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r i always first as> <o> The SUNDAY AMERICAN Order it NOW— — The Atlanta Georgian. Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results EVENING EDITION Both Phones Main 8000 VOL. XII. NO. 7. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 11,1913. 2 CENTS, 'more 0 EXPERT HITS HARRIS EVIDENCE IMARY PHAGAN AND WOMEN TO WHOM TRIAL IS PITIFUL ORDEAL Miss Monteen Stover, friend of Mary Phagan Mrs. J. W, Coleman, Mary’s mother. Mary Phagan, victim of tragedy. Mrs. Itea Frank, mother of accused. Mrs. Leo Frank, wife of accused. 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 No. 448 East Georgia avenue, clung to 'a live wire 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 boy was lowered from the tree and placed in the arms of his mother. The little finger of tire 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 feed wires of the Georgia avenue street car line dun through the upper branches 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. Horror-stricken at the sight of the child writhing help lessly with his right hand clasping the wire, the men in the crowd tried in every 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 boy become unconscious and hung had —•.arent!-- lifeless. limn and a The absence of a pair of rubber gloves prevented the rescue of the child for half an hour, and then a street car came alone whose motor- man had a pair of rubber gloves. He climbed the tree and cut the wire. Sylvia Pankhurst Captured in Fierce Riot of Militants Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. 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.—All 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 Jiaid 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. 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, hut thus far no results have been reported. bomb razes VILLAGE 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, Iocs $6,000, insurance $3,000; Meach- am & Kirkland drug store, loss $3,000, insurance, $1,500; S. E. Rerharn 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 df the build ings destroyed. The offices of the Mayor and a, 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 j fi?ht the lire, their efforts confining 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 in throwing the bomb into the store, un less it was due to some grudge against some of the occupants. Joe Agler Sold to Jersey City Club; Price Is $3,000 Joe Agier, the sensational first base- man of the Crackers, was sold this aft ernoon to the Jersey City club, of the International League. It is understood that the price paid for the young athlete is $3,000. Agler wdll report to the Skeeters at the end of the Southern League season The International League schedule calls for games two weeks after the South ern closses, and Agler will probably catch the first train East after the last game Is played at Poncey Park. Joe first broke into prominence with the Jersey City club. The Cubs bought him and “farmed” him to the Crack ers. He has shown marked improve ment in his hitting here this season and is i:ure to make good in his new berth. As a fielder, not even the great Hal Chase has anything on him. 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. Crop-, in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma still are in danger from the drouth. Temperatures all over Kansas and Missouri were around the 100 mark yesterday. TAX LAW II E Urges Immediate Action to Equal ize Levy and Increase Reve nue oT State. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and G-eorgia — Local showers Monday and Tuesday. ACWORTH HOME-COMING DAY. AC WORTH.—Annual home-coming day will be celebrated in Acworth Thursday. August 20. The district convention of Odd Fellows and the Twenty-third and Eighteenth Georgia regiments. Confederate veterans, will meet here the same date and Joint tie-cisea will be held. Visitors Hear Sheldon In Fine Organ Recital More than 2,000 music lovers, in cluding many delegates to the South ern Merchants’ Convention, heard Chatles A. oheldon give ope 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 "Ola 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. PIERCE ASSUMES DUTIES. DUBLIN.—E. C. Pierce has gone to Augusta to taktj up the duties of Deputy United States Marshal under Marsha! J. S. Davis, who was recent ly appointed Marshal for the South ern District of Georgia. Mr. Pierce was formerly Sheriff of Wilkinson County. In a vigorous message pointing out the need of speedy action. Governor John M. Slaton Monday urged the Legislature to enact laws looking to the reform of the tax system and the equalization of taxes in the State. Asserting that the greatest dis parity in the tax returns of the State is not between the city and rural communities, but between the rural communities themselves. Governor Slaton urged the enactment of a law that would compel each county to pay its proportionate share of the ex penses of th»> State. Shows Disparity in Returns. “One rural county will make returns three times as much in proportion to valuer as its neighbors.’’ said the Gov ernor’s ipessage. “What sound argu ment can offered in favor of this injustice? County lines are but im aginary. separating Georgians only by a fiction, and all should be and I be lieve, are willing to contribute their proportion to the general burden. “Legislation accomplishing this purpose, both in regard to visible and invisible property, will so operate as j to make the same percentage ef fective on every citizen, regardless of the county in which he lives.” Scores State of Treasury. In his me»sagc. Governor Slaton emphasize* the deplorable condition of the State Treasury, which has not tnearly enough funds to ir.eet the ex penses of the State Government and asserts tha‘ under a system of tax equalization a deficit of this size could not exist. Night Sessions for Assembly Probable. With only four days remaining in which to dispose of many important measures, night sessions of the Leg islature during the coming week nut only loom up as a probability, but leaders in the House and Senate re gard them as absolutely imperative \f 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 Continued on Pago 2, Column 8, Ralph Sims and Two Young Women Hurt In Auto Accident! The overturning of an automobile at the junction of Hapeville and Brown’s Mill road at midnight Satur day resulted in a broken arm for Ralph Sims and severe bruises for two young women, who were taken to a sanitarium. Sims is the son of John M. Sims and a brother of Ulaude E. Sims, the real estate man. The accident occurred while the machine was passing a wagon on a narrow road. Grass growing along the edge of the road caused the driver to think solid ground was there, but instead there is a 24-foot sheer drop. The car toppled down this, and but for the fact that it was traveling slowly the accident probably would have resulted fatally. Nurses in charge at the sanitarium declined to make public the names of j the young women, but it is understood | they are well known in Atlanta. Isadora Duncan Will Not Quit the Stage Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Aug. 11.—lsadore Duncan I has changed her mind about with drawing from the Mtage. 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 toJd her i'he was suffering from nerves. He prescribed a tonic. 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 j 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 rigs as pleasure vehicles. Slays Wife While Crazed by Liquor LEXINGTON, Aug. 11.—Report from McGofHn 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 htm. Howard escaped to the mountains. A posse la In pursuit. Professor George Bachman, formerly of the Jef ferson Medical College of Philadelphia, and now of the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons, was called to the stand in the trial of Leo M. Frank Monday after Herbert Schiff had ben put through a gruelling cross- examination. He struck at once at the testimony of Dr- H. F. Harris by declaring that cabbage ordinarily required four and one-half hours to digest and that the main part of the digestion occured not until it entered the small intstines. A new and imporant development in the State's theory of the murder of Mary Phagan came to light Monday when Solicitor Dor sey sought to establish, that Leo Frank very easily could have com piled Saturday forenoon, instead of Saturday afternoon following the crime, the intricate financial sheet which the defense has in troduced. Herbert Schiff, assistant superintendent of the National Pen cil Factory, already had identified the financial sheet as the work of Frank, presumably done by the superintendent on Saturday afternoon as this was his usual time for doing it. Reuben Arnold had displayed the sheet to the jury and had drawn the jurors’ attention to the fact that the writing was reg ular, clear and without any sign of trembling or nervousness on the part of the writer. The evident purpose was to show that Frank, after brutally murdering a girl, could not have done all the difficult mathematical work without error and without signs of agitation in his writing. Believes Report Done Saturday A. M. The Solicitor, however, started right out on a line of ques tioning that indicated his opinion was that Frank had done the work during the morning hours instead of after Mary Phagan had been slain. 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 sheet between 8:30 and 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon before he went to Montag Bros., and between 11:30 and 12:00i o’clock after he returned from the Montag plant. Schiff that there would have been time for the work, , Dorsey recalled to the witness' mind a conversation l^tweeu