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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 VOL. XU. NO. 5. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1913. Copyrlrht. 1906, By The Georgian Co. 2 CENTS. ^ 0 y rS° South Georgia 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. 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 bring about an acute political crisis in Alabama. His seat was being contested at the time of his death by Congressman R. Pr 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 yesterday. Mrs. Susie Wright Dies While on Visit FORSYTH, Aug. 8.—News has reached here of the death of Mrs. Susie Wright, of Macon, widow of Dr. W. P. Wright, of Barnes- ville, which occurred while she was visiting at the home of her brother, Mr. Ben Manry at Goggansville, in this county. Mrs. Wright was ill only a few hours. Mrs. Wright is survived by two sons, W. P. Wright, who is an edito rial writer on The New York Herald, and Dupont Wright, night editor of The Rome Tribune-Herald, and one daughter. The funeral was held from the Manry residence yesterday. Queen Mary Stops ‘ Gambling at Court Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Aug. 8.—The gambling lid is on at Buckingham Palace. The quiet little games with which the servants were wont to while away their time and spare farthings are no more. As a result, grumblings are loud and frequpent. This is due to rules issued by Queen Mary, whose nntt-gambling views are well known in court circles. A strike of all the servants at the palace was narrowly averted a few days ago when the Queen decided to permit the servants to draw lota to see who shall accompany her on the royal yacht. Man, 81, Has Kept Diary For 59 Years SPOKANE. Aug. 8.—Henry Bal- nger, an old-time resident of Coeur d’Alene. Idaho, a man close to eighty- „one years of age, to-day offers a Challenge to the world for having kept a diary continuously for the longest period of time. His record reaches- a short while over fifty-nine years. Pigs Gorge Candy As Children Envy CINCINNATI, Aug:. 8.—The Refuge Home Farm, a municipal charity for homeless children, has a fine lot of thoroughbred pigs, which are to be gorged daily with chocolates and other choice confectionery, as a result of recent raids by the food Inspection division of the Health Department. To-day the refuge farm wagon cart ed to the farm for their delectation, nearly 1,500 pounds of milk choco lates. 3,000 pounds of peanuts, 850 pounds of shelled cocoanuts, 15 barrels of sugar and about 20 barrels of other odds and ends, including flavoring ex tracts used in making candy. The 5 * represented some of the condemna tions made at several candy factories last week. Chicken Frying Race By Congress Wives WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. — The mooted question, “Who is the best chicken fryer in the Congressional set?” will be fought out by two ot the dealers, Mrs. Champ Clark and Mm William A. Cullop, wife of Rep resentative Cullop of Indiana. Mrs. Cullop will celebrate her fif tieth wedding anniversary with the contest In her apartment. Each con testant w ill fry a chicken according to her pet recipe. It is understood that Speaker Clark, Senator Tillman and other Congress men have applied for the position of Judges. ‘Side-Door Pullman’ Improvement Urged CINCINNATI, Aug. 8.—At the first day's" session of the annual convention of 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.” 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. Ostend Bathing Suits InU.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, as» all women know,” says Mrs. Henry Hutt, former wife of the artttft. “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.” Town’s Water So Bad Court Lifts Beer Lid PITTSBURG, KANS., Aug. 8.—The water is so bad in Chapman, a mining camp near here, that beer Is used in its place, and the people are so gen erous they give the substitute away. A Girard man accused of selling “spiked'’ cider was freed on the theory that one man's word is as good as another's. These incidents were brought out in Crawford County courts Record Anto 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. Park Manager Scores Chief and Factionalism — Says He Is Serving Last Term. Dan Carey, General Manager of Parks, declared Friday that factional ism in the Park Board had reached such a degree that the exploitation or any new ideas absolutely was pre vented and that he was serving his last term under such conditions. Authentic reports from the faction opposed to him are that plans are being made to drop him at the end of his term. January 1, 1915. The old-time factionalism reached an acute stage at a meeting Thursday afternoon because Manager Carey had not consulted President J. O. Cochran about contracts for an underground conduit for the lighting of Piedmont Park. Board Censures Mr. Carey. President Cochran, with the bal ance of power in the board, has been supporting Manager Carey. But when Manager Carey took action on his own initiative he switched to the anti-Carey faction led by M. B. Young and R. A. Burnett and resolu tions were adopted by a vote of 9 to 3 reprimanding Mr. Carey for mak ing contracts without consulting the board. Immediately Manager Carey devel oped the fact that President Cochran had been making contracts without the approval of the board. One re lated to a bill for $26 for automobile hire from Atlanta to Lithonla. President Cochran said that C. F. Blount, a wranlte dealer, has prom ised to pay for the automobile as soon as the department gave him contracts for 2,000 tons of stone. Tangle Over “Loaned Stone.” Manager Carey also asked the board to straighten out an agreement be tween President Cochran and Engi neer Nym Hurt, of the City Construc tion Department, about some crushed stone. Manager Carey said the min utes of the board showed that Presi dent Cochran had represented to the board that the stone had been given, while Mr. Hurt claims that It was only loaned and he wanted It back. President Cochran said he under stood that the stone had been loaned, and if he had represented that it had been given to the department he had made a mistake. “It seems that a member of the board can do anything, but anything the General Manager does is wrong,” said Mr. Carey. Germany Decides to Exhibit at Canal Fair Special Cable to The Atlanta Georglan- BERLIN, Aug. 8.—Assurances were given to-day from a source close to the Government that Germany will not be biased by England’s action in re fusing to exhibit at the Panama Ex position, but will have representation. A number of German manufactur ers have agreed to take part on the ground that It will be a good adver tisement for German goods. 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. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Occasional showers Friday and Saturday. MAN WHO SAYS NEGRO JIM CONLEY j CONFESSEDSLAYINGOF LITTLE GIRL Paris Gown Saves Life of Vanderbilt MILWAUKEE. Aug. 8.—II. C. Fur- W. H. Mincey, the country school-teacher on whom the Frank defense depends, in a measure, to turn the sus picion of guilt of the Phagan slaying to Jim Conley. Mincey says the negro, on the day of the slaying, told him he had killed a girl. This sketch from life of Mincey is by P. A. Carter, Georgiam artist. Sues Wire Company For ‘Pert’ Telegram utenberg, 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. HOBSON WANTS IT ALL DRY. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—A Consti tutional amendment prohibiting the sale of all alcoholic beverages was proposed in a resolution Introduced to-day by Representative Richmond Pearson Hobaon of Alabama. France Threatens Trouble With Italy Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Aug. 8.—According to to day’s ia«ue of the newspaper Temps, France will reopen the question of the delimitation of Southern Albania unless Italy relinquishes the Turkish Islands seised during the war in Tripoli. NEW GOLDFIELD FOUND. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. , ANTWERP, Aug. 8.—A goldfield of j exceptional richness has been discov ered in the southern part of the Province of Katanga, in the Belgian Congo. Samples are declared to yield fin ounce of gold to the ton. . . k 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 S. Osgood Pell and William Laimbeer because of the fact that he wished to protect a Parisian gown worn by Mn>. 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. BAPTIZE 21 IN PRISON. KANSAS CITY. Aug 8.—Twenty- three convicts in the Kansas peniten- i tiary were baptized in the prison lawndrv to-day -after professing re- l ligion at revival services. Another attack on Jim Conley’s story was contemplated by Leo Frank’s attorneys when court reopened Friday morning. It was announced that the defense during the day again would exer cise the privilege of recalling and cross-examining several of the State’s witnesses as it had done with Harry Scott Thursday after noon. The defense sprang a complete surprise Friday by calling Miss Daisy Hopkins, the girl mentioned in the stories of Jim Con ley and C. B. Dalton. Dalton had testified that he visited the fac tory with Miss Hopkins and Conley had sworn that he saw Dalton and the girl enter the place and had “watched” for them. Miss Hopkins is a woman of very small features, with bright, keen eyes and wore a cotton striped dress that looked a bit tool short. She wore white shoes and stockings. Mr. Arnold began the questioning: Q. Did you ever work for the National Pencil Company?—A. Yes, I went to work there about October 1, 1911, and quit June 1, 1912. Q. What department?—A. Packing department. Q. What floor?—A. Second floor. Q. How many other girls worked there?—A. Sometimes there l were as many as ten. Q. Did you know Leo M. Frank?—A. I knew him when I saw him. I saw him pass around the factory. Q. Did he ever speak to you?—A. No, never in my life. I Huerta Trying to RouseS, America Against Uncle Sam MEXICO CITY, Aug. 8.—Despite the optimistic belief in Washington that Provisional President Huerta Is posing in his defiance of the United States, there were developments here to-day which show that the Mexican national executive is exerting every diplomatic agency in a campaign against the American Government. Huerta’s envoys in the Central American States are attempting to work up the Latin-American Govern ments with declarations that the United States has designs on all ter ritory lying north of the Panama Canal. Diplomatic bureaus, aside from the regularly accredited plenipotentiaries, have been opened in London and Pari*. Embezzling Governor Now 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 Coa- sackw hired a swineherd for his farm at Miatopolsk. Shortly after the servants told him that the new em ployee made the most extraordinary statements when he was In a drunken condition, and used to say that he 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. Mrs. Gould Against The High Slit Skirt CHICAGO, AUK 8.—Mrs. Edwin Gould to-day severely criticized pres ent street attire and one-piece bath- ins 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 tile country 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.” FIRE LADDIES ON VACATION. DALTON, Aug. 8.—Sixteen members of the Dalton fire department, headed by Chief W. H. Perry, left here Thursday afternoon for Tampa, Fla., on their an nual two weeks’ outing. Denies Drinking in Frank's Office. Q. Did you ever go into Frank’s oflice and drink beer and cold drinks with other women?—A. No, I never went into his office and I don’t drink. Q. Do you know C. B. Dalton?—A. I know him when I see him. Q. Did you ever speak to him?—A. I went to his home once to see his sister and spoke to him. That is the only time. Q. Did you ever go to the pencil factory with Dalton?—A. No, I never did. Q. Did you introduce him to Mr. Frank?—A. No, I did not. Q. Did you ever go into the factory and go into the basement with Dal ton?—A. No, I don’t even know where the basement is. I never have been in it. Scott’s testimony showed up the "confessions" of the negro in a pe culiar light. The detective, questioned by Luth er Rosser, told the Jury that Conley, when he "had told everything,” when he had accused Frank of the killing and had made himself an accessory after the fact by declaring that ha assisted in the disposal of the body; when every motive for holding any thing back had been swept away by his third affidavit, still denied to him (Scott) many of the alleged cir cumstances to which he testified while he was on the stand the first three days of the week. It will be the contention of the defense that these many additions to Conley’s tale, inasmuch as all rea son for concealing them had passed after Conley had come out with his accusations against Frank and hts confession of his own part in the crime, are pure fabrications of tbo black man’s imagination, as are the other details of his tale. Scott said that he had grilled and badgered Conley reepatedly about seeing Mary Phagan enter the fac tory. Even after the negro had made all his incriminating statements, ne steadfastly denied seeing the girl victim go up the stairs to the sec ond floor. Denied He Had Seen Purse. He denied also to Scott, the dete tive said, that he ever had seen the girl’s mesh bag or parasol, or that he ever had heard a girl’s scream while he was sitting on the first floor. He told the detectives that ho did not see Lemmie Quinn or Mon- teen Stover enter the factory, al though he later declared he had seen them both and so testified on the stand. Conley said on the stand when he was questioned by Rosser that ha thought he ad told all these things to Scott and John Black while he, was making his third and final affi davit. Scott was caUeu ip testify. i