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Uh NOTICE If you have any difficulty In buying Hearet's Sunday American anywhere In the South notify Circulation Manager. Hearst’s Sunday Ameri can, Atlanta. Ga. FLORDA EDITION VOL. I. NO. 19. Copyright, 1913, by The Georgian Company. ★ ★ ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1913. OIL LETTERS KILLED POLITICALLY, FI Exposes by William Randolph Hearst Responsible for Down fall, Declares Former Senator Before Senate Lobby Inquiry. Folly of Suffrage Shown by Dresses, Says Mrs. Marshall Vice President's Wife Believes Wom en Can Do»More Good Cor recting Cabarets. Official of National Manufactur ers’ Association Writes Demo cratic Simplicity Will Mean Union Label on U.S. Stationery. CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—Slashed skirts with the silhouette gown and other freaks of modern fashion are the worst enemies of the newly made voters of Illinois, and the cabaret and the tur key trot are more in need of reform than Chicago’s First Ward, in the opin ion of Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, wife of the Vice President, who was in Chi cago with her husband. Mrs. Marshall declared frankly that she was opposed to the municipal power recently granted to the women of Illi nois. Mrs. Marshall said: "I have never been a suffragist. To me the fashions of to-day ought to con vince any one that a woman is not fit to vote. Some women’s dress is not only extreme, It is objectionable. A womafi would do more good by cor recting the dances In our cafes and cabarets than in running for office. “The women In the East are not strongly in favor of the ballot, and none of the Cabinet women seems to fa vor It, with the exception, perhaps, of the President’s daughter. Miss Jessie Wilson.’’ WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Former Senator Foraker admitted to the Senate Lobby Committee to-day pub lication by William Randolph Hearst of the famous Standard Oil letters killed Foraker’s chances for re-elec tion to the Senate in 1908. After identifying a letter received from Martin M. Mitchell, the con fessed ex-lobbyist, making a report of political activities in Ohio in For aker’s behalf, the former Senator said: “It was the morning of the day Mr. Hearst’s disclosure was made public. An attack had been made on me oy Mr. Hearst which destroyed my chances of election, saying I had acted as counsel for the Standard Oil Company. This had created a senti ment in our State very prejudicial to I me. I continued as a candidate in the 1 campaign only because to retire from it after I had become a candidate ( would look like an admission that | there was some justification for the attack, whereas there waa not any.” Senator Foraker said Muhall, whom he had known thirty years, greatly overestimated his own importance. No Aid hrom N. A. M. Foraker said he had never received aid from the National Association of Manufacturers and while he received a fee of $500 for the part he played in the sale of the Union Pacific Rail road in 1896, he was not in the em ploy of either David Lamar or Ed - ward Lauterbach in an injunction case against f Union Pacific in 1903. The House Investigating Commit tee opened its probe with introduction of correspondence showing the activi ties of the National Association of Manufacturers in fighting labor legis lation in Congress and various at tempts to have “conservative" men named as members of House commit tees. Discussing the recent sundry civil bill, with its provision prohibiting the expenditure of certain funds for the prosecution of farmers and labor urtlor.s under the Sherman law. James A. Emery, counsel of the N. A. M., wrote to President John Kirby, Jr., of the association, on March 7, 1913, ‘after President Taft had vetoed the bill: “I want to emphasize as hard as I can the importance of lining up for a tremendous demonstration when this bill reaches President Wilson, as it undoubtedly will, with the same provision in }t. You will then have an early opportunity to decide wheth er the glittering Democratic motto, 'Equal right for all and special privilege for none,’ means anything or whether the Administration has surrendered completely or will merely turn over the Department of Labor. Objection to Secretary Wilson. “I note, by the way, your reference to a letter from C W. Post on the question of a protest over the ap pointment of Wilson (Secretary of Labor). A protest on this subject is a mere waste of breath, and on the whole I am inclined to think the whole purpose of this depart ment will be shown up quicker with the unions in control of it than in any other way. Gompers will run it characteristically with a high hand, and if the whole thing does not smeil to Heaven within a year I shall be very much astonished. “By that time Democrats simplic ity will probably mean a union label on the White House stationery and the President conferring with the Waiters' Union over the appointment of his steward. At present we havs nothing more startling in Jeffersonian simplicity than the news Mrs. Brytn is making a new suit for the Secre tary of State, and cakes and ginger ale will be served at the dinner for the B ritish Ambassador. Toothoicks will, of course, be an after dinner course at all Cabinet receptions, and the demand for dress suits will be confined to waiters in the hotels.” In this same letter Emery advised Kirby, “if you have any idea '"’aft would have vetoed this bill of his own motion, get over It. A list of public* men who had ‘pie’ in this $113,000,000 appropriation bill included many prominent men in both Houses.” Manuel Pawns His Father’s Decorations Former King of Portugal Unable to Struggle Along on Income of $100,000 a Year. &■ nn SAYS TABLET New Version of Genesis Found in University of Pennsylvania Nippur Collection. DATE IS FIXED AT 2100 B. Dr. Arno Poebel’s Discovery Is Regarded as Oldest Story of Origin of World. Special Cable to The American. LONDON, Aug. 9.—Despite his allow ance of $50,000 a year from King George and at least that sum from private sources, it is learned that former King Manuel, of Portugal, has been forced to pawn the decorations once belonging to his father. One of these decorations, a diamond cross with a large sapphire in the center, is still in the hands of a pawnbroker near Richmond, where Manuel is now staying with his mother, Queen Amelle. The fortunes of the dethroned mon arch will be recouped by his approach ing marriage. It is known that he is very extravagant and his mother is none too practical. The German Emperor has settled the puzzling question of how to treat the exiled monarch’s marriage to a German princess. He will allow Prince Eitel Frederick to attend as a special guest, but not as his personal representative. Slit Skirts Furnish Mosquito Clan With Choicest Barbecue Callie Hoke Smith Capital Debutante Make-up of First Democratic “Bud Bouquet" Puzzles Washington’s Younger Set. WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The make up of Washington first Democratic debutante bouquet is the question that is agitating the younger set. It is con fidently expected that Miss Genevieve Champ Clark, daughter of the Speaker, will be one of the buds, and Miss Fran ces Moore, the daughter of Clarence R Moore, one of the Titanlo heroes, an other. Resident society will furnish two at tractive debutantes, who are not only socially prominent, but from Democratic families as well. They are Miss Mar garet Britton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Britton and Miss Beatrice ClovA*. the youngest daughter of Rear Admiral Clover. A debutante from the Congressional set will be Miss Callie Hoke Smith, daughter of Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia. Other Congressional buds are the Misses Weaver, Church and Duval. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst Y. W. C. A. Benefactor Dedicates Camp at Pacific Grove, Cal., Which Her Generosity Made Possible. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 9.—It was a woman who created mankind, ac cording to a tablet 4,000 years old Just deciphered at the Pennsylvania University Museum by Dr. Arno Poebel, who is at work translating the tablets dug up in Nippur some years ago by the museum expedi tions. About 37 years ago George Smith, the English ccholar and explorer, brought back from Babylonia the cylinders which gave a Babylonian account of the origin of mankind and much of his early history, and these not only excited great interest but had a profound effect upon the the6logical teachings. The parallelism between the Babylonian story and that of Genesis developed a new school in theological criticism. But the cyl inders of Smith only dated back to the reign of Assurbanlpal in the eeventh century B. C. The university museum tablet dates back possibly to 2500 B. C., and it is reasonably certain to be no later than the reign of Hamurabi. abou^ 2100 B. C. Female Deity Created Man. The new account of the creation and the flood throw’s much new light on the early ideas of the Babylonians and Sumerians. The striking' novel features of the new’ tablet are these: That it was a female deity w’ho created mankind, known as “the blackheaded,” from the color of the hair. That new deities or new character istics of the gods are discovered in the original document, although they have been hinted at in other ways. The character of the female goddess is now made important from the ear liest times and equal with the two male ruler gods. Later tablets speak of these as unimportant. That the first seven prediluvian cities and the special god of each are discovered. That the older Babylonian name of the Scriptural Noah is Zingidda. That deluge ruins of the predelu- vian cities were not afl destroyed, some not until historic times. Ttrsre is historic basis to much of the state ment in this epic. Opens With Poem. Dr. Poebel has prepared a careful Not a move escapes this man’s restless eyes, though his face is calm. Trainload of Winsome Stenographers and Milliners Have to Tramp Through Stegomyla Belt. NEW YORK, Aug. 9 —“All those in favor of slit skirts, please stand up.” Millions of full grow’n mosquitoes and three or four little fellers were rushing wildly out of their apartment houses on he Flushing Meadows, about 7 o’clock last night, and took part in the most rollicking barbacue ever held in the East. Right in the middle of the salt grass waste were five cars of a Long Island Railroad train, stalled. The lights were out, men were running up and down shouting orders and Hushing was two miles away. After the train had stood for a few minutes, out of the passenger cars poured the choicest morsels of hu manity that Mr. and Mrs. Culex Pun- gens and the little Pungenses ever saw. There were stenographers, typewriters, cashiers, millinery attaches and buxom matrons. Slit skirts were numerous. In an endless procession the five hun dred and more suburbanites trailed over the ties toward Hushing. There is some style in the mosquito belt and every member of the family seemed to know at once which of the passengers was dressed a la mode. The squeals and slaps of the fair ones as they tried to stop the onslaught sounded like a tattoo. The procession lasted for more than two hours and when the last stenog rapher reached home a unanimous vote was taken declaring the mosquito a pest. Of course, there were some men along, but what self-respecting mosquito would bother with them at such a time? NEGRO FIRM IN ACCUSING FRANK +•+ ,+•■$ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ He Describes Slaying of Mary Phagan ►i- • v •{•#+ +#+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +K* +•+ +•+ Defense Begins Its Battle for Lite Leo Frank in his seat in the court room where he is fighting for life. DEL MONTE, CAL., Aug. 9 — Asllo- mar, the splendid new conference grounds of the California, Arizona and Nevada Young Women’s Christian As sociation, which occupies 30 acres of ground on the ocean shore near Pa cific Grove, was formally dedicated with a beautiful ceremony, including a pageant of 400 girls, typifying associa tion work. Mrs Phoebe Hearst, of San Francisco, whose generous assistance last year and this did much to make a permanent camp possible, gave the dedicatory ad dress and gave the conference grounds the name of Asilomar, which means “re treat.” ‘Uncle Joe' Shocks Staid ‘Down Easters’ Inquires if John Quincy Adams Were Sport, Then Changes the Subject. QUITMAN, MASS., Aug. 9.—Uncle Joe Cannon, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, who is a visitor here, shocked the natives by casually inquir ing if “one of these immortals had not been somewhat of a sport.” He referred to John Quincy Adams, but the shocked expressions and uplift ed hands showed him at once that he was treading on dangerous ground, whereat Mr. Cannon quickly changed the subject. Reporters on local newspapers tried in vain to g p t Unde Joe's opinion of pres ent day politics. Although Conley Admits Some Lying He Sticks to the Main Story Under Terrific Cross-Examination—Heat Causes Suffering in the Court. The prisoner is shown in the unconcerned attitude he assumes most of the time. literal translation of the tablet. It originally was about seven inches square, but on such a surface the ancients could w’rite in Ideographic signs a long epic poem, and that Is w’hat this table contained. Like the first chapter of Genesis, the story opens with a great poem on the origin of the heavens as well as of the earth. It appears that Nintu. a female god, created mankind, and she is found lamenting that the other gods seem bent on the destruction of her sub jects. She speaks of the human be ings as “my creations.” It appears that Anu and Enlll were the chief gods of pow’er, although they were among seven of equal rank, the first being god of heaven and the second god of earth. Then comes the story of the creation: “Nintu created the blackheaded,” (human race.) • • • “The fields of the ground produced abundance, the cattle and the four-legged beasts of the field artfully they (the gods) called into existence.” ADMITS HE’S DECENT IN ANSWERING MARRIAGE AD YONKERS, Aug. 9.—Reginald P. Shennan, editor of The Rye Courier, al ready has received one reply to the ad vertisement inserted in his paper by a “gentlewoman with large tract of land not far from Port Chester,” who is seek ing “an unselfish, decent, self-support ing man for a husband.” He turned the letter over to the ad vertiser, whose identity is being guard ed carefully. ..The letter bore a Brook lyn postmark. AUTOS EMPTY CHURCHES, SAY COUNTRY PREACHERS MANHATAN, KANS., Aug. 9.— The dwindling of the congregations ot country churches, due to the new era of automobiles, w’hich makes it easy for the rural residents to attend serv ices in nearby towns and cities, will be discussed at the Conference ot Rural Leaders. July 21 to 25, at the Kansas Agricultural College. Mem bers of the organization declare that Kansas now has about 1,200 aban doned churches in the farming dis tricts. Jack London Puts Joke on His Appendix Novelist Tells the Latest on Former Part of Himself and What’s Left. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 9.—Here is the latest Joke Jack London, the fa mous author, is telling on himself: London was* operated on recently for appendicitis. After the ordeal the surgeon held up the severed ap pendix in his fingers for the patient to see. The author looked at it thoughtfully then grinned and said: “It was a case of all alone in Lon don, wasn’t, it. doc?” 1 By TARLETON COLLIER. Leo Frank’s lawyers, beginning their fight in his defense, di rected their case into an attack on the testimony of the State’s wit nesses. Most of the testimony they produced was in contradiction to tiie circumstantial evidence brought to bear by the prosecution, and in denial of many statements already made. The State practically closed its case with the evidence of Jim Conley, the negro sweeper, who declared that he helped Frank dispose of the body of Mary Phagan, the girl whom he swore Frank killed. The testimony of the few State witnesses who fol lowed the negro was much of an anti-climax, coming as it did after a story that was thrilling; in the extreme. C. B. Dalton, who said he had been with Frank in several esca pades in which girls were con cerned, and Dr. II. F. Harris, of the State Board of Health, who testified as to the, condition of Mary Phagan’s body, were the important witnesses who fol- owed Conley for the State. Negro Endures Ordeal. But Conley’s - testimony em bodied the prosecution’s strength. The negro, a man of the most common African type, burly, thick-lipped, anthropoi- dal, sat for three days in the wit nessed chair, and endured the most exacting ordeal ever forced upon a witness in a court of law. The cross-examination of Luther Rosser and Reuben Arnold, law yers for the defense, was sav age and pitilesa at times. The negro, in spite of an apparent lack of intelligence and brain- force, showed the strain. He sat unmoved of body, but perspira tion beaded his face. The ex amination told on him. But he stuck persistently to the main part of his story. Coolly, calmly, almost nonchal antly, he admitted that he had lied time and again in his testi mony, that he had not told tha truth in making affidavits dam aging to Frank during the in-, vestigations preliminary to the trial. But his significant accu sations against the white man, his former “boss,” he maintain ed were true. Of his testimony that remain ed unshaken when he finally wa» discharged Wednesday after noon, these facts were promi nent: On the morning of April 26, at Frank’s behest, he had taken his station at the door of the National Pencil Company building, to watch. Frank was upstairs in his office, at the front of the build ing. Mary Phagan entered at his door and went upstairs. He heard footsteps as if someone walked from the front of the building to the rear, upstairs. Soon after he was summoned by Frank, who told him that a girl was hurt. He found Mary Phagan in the lathe room, at the rear of the building, dead. Together he and Frank bore the body to the cellar. With numerous details the negro embellished this story. Time and again Luther Rosser forced the negro to admit that he had lied about this fact or that, but, although coaxed and browbeaten, the negro maintained steadfastly his main charge against Frank. Words Have Dramatic Force. He repeated it persistently, with the appearance of earnest ness that is common to the ignorant members of his race. He talk ed and gesticulated in a manner to show that he was indeed illit erate and ignorant. But in the very simplicity of his words and manner there was a dramatic force, particularly when he was telling his story under the direction of the Solicitor General. “I wrapped up her body like a bundle of dirty clothes,” he said. It was one of many of his statements that, told with simple directness, thrilled those that heard. The prosecution allowed him to tell his §tojy unchecked. But I '.‘i