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VOL. XII. NO. 6.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 9,1913.
Copyright. 1806,
By The Georgian Co.
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STATE ATTACKS FRANK REPORT
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Intricacy of Figures Produced by Schiff Under Fire
■ Dancers Rush From Sinking Boat
While Engineer Holds Prow
on Shore, Then Dies.
MEMPHIS, TENN., Aug. 9.—Divers
who explored the steamboat Peters
I-.ee on the bottom of the Mississippi
River at Lake Providence, La., to
day reported finding the body of En
gineer Frank O'Neil, his hand hold
ing the engine throttle.
He died there when the boat nk
last night, having stayed at his post
and held the boat's nose against the
shore until the last of the 50 passen
gers, most of them women, were
helped ashore.
O’Neil's act Is practically a realiza
tion of the martyrdom of Jim Blud-
soe, famed in the poem as the steam
boat engineer who held her nose to
the bank till all were saved, then was
burned to death at his post.
A dance was on when the Peters
Lee struck a sunken coal barge. A
hole was torn in her side. The cap
tain ordered the pilot to steer for the
shore. The boat struck the mud and
officers and crew began taking off the
passengers.
Frank O’Neil in the engine’ room
V kept the stern wheel churning while
tha water poured Into the hold.
A negro shouted through the en
gine room door that the boat was
sinking.
"I know it!" shouted O'Neil. “You
fellows get on up front where you can
'get off! Til hold her nose against the
shore! ”
The last passenger was safel> land
ed when the boat sank in 40 feet of
water.
5-Year-Old Girl Run
Down by Doctor Is
Only Slightly Hurt
Estie Pierce, 5 years old, daughter
of R. E. Pierce, No. 154 Ormond
street, had a narrow escape from se
rious injury Saturday when she was
struck by an automobile driven by Dr.
E. V. Bailey, whose office is in the
Empire Building.
The child In crossing Capitol ave
nue at Ormond street stopped di
rectly in front of the machine as it
rounded the corner. The physician
brought his car to a speedy halt and
was the first to reach the girl's side.
He rushed her in his machine to her
home, where it was found she was not
badly hurt.
Mrs. Pierce, the mother, declined to
make a case against the physician,
and Call Officer John West accord
ingly took no action.
'New Brain Surgery
Device Is Invented
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
* LONDON, Aug 9.—Delegates to the
big medical congress are greatly in
terested in Dr. R. H. Clarke's device
for mapping out the brain and remov
ing parts which are perhapa keys to
various disorders of the body.
The instrument has a tiny tele
scopic knife, supported on a minia
ture bridge and the direction of the
knifo and depth to which it goes Is
regulated to a hair's breadth by a
series of scales.
Surgeons who examined the ma
chine are convinced the time is not
far distant when they will be able
with It to operate for paralysis and
insanity. __
Police Seek Missing
Mother and Ch’id
Detectives Saturday searched for
Mrs. Edna E. Mills. 26, and her pret
ty 6-y«ar-old girl, who are reported
to have disappeared Thursday from
their flat in the Fairley Apartments.
W, W. Mills, the husband, has fur
bished a description of the missing
wife and child, and has asked the
police to use every effort to find
them.
According to information obtained
by the husband, Mrs. Mills and the
little girl went with another woman.
RACING
RESULTS
AT FORT ERIE.
___ __
(Obert), 8-1, 3-1, 7-5, won; Tillies
Nightmare 103 (Goose), 5-2, 1, 1-2, Cos-
r ove 108 (Moody), 5-1, 2-1, 1. Time,
16. Also ran: Springiness, Miss Joe,
Mawr Lad, C. Joel and Chilton Queen.
SECOND—Five and one-half furlongs:
Hedge 108 (Teahan), U-20, 1-5. out,
won; MIhb Gayle 105 (Obert), 6, 1, 1-4;
Hustling Brass 108 (Turner), 20, 4, 4-5.
Time, 1:08 4-5. Also ran: Osaple and
Perpetual.
THIRD—Five and one-half furlongs:
Birdie Williams 107 (Neylon), 4-5, 7-20,
1-6, won; Requlram 99 (Taylor), 8. 3,
7-10; Superl 104 (Connolly). 15, 4, 3-2.
Time. 1:09 4-5. Also ran: Miss Waters.
Woodrow. The Urchin and Itags.
FOURTH—Mile and one sixteenth:
Buokhorn 118 (Small), 3-6. 1-10, out,
won; Flabbergast 105 (Turner), 3, 3-5,
out, second; Sam R. Meyer 105 (Goose),
6, 6-5, out, third. Time 1:48. Aleo ran:
Donerail.
AT SARATOGA.
FIRST—3-year-olds and up, selling. 6
furlongs: Honeybee 96 (J. McTaggqrt),
16-5, even. 1-2, won; Water Welles 109
(Wolfe), 15-1, 5-1, 2-1, second; Com
pliment 109 (Byrne), 50-1, 15-1, 6-1,
third. Time 1:12. Also ran: Ivabel,
JJace, Magazine, Perthshire.
SECOND—About 2 miles: Wickson
147 (eBamlsh), 4-1, 8-5, 4-5, won; Pen
obscot 162 (Wolfe), 7-5, 1-2, out. sec
ond; The Evader 146 (Haynes). 6-1. 2-1,
even, third. Time 4:23. Also ran: Weld-
sjiip, The Welkin, Bill Andrews, George
THIRD—6 furlongs: Roamer 119
(Byrne) 7, 5-2. 7-5, won; Gainer 122
(Bore!), 7-2, 7-5, 3-5, second; Black
Toney 122 (Loftus), 12, 5, 5-2, third.
Time 1:13. Also ran: Imperator, Punch
Bowl. Prairie, Spearhead, Early Hose.
Figginy, Golden Chimes. Mr. Sniggs,
King McDowell.
FOURTH—Mile and one-quarter:
Rockvlew 129 (T. McTaggart). 3-5, out,
won; Prince Eugene 126 (Notter), 8, 6-2,
out, second; Barnegat 115 (Loftus), 5,
6-5. out. third. Time 2:06 2-6. How-
thorne, Rlngling.
Fifth—Mile: Col. Cook 109, J. Mc
Taggart 10, 4, 2, won; Stentor 112,
Byrne 3, even, H, second; Swish 107,
Borel 3, even, Vi. third Time, 1:89 4-5.
Also ran. Creme de Menthe, Grenida,
Lad of Langdon.
AT TORONTO.
FIRST—2-year-olds, nurse $300, about
5 furlongs: Stevesta il9 iDreyer), 2-1,
even, 1-2, won; Laura 103 (Carter), 3-2,
1- 2, out, second: Shipplgan 103 (White).
8-1, 4-1, 2-1, third. Time 1:03. Also ran:
Ratigan. Oldcross, Booth, Rummage,
Tom Hancock, Tik Tok.
SECOND—About 5 furlongs: Paul
Davis 106 (V. Adame), 6-1. 2-1, even,
won; Turkey Trot 108 (Skirvin), 8-1, 3-1.
2- 2, second; Bavell Lutz 103 (White),
6-1, 2-1. even, third. Time 1:01 Also ran:
Mrs Lally, Lasainrella, Maybrlde, First
Aid, Longum, Dr. Hollis.
THIRD—About 5 furlongs: John Marrs
111 (Knight), 4-1, 2-1, even, won; Yan
kee Lady 109 (Levee), 3-1. even, 1-2,
second; Adriuche 109 (Jensen). 6-1, 2-1,
ecen, third Time 1:03. Also ran: De
lirious, I’m There, Foxcraft, Satin Bow
er. Igloo, C. H. Patten.
FOURTH—About 5 furlongs: Dick
Deadwood 103 (Dreyer), 3-2, 1-2, out,
won; Shreve 106 (V. Adams), 3-1, even,
1-2. second; Fact Child L (Skirvin),
4-1, 2-1, even, third. Time 1:02 2-5.
Also ran: Etta Ray, Donation, Thirty
Forty, Bodkin, Donovan.
FIFTH—About 5 furlongs: Susan 109
(Knight), 6, 2, even, won; Irish Tom
106 (Dreyer), even. 1-2, out, second;
Booby 109 (Warrington), 3, even, 1-2,
third. Time 1:03. Also ran: Court
Bell, Annagh, Johnny Wise, Maurice
Reed.
Sixth—About 5 furlongs: Curious 102
D- McCarthy 4, 3-2, 2-3. won; Herpes
107, Rhodes 3. even, second; Golli-
wogg 104. Skirvin 8, 3, 3-2. third. Time.
1:02. Also ran: Lady Robbins, Dust
Pan, Cecil, Cordova. Cloak.
Racing Entries on Page 3.
VERA CRUZ, MEX., Aug. 9.—
John E. Lind, special envoy to
Mexico, arrived here at 1 o’clock
this afternoon on the battleship
New Hampshire. He was at once
transferred to the battleship
Louisiana.
HARRISBURG, PA., Aug. 9.—
Rube Bressler, crack southpaw
pitcher of the Harrisburg club in
the Tri-6tate League, has been
purchased by Connie Maok, of the
Athletics, for $2,000, and will re
port to Philadelphia Labor Day.
GALVESTON. TEXAS, Aug. 9.
The battleship Michigan is due in
Galveston harbor to-morrow. Its
arrival will put five ships in read
iness for service on short notice.
Four army transports, capable of
carrying 4,000 troops and their
equipment, ar# here. There are
12,000 troops quartered here ready
to move. Dispatches eecived here
to-day said that 500 troops passed
through Texarkana en route to
El Paso.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—8en-
ator William Alden Smith to-day
charged in debate in the Senate
that Sherbourne Hopkins, a
Washington attorney, agent for
the Madero interests in Mexico,
exerted powerful influence in the
State Department under Secre
tary Knox, and said that he be
lieved Hopkins still retains that
influence with Secretary Bryan
and had been responsible in large
measure for the removal of Am
bassador Honry Lane Wilson,
SAY SULZER THOMPSON
Chairman of Investigation Com
mittee Hints at Impeachment
Proceedings.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—Governor
William Sulzer, of New York, was
nearly $50,000 In debt ae the result of
stock market speculations at the time
of his nomination, and used contribu
tions to his campaign .fund ta make
additional purchases of stocks while
this lebt waH hanging over him, ac
cording to testimony presented to the
Frawley committee of the Legisla
ture.
The evidence is sufficient to war
rant proceedings to impeach the Gov
ernor for violation of the corrupt
practices act, Chairman Frawley de
clares. A decision as to the commit
tee’s recommendation is expected by
Monday.
The Governor, according to the evi
dence, had dealings with three dif
ferent stock exchange firms and was
saved from being sold out by one firm
by L. N. Josephthal, a Wall street
banker, and a member of the Gov
ernor's staff as naval reserve aide.
Josephthal, it was brought out, paid
a debit balance of $26,739 still stand
ing against the account on July 1-5
last. This was after the Governor had
received repeated calls for more mar
gin.
Used Campaign Funds.
The Governor’s transactions with
the other firms were for cash, and it
was in connection with one of these
that Governor Sulzer, according to
the evidence, used campaign con
tributions.
Arranged chronologically, the testi
mony appeared to show that on Janu
ary 1, 1912, there stood on the books
of the stock exchange firm of Harris
& Fuller an indebtedness of $48,699
against the purchase by Governor
Sulzer of 500 shares of “Big Four,”
200 shares American Smelting and
Refining Company and 100 shares of
Southern Pacific. This testimony was
given by Melville B. Fuller, a member
of the firm who on Wednesday had
refused to answer the questions of
the committee. Before testifying his
counsel announced that the Gover
nor had agreed that “Mr. Fuller’s lips
should be unsealed.”
There were no other purchases of
stock recorded on this account, ac
cording to the witness, until Decem
ber 5, 1912. when the Governor bought
100 shares of “Big Four,” making 600
in all. On December 11 the firm, ac
cording to a letter produced by the
witness, made its first call upon the
Governor for more margin. The books
showed that on November 18 previous
the Governor had paid in $10,000
against the account, and that on De
cember 16, apparently in response to
the call for margin, he paid in $6,000
more.
Du ring Governor's Campaign.
In October of the same year the
evidence Indicated that Frederick Col
well, the Governor’s alleged “dummy,”
purchased from Boyer, Griswold &
Co., 200 shares of "Big Four” railroad
stock outright at 60, for $12,026. the
$25 representing commission. This
was at the height of Mr. Sulzer’s
campaign for the governorship and
transcripts from thfr firms books
showed the stock bought on October
16 was paid for partly in checks, at
least two of which were identified in
the testimony as Sulzer campaign
contributions. There were seven
checks in all, and the others are
charged by Eugene L. Richards, coun
sel for the committee, as having been
also campaign checks.
Strikers Beg for
• Copper Mine Jobs
CALUMET, MICH., Aug. 9.—An end
in the near future to the strike of
18.000 copper miners In the Calumet
region was predicted to-day by the
operators when 1.000 members of the
miners' union appeared at the Cal
umet and Hecla company’s mines ear
ly to-day and asked for their old Jobs.
Reports from over the district to
day said that mines were being put
in operation with the aid of non-union
wo^Kers and deserting strikers.
Crackers and Volunteers Clash in
Third Game of Series at
Nashville.
Score by innings:
ATLANTA 100
NASHVILLE 00
THE BATTING ORDER.
Agler, lb. Daley, If.
Long, If Callahan, cf.
Welchonce, cf Sprett, 3b.
Smith, 2b Gibson, c.
Bisland, ss Young, rf.
Holland, 3b Hofman, 2b.
Holtz, rf Scwartz, lb.
Chapman, c Lindsay, kb.
Thompson, p More, p.
NASHVILLE, TENN., Aug. 9.—More
and Thompson were the rival twirlers
when the Vole and Crackers took the
field for the third game of their series
here this afternoon.
The visitors scored one run in the
first inning, when Gibson dropped
Smith’s high fly in front of the plate,
letting Agler tally.
FIRST INNING.
Agler singled through short. Long
sacrificed out, Spratt to Schwartz. Wel-
chonce out, Hofman to Schwartz. Smith,
when Gibson dropped Smith’s high pop
up, Agler scored and Smith was safe at
first. Bisland singled to left, and Smith
went to third. Bis'and took second on
the throw in. Holland hit by pitched
ball. Holtz popped to Schwartz. TWO
L RUN
Daley fanned. Calahan also fanned.
Spratt popped to Smith. NO HITS, NO
RUNS.
SECOND INNING.
Chapman popped to Hofman. Thomp
son out, Lindsay to Schwartz. Agler
also out, Lindsay to Schwartz. NO
HITS, NO RUNS
Senate Enacts Bill
For Inspection of
Georgia Bakeries
The Georgia Senate Saturday morn
ing concurred in the House amend
ments to the medical practice bill and
passed the Hixon “germ prevention"
measure providing for the Inspection
of canneries and bakeries of the State
The vote on the latter was 34 to 4,
the only opposition arising from thoe*
who argued that the bill necessitated
an unwarranted expense.
Sharp debate took place In the Sen
ate when the Huie-Allen measure
providing for an amendment to the
law on corporation charters, so as to
allow an extension of time of twj
yeads instead of one for actual con
struction, was presented.
Senators Harrell and McNeil, op-
posing the bill, charged It was really
aimed to provide an extension of time
for a corporation, which, it is said,
was originally known as the GeorgU-
Carolina Electric Railway, and that as
such it evidently waa for speculating
purposes. The bill was passed, 25 to
6, and was transmitted to the House
following the defeat of a motion by
Senator McNeil to reconsider.
Popular Music for
Visitiug Merchants
At Sunday Concert
A light and popular program for tno
benefit of the visiting merchants and'
manufacturers will be rendered at the
free organ concert Sunday afternoon
by Charles A. Sheldon, under the
auspices of the Atlanta Music Kesli-
% al Association.
A wonderful series of variations on
the melody, ‘‘Old Folks at Home."
will be a striking feature of the pro
gram. There will be a brilliant mili
tary march, a composition of Ha’-ry
Rowe Shelley's, with imitative pas
sages of trumpets and drums. An
other special feature will be Kevin's
"A Day in Venice.” The only piece
of classical music on the program will
be the prelude to “Lohengrin,” a com
position whose beautiful harmonies
appeal to all ears
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Local showers Satur
day and Sunday.
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Asbury H. Hodgson,
Influential Citizen
Of Athens, Is Dead
Asbury Hull Hodgson, of Athens,
well known to many Atlantans, died
last night at his summer home at
Dillard. Ga., where he had gone In
the hope of recuperating He had
been in feeble health the past few
years.
Mr. Hodgson was a successful busi
ness man of Athens. He was active
In the work of upbuilding his home
town. At the time of his death he
was a member of the firm of Hodg
son Brothers, prenident of the South
ern Manufacturing Company, one of
the largest cotton mills in the State,
and was Interested in many other
concerns. He was a steward of the
Methodist church. Ha aided many
charities.
Surviving him are his wife: two
daughters, Mrs. Julie Hodgson Mc
Neil and Miss Lill Hodgson; four
sons, C. N„ Frank, Henry and As
bury Hull Hodgson, Jr„ and seven
brothers. E. R., T. A., J. M.. Captain
A C„ George T.. Colonel F. G. and
F. M. Hodgson.
Slezak Is Rescued;
Stnrmfeld Drowns.
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EMPIRE LEAGUE.
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Special Cabls to The Atlanta Georgian.
TEGERXSKE, BAVARIA, Aug. 9.—
A yacht in which Fritz Sturmfeld and
Leo Slezak, the operatic tenors, were
sailing on the lake here, overturned
and Sturmfeld was drowned. Slezak
clung to the boat and was rescued.
Sturmfeld was a member of the
Royal Opera at Ltepzic. He made a
concert tour in the United States in
1911. Slezak Is well known In the
United States, having sung at the
Metropolitan Opera House in New
Vork.
Titanic Lookout Who
Missed Iceberg Dies
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Aug. 9.—Reginald Lee.
one of the sailors in the lookout when
the White Star Liner Titanic struck
an Iceberg on April 14, last year,
died at Southampton,
thf,n
House Votes Three
Appropriations for
Agricultural Work
The House of Representatives Sat
urday passed several important ap
propriations.
For the Entomological Department
to fight black rot and the boll weevil,
the arch enemies of cotton, $20,000
was voted.
For publications and maintenance
In the Department of Agriculture,
$10,000 was appropriated.
For the chemical department in the
Department of Agriculture $7,500 was
ordered.
These bills now go to the Senate
for approval.
PREMIER GETS HERO CR08S.
ATHENS, Aug. 9.—Premier Veni-
zelos, of Greece, was to-day decorated
by King Constantine with the grand
cross of the Order of Our Saviour for
his valuable services to Greecs during
i ran
The second week of the Frank trial ended at 12:30
Saturday with a bitter battle in progress over the testi
mony of Herbert G. Schiff, assistant superintendent of
the National Pencil Factory.
Schiff was called soon after court opened in the fore
noon and was on the stand when the adjournment was
taken until Monday.
Schiff, besides denying that Frank ever had women in his of
fice, describes in elaborate detail the duties of the superintendent,
particularly his work on the afternoon the little Phagan girl came
to her death. It was the purpose of the defense to show that it
would have been most improbable that Frank, after committing
a murder, calmly could have sat down with the burden of guilt,
resting on his conscience and proceeded with his usual preciseness
in the intricate and involved computations required in making
out the financial sheet.
Dorsey was given the witness toward the close of the session
and started at once to attack Schiff’s estimates of time that it-
would have required for the various details of the work. Schiff
made a good witness and the solicitor was able to make little head
way in his cross-questioning.
Says Frank Explained Nervousness.
Schiff admitted to Dorsey, however, that Frank was really
anxious to get the Pinkertons on the job and that Frank called
from his home three times at intervals of little more than half an
hour, instructing Schiff to take the matter up with Sig Montag,
one of the officers of the pencil factory company. He said Frank
declared it to be the factory s duty to its employees.
Schiff also admitted that Frank several times explained his
nervousness of Sunday, the day when the body was found, by the
abrupt manner in which he had been taken from his house without
any breakfast or coffee and by the visit to the morgue where the
light suddenly was turned upon the body of the girl victim as
she lay before his eyes.
A search Saturday for C. B. Dalton, the man who told of vis
iting the factory with Miss Daisy Hopkins, developed that he had
disappeared from the courthouse. He was called for by the de
fense when court opened, but did not answer. One of the girls
mentioned in his story declares in a letter to The Georgian, that
Dalton lied in his statement.
The cross-examination of Schiff will be resumed when court
opens Monday morning.
Financial Sheets Put In Evidence.
Reuben Arnold had in court the financial sheet over which
there has been much discussion since the murder mystery deveolped.
Schiff identified the series of figures and notations as in Frank’s
handwriting. Arnold had also every financial sheet for the year
previous to the crime, and Schiff identified them all as Frank’s
work. He said that the least complicated of the financial sheets
never took less than 2 1-2 or three hours to compile.
The financial sheet identified as the one Frank prepared the
afternoon of April 20, the day of the murder, was displayed as an
evidence that the writing of Frank was not tremulous, irregular or
in any way different from his handwriting in the 51 other financial
sheets on file.
Schiff went into the highly complex methods in which the
financial sheet is made up, in order to show for the defense the
clarity of mind that was required in order to complete the sheet
without mistake or confusion.
He narrated that, costs and
profits were estimated each week
on thousands of pencils of dif
ferent classifications and grades,
on hundreds of gross of rubber
plugs, on the various.classes of
leads, boxes, “skeletons" on
which the pencils were arranged
and other items of material that
entered into the manufacture of
the pencils. Schiff also read a
number of orders to illustrate the
amount of other work that ordi
narily is taken eare of on Satur
days.
An attack was made upon the testi
mony of young George Epps when
court opened Saturday morning. Epps
was called to the stand and made to
tell of the visit of a Georgian repor- q Didn't he aek you when waa tha
ter at his home Sunday eevrling, April last time either of yoy had aetn Mary
27. He was asked why he had not
told at that time his story of riding
to town with Mary Phagan on the
day she was killed. Epps declared
that he did not talk to the reporter.
The reporter, John Minar, was
called immediately after and testified
that he talked at length with both
the Epps boy and his sister in an
effort to determine who last had seen
the murdered girl and when. The re
porter declared that the slater re
plied that she had seen Mary Phagan
Thursday before, but that young
Epps, although present, said nothing,
except that he had seen the girl oc
casionally. Arnold questioned the
boy.
Q. Do you recollect the Sunday the
body was found?—A. Yes.
Q. Do you remember a gentleman,
a Mr. Minar. coming to your house
and talking to you and your sister?
—A. Yes.