNDA Y AMERICAN Order it NOW , - == Both Phones Main 100 The Atlanta Georgian. Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results South Georgia VOL. XII. NO. 3. ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6,1913. Co Dpyrlght By The Georgian Co. 1»06, 2 CENTS. *more° 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. t? - - <• * ■. ■' . V ■ . ,# * . 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.