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f 1 NOTICE If you have any difficulty In buying Hear-t’j Sunday American anywhere in the South notify Circulation Manager. Hearst’a Sunday Ameri can. Atlanta. Ga. VOL. I. NO. 19. Copyright, 1913, by Geo The Georgian Company ★★★★ ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY. AUGUST 10, 1013. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Ambassador Sends Mysterious Message to Commander of Fleet for Meeting Immediately on His Arrival at the Mexican Port, Alabama Burglar Caught in Florida James Duncan Charged With Rob bing Telephone Exchange and At tacking Operator at Center. HOME, Aug. 9.—Wanted for rob bing the telephone exchange at Pied mont, Ala., near here, and for attack ing the operator, Miss Belle Kirk patrick, Jim Duncan has been cap tured in Miami, Fla. Duncan is alleged to have commit ted the crime on June 10. Miss Kirk patrick was badly injured hy the ne gro, it is claimed. She was bound and gagged with a stick. She suffered a nervous breakdown from the effects of the injuries, and for a while it was feared she would not survive. A heavy reward will be paid. Huerta Maintains Iron-Hand Atti tude in Spite of International Menace From Revolutionary Ar mies and Threatened Coercion. Ellis Gets Hearing Monday for Killing Twenty-eight Witnesses Summoned at Birmingham for Preliminary Hearing of Roney’s Slayer. Special Cable to The American. VERA CRUZ, MEX., Aug. 9.—John E. Lind, special envoy to Mexico, ar rived here at 1 o’clock this afternoon on the battleship New Hampshire. He was at once transferred to the battle ship Louisiana. BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 9.—Twenty- eight witnesses were summoned to-day for the preliminary trial of Ed Ellis, gambler, who two weeks ago shot and killed Pat Roney, of Montgomery, an other gambler, and said to be a gun man, on the streets of Birmingham. The trial is set for Monday after noon before Judge Abernethy, of the Court of Common Pleas. It is claim ed that the killing was the result of a gamblers' feud in which two men had been killed at Montgomery. VERA CRUZ, Aug. 9.—Captain Snowden, of the battleship New Hampshire, at the direction of John Lind, Special Ambassador from Pres ident Wilson to Mexico, to-day sent the following wireless to Admiral Fletcher, commander of the flotilla*of United States warships in the har bor here: “Governor Lind wishes to see the United States Consul and Admiral Fletcher immediately upon his arrival at Vera Cruz Saturday. Governor Lind will not go to Mexico City until Sunday.” Sensational rumors were circulated as to the cause for the conference. The New Hampshire will probably ar rive this evening. Militia Company Asks for Discharge Selma Soldiers Say State’s Support Is Insufficient to Maintain Organization. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 9.—Maintain ing his iron hand attitude in spite of international menace from revolution ary armies and threatened coercion, Provisional President Huerta to-day continued his diplomatic battle with the United States by giving orders to draft another note of protest against the coming of Special Ambas sador Lind, unless the United States recognizes Mexico or halts Mr. Lind before he arrives in this city. Situation Is Ten§«. A tense situation exists here pend ing the arrival of Mr. Lind, who has been retarded by the State Depart ment at Washington. Huerta’s hope that defiance of the United States might break down the revolutionary spirit in the north seems to have been futile, according to a message from General Venys- tiano Carranza, leader of the rebels. This was a reply to overtures to Carranza to join his forces to the j regular army in the event of a “for- | eign invasion.” However, Huerta has gained fresh followers among the rad ical element by his deflance of Pres ident Wilson. Supporters of the pro visional president charge that the United States is preparing to act as it did in Cuba. Sensational reports were current to day relative to the diplomatic mission of General Felix Diaz to Tokio. Os tensibly Diaz is going to thank the Japanese Government for its repre sentation at the Mexican centennial, but the belief is growing that Japan has consented to make a treaty with Mexico, and that Diaz is really a spe cial ambassador. This treaty, it Is reported, has to do with a league of common interests and not with com mercial right. It follows the move ment of the Government to Invite 50,- 000 Japanese emigrants here to colo nize the state of Morelos, which has been nearly depopulated by the re bellion. Insists on Recognition. WheUrer Huerta has any more cards to play in his diplomatic fight agains* outside interference with Mexican af fairs is a question known only to the provisional President and his closes, advisers. Huerta insists on “recog- I nition and no parley,” but the Gov ernment is not in condition to enforce his threat by war. The national treasury is nearly de pleted, and the army material of the country has been thinned to a mini mum by three years of revolution. By diplomacy, however, he might still be able, by playing upon the Latin-American republics’ fear of an nexation and upon the hc.stility of foreign powers to the spirit of the Monroe Doctrine, to force the United States into a compromising position. Even Nelson O’Shaughnessy, Charge d’Affaires of the United States Em bassy here, is not acquainted with the details of Mr. Lind’s mission. He has so informed the Mexican Foreign Minister. SELMA, Aug. 9.—Company C, the Abbott Rifles, for ten years one of the most perfectly drilled militia compa nies in the State, wdll ask immediate honorable discharge from the com- mander-tn-chief of the Alabama Na tional Guard, Governor Emmet O’Neal. Captain L. C. Boggs 4ieads the company now. The officers complain that the State support is not sufficient to keep up the company, w'hich has long been Selma's pride. Sues for $3,000 Worth of Whisky 8elma Police Chief Defendant Litigation Growing Out of Prohibition Raid. In SELMA, Aug. 9.—Papers were served on Chief of Police E. T. Wal ters this afternoon in a suit to re cover 98 packages of whisky held by the city. It was taken In a raid on the home ot Ira Jefferson, a ne gro, a year ago. The whisky is val ued at more than $3,000. Jefferson served time on the roads after conviction for having the whis ky in his possession in violation of the prohibition laws. Court to Probe Five Slayings Next Month Birmingham Court Docket Contains 169 Case6—700 Witnesses Are Summoned. Dodges One Train; Killed by Another BIRMINGHAM. Aug. 9.—As O. C. Greer stepped off a track of the Louis ville and Nashville Railroad at Dolo mite, a few miles south of Birming ham, to-day to get out of the way of a train, he stepped In front of a Southern Railway train and was killed instantly. Green was 35 years old and un married. Do Yoy Know ? The Greatest Fortress See First L\ c Alabama Faces Political Problem as Result of the Death of J. F. Johnston. HOBSON ALREADY IN RACE Amendment Providing for Direct Election Causes Doubt as How to Fill Vacancy. Slit Skirts Furnish Mosquito Clan With Choicest Barbecue FRANK OR CONLEY? STILL QUESTION !*•+ *!*•*!• :-•+ *!-•-!- +•+ +•+ Tralnload of Winsome Stenographers and Milliners Have to Tramp Through Stegomyia Belt. Issue Firmly Drawn Between Two Men NEW YORK, Aug 9.—“All those In favor of silt skirts, please stand up.” Millions of full grown mosquitoes and three or four little fellers were rushing wildly out of their apartment houses on he Flushing Meadows, about 7 + • + *•* BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 9—Alabama to-day faces a political problem which is exciting the keenest interest all over the country. With the death of Joseph Forney Johnston, senior United States Senator from Alabama, gossip is rife concerning his succes sor. Conjecture has been complicat ed as a result of the recent amend ment to the Federal Constitution pro viding for the popular election of United States Senators. There is much more at stake than that, however. The death of Senator Johnston has created an acute situation in the Na tional Senate, where the tariff pro moters have but a bare Democratic working majority with which to pass the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill It has become Imperative that every Democratic seat be filled. O’Neal Asks Advice. A vacancy exists. Political leader* in the State realize the gravity of the situation and It Is for this rea son alone that Governor O’Neal tele graphed to Attorney Genera! Mc- Reynolds to ascertain the proper pro cedure in naming a successor. A sealed reply has been received, but its contents are being withheld by Attorney General Brickell until the dead Senator has been buried. In the meantime politicians arc gueaeing. Some, who keep in dost* touch with affairs of state, hold that the Governor may make an appoint ment; while others are of the de cided opinion that no such appoint ment can be made under the present Federal law without the ratification of the Legislature. In this connection it 1s pointed out the present Alabama Legislature even if called together might not be able to elect bec ause of existing vacancies. Oscar Underwood, the floor leader in the House, and framer of‘the pres ent tariff law, is being most promi nently mentioned as a successor to Senator Johnston. John B. Knox, a warm friend and supporter of Gover nor O’Neal, and for a long time prom inent in Alabama politics, is another whom the political forecasters are watching closely. Although Mr. Knox, who is sum mering In Massachusetts has thus o’clock last night, and took part in the most rollicking barbacue ever held ir. 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 Flushing 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. Silt skirts were numerous. In an endless procession the five hun dred and more suburbanites trailed over the ties toward Flushing. 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? Crime Definitely Fixed on One of Pair BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 9—The Sep tember Grand Jury docket has been set fur the first two weeks of the month, the jury to be organized and charged by Judge Fort on Septem ber 1. There are 169 cases already on the docket and 30 more, including five murder cases, are to be put in. Thus far 700 witnesses have been summoned. O. C. Greer, 35 Years Old, Meets Tragic Death at Dolomite, Near Birmingham. Famous Case to Solve Mystery of Slaying of Mary Phagan Enters Its Third Week With Public Opinion Constantly Shifting. By AN OLD POLICE REPORTER. The second week of the trial of Leo Frank, charged with the murder of Mary Pliagan in the National Pencil Factory on the aft ernoon of April 26, came to a close Saturday noon. The State \s ease has been entirely made up in its primary as pects, and the defense has gone into its story of the great crime sufficiently to make clear both its theory and probable line of deeding. ie public, as the case has progressed, has been swayed this way and that, and to-day the remarkable mystery of Mary Phagan’s untimely and tragic end remain/!, Not a move escapes this man’s restless eyes, though his face is calm. in hundreds of minds, quite as much of a mystery as ever. The Battle Is a See-Saw. The State has had its good days anil its bad days, and the defense lias met the same fate. At times things have s°'u.ri dismally dark and gloomy L.r Frank, while at other times the clouds apparently have lifted from about him decidedly. has been made This much , * clear: far given no Indication of being an aspirant, yet it is said to be practically certain that he will be in the race. He was defeated three years ago by Senator Bankhead, Junior Alabama Senator. There are still others also. Frank P. Glass editor of The Birmingham New?, and one of the “Original Wil son men.” is thought to have a splen did chance at the .uenatorship in case Governor O'Neal is permitted to ap point, as he Is one of O’Neal’s warm est friends. J. Thomas Heflin, pres ent Congressman, is another, as are also William I>. Jelks, former Gov ernor, and Captain Frank S. White, one of Birmingham’s most prominent lawyers. Of course, there is another pos sibility—Richmond Pearson Hobson, hero of the Merrimac—who had been conducting a most vigorous campaign succeed Senator Johnston. Of ADMITS HE’S DECENT IN ANSWERING MARRIAGE AD to course Hobson will continue his race —he will not receive the appointment from Governor O’Neal, for they are bitter political enemies. Former Governor Comer may make a race against Hobson. Should this happen Alabama will see one of the moMt spectacular political fights in the history of the State. YONKERS. Aug. 9—Reginald I*. 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- I iyn 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, which makes it ea?y for the rural residents to attend serv ices in nearby towns and cities, will be discussed at th^ 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 dia- tricU. L Either Leo Frank will he shown to be responsible for the death of Mary Phagan, or Jim Conley will. The one is the heart and soul of the State’s contention, and the other is the heart and soul of the defense’s contention. Frank is battling not only to clear himself but to convict Conley. Conley is battling not only to clear himself, but to conVict Frank. The only difference is that Con ley, although not yet indicted, expects to be convicted as an ac cessory after the fact of the murder, in any event, whereas Frank, alraedy indicted, ex pects to come absolutely clear and free of all possible connec tion with the crime. The one has a heretofore good name to restore in all of its un blemished integrity, the other has merely his present reputa tion for criminal inclination to preserve against sinister enlarge ment. The issue has been sharply and indelibly drawn—it is either Leo Frank’s life for Mary Phagan’s, or it is Jim Conley’s. The State has shown, or has endeavored to show the follow ing things: THAT Frank, shortly after noon on April 26, and before five minutes past noon, lured Mary Phagan, for an immoral purpose, to the rear of the second floor of the National Pencil Factory, and there, because she would not yield to his desires and demands.) he knocked her down and immediately thereafter strangled her to death with a small cord, about one-eighth of an inch in thickness. THAT after strangling her, Frank remained with her dead body until after a girl caller in his office had departed, when he tiptoed to the front of the floor whereupon the murder had been consummated, and secured the help of a negro sweeper, Jim Conley, employed about the place, to dispose of the body. THAT Conley, under the direction of Frank, wrapped the dead body in a piece of heavy cloth, carried it to the elevator, and thence on the elevator to the basement, where it was placed in an Jack London Puts Jok6 On His f upondix °k scure comer in the rear, later to be found by Newt Lee, a negro ^ night watchman, generally held guiltless of direct connection with 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 \va.« operated on recentlv 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 .t thoughtfully then grinned and said: “It was a case of all alone in Lon don, wasn’t it, doc?” the crime itself. THAT Frank, after hiding the body, with Conley’s assistance, then induced Conley to write and place beside the dead girl cer tain illiterate notes fixing the crime, in so far as they might, upon some other person than either Frank or Conley, and that Frank} for Conley’s services, paid him the sum of $2.50, but not until he had first paid him $200, which was withdrawn under promise to restore that sum later. THAT Frank had an L rstanding with Conley, whereby Conley was to return to the . p ^ry later in the afternoon on Satur day and burn the body, in the basement furnace, but that Conley