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-1 ±\ u UU11VJI nn I? H I2J Tf’O. HITOlEy FOR DEFENSE AGAIN THREATENS TO MOVE FOR A MISTRIAL Continued fr om Page 4. you and \ ou made certain statements? A. I did not. Q. Now this time when you were at my office, did not your husband beg you to tell the truth, and put his arms around you and beg you to say 'a V * vou to * ( * was the truth?— A. It was all lies, though. . S- Did you f,| sn this affidavit? A - They made me sign it. Q- Didn’t you sign it in the pres ence of your attorney, Mr. George Gordon?—A. 1 told you they made me sign it. Q. Didn’t you sign It in the pres ence of your husband?—A. I signed it in the presence of a whole lot of peo ple, but it was a lie. Mr. Dorsey read the affidavit. It stated that the husband, Albert Me- Tonight, was in the kitchen of the ►Sellg home when Frank came to lunch ►Saturday. April 26. V\ hen Solicitor Dorsey reached the part where it was stated that Mrs. J-'rank had claimed to Mrs. Selig that her husband was drinking the night before, and wanted her to get a pis tol so that he could kill himself. Mi- nola interrupted: Declares Statement Was All a Lie. "That Is all a lie mv husband fixed up. she shouted. “They made mo sign it.” Later the negro woman started to interrupt again at the statement that she had asked Mm Frank if the girl who was killed was a Jew girl. Mr. Arnold told her to keep quiet until Mr. Dorsey had finished. She demon strated her feelings again at the statement that they had raised her pay, and told her to be careful how she talked. Dorsey, after he had finished read ing the affidavit, said: “And you ■‘■’ignei this statement?” “They made me sign it,” reiterated the negress. “It was all a lie.” Q. How did they make you sign it? A. They told me if I did not, they would lock me up. Q. Who told you?—All of them. Attorney Arnold took the witness. Q. Is this the lie your husband fixed for you?—A. Yes. Q. Did you ever get any more pay? A. No. sir. Q. How did the detectives get you? A. They, got my husband first. Q. Did you say anything to Miss Lucille about it being a Jew, and did Fhe say it was a Gentile?—A. No. Q. Did Mrs. Frank say anything about sleeping on the floor?—A. No. Q. Is any of this true? Is it a lie out of the whole cloth?—A. Yes, It is all a lie. Denies Mrs. Selig Gave Her Money. Q. Did Mrs. Selig ever give you 16?—A. No, sir. Q. Did she ever tell you to mind how you talk?—A. They told me to tell the whole truth. Q. Do you know this Man Craven? A. No. Q. This man Pickett?—A. No. The witness was excused and < harles Barnhart took the stand. Ar nold questioned him. Q. What is your occupation?—A. Contractor and architect. Q. Have you. at the request of Mr. Haas, visited the Selig home and made a drawing of the kitchen and drawing room?—A. Yes. Q. Can you see the mirror in the dining room from any point standing in the kitchen door?—A. No. Q. Can you see anybody sitting at ihe table?—A. No. Q. Could you see anyone sitting on the north side of the table?—A. No. Q. Is there any position a man can sit at the table and be seen in the mirror?—A. By sitting about two feet away from him. Q. If a man said he was sitting in a chair against the jam of the kitchen door, and saw the reflection of a man in the mirror, was he telling the truth?—A. I could not see it. Hooper took the witness on cross- examination. Q. What you could see in that mir ror would depend on the location of the sideboard, wouldn’t it?—A. Yes. Moving of Mirror Would Ohange View. Q. If that was moved a little, the whole view of the dining room would be changed, would it not?—A. Yes, but my experiments showed that you < ould not see whether anyone was eating at the table or not, from any view you could get of that mirror from the kitchen. The witness .vas excused and Henry Wood, secretary of the County Com mission, was called. Arnold ques tioned him. Q. Did you, at my request, go to the Selig home on Georgia avenue and take some views?—A. I did. Q. Did you stand in the kitchen and try to see the mirror in the din ing room sideboard?—A. I did. Q. Could you see the mirror from the back kitchen door?—A. I could not. y. Could you see the table and the mirror from any part of the kitchen? A. I stood in the door leading into the pantry between the kitchen and din ing roo mand all I could see in the mirror wasi the arm of one chair. Attorney Rosser here made a side remark that he himself had been out to the Selig home to see if the negro, Albert McKnlght, was telling the truth about watching Frank from the kitchen through the sideboard mirror. He said one could not see the dining room table in the mirror from any point in the kitchen. y. What you saw in this mirror was right here (the room)?—A. Yes. y. The arrangement of the furni ture was like It was April 28?—A. I don’t know. Arnold took the witness on redirect examination. y. Coming to that door from the back porch you could not see that mirror?—A. I could not. Hooper took the witness. Q. If a man were standing where that chair was could you see him?— A. I might have. Q. Did you mak the test sitting «»r standing?—A. A. I tried both ways. Another Tells of Tests With Mirror. The witness was excused and Julius Fischer, president of the ceme tery commission, took the stand. Q. You are a contractor And build- #r?—A. Yes. Q. Did you make an examination of the Selig home?—a. Yes. y. Did you stand in that kitchen door to see whether you could see the mirror in the dinir" room?—A. Yes. y. Could you?—A No. y. Is there any place in the kitchen from which you could see in the mir ror a man at the table?—A. No. y. Were there any evidences of the mirror having been moved?—A. No, but I moved it to see if I could place it anywhere in the dining room and from the kitche.. see any. reflection of a person sitting at the table. Q. Well, what did you find?—A. I found I could not. Hooper took the witness. Q. Did you turn the mirror fiat against the wall on the east side of the room?—A. No. Last Bill Passed By House Provides W.&A.Investigation A bill providing for a commission of eight members to Investigate the value of the Western and Atlantic Railroad and make recommendations for its lease was passed by the House of Repre sentatives Monday afternoon, being the last House measure that will be passed during the present session. The commission will be composed of two members from the House, two from the Senate, the chairman of the State Railroad Commission, and two civilians to be appointed by the Governor. The bill carries an appropriation of $5,000 for expenses. The House also passed, by a vote of 1.20 to 0, the “blue sky” law. which re quires registration of securities before stocks and bonds of a concern can be placed on the market. It is designed to prohibit the sale of “wildcat” stocks. Goat Dies Trying to Eat Senator’s Speech WILKESBARRE. PA., Aug. 12.— State Senator Sterling R. Catin has lost his goat—not that kind the jokers like to tell about, but a real one named William. Catlin kept his pet in the barn where he had stored many of the speeches made during his long term of service at Harrisburg. Ihe Senator went to the barn to admire William, and to his dismay, found the goat loose among his papers. One voluminous budget was protruding from his mouth. Despite all the Senator's efforts William choked to death. The fatal document was one of Gatlin’s greatest legisla tive propositions. Polaire Will Wear A Ring in Her Nose Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Aug. 12.—When Mile. Po laire. who boasts that she is the thin nest actress in the world, although she resented being called the ugliest by the New York papers—appears in America in the fall she will wear a large gold ring suspended from her nose to amuse New Yorkers with one more novelty. She has had a ring skilfully fitted into her nose without piercing the flesh, so that she can remove the trinket when off the stage. Revision of Balkan Borders Agreed To Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. VIENNA, Aug. 12.—Revision of the Balkan territorial boundaries in the peace treaty signed in Bucharest Sun day is likely, Germany having yielded in principle to-day to a reformation of the lines. The fate of the Turkish islands In the Aegean Sea will be left to the i>owers. Bulgarian Heir Is Ill; Poison Plot Reported SOFIA, Aug. 12. A mysterious illness has seized Crown Prince Boris of Bul garia. It was announced to-day that the Crown Prince is suffering from a nervous breakdown due to the rigors of the recent military campaign. In view of Czar Ferdinand’s trepida tion over the safety of his heir reports were current in some quarters that an attempt had been made to kill Boris with poison. House Begins Move To Shorten Trials A resolution providing for a com mission of seven members to inves tigate the civil and criminal proce dure of Georgia with a view to abol ishing long-drawn-out trials and hearings was passed by the House Monday. * The commission will be "composed of three members of the House, two of the Senate and two appointed by the Governor. Mr. Slater, of Bryan, in discussing the resolution, referred to the trial of Leo F'rajik’ as an ex ample of the slowness of Georgia le gal procedure. $900 in Prizes for Hog Exhibits at Fair MACON, Aug. 12.—The announce ment is made that $900 in prizes will be awarded for the best exhibit of Duroc Jerseys, Berkshire, Poland- China and TarnswCrth swine at the Georgia State Fair. The American Duroc-Jersey Swine Breeders’ Association has just placed * cash prize with the fair association and so has the American Berkshire Association. The fair association will jistribute $685 and the Southwest Georgia Swine Breeders’ Association uso offers an award for the best pigs. 7 IN STUNNED m er explosion OF 1 TANK Hurled Twenty Feet Against Wall, Pratt Laboratory Engineer Is Sadly Cut. W. H. Hutchins, No. 152 Confeder ate avenue, assistant engineer at the N. P. Pratt Laboratory. No. 88 Au burn avenue, was blown twenty feet against the side of the building Mon day morning about 4:30 o’clock when a compressed air tank exploded while Hutchins and half a doze negro workmen were filling it. The negroes were also thrown against the walls, but none was in jured. Hutchins received several small cuts about his head and face, and was severely jarred. His key ring, which was attached to his belt, was blown off. It was found 50 feet from where the explosion occurred. The air tanks in the laboratory are about five feet long and two feet In circumference, and are used in the bottling operations. Four of them were being filled under the direction of Hutchins when the accident hap pened The explosion shook buildings i block away, and was heard a quarter of a mile. The noise and jar awoke practically every person in the neigh borhood. Many parties rushed to the building expecting to find workmen dead or seriously injured. All of the men in the plant were slightly stunned and were just regaining their feet when the first of the rescuers arrived. Police Sergeant Hewett. who was more than a quarter of a mile away, at Piedmont avenue and Houston street, heard the explosion and went to the factory. He took charge of the situation and sent Hutchins home. The negroes returned to their \i»>rk. Girl’s Face Crushed By Kick of Horse DUBLIN, Aug. 12.—Martha Rawls, the f re-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. P. Rawls, of this city, has been carried to a hospital Tn Atlanta for an c Deration. The little girl was playing around a horse belonging to her father when it Licked her, striking her left cheek and crushing both the upper and lower jaw- ion es>. Physicians here removed the crushed bones, and later decided to carry the child to Atlanta for treatment in a hos pital there. Negro Is Lynched by Mob at Laurens, S, C. LAURENS, S. C., Aug. 12.—Overpow ering the Sheriff, battering down two doors of the jail and a door to the steel cage, a mob of 2,000 dragged Richard Puckett, a young negro, from his cot and swung him to a railroad trestle. The negro had attempted an assault on a young white girl Monday morn ing He was later Vaptured and con fessed his guilt to (he Sheriff. Bloodhounds trailed the negro from the scene of the crime. The young woman could not positively identify the negro. INCREASE IN TAX RETURNS. DUBLIN.—The tax returns for Laurens County this year show an increase of more than $500,000 over the returns of last year. The total taxable property on the books this year is $7,106,075. NOTED PASTOR TO PREACH. Dr. W. L. Pickard. D. D., of Sa vannah, one of the most noted pulpit orators of the Soikth, will speak on important present-day subjects next Sunday morning and evening at the First Baptist Church. San Francisco Dry In Wee Sma’ Hours SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12.—For the first time in history, a restriction was placed on liquor traffic in San Francisco when the new law making it illegal to sell drinks between 2 a. m. and 6 a. m. went into effect. The law was obeyed generally through out California. 3 Held as Swindlers Of Barnnm’s Cousin CHICAGO, Aug. 12—The three persons, two women and one man. ac cused of swindling Mrs. Sarah Bar- num, aged 82, of Syracuse, N. Y., cousin of P. T. Bamum, have fled from Chicago, the police learned pos itively to-day. Henry Russell, of Spokane, Wash., a mine promoter; Mis- Frances Wal do, his private secretary, and Mrs. Kalla Waldo, her mother, were named in the warrants. Deals for $82,000 were charged against the trio, and it was said Mrs. Barnum was left pen niless through investments in mines Start on $1,000,000 High School in Fall PULLMAN, ILL., Aug. 12.—Work on the buildings for the Pullman Technical High School, which will cost more than $1,000,000, will begin before the end of autumn, according to an announcement received by Pullman residents to-day. The board appointed to administer the $1,200,000 bequest made by George M. Pullman for the school will meet here in October and decide upon the final details. A pleasant mode of entertaining at the Executive Mansion is in the in formal dinner of six or eight covers which Governor and Mrs. Slaton give often. An affair of this kind was the small dinner of Monday evening, at Which Mr. and Mrs. W. H. BUTWlU were the guests of honor, others pres ent being Mrs. Reed, of Elberton, the house guest of the ' -wells, and Mrs. W. D. Grant. Mrs. Slaton was hostess at a pretty ! luncheon a few days ago for a visitor, j Mrs. CharU a Donnally. of Pennsylva- j nla. who is the guest of her parents, i Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stocking. Pink roses from the gardens of Mrs. ! Slaton’s home on the Peachtree road : were decorations for the table, and | the guests included Mrs. Donnally, . Mrs. R. J. Lowry, Mrs. Clark Howell, Mrs. Albert Howell, Mrs. James L. I Dickey, Mrs. W. H. Kiser, Mrs. Jame3 D. Robinson. Mrs. W. D. Grant. Mrs. | J. K. Ottley. Mrs. Walter Andrews | and Miss Stocking. W. C. T. U. Meeting. Mrs. Mary L. McLendon, president ' of the W. C. T. U.. has requested the members of the association to bring reports of work accomplished this year to the meeting to be held Thurs day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the Sunday school room of Trinity Church. Miss Jones Hostess. Miss Helen Jones will entertain it a supper party Friday evening at her home in Inman Park. Her guests will include Misses Mignon McCarty, Mildred Hazen of Orange. N. J., Margaret Buckner of, Roanoke. Carolyn King. Lalla Bright Cannon. Messrs. Tyler Waller, Clar ence Tri Frank apratling, Drury Walters. Fred Hoyt and George Street. For Miss Dean. Miss Mary Lucy Turner will enter tain at bridge Tuesday evening for her guest. Miss Carol Dean, of Gainesville. Her guests will include Misses Lu- cile Dennis, Nellie Kiser Stewart, Edith Dunson, Annie Lou Pagett, Sad ye Andrews, Annie Sykes Rice. | , Messrs. Frank Spratllng, George j Walker. Grover Lowe, Dr. Charles | Hodge. Frank Gillespie, Harry John- | son, James Campbell, Steele Yorke and Allan Shears. I | Thursday evening Miss Dean will I he the honor guest at a swimming party at the East Lake Country Club. Swimming Party. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Adair will en tertain at a swimming party at Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Adair’s pool at 7:30 | o’clock Tuesday evening. After swim ming. a buffet supper will be served | at their home in Druid Hills. About : 50 guests will be present. Atlanta Girls Entertained. j Misses Frances Broyles and Harriet McCullough were week-end guests of Miss Dorothy Jones, of New nan. Sat urday morning Miss Jones enter tained a swimming party, followed by a luncheon at her home. Monday afternoon the Atlanta vis itors were honor guests of Miss Mary Hill Freeman's informal evening par ty. A moonlight picnic, chaperoned by Mrs. Mildred ('amp, was an *event of Monday evening. Suffrage League Meeting. The regular meeting of the Wom an’s Suffrage League will be held in Carnegie Library Wednesay at 3:30 PERSONAL p. m. Professor George Loehr will lecture on “Woman Suffrage Along the Lino' of Evolution,” and there will be other interesting speakers. Gamer-Hobb*. Mr. and Mrs. James Wesley Garner of Waverly, Ala., announce the en gagement of their daughter, Kate, to John Abner Hobbs, of Gainesville, Ga., the marriage to take place early in September. Miss Asbury Hostess. Miss Dorothy Asbury will give a “cobweb party” Friday evening at her home in Ponce DeLeon avenue for her guest, Mias Orie Fox, of Calhoun, Ga. Wayne- Dibble. Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Wayne, of Charleston. S. C., announce the en gagement of their sifter, Gertrude, to Mr. Samuel Wagner Dibble. Thn mar riage will take place in Henderson ville, N. C., August 16. Miss Wayne has frequently visited in Atlanta and has many friends here. Mr. Dibble is on the editorial st*ff of The Atlanta Constitution ard is an able newspaper man. Meeting Postponed. Owing to the illness of the hostess the August meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary to the R. M. A. has been called off. Miss Green Hostess. Miss Margaret Green entertained at a swimming party at East Lake Mon day afternoon for Miss Marie Beatie, of New York, the guest of Ml sis Marie Norris, and Miss Minnie Fambrough. of Boston, the guest of Mrs. William Fambrough. The party had supper on the veranda of the clubhouse. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Coleman and little daughter. Edythe Nichols Cole man. arc spending a few days at Sea Breeze Hotel. Tybee Beach Mrs. C, W. Asbury and children. J. R. Asbury and Misses Dorothy and Martha Asbury, returned homo Mon day after spending the summer at Calhoun, Ga. Mrs. C. H. Ashford and Miss Mar garet Ashford will leave Atlanta Mon day evening for Waynesville, N. C., where they will visit Bishop and Mrs. James Atkins for two weeks. Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Davis announce the birth of a daughter August 10. Miss Susan Davis will go to New York next week for a two weeks’ visit. Miss Julia Lokey, of Birmingham, Is the guest of Mrs. Hugh lackey. Miss Lottie Wyly will return from Wrightsville Beach Friday. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Story and chil dren spent yesterday in Clarkston. Mr. Jack Lipscomb, Jr., has re turned from Savannah and Tybee. He was away two months. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Bailey, of Troy, Ala., are visiting their mother, Mrs. C. W. Asbury. Mr. Edward Alsop. of New' York, arrived in Atlanta Monday from Tox- a way. Miss Margaret Murphey, of New- nan. is the guest of Miss Marian Woolley. Misses Ada Alexander and Eula Jackson have returned from Toxa- way. Mrs. Mark McDonald, of Rome, who has been traveling in Europe, is ex pected home August 27. Mrs. J. Frank Meador will return from Toxaw’ay next week. She was away several weeks. Mr. Gil ham Morrow has returned from Wrightsville Beach, where he spent a • eek. Dr. H. R. Donaldson is in Chicago and will visit Rochester, Minn., and Cleveland before returning home. Mrs. George McCarty has returned from Skyland, where she spent ten days. Miss Martha Berry Carrington, of Charleston, is the guest of Mrs. Gil- ham Morrow in West Peachtree. Miss Laura Cowles hag returned from Highlands, where she was chap eroned by Mrs. Stephens Harris. Mr. Porter Langston spent last week in Highlands. N. C., with his family, there for the summer. Mrs. W. B. ITice Smith, who has been in New’ York and Atlantic City, will return home Tuesday evening. Miss Kathryn Story is visiting her cousin, Miss Edith Camp, in Clarks ton. Dr. and Mrs. Troy Bivings and fam ily will return Wednesday from St. Simons Island. Mrs. M. A. Lindsey and Miss Es telle Lindsey returned Monday from a visit to Mrs. E. D. Lindsey in Rome, Ga. Miss Jennie Sue Bell has returned from a visit to Eatonton, and with her brother. Mr. Clarence Bell, will leave next week for Cincinnati. Mrs. J. M. VanHarlingen has re turned from an extended visit to friends in Boston, Chicago and La- porte, Ind. Miss Emma Lowry Freeman will leave Saturday for Lenoir, Tenn., where she will visit her cousin, Miss Anna Lowry Eason. Misses Ann Grady, of Chattanooga, and Susie Veach, of Adkirsville, the guests of Miss Martha Boynton, will return home Wednesday. Miss Sadye Andrews has returned from Knoxville, where she was the guest of her sister, Mrs. V. J. Adams, for several weeks. Mr. Joe Burr, of Savannah, spent the week-end with his sister, Mrs. Frank Lak^, in Ponce DeLeon ave nue. Miss Carol Dean, of Gainesvill?. Ga., arrived in Atlanta Monday morn ing to be the guest of Miss Mary Lucy Turner. Miss Ruth Hull has returned home from Columbus, where she was the guest for several weeks of Miss Isa bel Garrard. The Rev. and Mrs. J. Randolph Sas nett, of Fravel, Wash., formerly of Atlanta, announce the birth of daughter, Lenora Harris Sasnett. Mrs. J. E. deJamette, who under went an operation for appendicitis last week at St. Joseph s Infirmary, Is improving. • Captain English leaves Wednesday for New York, where he will be Joined by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kiser for a two or three weeks’ stay. KODAKS “Th« Bait FlnliMn* and Enlarg ing That Can Be Produced.” Eaatman Films and cun- plat* stork amateur supplies. ^ iea for out-of-town ountc-m’rs. Send for Catalog and Prlca Llit. A. K. HAWKES CO. 14 Whitehall St.. Atlanta, tta. TWO FAST TRAINS Lv. 7:12AM., 5:10 PM. CHAMBERLIN JOHNSON DuBOSE CO. ATLANTA = NEW YORK - PARIS gffi P€RIOD FURNITURE I Boys’ Dept. | | 2nd Floor | We will sell 50 Boys’ D. B. Suits |f to-morrow, Wednesday, at = 17 Price I I Sizes 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 17; mostly dark colors. A splendid opportunity to get your boy a good school suit at exactly HALF the regular price. 1 J. M. High Co. | illllllllllllllllllllllll!lll!IIIIIIIIIIU||||||||[llllllll!!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll^ I H PRUFROCK ^DV CO 3 COLONIAL 3 e* cl Room. Period Furniture “Blue Tagged” Tt is n notable fact that some of the most drastic re ductions of the ‘‘Blue Tag” Furniture Sale are made on sets and odd pieces of Period Furniture—for the bed room. living room and dining room. The homekeeper who would furnish a room in a true and pure style or who would add another piece to a set already started may save riehly through the generosity of the “Blue Tag” reductions. Another notable fact is that ours is the South’s great est stock of Period Furniture with Its many fine re productions of the old master*—Sheraton. Adam, Ilep- plewhite. Chippendale—and then the Colonial, William and Mary. Jacobean, Mission and I^ouis XV. periods. Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co. Southern Suit & Sk.irt Co.—Atlanta, New Yo;h—Southern Suit & Sh.irt Co. EVERY SUMMER Garment Must Go The Grand Final Clearing Begins To morrow-Don’t Miss It! You know the policy of this store—“Positively nothing carried over to another season”— Remodeling has already begun—when completed this will be the largest exclusive Women’s Apparel Store in the South— Our time is limited— To-morrow (Wednesday) morning we will place on sale the remainder of this great stock— These goods will be sold at a PRICE to clear them out AT ONCE! No exchanges, no C. O. D. orders, no approvals—these gar ments are sold at prices less than the cost of making or ma terials. $4.95 F’or $12.50 to $16.50 Linen and Ratine DRESSES $2.95 For $10.00 Ratine and Linen DRESSES $12.50 For elegant $25 to $35 Lingerie DRESSES $1.98 For $6.00 Novelty Ratine COATS $5.45 F’or $10.00 to $12.50 Ladies’ Motor COATS $3.50 For $7.50 to $12.00 Striped and Figured Voile DRESSES Over 1,000 Beautiful Skirts Are Also Included in This Sale Southern Suit & Skirt Co. “Atlanta’s Exclusive Women's Apparel Store'—43-45 Whitehall Strc>tt