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VOL. XII. NO. 7.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 11,1913.
opyrlght. _
By The Georgian Co.
2 PFVTQ PAY NO
MORE
Dangles Unconscious in Tree Half
Hour Before Being Rescued.
Burned, but Will Live.
With his mother and hundreds of
neighbors looking on and unable to
help him, 8-year-old Max Roseberry,
son of J. R. Roseberry, of 448 East
Georgia avenue, clung to a live wier
in the topmost branches of a tree in
front of his home for more than a
half-hour Monday morning, with
thousands of volts of electricity shoot
ing through his body.
The- child was finally rescued by a
street car motorman, who, protected
with rubber gloves, climbed the tree
and cut. the wire at the risk of en
tangling himself. Unconscious the
boys was lowered from the tree and
placed in the arms of his mother.
The little finger of the boy’s right
hand was burned completely off. and
the third finger was about half gone.
He was badly burned on the bottom
of the feet, and was so badly shocked
that he remained unconscious almost
an hour.
Dr. W. H. Wright, who amputated
two fingers, stated that the boy will
live.
* The little boy climbed to the top of
the tree about 8 o’clock from a small
playhouse in the lower branches. The
i\ed wires of the Georgia avenue
street car line dun through the upper
bran hes of the tree, and Max, losing
his balance, to save himself, grabbed
one of the live wires. He was unable
* to let loose.
The lad’s screams aroused the
neighborhood, and several hundred
people gathered. Hordor-stricken at
the sight of the child writhing help
lessly with his right hand clasping
the wire, the men in the crowd tried
in even’ conceivable way to get the
boy down.
Before an electrician could be found
or a pair of rubber gloves that would
enable someone to rescue him the bey
had become unconscious and hung
limn and a^oarenth' lifeless.
The absence of a pair of rubber
gloves prevented the rescue of the
child for half an hour, and then a
street car came alon? whose motor-
man had a pair of rubber gloves. He
climbed the tree and cut the wire.
Visitors HearSheldon
Id Fine Organ Recital
More than 2,000 music lovers. In
cluding many delegates to the South
ern Merchants' Convention, heard
Charles A. Sheldon give one of the
best organ recitals of the year at the
Auditorium Sunday afternoon under
the auspices of the Atlanta Music
Festival Association.
A series of variations on "Old
Folks at Home,” with elaborate op
eratic and classical selections, formed
the feature of the concert. Many con
sider Mr. Sheldon at his best in this
class of music. His rendition of the
old favorite, with the beautiful and
difficult variations, was received with
acclaim.
Isadora Duncan Will
Not Quit the Stage
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Aug. 11.—Isadore Duncan
has changed her mind about with
drawing from the srtage. She will
leave soon for South America, where
she is under contract.
In a letter to a friend she says that
for some time she was haunted by
the idea of death. At night she saw-
visions of three black birds and once
she heard the Funeral March of
Chopin.
She consulted a doctor who told
her she was suffering from nerves.
He prescribed a tonic.
NEVER HAD OWN TEETH.
VERSAILLES. KY., Aug. 11.—
tieorge Morlev, a farmer, 70 years
old, has never had any teeth of his
own. When Morley was 3 years old
doctors found he would never have
natural teeth.
Sylvia Pankhurst
Captured in Fierce
Riot of Militants
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LONDON, Aug. 11.—"You women
are overstepping the ordinary bounds
of lawlessness—you are becoming an
archists,’’ said the magistrate in Bow
Street Police Court to-day In sentenc
ing militant suffragettes who took
part in street fighting yesterday when
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst led a mob of
10,000 women in an assault upon the
residence of Premier Asquith.
Sunday’s fighting was the bloodiest
of all militant riots. Screaming and
struggling with maniacal fury the suf
fragettes and their bodyguard of hired
dock workers gave the police such a
furious contest that more than 50 per
sons were hurt.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst had a spe
cial bodyguard of men, but her es
cort was overpowered and she was
taken to Holloway jail.
Hope of Early Vote on
Tariff Bill Given Up
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—AH pre
dictions of an early passage of the
Democratic tariff bill by the Senate
are going glimmering. Majority lead
ers realize that, notwithstanding the
fact that they have set a new record
In pushing consideration of this meas
ure, only a beginning has been made,
and the earliest anyone now will
promise completion of the task is
September 15.
Ten days ago. when a member of
the Finance Committee Maid he
thought the Senate would pass the bill
by August 20. there were some who
thought it might be possible, but only
four schedules have now been con
sidered. 36 paragraphs in these hav
ing been passed over for future con
sideration.
Chicago Bakes One
Hour, Shivers Next
CHICAGO, Aug. 11.—Chill winds
which brought autumn weather gave
Chicago its first real relief from a
week of Intense heat to-day. The
comparative cold became so severe
that much sickness was caused. The
temperature standing at 93 at 7
o’clock Saturday evening dropped un
til to-day the mercury hovered near
65.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 11.—Cool,
clear weather here to-day ended
seven days of torturing heat. Crops
in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma
still are in danger from the drouth.
Temperatures all over Kansas and
Missouri were around the 100 mark
yesterday.
Steeplejack’s Wife
Stops a Good Show
CHICAGO, Aug. 11.—Steeplejack
Edmond Von Kaenel lost a $100 wager
to-day. He bet with a friend that he
could slide head-first down a pair of
ropes from the eighth floor of the
Reaper Building to the ground. He
trid and the ropes failed to work
properly. Hundreds of startled per
sons In the loop district saw the man
high in the air change his position
and slide down the ropes feet fore
most.
Von Kaenel said he would try again
for the $100. Mrs. Doris Von Kaenel
said he shouldn’t. He didn’t.
Diver in Death Battle
Kills Giant Devil Fish
SEATTLE. Aug. 11.—Walter Mc-
Ray, a driver, had a 45-minute fight
with a devil fish 85 feet below the
surface of the water.
McRay every now and then tele
phoned the progress of the fight.
When he finally gave the signal and
was hoisted up the tentacles of the
dead fish were around him. He had
stabbed it eleven times before he was
able to strike It in a vital place.
The body of the fish measured nine
feet in circumference.
Slays Wife While
Crazed by Liquor
LEXINGTON, Aug. 11.—Report
from McGoffin County, Kentucky, to
day says Allen Howard, attacked by
delirium tremens, after a prolonged
spree, shot his wife dead in his frenzy
at their home when she tried to
quiet him.
Howard escaped to the mountains.
A posse is in pursuit.
FACE NIGHT
Hurled Into Store, Explosive
Starts Fire Which Destroys
Business Section.
CASTLEBERRY, ALA., Aug. 11.—A
bomb thrown into the Skinner Hard
ware Company building here last
night demolished that store, and fire
which followed destroyed the entire
block In which the Skinner store was
located. The loss is $50,000, par
tially covered by insurance.
Early to-day the Sheriff from
Greenville and a posse of regular and
special deputies arrested a negro,
charging him with being the man
who placed the bomb in the Skinner
building. While the officers claim to
have strong evidence against the
black man. they have not stated what
it is. The feeling against the ac
cused is running high, and it Is re
ported that the negro has been spir
ited away by two deputies to prevent
any possibility of a lynching.
The buildings destroyed are as fol
lows: Skinner Hardware Company,
loss $6,000. insurance $3,000; Meach-
am & Kirkland drug store, loss $3,000.
insurance, $1,500; S. E. Berharn
clothing store, loss $3,500. insurance
$1 ,000; People’s Bank, all fixtures
lost, but vault and valuables saved;
House & Balliard barber shop, loss
about $500.
Mr. Skinner owned all of the build
ings destroyed. The offices of the
Mayor and «t number of the city offi
cials were in the bank building. They
lost their office fixtures.
Practically all of the residents were
attending church when the explosion
occurred, and turned out in a body to
fieht the fire, their efforts conflnfnr
the blaze to the one block. There is
no regular fire department In the
town.
No reason can be assigned for the
motive of the person or persons m
throwing the bomb into the store, un
less it was due to some grudge against
some of the occupants.
Dancer Slapped by
Pavlova Quits Her
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Aug. II.—Novikoff, for
merly Pavlova’s cavalier, explaining
the Incident Thursday night when
Pavlova slapped hls face In view of
the audience at the Palace Theater,
said:
"A few days ago I told Pavlova of
the possibility of my being unable to
go with her to America owing to the
doctor’s advice to take a long rest.
Apparently this prospect annoyed
her."
According to Novikoff. he has de
cided to go to Russia and never dance
with Pavlova again.
Prince Robbed of
$25,000 in Jewels
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Aug. 11.—Jewels valued
at more than $25,000 have been stolen
from Prince Alexander of Battenberg
it was learned to-day. The thieves
in some way gained admission to the
Prince’s compartment on a train and
removed the jewels between Hull and
Kensington Palace.
Scotland Yard Is conducting a most
searching investigation, but thus far
no results have been reported.
Livery Men Unite to
Combat Motor Car
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 11—A $280,000
corporation 1b being formed in St.
Loula, it is said, to take over practi
cally all the undertaking and livery
establishments In the city.
This amalgamation, it la said, is
deemed necessary by the liverymen
to avoid further loss to their business
from the encroachments of the motor
car, which has almost eliminated liv
ery rigs as pleasure vehicles,
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Assembly Has Only Four Days to
Increase Revenue and Re
form Tax System.
With only four days remaining in
which to dispose of many important
measures, night sessions of the Leg
islature during the coming week not
only loom up as a probability, but
leaders In the House and Senate re
gard them as absolutely Imperative if
this session of the General Assembly
is to be spared the reputation of hav
ing done less real work than any ses
sion In the history of the State.
Several attempts were made to hold
night sessions of the House last week,
but each time they were lost in a
maze of motions that turned the ef
forts into a Joke. It is probable that a
motion for a night session of the
House last Friday night, made by
Slater of Bryan, would have prevailed
had not Picquet of Richmond poked
fun at the motion and offered as a
substitute that the House convene at
12:30 and remain in session until
daybreak.
Tax Fight in Prospect.
A reaumption of the fight for tax
reform, defeated In the House by the
forces of Sheppard of Sumter and
Stovall of Elbert, is expected to en
liven the closing days of the session.
After a battle that has been more or
less in evidence throughout the entire
session, and which has had an effect
on practically all measures Intro
duced, the House passed what Is
known as the Sheppard substitute to
the original Lipscomb and Ways and
Means Committee bill.
The substitute Is regarded as ab
solutely useless so far as reforming
the taxation system of the State is
concerned, and it is considered certain
that it will be defeated In the Senate.
The Senate committee In charge of
the bill already has prepared a sub
stitute to the Sheppard bill, which
provides for a State Tax Commission
er instead of only the county boards
of the Sheppard bill.
Substitute to Crsats Strife.
This substitute, when It comes back
to the House, is expected to precipi
tate a fight as great or even greater
than that which developed over the
original bill. It is generally under
stood that the forces of Mr. Sheppard
and Mr. Stovall will fight to the limit
any attempt to pass a real tax revi
sion measure, and friends of the Sen
ate substitute are Just as determined
that it shall pass.
The House during the closing days
of the session also will have an op
portunity to pass two administration
measures which were defeated last
week by the "dry-antl-tax reform
combine” Fullbrfrht of Burke secured
on Friday a reconsideration of the ac
tion of the House in defeating the
two bills, which provide for consti
tutional amendment* limiting the
school levy to 2 1-2 m ! lls and the pen
sion levy to 11-2 mills, and it Is tho
Intention of the Rules Committee io
place them on the calendar for con
sideration before the close of the ses
sion.
Committee to Rush Bills.
Akin of Glenn, chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee and a
member of the Rul°s Committee, said
Saturday that the committee will en
deavor to have them ready for the
House either Monday or Tuesday.
With the backbone of the combine
broken through the efforts of Speak
er Burwell, who has been trying
throughout the session to put through
a program of constructive legislation,
indications are that the amendment*
will pass and that the people will have
an opportunity to vote upon them at
the next election. The amendment
bills require a two-thirds vote to pass,
and lacked only sixteen votes of ob
taining the majority when they were
defeated. Many of the members of
the House have gone to Speaker Bur-
well and assured him that they will
reverse their vote when the bills are
brought up again for consideration.
It Is understood that efforts will
also be made to obtain a reconstdera
tion of the action of the House In de
feating Governor Slaton’s bills pro
viding for an extra tax levy In 1916
and 1916, and It is thought if the
efforts are successful, this bill also
will pass.
The three bille have been Introduced
into the Senate, and it is probable
that they will be passed simultaneous
ly by both branches of the legisla
ture.
Whether any more efforts will be
made to bring out the Hlxon-Searcy
bill, which occasioned one of the most
bitter fights of the session in the
House last week, is not known.
PINKERTON MAN WHO
TESTIFIES FOR FRANK
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Indications were strong that the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged
with the murder of Mary Phagan, would be in progress from ten
days to two weeks longer when the third week began Monday
morning.
Solicitor Dorsey had not yet completed his cross examination
of Herbert O. Schiff, assistant to Frank at the National Pencil
factory, when court reconvened. Schiff had made an excellent wit
ness for the defense and it had been impossible for the Solicitor’
to make much headway in developing circumstances incriminating
to the defendant.
Mrs. Jacob Selig, aunt of Leo Frank, was the third woman
visitor of his family to the court Monday morning. She had a
seat near the prisoner and his mother and wife.
Before court convened Frank asked permission to examine
the paper model of the National Pencil Company that' ha_ been
offered in evidence by the defense. He spent some thirty minutes
closely examining this model.
Frank was in court early. His wife and mother came in and
kissed him, taking seats on either side of him.
It was reported around the
courtroom that the jury would
be taken to visit, the National
Pencil Company building. Attor
ney Reuben Arnold for the de
fense said that he personally
| would be very glad for the jury
~ j to make the examination. Solici-
South Carolina Governor Sends ^ or j) orsP y 8a j ( j j, e ^id not know
whether he would consent.
Just before Schiff was recalled to
j the stand Mr. Arnold announced that
Miss Hattie Hall, stenographer for
BLEUSE LAWYERS
here nil mm
Attorneys to Argue Requisition
Before Governor Slaton.
L. P. Whitfield, Pinkerton man, who will testify to finding
bludgeon and part of a pay envelope behind radiator on first floor
of factory. The defense will offer the “finds” to the jury without
making any great claims for their importance or genuineness.
Abolish City Courts
In Butts County
JACKSON, Aug 11.—No legislation
affecting Butts County has been fol
lowed with any greater interest than
the bills to abolish the City Courts jf
Flovilla and Jackson. From the time
the Grand Jury recommended that
these courts be abolished there has
been a fight made by the friends of
the courts. Both of these local ineas*
urea have now passed the House an i
Senate and are up to Governor Sla
ton.
Butts is the only county in Georgia
with two city courts.
Mrs. Oelrichs, Noted
Beauty, Under Knife
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 11.—Mrs.
Charles DeLoosey Oelrichs. often
called the most beautiful woman of
Newport, underwent a serious ab
dominal operation at the Newport
Hospital.
Mrs. Oelrichs was stricken sudden
ly, and there was alarm in the sum
mer colony when the news spread
that she was In the hospital.
Big Crowds Attend
Holiness Meeting
JACKSON, Aug. 11—The first Sun
day of the ten-day session of the In
dian Springs Holiness Camp Meet
ing saw one of the largest crowds
that has ever attended on this occa
sion. It Is estimated that from 500
to 800 automobiles were in line dur
ing the oay. By private conveyances
and by rail hundreds of others came.
Next Sunday, the closing day. an
even larger number of people is ex
pected.
Turner To Be Tried
For Life in Butts
JACKSON, Aug. U.—On the chary*
of being an accomplice in the mur
der of Jesse Single)' at Indian Sprint;*
two years ago. Alonso Turner will be
tried in Butts Superior Court next
week. Bill Turner, his father, was
executed for this murder in 1911, and
his brother is new serving a life sen
tence for complicity in It.
Refuses Freedom to
Go to Wife’s Funeral
TERRE HAUTE, IND., Aug. 11 —
William Record, who killed Joseph
Gilbert, an aged citizen, who had con-
ttnued to employ him many years
after drinking habits caused separa
tion from hls family, refused to leave
Jail to attend the funeral of his wife.
Hls grown son visited him in Jail.
Record said he had not seen'hls
wife for five years and did not be
lieve he iared to go to her funeral.
Given Up to Die at
29, He’s Hale at 101
NEWBURGH, N. Y. Aug. 11.—
William T. Osborne, of this city, Just
celebrated hls 101st birthday. When
Osborne was 29 four doctors told him
he was a hopeless consumptive and
would not live six months. The four
doctors are dead.
The centenarian never smoked ot
drank and is enjoying perfect health.
With attorneys representing the
State of South Carolina and attor
neys representing the defendant pres
ent, Governor John M. Slaton Mon
day morning began hearing argument
on the requisition papers Issued by
Governor Blease for J. J. Zachry, of
Augusta, who is charged with kid
naping his own child.
Georga Rembert, of Columbia, and
C. E. Dunbar, of Augusta, represent
ing Governor Biease, it is understood,
will hold that Judge Gary exceeded
his authority in granting to Zachry
the custody of the child. Frances,
whom he Is charged with kidnaping,
and that Zachry violated the law by-
taking the child out of South Caro
lina.
The warrant for non-support is
understood to be based on the fact
that the custody of the Zachry chil
dren rested in Zachry, who, it is al
leged. deserted the younger child.
Zachry claims that he furnished or
tried to furnish funds to Mrs. Zachry
for the support of this child.
Zachry is represented by C. H. Co
hen and Hamilton Phintzy, of Augus
ta, and John T. West, of Thompson.
The case hae attracted widespread
interest, as it involves the first official
communication between Governor
Slaton and Governor Rlense.
Clayton Leads for
Senate in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM. Auk 11.—Until a
late hour last night and starting again
at an early hour to-day State poli
ticians. Including Governor O’Neul.
gathered her** because of the funeral
of the late Senator Joseph F. John
ston. were in conference as to the
mode of procedure in the appoint
ment of a successor to the Senator.
Early to-day the conclusions were
that the Governor has a right to ap
point a successor. Congressman Hen
ry D. Clayton has the lead.
TO OPEN NEW ROAD.
JONE8UORO.— The Clayton Coun
ty Commissioners have ordered a
public road opened at tho Fayette
County line, Intersecting with the
College Bark road and the road run
ning from near Colonel Weavers
residence.
wide.
The road will be 25 feet
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Montag Brothers, who was at the
factory Saturday. April 26. to take
some dictation from Frank, probably
would be the next witness. Solicitor
Dorsey resumed his cross-examina
tion of Schiff.
Schiff’t "Darta” Puzzlea Dorsey.
Q. Mr. Schiff, of course you don’t
know to your personal knowledge that
this finance sheet was made up on
Saturday?—A. It couldn't hav e been
made up before.
Q. Why?—A. I had not accumu
lated the "darta’’ tdata) Friday, as 1
always did.
Q. The what?—A. The data (pro
nouncing it as though it were
‘‘darta.’’)
Mr. Arnold Interrupted: "He means
data."
Mr. Dorsey aaid he didn’t know
whether Schiff meant data or some
sort of sheet he was accustomed to
making out. #
CJ. Couldn’t you take the data gaih
ered by Miss Eula May Flowers and
the others and have gotten up this
sheet?—A. I think I might have.
Frank Not an Expert, He Saye. %
<4. You haven’t made up one since
Frank left?—A. No: simply because
wo have not had time.
Q. Don’t you consider him an ex
pert?—A. I do not.
The defense planned to continue its
determined attack against the stor>
and accusations of Jim Conley after
Schiff left the stand. By some of the
State’s witnesses, as well as its own.
it had shown that the negro either
had withheld or lied about many of
the details even after ho had made
his third affidavit, in which he ac
cused Frank directly and made him
self an accessory after the fact.
A dozen other witnesses will be
called within the next two days to
throw the light even more strongly
on the probability that the negro even
now Is telling a story that is far from
the truth. Amnog the witnesses will
be newspaper men who talked with
Conley after he had made hls third
and last affidavit.
Said He Didn’t See Girl.
To them he Is said to have de
nied that he saw Mary Phagan enter
the factory ihe day of the crime or
that he heard a girl’s scream while
he was sitting at hls post near the
stairs on the first floor.
When he was placed on the stcuui 4
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