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VOL. XII. NO. 4. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913. By^Er&C’co. 2 CENTS.
STATE ENDS CASE AGAINST FRANK
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Dalton Corroborates Jim Conley’s Story
Mexican President Declares U. S.
Representative Must Bear Rec
ognition of New Regime.
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 7.—John
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 present government
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. Lind
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. Lind
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, It 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 States
President.
To some extent the action of Huerta
has the approval of some of the
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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EXPERT LAST WITNESS
1 CALLED BY THE STATE
DR. II. F. HARRIS.
Sues as Wife Turns
Tango Gown Model
INDIANAPOLIS, Aup. 7.—Pasciuale
L. Montani, a musician, says in a di
vorce complaint filed to-day that his
wife told him she preferred to be a
living: model In a tango gown than
live with him.
He says he is fully able to provide
for her, but she became a model in a
downtown department store, wearing
a tango gown which he says in his
complaint “is designed to display the
leg from the ankle to the knee.”
Appeals to Wilson
To Save His Teeth
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7.—Dr. John
Grant Lyman, Federal prisoner,
charged with misusing the mails, has
made an appeal to President Wilson
j for a hasty trial.
In a night lettergram sent to Wash
ington the physician complained that
his teeth have become worn to a razor
! edge and he is unable to masticate his
food.
Colorado Women Are
Asking More Offices
DENVER, Aug, 7.—The victory of
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young and the up
rising of Chicago women in her be
half have aroused Chicago women
voters, who state they will demand
their full share of State and city of
fices.
Chicago ‘Trilby’ Has
Most Perfect Foot
NEW YORK. Aug. 7.—The center
of attraction and interest at the meet
ing of the National Association of
Chiropodists at the Hotel Marlbor
ough to-day was the American
“Trilby,” personified in Mias Clara S.
Houston, of Chicago,
Seated in an extremely business
like looking office. Miss Houston ex
posed for the benefit of visitor® her
well-shaped foot, which by all ex
perts has been unanimously declared
the most perfect in America,
Calls Mosquito King
Of Disease Carriers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Mosqui
toes were to-day branded the "king
disease carriers” of the Insect world
by Dr. Nelson Du Val Breicht, for
merly of the Public Health Service.
Besides their implements of tor
ture, these insects tarry about with
them germs of leprosy, yellow fever,
malaria, breakbone fever, typhoid and
five other brands of malady. Dr.
Breicht awarded the «rnat second hon
ors as a disease carrier.
ALL SAMEE MEN.
MILWAUKEE. Aug. 7.—Mayor
Bading has declared that the woman
of Milwaukee may wear any kind of
bathing suit as long as they wear as
much as the men do.
COMBI IS
N CODY. NOTED
IS
RILLED
‘Drys,’ Reported Allied With Tax
Reform Foes to Defeat Govern
or’s Bills, Hold Whip Hand.
The “dry” members of the House
of Representatives and those mem
bers who oppose the enactment of tax
reform measures have formed a
combine to defeat all bills Introduced
or favored by Speaker Burwell, be
cause the Speaker ruled that the res
olution of Mr. Kidd, of Baker, order
ing the Temperance Committee to
report the Hixon-Searcy (Webb) bill
back to the House was out of order
Wednesday morning, after Wohlwen-
der. of Muscogee, had held up the
business of the House for an entire
day with a filibuster.
The formation of the combine is
virtually a defiance of Governor John
M. Slaton and a refusal to accede to
his wishes that tax reform measures
and bills putting the taxation sys
tem of the State on h business baaie
be passed. It is a dare to the Gov
ernor to veto the House appropriation
bill or call an extra session, both of
which the Governor has said he will
do if the Hou-«e does not enact tax
reform measures or keep its appro
priations within the estimated reve
nues of the State.
Plan to Resurrect Bill.
In addition to trying to defeat the
bills of Speaker Burwell and Governor
Slaton, the combine will make every
effort possible to resurrect the Hixon-
Searcy Senate bill from the pigeon
hole to which it has been consigned
by th^ Temperance Committee. Mr.
Kidd, the apparent author of the res
olution which met such an inglorious
finish Wednepday morning, declared
that he will try to introduce hi® res
olution at the first opportunity.
“We Intend to try in every way
possible to get the bill out of the
oommittoe and before the House at
this session," said Mr. Kidd. “I in
tend to offer my resolution again, and
if I can not do that we will try to
find some other means of combating
the enemies >f the bill. We were not
treated right by the Speaker when he
ruled my resolution out of order. We
are prepared to fight for our rights,
and if the bill can not come up for
the consideration of this House there
are a lot of other measures that will
receive scant consideration at the
hands of the friends of the measure.
Organized Fight on Burwell.
"We Intend to defeat every meas
ure offered or favored by Speaker
Burwell or the men who aided in the
defeat of the resolution ordering the
Temperance Committee to report
back the Hixon-Searcy bill. Burwell’s
bills have no chance of passing this
House during the present session. I
have nothing personally against any
of the Speaker’s bills, but we are
going to get even for the treatment
we got during the consideration of
my resolution and for not being giv
en a chance to pass, or at least at
tempt to pass, the Webb bill that
passed the Senate."
The combination of the “dry"
forces and those opposed to tax re
vision was formed the day before the
introduction of Mr. Kidd's resolution.
Mr. Wohlwender, who started and
carried through a Buceetwful filibus
ter. declared Wednesday that the res.
olution was drawn up by Barr.v
Wright, of Floyd County, one of the
prohibition leaders. It was the re
sult of a combination formed at that
time between Mr. Wright and other
temperance leaders and Messrs. Sto-
vall, of Elbert; Sheppard, of Sum
ter, and other members who have
consistently opposed tax reform
measures.
Unite Against Tax Reform.
It was agreed, it is generally under
stood, that the enemies of tax reform
were to support the Kidd resolution
on condition that the prohibition
members aid them in their efforts to
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Plunges One Thousand Feet to
Death With Passenger in Test
Flight in England.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ALDERSHOT, ENG., Aug. 7.—Col
onel Samuel F. Cody, a former citi
zen of the United States and one of
the most famous aviators in the
world, and a passenger were killed
here to-day while testing a new aero
plane over the military aerodrome.
These two fatalities bring the avia
tion death list up to 305.
Colonel Cody w'as one of the pio
neer airmen and was commissioned by
the British Government to build up
the aviation corps of the Imperial
army, which he fulfilled to the per
fect satisfaction of the War Office.
Cody was a relative of William F.
(Buffalo Bill) Cody, and in appear
ance he resembled the famous Ameri
can.
Protested Taking Passenger.
The name of the passenger who
was killed with Colonel Cody was
Evans. The aviator protest®(i against
any one accompanying him, saying
that he was going to try out a new
machine and the risk would be great.
Evans was insistent and Anally Cody
relented.
After a “grass-cutting” circuit Cody
shot the machine upward and soon
the car was 1,000 feet in the air.
Spectators on the field saw the ma
chine begin to wabble as though one
of the planes had buckled. Suddenly
it turned over on its side and plunged
downward. With a crash the ma
chine struck the earth and the petrol
tank burst, scattering the fuel over
the bodies of the two men.
Cody and Evans were picked up
and rushed to a hospital in the can-
tonments. but the spark of life al
ready hud Deen extinguished.
How He Got His Title.
The manner in which Cody got his
title of “Colonel” is interesting.
Shortly after King George ascended
the throne he wrote a note of con*
gratulation to Cody for some air feats
he had performed and called him
“Colonel” Cody, evidently confusing
him with “Buffalo Bill.” The avia
tor seized the opportunity to acquire
A title and since had styled himself
Colonel Cody.
Last August Cody won the British
army flying tests, taking $25,000 in
prizes.
Before taking up aviation Cody was
an aeronaut of note and once made a
balloon flight over London.
He planned a trip to India in an
aeroplane-balloon of his own inven
tion, but his death cuts off all plans
for the future. Cody is survived by
a widow, who, like her husband, has
always been fond of excitement and
adventure. She was the first woman
in England to make a flight in an
aeroplane and is herself an accom
plished air car driver.
Colonel Cody came to England from
the United States about ten years
ago and became a naturalized British
subject.
The ill-fated machine was of Cody's
own construction and he had intended
to attempt a flight across the At
lantic ocean in it.
Two sons of the dead aviator wit
nessed the tragedy. One of them
rushed forward and threw himself on
his father’s body.
Medical examination showed that
Cody’s neck had been broken while
one arm and several rib® were frac
tured. One rib had punctured the
lung.
Man’s Plea in Court
Is Heard for Block
SANTA MONICA, CAL.. Aug. 7.—
E. C. Shapiro, held on a charge of
passing a worthless check, pleaded his
case before Judge G. Edwin Brown
with such vigor that he was heard
half a block from the court room De
spite the vocal strength of his plea,
Shapiro was held to answer before the
Superior Court, * . _ . . ._
Castro Is Denounced
By His Namesake
.
NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—Ciprlano
Castro, the would-be dictator of Ven
ezuela, ia not a real Castro, or even
a gentleman, according to Victor Cit.l
Castro, who reached here on the
French liner La Lorraine, and who
rfhouted indignution from all direc
tions when delayed for a time by
federal officials in the belief that
he was a possible ally of the redoubt
able Ciprlano.
“I know why you are keeping in*?
here,” he ®aid. “You think I am going
to participate in the revolt down
there. You wound me; you pierce mv
heart with your words. Oh, vile! Ha
is a peon and a meddler; not a Cas
tro or a gentleman.”
Tells How It Feels to
Face Death by Rabies
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Aug. 7.—Fac
ing death from rabies is a grim or
deal. This is the feeling expressed
by Elsie Parish, noted writer of chil-
dren’s verses, w r ho confidently awaits
the outcome of treatment begun to
forestall infection to which she laid
herself open by sucking the wounds
of two little girls who had been bit
ten by a rabid dog
“Did you ever read an improbable
story' and then say to yourself that
It couldn’t have happened?” askad
Miss Parish. “That’s the way I feel
Of course, there is a horror in it all,
but I just say, feeling as I do n6w,
that I just know I’m not going .o
die."
Catholic Women To
Oppose ‘The Cause'
BUFFALO, Aug. 7.—Organization
of a Catholic women's league that
proposes to counteract the radical
tendencies of the women's movement
including their demand for the bal
lot, marked to-day’s session of the
German Roman Catholic Central
Vereln.
“The femininist movement," said
Mrs. Joseph Frey, honorary president,
"is being promoted by women whose
views are decidedly Pagan: If their
demands were to be realized the
Christian family would cease to exist
and woman’s condition would lapse
into paganism."
U.S. Leads Europe In
Child Welfare Work
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Auk. 7.—“American ob
stetrical methods and child welfare
work In general were shown by the
papers and dtacusslons at the Infant
mortality cnference Just ended In
London to be superior to those of
England,” said Dr. Julius H. Hess, of
Chicago, to-day. "Indeed, our child
welfare work now surpasses that In
Germany, where such work had its
origin.
"The methods In the British colo
nies are also in advance of those in
Europe."
Bullfrogs Imported;
Skins Used in Purses
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7.—Eigh
teen big mountain frogs have been
brought here from the Philippines by
Dr. F. M. McAllister, ship's surgeon
on the Korea. He will give them to
the Park Commission for propaga
tion in Stow Lake.
The mouse-colored skin, mottled
with spots of darker hue, may be used
for the manufacture of women's
purses and chatelaine sacks.
The frogs are edlicate in spite of
their size, and five died on the voyage
Find Girls Lost in
Snow on Mt. Rainier
TACOMA, WASH., Aug. 7.—Lost in
the snow on the Cowlitz trail on
Mount Rainier, two school teachers,
Miss Kitty Roberts, of Washington
D. C., and Miss Bernice Royce, ot
San Francisco, were found by res
cuers too exhausted to walk.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Local showers Thurs
day and Friday.
With the cross-examination of Dr. H. F. Harris, the
State Thursday afternoon rested its case against Leo M.
Frank accused of the murder of Mary Phagan-
Dr. L. W. Childs was called by the defense as its
first witness to rebut the testimony of Dr. Harris.
The mysterious C. B. Dalton, who was expected to
make sensational revelations of incidents in which Leo
Frank was alleged to have participated in the National
Pencil Factory, proved a very tame and commonplace
witness when he was called Thursday.
The most that Dalton could say was that, on several
of his visits to the factory, he had seen women in Frank’s
office. He told of no compromising situations. He was
not even able to identify the women. He did not know
whether or not they were members of Frank’s own fam
ily. All that he knew was that they did not appear to be
stenographers as he never saw them writing.
Dalton, when he was questioned by Luther Rosser, was not
even sure of his own "birthplace. He thought it was somewhere in
Laurens County. He explained his presence by saying that he had
gone to the factory with a Miss Daisy Hopkins. He said that he
saw Frank in the office with two or three women, and that cool
drinks generally were in evidence. On one occasion he said Frank
and his visitors were drinking beer.
Detective Rosser on Stand,
Detective Bass Rosser was on the witness stand for a few min
utes and was questioned briefly. He testified that when he saw
Mrs. Arthur White the Monday after the crime she failed to tell
him that she had seen a negro in the factory the Saturday the girl
was killed. He said he did not get possession of this information
until May 6 or 7. It is the contention of the State that the defense
suppressed these facts.
At the conclusion of Detective Rosser’s testimony, Solicitor
Dorsey announced that he was prepared to rest as soon as Dr. H.
F. Harris had completed the testimony which was interrupted by
adjournment Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Harris was unable to ap
pear when court opened at 9 o 'clock. The prosecution had nothing
more to present at 9:45 and a recess was taken until Dr. Harris
arrived at 11:10.
Reuben Arnold began at once on a cross-examination of Dr.
Harris as soon as the physician took the stand. He forced Dr. Har
ris to say that there is much uncertainty in drawing conclusions
about digestive functions and their time limitations.
Solicitor Dorsey also asked for the submission of the National
Pencil Company’s cash book and bank book before he rested his
case. This was agreed to by Frank’s lawyers.
The defense announced that its first witness probably would
be Dr L. W. Childs, who would be called to start an immediat <
attack upon the testimony presented by Dr. Harris.
Dr. Childs to Combat Harris Story.
Dr. Childs is a physician and surgeon and was expected to
testify in regard to the wounds on Mary Phagan’s body, as well
as in respect to the certainty with which the lapse of time between
a person’s eating and his death may be determined.
One of the most interesting pieces of evidence for the purpose
of demonstration in the possession of the defense is a large size
model of the National Pencil Company constructed on an accu
rate scale.
Frank chatted with his wife and mother in the intermission
while the court was awaiting Dr. Harris, and a little later engaged
in conversation with his attorneys. Dr. Childs entered the court
room and talked several minutes with the defendant.
Attorney Rosser said that he would turn over the direct ex
amination of the defense’s witnesses to Arnold. Mr. Arnold said
that the defense’s first witness would be Dr. Leo A. Childs, who
would give expert testimony in rebuttal of such testimony offered
by the State.
Mr. Arnold said:
“Further than this witness 1 don’t know what line we will