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VOL. XII. NO. 4.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913.
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Experts Called to Attack Dr. Harris’ Testimony
Mexican President Declares U. S.
Representative Must Bear Rec
ognition of New Regime,
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 7.-Mohn
Lind, now on his way to Mexico
City as special representative of
the United States, will not be re
ceived by President Huerta un
less he presents credentials from
the President of the United
States, accompanied by recogni
tion of the -presentgovernment
of Mexico.
Official announcement of this
was made to-day by President
Huerta. The statement was de
livered to Charge O’Shaughnes-
sy at the American Embassy by
Manuel Garza Aldape, Acting
Minister of Foreign Affairs of
Mexico. It was also sent to
Washington and to the powers of
Europe.
Lind, Huerta's announcement said,
will be expelled from the country as
an undesirable alien unless he goes
before the Mexican government and
explains his official character and in
tentions or else brings official recog
nition of the Huerta administration
from the Wilson Administration In
Washington.
This is the boldest and most bellig
erent course yet taken by Huerta, and
if the Mexican President carries out
his threat Mexico will have accom
plished what, in the eyes of interna
tional usuage, usually constitutes a
casus belli.
In accord with the new aggressive
policy of the Mexican government a
delegation will wait upon Mr. Ltni
upon his arrival in this city, prob
ably Saturday, and the attitude of
the Mexican government toward the
United States will be outlined then in
unmistakable terms. The United
States battleship carrying Mr. land
is expected at Vera Cruz to-morrow
night.
Must Bear Credentials.
The following official statement
was issued to the press to-day by
Senor Aldape:
The Mexican Department of
Foreign Affairs has sent a note to.
Nelson O’Shaughnessy. charge
d’affairs of the United States,
stating by order of the President
that, if Mr. John Lind, who, the
Mexican government Is informed,
is to come to Mexico intrusted
with a mission from President
Wilson, does not establish in due
manner his official character be
fore the Mexican chancellery, or
if he is not the bearer of recogni
tion of the Mexican government
by that of the United States, his
sojourn in this Republic will not
be grateful not satisfactory to
this government.
This was the first time that Huerta
formally recognized Mr. Lind as an
Ambassador from the United Slates
President.
To some extent the action of HuerU
has the approval of some of th^
Americans here because it establishes
plainly the position of the Mexican
Government. Otherwise the suspense
attending the coming of Mr. Lind and
the consequences which may follow
would only be prolonged.
In addition to coming as a special
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Senator Vardaman
Advocates Lynching
Of Negro Assailants
WASHINGTON. Aug. 7.—Lynch
ing for negroes who commit crimes
upon women was unreservedly advo
cated last night by Senator Varda
man, of Mississippi. in a speech be
fore an audience composed for the
most part of women.
Senator Vardaman said that no
person with a spark of manhood
ould want to see a woman who had
°en the victim of such an attack
ragged through the horrors of a
court trial.
Speaking of race segregation in
street cars, the Senator declared it
his belief that many of the crimes
of the negroes have their inception
as the resnilt of some negro sitting
next to a white woman in a street
car. He said that if there is objec
tion to segregating the negroes, then
he is in favor of segregating the
white people and making it a misde
meanor for negroes to infringe on
their rights.
‘Hedging' Charged to
Democratic Senators
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Charging
the Democrats with “hedging” and
with b«ing doubtful of the success of
their tariff program, Senator Warren,
of Wyoming, criticised statements
made by Democratic Senators to the
effect that Republican Senators were
in a conspiracy to bring about hard
times, during the consideration or fol-
lo-ving the passage of the pending
tariff bill.
Senator Warren said that he had
received thousands of letters during
the last three months containing ex
pressions of fears for Industries of
this country should the Democratic
tariff bill become law.
Poems of an Accused
Murderess Grip Paris
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Aug. 7.—So great has be
come the public demand for the poet
ical works of Mme. Orespy. who is on
trial at Agen charged with murder
ing Abbe Lachau, a young priest, her
sweetheart, that the printers are pre
paring several new editions. A ver
dict may be reached in the murder
trial to-day.
It has developed that Mme. Orespy
fell In love with the young priest
while she was confessing indiscre
tions which resulted in her husband
securing a divorce.
$250,000 Gem Theft
Clew Is Unearthed
NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—Declaring
his operatives have evidence that Jew
els worth $250,000 were taken In the
recent robbery of the mansion of John
E. Hanan at Narragansett Pier, R.
joo[ aqi jo uvd b l«qj puu **i
was recently offered for sale to a New
York dealer in gems, Samuel Sam-
wick, head of a detective agency, said
to-day that an arrest is expected
within 24 hours that will go far to
ward solving the mystery.
The sale fell through because the
person wanted more than the jeweler
was willing to pay.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Local showers Thurs
day and Friday.
ROSSER AND ARNOLD SMILING
AT THEIR '‘FIGHTING FACES”
Married 7 Months,
She Doesn't Know
Jealous Spouse Yet
When Recorded Pro Tem. Preston
Thursday asked Mrs. R. L. Bradley,
No. 70 Bartow street, how long she
had known her husband, the young
woman smiled and replied:
“I don’t know him yet.”
Mrs. Bradley explained that she
has been married but seven months
and that the unfounded jealousy and
ungovernable temper of her husband
have caused her considerable t^oubl.
Judge Preston advised Bradley to
go into a closet and pray whenever
he felt one of his “spells” coming oa.
He then placed the husband on pro
bation.
Deaf to the appeals of the country
schoolteachers of the State, who have
not been paid one cent for more than
six months, the Georgia House of
Representatives on Thursday morn
ing overwhelmingly defeated a con-,
stitutional amendment submitting to
the voters of the State a proposition
for a special tax levy of 1 mill in
1915 and 1-2 mill in 1916. ,
The revenue derived from both
levies was to be added to the common
school fund, and would, advocates of
the bill claim, have relieved condi
tions that exist at present undei
which the State has permitted its
schoolteachers to go unpaid.
The vote was: Ayes, 70; nays, 99.
It lacked 53 votes of receiving the
requisite two-thirds majority.
Called Slap at Slaton.
Besides being a denial of the re
quest of the schoolteachers that they
be paid what is due them, the action
of the House in defeating the con
stitutional amendment is construed as
a direct slap at Governor Slaton, in
asmuch as the additional tax levy is
advocated in his platform, and he has
made a special request that the bill
be passed, allowing the people to de
cide whether the teachers shall be
aid.
The House by its action put itself
on record as being opposed to any
measure that will provide for the pay
ment of the teachers.
The defeat of the Governor's con
stitutional amendment Thursday was
accomplished by the same combine
that defeated his two bills Wednes
day afternoon and which has declared
it will fight to the bitter end all ef
forts to pass measures favored by
Speaker Burwell and the Governor.
Hardeman Leads Foes.
Th^ fight against the bill waa led
by Hardeman, of Jefferson, who de
clared he was opposed to it because it
raised the limit of taxation. Among
those who spoke in favor of the bill
were P^ullbright, of Burke County;
Gower, of Crisp; Wall, of Elbert; Mc-
Michael. of Marion; Wimberly, of
Bibb, and Wheatley, of Sumter.
Prior to the defeat of his constitu
tional amendment bill Governor Sla
ton secured the enactment of the first
of his measures that the Legislature
has seen fit to pass. It was the In
heritance tax bill, providing for tax
ation of legacies ranging from 1 per
cent on $5,000 to 6 per cent on $1,000,-
000. The vote was 136 to 13. An
amendment proposd by Greene, of
Houston, that all Inheritances of
whatever amount be taxed was lost.
The House also passed a resolu
tion authorizing the Governor to bor
row any amount up to $500,000 nec
essary to supnly the deficit in the
State’s revenues. The vote was 113
to 0.
Dixie Mayor Shot
In Battle in Africa
LOUISVILLE. KY., Aug. 7.—Major
Charles S. Young. U. S. A., in charge of
the military expedition sent to Liberia
by the United States to train the Li
berian army in modern warfare, was
shot in the right arm and seriously
wounded while leading I«iberlan in a
battle with one of the fierce tribes
the interior. A letter from Major Wil
son Ballard, of Louisville, told of the
fray.
Young has been ordered to his home
in Green County until he recovers from
the wound and “black fever” which fol
lowed.
Butt of Ram Kills
Tennessee Woman
COOKEVILLE. TENN , Aug. 7.—
Mrs. George Choat, wife of a farmer,
is dead to-day, the result of being
butted by a vicious ram.
She entered a pasture to herd the
sheep when the animal attacked her,
striking her with its head with great
force.
Salesman Placed on Probation and
Typist Are Arrested Together
in Macon.
A M. Trippe, No. 74 Doane street,
a salesman, and Miss Beatrice Ren-
froe, a young typist, both of whom
figured in the police spotlight a few
weeks ago, Thursday morning were
each sentenced by Recorder Pro Tem
Preston to serve fifty days In the city
stockade.
Mrs. Trippe, who is the mother of
three small children, was in court,
but made no statement.
Trippe and the young typist were
brought back to Atlanta from Macon
early Thursday by Assistant Proba
tion Officer R. L. Hollingsworth.
When they were arraigned the first
time, Trippe promised to forget ins
affinity and support his wife and
children, and was placed on proba
tion. Miss Renfroe was sent to the
Martha Home. Two or three nights
later, she made her escape and went
to Macon Trippe Joined her there a
week ago.
MACON, Aug. 7.—A. M. Trippe, an
Atlanta traveling man. and Miss
Beatrice Renfroe. a stenographer, who
have been living together here, were
taken to Atlanta this morning by
Assistant Probation Officer Hllllngs-
worth.
They were arrested yesterday upon
the request of Chief Beavers, of At
lanta.
When confronted by Hollingsworth,
Trippe asked: "Well. Hollingswort.i,
how are my w ife and babies7"
The snapshot shows Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold look
ing: at Artist Carter’s sketch of their ‘’fighting faces” in The
Georgian. Below, is a small reproduction of the sketch which
is declared by their friends to b<' the best likeness ever published
of the two attorneys.
Watch on the Ankle
Latest Society Fad
NARRAGANSETT PIER, Aug. 7.—
The ankle watch is the latest fad of
the smart set.
Fifteen of them were observed last
night at a gay masquerade in the
Point Judith Country Club.
FIERCE BATTLE IN CHINA.
SHANGHAI. CHINA. Aug. 7.—A
desperate battle between Government
troops and a force of rebels and mu
tineers is being fought near Canton
Dispatcheo report terrible slaughter.
Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold began an as
sault Thursday noon upon the structure of evidence
erected by the State against Leo M. Frank, accused of
the murder of Mary Phagan.
It was the first opporunity the defense had been
given to employ offensive tactics in the grim battle for
Frank’s life.
The testimony of Dr. H. F. Harris, who had just
left the stand, was made the object of the first battering
attack of Frank’s determined lawyers.
As Dr. Harris left the stand at 12 o'clock Solicitor Dorsey
announced that the State rested.
Dr. L. W. Childs, a physician and surgeon, immediately was
called by the defense.
His first testimony of importance, if it was believed by the
jury, served utterly to demolish the most sensational declaration
of Dr. Harris, who startled his hearers last Friday by announcing
with every appearance of certainty that Mary Phagan came to
her death probably within 30 minutes of the time she ate her
dinner April 26, positively within 45 minutes, pr. Harris stated
that he knew because the cabbage he found in the gorl’s stomach
hardly had been affected by the digestive juices.
Cabbage No Key to Time of Death.
Attorney Arnold showed Dr. Childs the specimen of cabbage
from the Phagan girl’s stomach.
The medical expert examined it and said:
‘ ‘ I have seen cabbage less changed by the digestive juices than
that which had been in a person’s stomach for 12 hours.”
Dr. Childs continued his rebuttal of the testimony of Dr.
Harris by saying that it was impossible to tell within hours how
long any of the carbo-hydrates, of which cabbage is one, have been
in the human stomach.
The digestive processes on carbo-hydrates, he declared, are
practically nil while this class of foods is -in the stomach. Cat>
bage, for example, may remain in the stomach for hours with little
change from the digestive juices. The digestion, for the most part,
occurs after the cabbage has passed into the small intestines, the
physician said.
Dr. Harris’ estimate, he declared, was only a guess.
He characterized in the same manner Dr. Harris’ declaration
that the blow Mary Phagan received on the back of the head caus
ed unconsciousness.
Arnold’s Hypothetical Question.
Arnold propounded to his witness a hypothetical question
based on the circumstances under which Mary Phagan s body was
exhumed and examined nine days after burial.
‘‘If, under these circumstances,” said Arnold, “there was
found a wound on the back of her head which one physician said
was 1 y 2 inches long and another said was 2y 4 inches, and there
was found no fracture of the skull or injury to the brain, and only
a drop of blood which exerted no pressure on the brain, would any
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physician be justified in saying that the person receiving the blow
was rendered unconscious?”
‘ ‘ He would have had to guess one way or the other, ’ ’ said Dr.
Childs. “There was absolutely no way to tell whether the blow
caused unconsciousness.”
Arnold also brought the startling testimony that a wound
made from one to three hours after death has the same appearance
as a wound shortly before death.
This statement was in direct contradiction of Dr. Harris’ tes
timony and will be used by the defense in strengthening its theory
of the manner in which the factory girl came to her death.
After he had reviewed some of the important bits of Dr. Har-
ris’ testimony and had put into the record Dr. Childs’ testimony ^
Jockey Alleges Rich
Clubman Stole Wife
CHICAGO, Auk. 7. -Charges that
his pretty wife was "wickedly stolen”
from him were made in a dec laration
filed to-day by Allen Aubuchon, a
jockey, who has won laurels on every
big race track in the United States,
against E. C. Frady, treasurer of the
Cole Motor Car Co., and wealthy Chi
cago clubman.
Jockey Aubuehon demanded $25,000.
ing hi8 h wif?8 aite'cuo^two K y a eara ago [in rebuttal, Arnold asked the witness if he, in ail his medical ax*