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L EXTRA The Atlanta Georgian. Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 9. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1913. Copyright 1906, By The Georgian Co. O r , T7V r TQ PAY NO L Vj-EjIN 1 O. MORE FRANK’S MOTHER STIRS COURTROOM +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Leaps to Defense of Son at Dorsey's Question BATTLE TO SULZER WOK Deserted by Friends, He Waits Through the Night, Com forted by Wife. ALBANY, Aug. 13.—The Court of Impeachment will meet at the Capitol Septem ber 18 at noon. ALBANY. N. Y., Aug. 13.—Gov- trnor William Sulzer was impeached by the New York Assembly to-day by i vote of 79 to 45. The specific charge In the indictment of “high crimes and 'misdemeanors'' was that he used moneys cohirilftited to hW campaign for speculation in Wall street. The vote was taken at 5:15 o’clock after a night of acrimonious debate. Wall street has claimed many vic tims, both high and low, but few cases have afforded a more pathetic spectacle than that of Governor Sul- ier, standing alone after having fought his way up the political lad der through fifteen years or more of grueling battle. To controvert 'evidence produced by the Frawley legislative committee, which showed that Governor Sulzer had used money contributed to his campaign for stock speculation, Mrs. Sulzer, was prepared to go upon the stand to testify that she indorsed her husband's name to checks without his knowledge and used them for stock purchases. Flven this noble wifely sacrifice, declared the Governor’s op ponents. would not save him from po litical annihilation when the impeach ment proceedings are actually begun by the managers appointed by the as sembly. Friends Make Hard Fight. Governor Sulzer’s friends, includ ing Republicans, Democrats and one lone Progressive, made a spirited fight, but the antagonists wer? strong in numbers and logic and were able to prevail. While the all-night battle raged Governor Sulzer remained alone in the the executive mansion, "the peo ple’s house,” as he called it, refusing to see any one or to be seen. Com forted only by his wife he remained in lpnely vigil until after dawn, when a messenger informed him that he had been impeached. Tears streamed down the Governor's face when he heard the news. k Governor Sulzer will be tried by the Senate and a majority of the judges of the State Court of Appeals, the evidence being presented against him by managers appointed by the Assem bly. Directly after the vote had been taken in the Assembly, Speaker Smith appointed Assemblymen Van- Woert, Cole and Bradley to inform the Senate officially of the impeach- ment. Speaker Smith announced also that no time would be lost in preparing the articles of impeachment for presen tation to the court, but Mr. Sulzer has twenty days in which to prepare his defense. Shunned in Hour of Trial. The articles of impeachment will be drawn up by Assembleymen Levy of New York, Deitz of Brooklyn, Kel ly of Dutchess County, Daley of Onondaga County and Bryant of Genesee County. Air. Bryant is a Re publican. the others are Democrats. After this committee had been ap pointed there was a conference in the office of Senator Frawley, chairman the committee which investigated fhe Governor. Efforts to get word from Mr. Sulzer, however, were un availing. In the darkened executive chambers Mr. Sulzer restlessly paced up and down. One wild report was Continued on Page 12, Column 1. Soldier Held for Attempted Attack PENSACOLA, Aug. 13.—Jack Gord, a soldier from Fort Barrancas, is be- in?? held in irons at the navy yard charged with attempting to attack a prominent young woman at Warring ton. No warrant has been issued for him, although the United States Dis trict Attorney is now investigating the matter. It is claimed the soldier went to the room of the young wo man in his stocking feet and wearing no coat or shirt. When the young woman screamed, the soldier ran and Deputy Game Warden Chapman knocked him down with a brick. The clothing of Gord was found down stairs. The soldier denies all charges, claiming that his clothes had been stolen and that he went Into the room upstairs in order not to expose himself improperly clad. Carmack Trial Nears Finish at Opelika OPELIKA, Aug. 13.—It is probable that the trial of Homer Carmack, which began Tuesday afternoon, will be concluded by noon Thursday. Car mack Is charged with murdering J. J. Folke, an aged Phoenix City mer chant, on Sunday night June 22. The State is represented by Solici tor C. A. L. Samford, of the Law’ and Equity Court of Lee County, assisted by his brother, T. D. Samford, while the defense is being represented by C. A. Hayes, of Phenix City, and Judge A. E. Barnett, of Opelika. Judge Lum Duke is the trial judge. Former Neighbor Of C.BJDalton,Who Attacks Character Indorses Hearst's Sunday Ameri can Trail-Blazing Trip Through Dixie to San Francisco. Victims of Promoter Found in Many States GADSDEN, Aug. 13.—Cashier Boh- lin, of the Fort Payne bank, testified to-day that E. C, Drew, the oil well promoter on trial here for using the mail to defraud, had deposited $19,000 In the bank between January 1 1912, and the present date. It was a lap shown he had deposited $6,000 in a bank at Collinsville. The money was secured from in vestors, the largest amount from any one person being $1,000, which Mrs. Belcher, residing in Maine, had sent. Drew’s alleged victims are found in many States. Feud of Gamblers Cause of Killing BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 13.—That the killing of W. Louie (Pat) Roney by Ed Ellis on one of the principal streets of Birmingham on the night of July 31 was a chapter of a feud among gamblers was brought out in the preliminary hearing, which has | been concluded, Ellis being released on $2,500 bond. Louie Smith, a partner of Ellis, was killed in Montgomery by Roney. Smith had killed Brooks Fuller, an other gambler, some months before. Boy Shoots Matches From Air Gun; Fire EUFAULA, Aug. 13.—Mrs. H. C ! Reynolds was seriously burned about ' the hands and face to-day in trying to j extinguish a burning mosquito net j and save her home from destruction. Mrs. Reynolds’ son. Henry Rey nolds, was shooting matches from an airgun when one of them struck the iron bed, ignited and set fire to the net, which started a big flame. Board of Examiners For Trained Nurses TALLAHASSEE. Aug. 13.—Under the provisions of a 1913 legislative act providing for the State registration of nurses, Governor Park Trammell has appointed the following trained nurses as members of the State Board of Examiners: Miss Anna Davids, of Miami; Miss N. B. Prewitt, of Tampa; Miss Irene M. Foote, of Jacksonville; Miss Maud Yothers, of Orlando; and Miss Anna L. Rutherford, of St. Augustine. REV. C. E. WHEAT WILL RECOVER GRIFFIN. GA., Aug. 13.—The Rev. C. E. Wheat, rector of St. Georges Episcopal Church, who was stricken with ptomaine poisoning last Sat urday. continues in a very critical condition, but his physicians state that the crisis has passed and that he will recover. A resolution offered by Senator Mc Neill. of the Twenty-second, indors ing the campaign inaugurated by Hearst’s Sunday American in co-op eration with other leading Southern newspapers to blaze an all-Southern highway from Atlanta to San Fran cisco, waft passed unanimously by the Senate Wednesday morning. In offering the resolution Senator McNeill declared that the proposed campaign undoubtedly meant much not only for Georgia, but for the whole South, as it will afford a direct road from the East to the South and thence to the Pacific Coast, where the great Panama-Pacific Exposition will be held in 1915. “I offer this resolution for the ln- iorsement of the Senate,” said the Senator, "because the campaign is an effort to increase interest in good roads and highways in additions to affording a route from New York to the Pacific,Coast through the South. The campaign is featured by the fact that it will not cost the State of Georgia one cent.” Senate Resolution in Full. The resolution adopted by the Sen ate follows: Resolved, That whereas the campaign inaugurated by Hearst’s Sunday American in co-operation with other leading Southern newspapers for an all-Southern transcontinental highway from Atlanta to San Francisco will mean much for the promotion of good roads in Georgia as well as better facilities for the inter change of farm products between different States, this Senate does hereby indorse this movement, thereby encouraging the senti ment and interest for better roads and highways. The Senate indorsement of the cam paign followed fast on the heels of the indorsement of Governor John M. Sla ton, who declared Tuesday that no better sign of the progress of the people could be had than just such movements as this one. Other prominent citizens, including Shelby Smith, County Commissioner, also have placed their hearty stamp of approval on the project. In fact, interest in the proposed tour has exceeded the fondest e pec- tations of the good roads and high way boosters, who are leaving no stone unturned to make the trans continental path-finding tour a suc cess in every particular. Pathfinder Arrange* Details. Perhaps the busiest of the boosters is "Pathfinder” Ferguson, who will conduct the big campaign. Mr. Fer guson arrived in Atlanta last Satur day, and since that time he has gone into every detail of th« first lap of the Journey from Atlanta to Birming ham. Scarcely a single detail of the "official” start, which will be made next Monday, has been overlooked The pathfinders have their road maps in readiness and the Atlanta boosters who will have the parade in hand have announced "ready.” The parade will be one of the larg est ever witnessed in Atlanta. Amon: those who will participate will be the Chief of Police, the Fire Chief, vari ous city officials and other prominent citizens. Mr. Ferguson will go direct to Anniston, Ala., from Atlanta and thence to Birmingham, the first "offi cial” stopping place. The proposed route extends through Birmingham, Montgomery, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, San Diego, Los Angeles to San Francisco. Crowd Flees as Flames Near the Ammunition Room Over Taft Hall—Damage Heavy. Rapidly making toward the room where many thousand rounds of am munition were stored, fire did several thousand dollars' worth of damage in the storeroom of the ajrmory over Taft V. S. Cooper, farmer of Walton County, who testifies he would not believe Dalton on oath. Cooper’s son .at, on his knee while the father was on stand. Death Answers an Invitation to Speak GADSDEN. Aug 13.—When the Etowah County Veterans’ reunion opened here to-day it developed that the late Senator Joseph F. Johnston had been invited to make an address Senator Johnston died before mak- ingZ-response to the mviLaLu*^* Hall in the Auditorium early Wednes day afternoon. The main auditorium was not touch ed, however. The blaze did not get within 100 yards of the huge organ. The fire was discovered by Sergeant Wardwell, of the Artillery Corps, who happened to be In the basement at the time. Smoke came down the ele vator shaft and he rushed upstairs into the office of H. J. Weaver, the keeper of the building. They hurried to the upper floor and discovered smoke coming out of the storeroom in which the tents of Companies C and D are kept. An alarm was turn ed In and several companies re sponded. Firemen Find Door* Locked. It required several minutes for the firemen to gain entrance into the room on account of the door being locked. The armory is on the top floor and it was necessary to use an aerial truck and enter through the window. The firemen were driven back for some time by the heavy smoke from the burning tents and were compelled to play several streams on them f »r more than half an hour. The tents which were burned were used in the recent encampment at St. Simons Island, and it is qu’ r « proba ble that the fire had smoldered for several days. The loss to the National Guard will amount to several thou sand dollars. It required but a few moments for the room to fill with water to a depth of more than two feet, the fl>e bring unusually hard to quench on account ot the waterproof tents, and having started In the center of a huge pile <>f canvas. Plastering Loosened. * The water seeped through the fi' or and the ceiling over Taft Hall, loos ening the piaster there, while a neuvy stream flowed down th»- stairways in to the great lobby. When the fire was extinguished the firemen under took the task of baling out the store room. using large galvanized tuba lor woik. TAX BILL IS PASSED AFTER HARD BATTLE If Representatives Sheppard of Sumter County and Stovall of Elbert County stand by their guns during tiie two remaining sessions of the Legislature, a determined fight to in duce the House to reconsider its ac tion in passing the Senate tax revi sion bill, providing for a State Tax Commissioner and county boards of assessors, will be inaugurated Wed nesday or Thursday. Both Mr. Stovall and Mr. Sheppard made strenuous efforts to get the floor immediately after the passage of the bill with a motion to reconsid er, but were ruled out of order at their first attempt by Speaker Bur- well. Then Ed Wohlwender, of Mus cogee, stepped into the breach with one of his filibusters, and their op portunity was gone. They have served notice on the House, however, that they will make a motion to reconsid er at the earliest possible opportunity Friends of the measure, however, who passed it after one of the most spectacular fights in the history of Georgia, declare that they have no fear that the efforts of Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Stovall will succeed. Backed by the approbation of Governor Sla ton, who Issued a statement Tuesday night that the House deserved the thanks of the State, they have ao fear that their work will be destroyed during the short remaining time of the session. Several members who voted against the tax bill declared Wednesday moaning that in v : ew of their friend ship for the administration they will no; support a motion to recor.sid o r. pen though it Lome from Sheppard and Stovall, rec^mzed leaders of the Mrs. Rae Frank, mother of Leo Frank, caused a dramatic scene in court Wed nesday afternoon by rising in her chair and denouncing Solicitor Dorsey as he was making charges of grossl yimproper conduct on the part of Frank with young girls in his factory. The Solicitor was asking Ashley Jones, an insurance man, if he had ever heard of a story that Frank had taken certain liberties with one of the girls at the factory c mfwcympfwy ..’. with one of the factory girls, giving her name. Mrs. Frank goaded into hysteria by the accusa tions against her son, rose, trembling with fury, from her chair, and shrieked: "No, nor you either!” She shook her finger at the Solicitor and would have continued had she not been restrained by her relatives and court attaches. Frank himself sought to calm her, and the younger Mrs. Frank joined in the efforts to quiet the older woman. "We will have to listen to these slanderous lies and calumies and this scurrilous defamation as long as the trial lasts,’’ said Attorney Arnold. "It is outrageous, but we may as well meet it calmly.” Mrs. Frank was led from the room hysterically weeping. Pantomime Is Described. Dr. Owens told of the re-enacting by himself and three other men of Jim Conley’s story of the disposal of Mary Phagan’s body, j The testimony went in over the vigorous protest of Solicitor Dorsey. Dr. Owens said that one of the men acted the part of Conley and another of Frank.. The other two men were timers. It re quired eighteen and one-half minutes to take the supposed body to the basement from the office floor and return to Frank’s office, going through all of the movements described by Conley and re peating all of the conversation Conley quoted in his statement. 1 This did not include the time spent in Frank's office where the'; i negro said the notes were written. Attorney Hooper gave Owens a long cross-examination to demonstrate that the re-enactment of Conley’s story could not b« taken as an accurate measure of the time required for the disposal of the body. Attorney Arnold again threatened to move for a mistrial when the Solicitor began his cross-examination of Jones. Dorsey asked Jones if he had not heard of Frank holding young girls on his lap in his office and taking other liberties with them. "That is outrageous," shouted Arnold. "I shall move for a mistrial if such a question is asked again. It is most unjust and prejudicial that the gossip of crack-brained extremists should be allowed to come before this jury. Dorsey Promises to Back Charges. "I’m not four-flushing,” retorted the Solicitor. “I’ll bring wit nesses here to prove all I have charged.” Jones said that as an insurance man he had the most favorable reports of Frank’s character, and that he had never heard any of the reports of immorality and improper conduct. Solicitor Dorsey spent two hours Wednesday afternoon trying to break down the story of Lemmie Quinn, foreman of the metal dpeartment at the National Pencil Factory. Quinn had testified that "he visited the office of Leo Frank at 12:20 or 12:25 the day the Phagan girl was murdered. Dorsey with all his might sought to raise the suspicion in the minds of the jurors that Quinn either was not at the factory at all or that he came there much earlier than he testified. He asked the witness if he had not told Policeman Payne that "he was glad he had not been in the factory the day the girl was killed, ’ ’ and if he had not also denied it to Detectives Starnes and Black. Quinn denied that this was true. "Isn’t it true,” asked the Solicitor, "that you never said anything to anyone about having been in the factory on Saturday until after you had a conference with Frank, although you were with the officers off and on all day the Monday following the crime?’’ Quinn acknowledge this was true. Quinn had explained this weeks ago on the ground that the police were at that time arrest ing every one and he did not want to be involved. Three witnesses were produced by the defense to testify to Frark’s good character. When the first one was called Solicitor Dorsey objected, saying: "I don’t see how thi* testimony is material, your honor, unless the defense intends to malke the defendant's character an issue," anti-tax reformers in the House. It took singing, much argument, a wild ride to the Capitol in an auto mobile, a deciding vote by the Speak er and one of Ed Wohlwender’a noted filibusters to pass the bill, but after three hours’ hard work, in which every foot of the march to success was a battle, it was finally done. Bob Blackburn, of Fulton, led the singing that put courage into the hearts of the tax reformers; Hender son of Jones made the wild ride to the Capitol and cast the tying vote at the last moment, and then Speaker Burwell stepped into the breach and saved the bill by casting the vote that broke the tie and made the bill a law. Sheppard, of Sumter, denounced the measure, declaring that it< is uncon stitutional, and Stovall, of Elbert, de livered an equally strong Eipeech against the bill. McCrory, of Schley County, and Conner, of Spalding, aiso denounced it. Among those who spoke in favor of it were Wimberly, of Bibb; Jones of Coweta; Swift, of Muscogee,- Fullbright, of Burke, and Greene, of Houseton. At 6 o’clock Holtzclaw, of Hous ton, called the previous question, and at 5:15 the roll call began on the measure. The closeness of the vote was apparent before half a dozen 1 namen were called. The vote see- | sawed during the entire roll call. At no time was either side more then three votes ahead. W’hen the verifi cation of the roll call began at 6:10 o’clock the antis had 86 votes and the reformers 83 Then one of the members arose and changed his vote from yea to nay, changing the figure* to 85 to 84. Then Gower, of Crisp, bethought Continued on Paga 12, Column 8.