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- 7 ALWAYS FIRST <n> ® The SUN DA Y The Atlanta Georgian. HOME i AMERICAN Order it NOW==*^.— Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results EDITION! Both Phones Main 100 VOL. XII. NO. 5. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1913. 2 CENTS, more 0 DEFENSE PUTS ON MANY WITNESSES *•* *•* 4**+ *« *!*•%- *!•< 4*#+ *1* • *!* *1* • *1* v • *1* *1* • v v • v • *1* 'I* • v +•+ v • *I* *r • v •*••• !•••!• •!•••*• * •!*•*!• %*•*!* +*r Three Called to Break Down Negro’s Stories Hatred Against Americans in Cap ital Stirred by President—Lind Warned Not to Come. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.— The administration to-day decided to ignore entirely the note sent by President Huerta to the American gov ernment and to direct Spe cial Envoy Lind to proceed to Mexico City without de lay on his arrival at Vera Cruz to-night, unless he be held back by armed force. ‘ The President declines to be bluffed,” stated a prominent government offi cial to-day. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 8.—With the Approval of Provisional President Huerta, arms were issued to-day to the students of the National Military Academy, who yesterday drafted a resolution praising Huerta for de claring John Eind, the special Amer ican envoy, persona non grata to the Mexican Government. A number of residents in the Amer ican colony, who have fortunes in vested in Mexico, are planning to make a demonstration Sunday when protests will be lodged against the action of President Wilson in sending a personal representative to Mexico City and urging that the Mexican Government be upheld. Foreign Minister Aldape and other members of the Cabinet are doing all in their power to arouse the patriot ism and enthusiasm of the people Meetings of young hot bloods, who are standing up for President Huerta in his defiance of the Stars and Stripes, are being encouraged. Mexican secret service agents have been detailed to watch every move ment that Mr. Lind makes here and the envoy will be under constant sur veillance. The newspapers to-day carried flaming stories of “Yankee interfer ence," and warned the State Depart ment to recall Mr, Lind from Vera Cruz and not allow him to come to Mexico City. Direful consequences are, promised if President Wilson and Secretary Bryan continue their present course of trying to nettle the internal af fairs of Mexico while withholding of ficial recognition of the Huerta ad ministration. All the papers carry warm words of praise for Huerta and promise that he will stand line a rock in behalf of his policy of "Mexicans for Mexican affairs.” v United States warships in the har bor at Vera Cruz were ir. wireless communication* with the New Hamp shire. upon which Mr. Lind, is com ing. and it is expected that the New Hampshire will reach Vera Cruz about 9 o'clock to-night. Some Would Ignore Lind. There was a gathevingvof Cabinet Ministers and Huerta a Hit-rents n Congress at the National Palace to day, at which the existing American- Mexican .situation was thoroughly discussed Some are for completely Ignoring Mr. Lind, while the radicals in-ist that he shall be expelled un- Continued on Page 5, Column 3. PAPER MODEL OF PENCIL FACTORY PUT BEFORE JURY BY THE DEFENSE XI Do Yoo Know 9 o The Smallest Kingdom in the World ‘ See Page 13 D ~ United States Senator Victim of Pneumonia After Nine Days’ Illness at Capital. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Senator Joseph F. Johnston, of Alabama, died at 9 o’clock this morning at his apart ment in the Brighton. Senator Johnston had been ill for eight days, suffering from pneumonia. Senators to Attend Funeral. As a mark of respect to the memory of Senator Johnston, the Senate ad journed almost immediately after as sembling at noon. Senator Overman offered a resolu tion for the appointment of a com mittee of Senators to take part in the funeral ceremonies and to accom pany the body to Birmingham, where burial is to be made. The Vice President appointed the following committee: Senators Bank- head, of Alabama: Bacon. Overman. Chamberlain. Hitchcock. Clarke, of Arkansas; Vardaman. Johnson, Swan son, Smith, of South Carolina; Thorn ton, Warren, Bristow, Gal linger, Ca tron, Bradley and Kenyon. The funeral party will leave here to-night, and is expected to reach Birmingham tO-morrow night. The funeral will take place Sunday morn ing. Senator Joseph Forney Johnston, of Birmingham, was born in North Carolina in 1843. He served in the Confederate army from the begin ning of the war to its conclusion, and was wounded four times. He rose from a private to the rank of captain, and was frequently mentioned hon orably for gallant conduct. Senator Johnston served four years as Governor of Alabama, before his election to the Senate in 1907. His first election to the Senate was to the unexpired term of Senator E. W. Pettus, deceased. He was re-elected in 1909 to his present term. Senator Johnston’s death at this time undoubtedly will 1 ring about an acute potitical crisis in Alabama. His seat was being contested at the time of his death by Congressman R. P. Hobson, and the fight between them had grown very bitter. It is practi cally certain that Hobson will not be permitted, now that Johnston is dead, to have the succession uncontested. There has been talk of Congress man Underwood as a candidate against Mr. Hobson, and the death of Senator Johnston likely will revive that. His immediate successor will be named by Governor O’Neal, which means that Mr. Hobson will not get the immediate appointment. He had been in poor health for sev eral weeks. Mrs. Johnston was with her hus band when he died, as well as Forney Johnston, his son. who arrived from his home in Birmingham yesterdayr- Mobile Offers Stevens To Fill Vacancy. MOBILE. Aug. 8.—Mobile will ask Governor O'Neal to appoint State Senator T. M. Stevens to the vacant place in the United States Senate, caused by the death of Senator Joseph F. Johnston. Stevens was the O'Neal adminis tration leader at the last session of the Alabama Legislature. The man who will be appointed wil] not be a candidate for the place at the next election. Immediate Election May Be Necessary. MONTGOMERY. Aug. 8.—Govern or O’Neal may be compelled to call an^xtra session of the Alabama Leg islature to order an election at once to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate, as it Is generally be lieved at the Capitol here to-day that under the Seventeenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution the Gov ernor has not the power to appoint a successor to the late Senator J. E. Johnston, who died in Washington to day. B! GAR CREW AS ID .Model shows basement where body was found; ground floor, where .Jim Conley sat, and second floor, Frank’s office in front, and in rear machine room, where State says she was killed. Suffragette, Denied Liquor and Cigars, Says U. S. Is Horrid Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. Aug. 8.—Mrs. Ruth Grayson, socialist, suffragette ar.d writer, is angry at the United States and scoffs at the idea that it is a free country. In detailing her griev ance to-day, she said: “I have just returned from the United States and intend to unmask the ridiculous idea that It is a land of freedom. Ii is a terrible place. Why, they refused to let me smok? cigarettes in the hotels and when I tried to get into the smoking com partment of a train to smoke a cigar I was refused. "But that was not the worst. When I went ipto a saloon they refused o serve me at the bar. At a beach re sort I was reprimanded for not wear ing stockings. 1 think the United States with its so-called freedom is a horrid place.” Mrs, Gould Against The High Slit Skirt CHICAGO, Aug. 8.—Mrs. Edwin Gould to-day severely criticized pres ent street attire and one-piece bath ing suits for women. “I am not in favor of freak or suggestive modes,” said Mrs. Gould. "The extreme slit skirt to which ob jection has been taken in various parts of the couiKry is not worn in New York by any of my friends. Nor do I know of any one who appears at bathing beaches in one-piece suits such as Chicago has forbidden.’ Kansas' Heat Record 108; Missouri's 109 KANSAS CITY. Aug. 8.—Records for heat were threatened to-day fol lowing yesterday’s high temperatures, which exceeded all previous marks in parts of Kansas. At Leavenworth the highest mark reported to-day was 108. At Empo ria and Ottawa the temperature reached 107. Temperatures of 109 were recorded at Mexico, Mo., and Chickasha, Okla. Paris Gown Saves Life of Vanderbilt LONG BEACH. N. Y., Aug 8.—That William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., had a nar. row escape from death in the automo bile accident that claimed the life of 1 S. Osgood Pell and William Laimbeer because of the fact that he wished to protect a Parisian gown worn by Mrs. Pell, became known when he testified at the inquest. He would have been in the machine had he not stopped to secure a linen duster with which to cover*Mrs. Pell’s gown. The rest of the party went on with out waiting for the couple, who took another car and followed. ‘Side-Door Pullman' Improvement Urged CINCINNATI, Aug. 8.—At the first day’s session of the annual convention 6f the Intinerant Workers’ Associa tion to-day a request was formulated to be presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission to compel rail roads to put some modern improve ments on freight cars. They say ocean steamships now are provided with gymnasiums, sun par lors and golf links; that Pullman cars have sanitary cups which the porter provides on request, but that freight car roads are still as “hard as the heart of the railroad detective.” THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Occasional showers Friday and Saturday. Offers $200 For Old War Engine's Whistle DALTON, Aug. 8.—An offer of $200 for the whistle taken from the engine ‘‘General” when it was captured by Andrews’ Raiders has been made to James Barry, of Dalton, who dwns the whistle. He announced recently that he intended to sell it and give the money to the orphans’ home at Decatur. The offer comes from H. T. Thom ason, of Clyde, Ohio, who says in his letter that one of his uncles was a member of the Federal band that un dertook to escape u'ith the famous en gine. Record Auto Trip Is Made in Alaska VALDEZ, Aug. 8.—The first auto mobile trip from Fairbanks to the coast was completed to-day when Robert Sheldon drove his five-pas senger car into Valdez, having cov ered the 363 miles in 54 hours, actual running time. England Rapidly Is Besting Demon Rum, King's Doctor Avers Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. Aug. 8. In addressing the International Medical Congress to-day Sir Thomas Barlow. M. D., personal physician to King George and president of the congress, de clared that England is rapidly be coming the most temperate nation In the world. He declared that the use of alcohol in the army and navy is diminishing at a fast rate. Dr. Beale, of Texas, one of the American delegates, in speaking of pellagra, said it cost 3,000 lives in America in 1912, and that there were fully 50,000 persons afflicted with the disease. Professor Pasteur told the congress that the use of radium as a cure for cancer has proven successful and probably will come into general use. Farmer's Beans Are Cooked by Lightning WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—William Williams, a truck farmer, went out to gather some string beans for the family table the other day. Much to his surprise, he discovered that they were deliciously cooked. He thought for a time that he had out-Burbanked Burbanks, but a little reflection divulged the reason. In planting he had placed wires between the poles, and during a recent storm lightning struck the wires and cooked the beans. Embezzling Governor Now Is a Swineherd Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ST. PETERSBURG.' Aug. 8.—An extraordinary story of the downfall of a high official in Russia Is told here to-day. Some time ago the Gov ernor of the Province of the Don Cos sacks hired a swineherd for his farm at Miatopolsk Shortly after the servants told him ♦hat the new em ployee made the most extraordinary statements when he was In a drunken condition, and used to say that h* was really Governor of the Don Cos sacks province. Investigation showed the guardian of the pigs eight years ago was Gov ernor, but had been recalled and senr to prison for embezzlement. Ostend Bathing Suits In U.S.? Goodness, No! NARRAGANSETT PIER, Aug 8 — “Any woman who takes surf baths may for a trifling amount of money appear to advantage on the beach—an accomplishment not to be held lightly, an all women know,’’ says Mrs. Henry Hutt, former wife of the artist. “At Ostend. where women go to the beach in coats, one-piece bathing suits may be all right, but in Amer ica, where we lounge so much upon the beach, they would cause riots.” Sues Wire Company For ‘Pert' Telegram MILWAUKEE, Aug. 8.—II. C. Fur- s»t«nberg, manager of a business con cern, is plaintiff in an action in which he seeks $2,000 damages from the Western Union Telegraph Company for the following message, purporting to be from his landlord, Robert Moser: “Unless you call at once at our flat, pay arrears rent, make arrange ments to take care of damage caused by your dog, yourself and wife, will swear out criminal warrant to-mor row charging you with malicious de struction of property.” The company admits transmitting the message, but denies responsibility. GOT FLAT FEET? GIT OUT! NEW YORK, Aug. 8—-Santo Pu- tarro and his son were ordered de ported by immigration officials here because they had flat feet. PORTUGAL BANISHES ASSASSIN. LISBON, Aug. 8.—Cunha Neves, who attempted to assassinate the Portuguese Premier, to-day was ban ished for ten years from Portugal. Shower Routs Heat; Cool Spell Promised The heavy downpour of rain late Thursday afternoon broke up the hot wave that for the past week has been causing Atlantans to wish, they were Polar explorers. Thursday night was cool, and at 7 o’clock Friday morning the Government thermometer registered 71 degrees. At 1 o’clock it had climbed to only 84. about five degrees lower than at the same time the past several days. Plenty of cool breezes ami occasional showers will keep Friday night and Sat urday comfortable, according to the of ficial forecast. Weyler Uses Wailed Fist in Strike Riots Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian BARCELONIA. Aug. 8.—Martial j law was proclaimed here to-day on | account of violence in the general j strike. General Weyler. commander in Cuba at the time of the Spanish war. was responsible for the declaration of martial law. The attorneys for Leo Frank vigorously assailed Friday the stories of two of the State’s negro witnesses, Jim Conley, the accuser of Frank, and Albert McKnight, who said he saw Frank at the Selig home Saturday aft ernoon, April 26. The motorman and conductor of the street car on which Mary Phagan is believed to have come to town the day of her death both testified that they knew the girl and that she was on their car which arrived at Broad and Hunter streets not before 12 07 o’clock. She stayed on the car, they said, until the car reached Broad and Hunter streets, which was about 12:10 o’clock. Con sequently, it would have been impossible for her to reach the factory before 12:11 or 12:12 o’clock. If the testimony of the two street car employees is accurate, it completely upsets Jim Conley’s story that he saw Mary Phagan enter the factory before Monteen Stover came in. By the Stover girl’s own testimony she entered the factory at 12:05 o’clock and left at 12:10 o'clock. Thus, she had gone by the time the Phagan girl arrived. It also serves to destroy the significance of the Stover girl’s testimony that Frank was absent from his office when she ar rived there. As Mary Phagan had not yet arrived, according to the testimony of the street car men, it could hardly be regarded as a suspicious circumstance that Frank was not in his office, iff it develops that he really was not. The defense also contends that Miss Stover, who admits she did not enter the inner office, could, hav looked through the doorway without seeing Frank. Witness Refutes McKnight’s Story. Soon after court reconvened in the afternoon, H. J. Hinchey, of 391 Peachtree street, manager of the South Atlanta Blowpipe Company, appeared at the court house under subpena of the de fense to discredit the story of Albert McKnight. McKnight tes tified that he was at Frank's home the afternoon of the murder/ and that he saw Frank board a Georgia Avenue car to return to the factory. Hinchey stated before he went on the stand that he was rid- ing in his automobile on Washington street Memorial day and at 2:15 o’clock he saw Frank get off a Washington street car at Wash ington and Hunter streets when the car was stalled by the parade. Frank then was on his way to the factory. Earlier in the day the defense introduced other evidence to discredit McKnight. Photographs and blue prints of the Selig home were displayed to show that it would have been practically impossible for McKnight to see Frank at the sideboard, as the ne gro testified when he was on the stand. Photos, Blueprints and Model Introduced. Photographs and blue prints of the pencil factory also were put in evidence and in the afternoon a large sized model of the pencil factory, constructed on a scale of three .eighths of an inch to the foot was brought into the court room. It was made by T. H. Willett, a patternmaker, of 100 Highland avenue, and John Cox, an attache of Reuben Arnold’s office. The model and blue prints were submitted in an effort to dem onstrate that the State’s theory of the crime is unreasonable and preposterous, and to illustrate the theory that the defense holds. Attorney Arnold, who was conducting the examination during the forenoon, sought also to throw a deep shadow of suspicion! upon the story of young George Epps, who testified that he rode uptown with Mary Phagan the day she was killed. Matthews said that another girl was seated with Mary the lat ter part of the ride to town. He did not recollect that Epps was on the car at all. The motorman said that he was relieved at Broad and Marietta streets and that he sat behind Mary and her com panion all the way to Hunter street. He said the two alighted at Hunter street and proceeded toward Forsyth, on which the factory is located. This is in direct contradiction to the story of Epps, who tes-