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VOL. XII. NO. 4.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1913.
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Frank’s Attorneys Fight Desperately Against State's Closing Witnesses
Castro Is Denounced
By His Namesake
NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—Cipriano
Castro, the would-be dictator of Ven
ezuela, is not a real Castro, or even
a gentleman, according to Victor Cita
Castro, who reached here on the
French liner La Lorraine, and who
shouted indignation 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 Cipriano.
“I know why you are keeping me
here.” he said. ‘‘You think I am going
‘Drys,’ Reported Allied With Tax participate m the revolt down
J 1 r there. You wound me; you pierce my
heart with your words. Oh, vile! He
is a peon and a peddler; not a Cas
tro or a gentleman.”
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 WohUven-
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 a business basis
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 House does not enact tax
reform measures or keep its appro
priations within the estimated reve
nues of the State.
Plan to Resurrect Blit.
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 the Temperance Committee. Mr.
Kidd, the apparent author of the res
olution which met such an inglorious
finish Wednesday morning, declared
that he will try to introduce his res
olution at the first opportunity.
"We intend to try in every way
possible to get the bill out of the
committee 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 of 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 successful filibus
ter, declared Wednesday that the res.
olution was drawn up by Barry
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 Ktdd resolution
on condition that the prohibition
members aid them in their efforts to
prevent the passage of tax bills. The
idea was this;
If the Hixon-Searcy bill were
brought out from the committee and
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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
Verein. 0
‘‘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, Aug. 7.—"American ob
stetrical methods and child welfare
work In general were shown by the
papers and discussions 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
cate in spite of their si SHRDL U
purses and chatelaine sacks.
The frogs are edlicate in spite of
their size, and five died on the voyage
Sues as Wife Turns
Tango Gown Model
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 7.—Pasquale
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
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.
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, of
San Francisco, were found by res
cuers too exhausted to walk.
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, who 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?” asked
Plunges One Thousand Feet to Mts * Parlsh ’ '' That ' 8 the wa >- 1
Of course, there is a horror in it all,
but I Just say, feeling as I do now,
that I Just know I’m not going .o
die.”
PROSECUTOR DORSEY
SNAPPED IN ACTION
This shows
the Solicitor
in an argument
at the Frank
trial.
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 ov^f the military aerodrome.
These two fatalities bring the avia
tion death list up to 305.
Colonel Cody was 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 protested against
any one accompanying him, saying
that he w T as going to try out a new
machine and the risk would be great.
Evans was insistent and finally 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 buckle#. 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 had been 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 foi* 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 $25,000 In
pri zes.
Before taking up aviation Cody was
an aeronaut of note and once made a
balloon flight over London.
He planned a trip to India in an
aeroplane-balloon of his own inven
tion, but his death cuts off all plans
for the future. . Cody Is survived by
a widow, who, like her husband, has
always been fond of excitement and
adventure. She was the first woman
in England to make a flight in an
aeroplane and is herself an accom
plished air car driver.
Colonel Cody came to England from
the United States about ten years
ago and became a naturalized British
subject.
Calls Mosquito King
Of Disease Carriers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Mosqui
toes were to-day branded the “king
disease carriers” of the insect world
by Dr. Nelson Du Val Brelcht, for
merly of the Public Health Service.
Besides their implements of tor
ture, these insects carry about with
them germs of leprosy, yellow fever,
malaria, bfeakbone fever, typhoid and
five oth$r brands of malady. Dr.
Brelcht awarded the gnat second hon
ors as a disease carrier.
Life of U. S. Rifles Is
10 Years, Say Experts
WASHINGTON. Aug. 7.—The pres,
ent model of rifle used by the United
States should have a life of useful
ness at least ten years, In the opinion
of ordnance officers and a determined
effort is being made £o prevent the
condemnation of thousands of rifles
that are turned in as worn out when
they are really serviceable.
A circular issued to-day declares
that one of these rifles should be
capable of firing 8,000 ^ to 13,000
rounds before becoming so worn as
to become inaccurate.
John Woolsey Suffers Broken Leg
When Blown Through the
Roof of Holfee.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Local showers Thurs
day and Friday.
CUMMING, Aug. 7.—John Woolsey,
the only negro in Forsyth County,
was blown out of bed through the
roof of his cabin, eight miles north
of Cumming, and suffered a broken
leg, when dynamite was set off under
the house, according to information
that has reached Cumming. The dy
namiting took place on the farm of
Wyley Smith. The dynamiters cut
all telephone wires into that part of
the county, which prevented the news
reaching here sooner. Woolsey w r as
hurried out of the county to Gaines
ville by Smith.
The negro had moved to the Smith
place just a few days ago. He was
warned to leave the county and Smith
was warned to get rid of him. Neither
took heed. The dynamiting resulted.
The cabin occupied by Woolsey was
completely wrecked.
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 Miss Clara S.
Houston, of Chicago.
Seafed in an extremely business
like looking office. Miss Houston ex
posed <for the benefit of visitors her
well-shaped foot, which by all ex
perts has been unanimously declared
the most perfect In America.
ALL SAMEE MEN.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 7.—Mayor
Bading has declared that the worn en
of Milwaukee may wear any kind of
bathing suit as long as they wear as
much as the men do.
30 Kansas Towns
Suffering for Water
TOPEKA. Aug. 7.—The month of
July, 1913, was the second driest
month since the local weather bureau
was established 30 years ago.
Kansas streams that have never
been known to go dry are dry now.
More than 30 Kansas towns have
been compelled to shut off all water
for lawns.
Man’s Plea in Court
Is Heard for Block
SANTA MONICA, CAL.. Aug. T.—
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.
Court opened Thursday morning in the trial of Leo Frank
with the spectators watching with the keenest interest for the first
move of the defense. The prosecution had practically finished its
case.
Solicitor Dorsey announced before court opened that he prob
ably would call C. B. Dalton as his first witness as he hardly ex
pected that Dr. Harris would be physically able to appear for tha
completion of his cross-examination until later in the day.
The Solicitor said that he expected to follow Dalton with Dr.
[ Harris and would complete his case with the testimony of Detective
Bass Bosser. He thought that he would conclude early in the aft
ernoon although this was largely dependent on the length of the
cross-examinations.
Dalton took the stand at 9 o’clock.
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 I don’t know what line we will
pursue at present.’’
“Did you ever work for the
National Pencil Company?” was
the first question the Solicitor
asked Dalton.
Mr. Arnold interrupted.
%
“Your honor,” he said, “we want It
understood that we object to this tes
timony—all of it."
Judge Roan overruled the objection.
“Well, we want our objection re
corded,” said Rosser.
Dorsey continued his questioning.
“Do you know Leo Frank and Jim
Conley?” continued the Solicitor. A.
Yes; I know them both.
Q. Were you ever in the factory of
the National Pencil Company?—A.
Yes; two or three times.
Q. Did you ever go to Frank’s of
fice with Miss Daisy Hopkins?—A.
Yes.
Was in Basement.
Q. Was Frank there?—A. Yes.
Q. Did you ever go down In the
basement?—A. Yes.
The witness then pointed out on
the diagram the spot he was in in
the basement.
Q. Did you ever see Conley on those
visits?—A. Yes; and one time I saw
another negro, a watchman.
Q. Did Frank know you were In
the basement?—A. He knew I was in
the factory. I don’t know whether he
knew I was in the basement or not.
Dorsey then turned the witness over
to the defense for the cross-exami
nation.
A sharp fight was in prospect over
the admission of Dalton’s testimony.
Before he was called to the stand it
was announced that he would tell a
story corroborating the portions of
j Jim Conley's testimony which the de
fense fought with all its might to ex
punge from the record, and failed.
If Conley’s story of alleged moral
depravity on the part of the young
factory superintendent was harmful
to the case of the defense, it was re
garded as not unreasonable to believe
that It would b doubly harmful when
supported by the sworn testimony of
Dalton, who was said by Conley to
have been In the factory on occasions
when Frank had appointments with
women in his pfflee.
Judge Roan administered a severe
blow to the defense Wednesday when
he ruled that all of Conley’s story
should stand, although portions of it,
he acknowledged, would have been
inadmissable had objection been
made at the time the testimony was
offered.
Judge to Rule as Case Proceeds.
It was a particularly difficult alle
gation to combat. Unlike many alle
gations, it was exactly as hard to
fight in the event it was false as in
case it was founded on fact.
Judge Roan said in regard to the
testimony of Dalton that he did not
would allow it to be presented so that
he might rule on its admissability as
it came up.
Solicitor Dorsey put the final rivet
in his case so far as it rested upon
the testimony of Conley when at the
close of his redirect examination of
the negro he brought to light the
State’s theory of the disposition that
had been made of the Phagan girl’a
meshbag.
Practically no mention of the mesh
bag had been made during th e week
and a half of the trial. The only
reference made to it was in the ex
amination of Mrs. J. W. Coleman,
mother of the slain girl, and of the
officers who visited th© scene of the
crime immediately after police head
quarters was called by the negro*
nightwatchman, Newt Lee.
Tells of Meshbag.
Mrs. Coleman testified that Mary
left home with the meshbag in her
hand. The detectives and policemen
all testified that they were able to
find no trace of it either the morning
after the crime or in the search that
had been conducted since then.
“Did you ever see the murdered
girl’s meshbag?” Dorsey asked Con
ley, Just as it appeared that he had
finished his questioning.
“Yes. sah, I see It,” Conley replied.
“Where was it?”
“It was right on Mr. Frank’s desk
when I went in there to write the
notes.”
“Did you see what became of it?"
“Yes, Bah, Mr. Frank went and put
it in his safe.”
Conley left the stand at 11:10
o’clock still sticking to his charge
that Leo Frank killed the Phagan
girl and that, at Frank’s direction, he
(Conley) assisted in the disposal of
the body. He had been on the stand
fifteen and one-half hours and under
the grilling cross-examination of Lu
ther Rosser for more than thirteen
hours.
S«ys Frank Changed Note.
Practically the only addition he
made to his story as it appeared in
his direct examination was his decla
ration that while he was writing the
murder notes Frank took the pencil
out of his hand and then an instant
later made him rub out the “s” he
had written as he spelled out “ne-
gros.” Conley said he wrote the note
at first:
“A long tall black negros did this
by hisself.”
A long argument over the admissi
bility of Conley’s testimony in regard
to Frank’s alleged conduct with wom
en previous to the murder of Mary
Phagan took place after the Jury had
been sent from the courtroom at noonj,
Court recessed before the arguments
were concluded, and the debate was
resumed in the afternoon.
Reuben Arnold cited opinions from
know what it was to be and that he ’ courts in States from the Atlantic to