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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. I" FRANK SPENDS HALF HOUR STUDYING PENCIL FACTORY MODEL Wife and Mother Kiss Prisoner as Trial Opens Upon Its Third Week EXPERT TAKES Continued From Page 1. girl, could not have done all the diffi cult mathematical work without error and without eigne of agitation In hie writing. The Solicitor, however, started right out on a line of queatloning that in dicated hla opinion was that Frank had done the work during the morn ing hqurs instead of after Mary Pha gan had been slain Time for Making Report. 4 Dorsey first. asked Schiff, who was recalled to the stand, if it would not have been possible for Frank to have done the work on the financial r’— *: between 8:36 and 10; 30 o'clock in the forenoon before he went to Montag Bros., and between 11:80 and 12:00 o’clock, after he returned from the MontAg plant. Schiff said that thero would have been time for the work. Dorsey recalled to the witness’ mind A conversation between Frank and ?. E. Ersenbarh Friday afternoon, in whicl^Frank said he would try to get his work In shape In time to go io the baseball game on the following day. It was the implication of the So licitor that Frank had hurried through with his work Saturday morning and. as a matter of fact, had It completed or nearly completed before the after noon. Finishing with this line of ques tioning. the Solicitor began an attack on the time element which the de fense has introduced in the trial. Dorsey questioned Schiff at length — as to the accuracy of the clock in the office floor, with the apparent inten tion of arguing that when Monteen Stover came into the factory and saw the clock hands pointing to 12:05 o’clock, the correct time really might have been 12:12 or 12:15 after Mary Phagan entered the factory and went to Frank’s office. Schiff maintained that the clock always was kept on time by W. and A. yard whistles. Mrs. Frank at Office On the redirect examination Schiff said that the financial sheet always was made up Saturday afternoon, and never in the morning. He said the correspondence and entering and acknowledgment of orders always were taken care of in the forenoon. Attorney Arnold also brought out the testimony that Frank s wife fre quently came to the factory Saturday afternoons to help her husband In stenographic work. Schiff explained keeping Jim Con ley in the employ in the factory after discovering his unreliability by say ing that it was difficult to teach new negroes the work He denied that he ever had tried to discharge Conley and that Frank had prevented it. Frank’s Aunt in Court. 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 mod el of the National Pencil Company that had been offered in evidence by the defense. He spent some 30 min utes 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 court room that the jury would be taken m visit the National Pencil Company building. Attorney Reuben Arnold for the defense said "hat he personally would be very glad for the Jury to make the examination Solicit a** Dor- eey said he did not know whether ne would consent. Just before Schiff was recalled to the stand Mr Arnold announced that Misa Hattie Hall, stenographer for Montag Brothers, who was at the factory Saturday. April 26. to take some dictation from Frank, probably would he the next witness. Solicitor Dorsey resumed his cross-examina tion of Schiff Schiff’s “Darta” Puzzles 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* been made up before Q Why?—A. I had not accumu lated the "darta" (data) Friday, as I always did Q. The what?—A. The data (pro nouncing it as though It were "darta ") Mr Arnold interrupted "He means data " Mr Dorsey *«ld he didn’t know whether Schiff meant data or some •or! of sheet he was accustomed to making out. Q. Couldn’t you take the data gath ered by Miss F.ula May Flowers and the others and have gotten up thle sheet?—A. I think I might have. Frank Not an Expert, He Says. Q. 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. T do not. Q. Go ahead and tell me what he would have to know.—A. The slat record. Q. Is that here?—A. No. Q. Can you get me a slat record 0 — A Yes. Q. Well you get one and bring it back here. Now. is the slat record more complicated than this for- lady's report?—A. It is a great long sheet. Dorsey Questions Sharply. Q. Tell me the truth. Is it more complicated?—A. I am telling you the truth. Mr. Dorsey. Q. Well, doesn't he Just take the total from all the reports?—A. No. he has to do some figuring and other work. Q. Well, what else?—A. He has to get the tipping record and severa' others. Q. Do you m°an to tell me. then, that the totals in these reports and the body of the report are not the same handwriting ’ -A I do. Q. Now this financial sheet? Do you mean to tell me it is all In the same handwriting 0 —A. It certainly is. Q You are sure of It?-—A Yes. Could Have Done It in Two Hours. Q. Now, ‘entering all these eleven order.* and this financial shed. was that all Frank had to do that Satur day?—A. All I can think of. Q Do you know that it was done Saturday? -A No. but It was not done Friday, and he did not. work on it then. Q. When did you see this work?—A. Sometime Monday or Tuesday. Q. Now, could T rank have done this w ork betw een 8:30 and 10 30 o’clock that morning?—-A. Yes. if he was not Interrupted. Q. Well, didn't you tell us Saturday that Frank could do that work in one and one-half hours? A. I did not. Q. Well, all the work you know that was done there Saturday was thf. financial sheet and entering those orders?- A. So far as I know. Orders in Frank's Writing. Q. Were you paid off April 26?— No Q. Was Frank?—A. No. Q Now. are you quite sure Frank entered those orders? A. They are In his handwriting Q. Now\ it took about two minutes to put down these things and a min ute to add them over?—A. Yes. Q. Will you look there and tell me whether there is an entry on April 26 for $2 advanced Arthur White?— A. It is not on this hook; it i3 on the time book. Q. Who entered It?—A. Mr. Frank. CJ Have you got the receipt for $2? — A. I can get it. Q. Who made note of that on the record?—A. Mr. Frank did. I entered it on the time book the following week. Mr. Arnold interrupted. "You had better make a note of these various things Mr. Dorsey wants," he said. No Record of Orders. "I know exactly what he wants." replied Schiff. Dorsey continued the examination. Q. Is there any record on this financial sheet of the orders you said caine in on Saturday?—A. No. Q. You told Mr. Arnold there was? —A. I told him that as a rule there was. Q. But there is no re ord here?— A. I was telling Mr. Arnold what Mr. Frank did on Saturday. I don’t see any place on the financial sheet for it. Q. Now toll this Jury what there Is to show that these orders did not come in before Saturday. April 26.— A. They were not there Friday night. I had looked through the files. Q. Was there any reason why the sheet had to be at Montag’s Monduy? —A. It was our custom. Q. Mr. Frank was a man who al ways stuck to his business? He would never go away unless his busi ness was up?- A. Yes. Q. Mr. Schiff, didn't you swear be fore the Coroner that it would take two hours and thirty minutes to get up the data and make up the sheet? A. I may ha\> misunderstood the question. 1 say now that it would have taken from two and one-half to three hours. Frsnk Faster Thun He Is. Q If h ‘ had an engagement and wanted to speed up. couldn’t he do it within two and one-half hours?— A Not and make it look the same Q. Ip Frank a faster man than you? A. Yes. He iR a faster man on a financial sheet. Q. Didn’t you swear before the Coroner that Frank could have gotten the sheet up thirty minutes quicker than you?—A. I could not have speci fied any time I have never made up the sheet Q. Then you deny this statement before the Coroner? A No. I didn't deny it. It is not in my exact lan guage Q. How long did you say it would take Frank to balance the $69 in petty cash?—A. That is hard to say. I think I said before the Coroner that, if woud have taken frem one to one and one-half hours. Q. How do you remember where you were last Thanksgiving 0 —A. One tiding I Intended to do was to go to Athens to attend a football game It snowed The B’Nai Brlth had an affair that night I helped Mr. Frank carry some packages there. Q Do you mean to tell the Jury that you recall every Saturday?—A. I re call that I have never missed a day since mv vacation Teds of Thanksgiving Day. Q. Do you know what time you left the factory that Thanksgiving Dav° — A. Yes; I left with Frank at 12:30 He went home. Q. Do you know whether he went back that afternoon?—A. Yes; a friend w ho was with him told me where he was. Q Then from your knowledge you do not know whether he went back or not?—A. No. Q Now, how do you recall that Hel en Ferguson came there Friday?—A. I just remember it. Q Well, who else came?—The wit ness enumerated fifteen other em ployees. Q. Can you tell me who came the Saturday before?—A. No; I had an idea in looking up and refreshing my memory ns to that day. Q. Now. that sheet had to be made up by Monday. Why was that data not ready Friday night?—A. I don’t know. Q. How were the pay envelopes numbered”—A One to two hundred. Q When was the number?—A. That varied The office boy had no regular place for it. Questioned About Basement. Q Now. this place where the chute is located is pretty dark, and few people go there?—A. Yes. Q It Ip one of the most remote spot- in the basement?—A. Yes. Q This place down there is not used”—\ Yes. we put schlich down there to keep It cool. Q How often do you go down there 0 —A. Every two or three days. W. you saw that place when PINKERTON MAN WHO TESTIFIES FOR FRANK W. D. McWorth, 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. In the men*. the blood was?—A. room? Q. Yes. A.—Yes. I saw IT Q Did you notice anything about it°—A. L was under something white that looked like a compound. Q. Was it smeared?—A. No. Jt looked like other apotn In the factory Q. When did you notice the door leading from the chute?—A. I cam* up there two or three days after the murder, and it was open. Q. You are sure of it?—A. Yes. Never Lost a Day, Q Now, you told Mr. Arnold that you were at the factory May 31. Hov\ do you recall that?—A. For the simple reason that I have never lost a day. Q. Well, did you mean by that that you were there that Saturday after noon after 12:30?—A. Yes. Q You didn’t consider it losing time, then, if you left Saturday after noon?—A. I certainly did. 1 remained there at work. Q. Then you do say you were there that Saturday afternoon?—A Yes. Q Was that clock always rignt?— A. Usually it was on time. Q Who set it?—A. Holloway. 1 think Q. Wno saw that it was right?—A. I don't kno*v Q How do vou set that clock?—A I set it. Holloway sometimes ylrd* it up. Q. Is it correct? Does it ever ge. fi\ e minutes fast?—A. Whenever l looked at it it was on time. Q What did you set it by?—A. A watch or whistle. Q You employ reliable people a. the pencil factory? You don’t keep those who lie and are untrusftwortny- —A Some of them are not The defense objected to this ques tion and was sustained. When did you discuss the worthlessness of JJm Conley?—A A long time a*o. About the first time I ever spoke to him. . Q. And vou continued to keep him A. We moved him from the elevator to the fourth floor. Q Whom did you tell he was worth less?— A. It was talked to me Q. By whom?—A. Schiff named a long list of employees who had com plained about Conley borrowing mon ey and being worthless. Q Didn't vou complain to Frank about him. and did Frank overrule you?—A. Mr. Frank is not over m* Q. Did you have the authority to fire Jim Conley?—A. 1 did. Q If he was so worthless, why didn't you fire him?—A. It ''as so hard to get a negro who knew any thing about the work. Q. And you kept him there for two years?—A. He was in the chaingang two or three times. Saw Conley on Chaingang. Q. How do you know?—A. I aw him once working on Forsyth street in front of the factory. Q. You swear that he was on the chaingang two or three times?—A. Women came to me once or twice to get money to pay him out. Q. Out of what?—A. The chaingang or the calaboose. I am not versed in thofe things Q Why did you swear he was on the cha ngang three times? Arno!’ nrerrupted; "Your honor. 1 object, ile doesn't cross-examine a witness. He just quarrels with him. The best evidence of Conley’s stock ade career is the record." Dorsey—I have got the record, and I am going to introduce it. That is why 1 want to pin this witness down. Judge Roan ruled the witness mus* answer the question, but the witness should not be any more explicit. Knew Conley Could Write. Q. If any of these books got down Into the basement, they went into the trash, didn’t they?—A. Yes. Q. Now, these other books?—-A. They were kept all over the place. We gave them to the negroes. Q Just who did you give them to? —A. I gave one to Jim Conley. He wanted to write home. Q. Then you knew he could write? —A. Ye?. Q. Didn’t you knew his home was right here?—A. I did not. Q. What did these negroes do with these pads when you gave them to them?—A. They got on the elevator and went to the basement to write. Q. How did they get light?—A. In front of the boiler. Q. Did you ever see Conley there? —A. Ye*. Q Now. Frank was very anxious to have the Pinkertons at work?—A. Yes. Q. When did you report Conley’s strange action to the Pinkertons or the police?—A I don’t recall. Q. Did vou report it to Mr. Frank? He was anxious to have the murderer caught 0 —A. I think so. Arnold Balks at Hurrying. Q Now. where would a person have to stand on the fourth floor to see the office floor?—A lie could not. Q Where were Denham and White on the fourth floor 0 —A. I was told Q Then don’t bother. Were you at thR factory when detectives made certain experiments with the eleva tor 0 —A. Yes. Arnold then took the witness on the redirect examination. Judge Roan said: "Hurry up, Mr Arnold.” Rosser spoke up: "Your honor, time should not be considered. A man’s life is at stake.” Judffp Roan: “Go ahead.” Q. Was that sheet usually made up in the morning or afternoon?—A Afternoon. Q. Now. Is It not a fact that Frank is interrupted almost constantly by sale-men or employees who have some adjustment of their pay envel ope to request?—A. Yes. quite a few interruptions Q. Do you not change your opinion that it would take one and one-half hours to fill out these requisitions and enter the orders?—A. I do not. It would take about that time. Q. When was this made up?—A. In the morning. More About Financial Sheet. Q Was the financial sheet ever made up in the morning 0 —A. No. Q Do you change your opinion that it would take two and one-half to three hours to make up the financial sheet?—A. I do not. Q. What length of time would you say he worked there Saturday?—A My original estimate—six hours. Q. Is ibis financial sheet of April 26 any different from the reports of three mouths previous?—A. It is not. Q. Mr. Dorsey asked you whether these initials, "H H.,” of April 26 did not mean the last work that was done on that sheet? That it might have been entered two or three days before? Now. what does it really mean?—A. Nothing, really. Those initials and that date would have been there If it had been entered Satur day. regardless of the date it was acknowledged by Miss Hall. Dorsey Objects to Slur. Q. Now, Mr. Schiff (I am going tc call him Mister. I am not as fa miliar with him as Mr. Dorsey seems to be. He calls him "Schiff” all the time), you say the murder caused you to remember paying off Helen Fer guson on Friday?—I said that. Dorsey objected Judge Roan sustained the objection. Mr. Arnold put the question in a different form, and received the same answer. Q. Mr. Schiff. this diagram (point ing to the prosecution's diagram of the factory) does not show' the open ings into the Clark woodenware de partment, does it?—A. It does not. Q. Mr Schiff. it is rather unpleas ant to fire a negro and then have to hire a new one and teach him the work. Is it?—A. It is. Hooper interrupted: "Your honor, if he’ is not leading this witness, 1 do not know what you would call it.” Judge Roan sustained the objection, i nd Mr. Arnold again changed his question. Didn’t Know of Detectives’ Hunt. Q. Mr. Schiff. you didn’t know the detectives were trying to find out if Conley could write?—A. Not for some time. Q. Mr. Schiff, did Mr. Dorsey sub- pena you to come to his office, p.nd did you know you didn't have to go? —A Yes; .1 was subpenaed—he tele phoned me. Q. Do you know' where the sacks in w’hich you keep the cotton were kept? —A. Just outside the metal room. Q. Were there any empty sacks there?—A. I don’t know. We never keep empty ones there except for a fw hours after they are empty. Dorsey took the witness on the re cross-exa minatioii. Q. Mr. Schiff. you talked to Mr. Arnold about customs up there. Was it Mr. Frank’s custom to make en gagements Friday afternoon for Sat urday afternoon, and neglect his financial sheet?—A. It was not. Arnold interrupted: "We don't want to argue this point. We just want to be recorded as objecting.” Dorsey was allowed to continue. Q. Was it Mr. Frank’s custom to keep his engagements? Arnold objected: "We must op pose this." Judge Roan sustained the objec tion. Noted Conley’s Attitude. Q. How long did it take Frank to go from the pencil factory to Mon- tag’s?—A. From three to five min utes. Q. How far is it?—A. About two and one-half blocks. Q. What time was it Monday you observed this peculiar bearing of Jirr. Conley?—A. Between 7:30 and 8 o’clock. Q What time did you go with De tective Starnes to arrest Gantt?—A. Some time late in the day. Q. After you had observed all of the suspicious conduct on the part of Conley you have just been telling about?—A. I think it was. Q. When you lopked at this white stuff and the red spots under it, were all of those blinds on the north side open or closed?—A. open. Q. If they had been closed it would have been much darker in there, would it not?—A. Yes. Dorsey and Schiff Argue. Mr. Schiff differed with Mr. Dor sey a^out the location of the ladies’ dressing room on the second floor. After considerable argument., they agreed on the locaton, and the exam- nation continued. Q. Is it not true that most of the light that shines on the spot where the blood was come? from the win dows on the north side?—A. No, sir. Q. Would it make any difference whether those blinds wore closed?—A. Yes; but about as much light comes from the west as from the north side. Arnold took the witness again. Q. Mr. Dorsey has the door to the ladies’ dressing room and the door to the metal room out of position, hasn’t he?—A. No, sir. Q Did you ever see Mr. Frank talk ing to little Mary Phagan?—A. I never did. Professor Bachman on Stand. Schiff was excused from the wit ness stand and Professor G. Bachman was called as the next witness in re buttal to the expert testimony of Dr. H. F. Harris. Attorney Arnold examined him. Q. What is your occupation?—A. Professor of physiology in the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons. Q. Have y.*u made ar.\ study of di gestion -A. Yes. I teach it. Q. What time would it trke cabbage to digest?—A. Four and one-half hours to g«t out of the stomach. Q what is the time required for bfrxuit to digest?—-A. Not less than three hours Q. What time would you sav a meal of cabbage and bread would take to digest?—A. It would depend on conditions. Q Is it possible to sav hew long it would take to digest anything?—A It is not. The failure to masticate would materially retard any digestive process. Might Stay Long in Stomach. Q. Suppose a person had not prop erly masticated cabbage, would the unmasticated portions come in contact with the pyloris and keep the rest o? the food in the stomach* any length of time?—A. Seven to eight hours W- Suppose a physician made an ex amination of the contents of the stom ach, could he mv how long it had been there?—A. He could only hazard a guess*. Q W hat part of digestion goes on in the stomach.—A. Only about half Q. Look at .nis cabbage and tell me whether it has been masticated (nanding him the specimen of cab bage eaten by Mary Phagan).—A. Hardly ..t all. Q. How long would it take this to pass out?—A. It would depend on the acidity. Q. in a dead body, if you find 32 degrees of acidity c^uld you tell whether it was ascending or descend ing?—A. Absolutely not. Q. After a body dies and is thor oughly embalmed, what effect would it have on the pancreatic juices?—A. It would destroy the ferment. Q. Does it affect the hydrochloric: acid?—A. No. Q. You Investigate and find proba bly a drop and a half of hydrochloric acid. Did you ever hear of a drop of it?—A. No: it is a eas. Calls Time Estimated Impossible. Q. Investigating this bod'- several days after death, would it have been possible for anyone to say now long FRANK'S ASSISTANT AT PENCIL FACTORY HERBERT SCHIFF. that food had been in the stomach?— A. It would have been absolutely im possible. Dorsey took the witness on cross • examination. Q. Where were you born?—A. Mul- chausen. Q. French or German?—A. French Q. How long have you been in this country?—A. Since 1903. Q. How long have you been where you are now?—A. Four years. $ What do you teach?—A. Physi ological chemistry. Q. Are you an expert chemist?—A. I am so far as the body is concerned. Q. What is the princina! property of wheat bread?—A. Starch Q. Where does starch digestion be gin?—A. In the mouth. No Such Word, Says Expert. Q. What is amidulin?—A. I never heard the word. Q. What is ervthrodextrin (Dorsev spelled the word ' slowly) ?—A. Write it out (Mr. Dorsey w’rote both words). There is no such word as the first and the second is a 5->tage in the di gestion of starch. Solicitor Dorsey launched into technical examination, spelling most of the words. Deputy Plennie Minner had to rap often to hush the laugh ter in the courtroom. Q. With an Ewald test breakfast, how long would it take to get a posi tive starch test?—A. All the time the food is in the stomach. Q. Didn’t you know that medical authorities agree that it takes from 30 to 40 minutes to get such a test?— A. There is no authority for such a statement as you put it Q. Would finding a positive starch test indicate how long the food had been there?—A. It would indicate nothing. Starch is not digested in the stomach. Q Then how are doctors able to prepare tables on the process* of di gestion?—A. They can tell from the proteins combined with the hydro chloric acid. Starch does not. There Is nothing certain or clear about these matters. Calls It Only a Hazard. Q. How do medical men agree it takes about four hours to digest cab bage?— A. That is a hazard. Q. Then, tell me what the average condition would be if vou found starch but no maltose in the stomach?—A. I would fay the food had not been there very long Mr Rosser interrupted. "I want to say that we are not dealing with an Ewald breakfast. We are dealing with cabbage and bread We want the young Solicitor to come down to fried cabbage and bread—the matters we are dealing with. Judge Roan ruled that the Solicitor might question the doctor to deter mine his scientific knowledge. Q. You never heard of any ona making any experiments with the va rious stages of digestion or have you made any yourself?—A. That is true. Questioned on Cabbage Specimens. Q. Doctor, take these two samples (handing him Dr. Harris’ vials of cabbage). Assuming that this one has been in a normal stomach one hour, how long would you say this one lad been in (the cabbage Mary Phagan ate) had been in a normal?— A. I would say seven or eight hours. Q. Why?—A. The pieces are fo largj they would delay the substances in passing from the stomach into the small intestines. Q. Don’t you know there have been coins to be known to pass from them? —A. After seven or eight hours. Q. Do _y£.u mean to say they etop up the alimentary canal?—A. No, but they don’t go in for several hours. Q. Now, leave out the time required to pass out of the stomach—what would you say?—A. That would de pend on the conditions. Q. Well, suppose that all conditions were the same?—A. I would say that the digestive processes* c.oukl not reach those larger pieces at all. Refuses to Venture Opinion. Q. Why do you reject the hypo thetical proposition that these two specimens were masticated the same way and that tills* specimen was taken way and aht this specimen was taken out in a period of from 45. to 60 min- tes, and how long would you say this one (Mary Phagan’s) had been there? A I could not say. Q. But if everything were equal— we would say?—A. I still could not say. Q. What is the difference between a meal of bread and water and a meal of bread and cabbage? (The physi cian gave a technical discussion of the different properties of the foods). Arnold took up the redirect ex amination Q. Would you take one man’s- word about these tests?—A. No. The medi cal profession never takes one man’s statement unless it is confirmed. Q. Do you know any doctor besides Dr. K. F. Harris who would venture an opinion on how long cabbage had been in a stomach?—A. I do not. Court recessed until 2 o’clock. Deputy Hunting Scalp Of Juror-Ventriloquist. Big Bob Deavors. Deputy Sheriff in charge of the Frank trial jury, marched to the courtroom Monday morning w'ith an aching head and a grim determination to get even with Juror A. H. Henslee. whose elusive voice piloted him against a bedpost late Sunday evening. Henslee is a ventriloquist of no mean ability, and when the jury has been locked up Sunday his talent has afforded the principal pastime. Y’es- terday he worked on Deavors, the deputy. He had Bob’s wife calling to him from the street, the hall door and finally from the door leading into another room. It was through this last door that Deavors broke and encountered the head of a bed with the full weight of his big frame. An impromptu piano concert Sun day afternoon by Juror F. E. Win- burn. a stroll under guard late Sun day evening and the feats of ventrilo quism broke the monotony of what would have been a listless day. FIRST TILT Anti Administration Forces of the |. T. U. Routed at Nashville Convention. NASHVILLE. Aug. 11.—The Inter national Typographical Union opened its annual convention in the House of Representatives at 9 o’clock this morning, and were shown a two-min ute session of the Ooodle Rug leg islature at noon when the prolonged session of the lower branch of the Tennessee Oeneral Assembly had to meet to keep within the bounds of tiie constitution in meeting from day to day. President Lynch, of the Interna- graphical Convention, won his first bout with the anti-administration forces when the proposition to elect the committee on appeals from the floor was defeated by a vote 171 to72. Naming of committees by the Pres ident consumed the major portion of the morning session. The fight to enlarge the executive committee to wrest control from President Lynch will have its first in ning before the committee on laws to night. The proposition is set for a special order before the convention Thursday at 2 p. m. $21,000 Shortage in Yadkin Valley Bank RALEIGH. Aug. 11—A shortage of more than $21,000, including $12,000 in probably worthless checks and notes, was reported to the North Carolina Corporation Commission to day by State B^nk Examiner Hub bard, who Saturday night closed the Yadkin Valley Bank, of East Bend, Yadkin County. Cashier Lee Norman, who is criti cally ill at his home, is being held under guard. He became ill when the bank examiner appeared two weeks ago to inspect his books. The bank Bartholdt in Denial Of Mulhall Charges WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Repre sentative Richard Bartholdt. of Mis souri, to-day notified the House lobby investigating committee, he would be glad to reply to all charges by Colo nel M. M. Mulhall, but on account of his wife's illness would be unable to return from Germany before Sep tember 30. Bartholdt denied he ever yielded to pressure from the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers in its votes against labor measures. Prince Robbed of $25,000 in Jewels Weak, Nervcus and Diseased Men Permanently Cured $9 WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH and return—Saturday. August 16th—good 15 days. Seaboard. DR. J. D. HUGHES is an experienced spe cialist. Dr. Hughes successfully treats and permanently cures Premature Weakness, Blood Poison, Kidney, Bladder, Pros tatic and Contracted Diseases and all Chronic and Private Diseases cured Jn a few days, Varicocele, Hydrocele, Stricture, Piles and Fistula. I am against high and extortionate fees charged by some physicians and spe cialists You will find my charges very reasonable and no more than you are able to pay for skil'ful treatment, consult me in person or by letter and .earn the rtmth about your condition, and perhaps save much time, suffer ing and expense. I am a regular graduate and licensed, long estab lished. and reliable. For 30 days my fee will be Just one- \ f other specialist# charge, or We 5 k ' y or Monthly Payments Ac cepted. FOR BLOOD POISON I use the "Hffvelous GERMAN REMEDY, "60S" or "914.’' and such improved remedies used for the cure of this disease No detention from work. For Weak Men, Lymph Compound, combined with my direct treatment. degree 0 * th * V * tal * orces to fullest In Chronic Diseases my patients are , J^ R3 tlme - sickly, and I use the latest improved methods. Consul tation and advice Free. Call or write DR. j. d. HUGHE8, Opposite Third Nat’l Bank, ' 6/ 2 N - Broad St., Atlanta, Ga ^ours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. m.; Sundays, 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 $250,000 corporation is being formed in St. Louis, it is said, to take over practi cally all the undertaking and livery establishments in the city. This amalgamation, it is 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 rig^ as pleasure vehicles. $60,000 LUMBER FIRE. JACKSON. MISS., Aug. 11.—Fire of unknown origin destroyed the lumber manufacturing plant of G. B. Merrill & Bro. at Lake, Miss. The loss is estimated at $60,000, with 80 per cent insurance. -