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South Georgia
VOL. XII. NO. 11.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1913.
Copyright 190fl,
By The Georgian Co.
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Hugh W. Pennington Meets Deal
,1 in West Point Route Crash
Near Hogansviile, Ga
Poor Woman! She’s
Losing Figure and
Getting Horse Feet
Hugh W. Pennington, No. 16B Sou
Pryor street, was killed when a
through freight on the Atlanta and
West Point Railroad between Atlanta [
and Montgomery was ditched at Ho-
gansville, Ga., early Friday morning.
Pennington was riding the bumpers,
it is supposed.
According to officials of the road,
the wreck was caused by a spreading
of the rails. Eleven cars of merchan
dise and three cars of baggage were
derailed, the engine remaining on the
track. None of the train crew was
injured.
As a result of the wreck passenger
trains on the Atlanta and West Point
are being detoured over the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic by way of
Union City and LaGrange, Ga.
Grace Church Plans
A Record Revival
What is expected to be the greatest
revival in the hi of the church
[ will begin SunG ’-e Grace Meth
odist Church, f t Boulevard and
Highland avenu Charles O.
Jones has arranged the revival and
will be assisted by O. W. Stapleton
and the Rev. J. M. Bass, of the South
Georgia conference. Mr. Stapleton
will conduct the choir with the assist
ance of J. Gordon Moore and Miss
Ruth Chapman.
A feature of the revival will be%the
holding of cottage prayer meetings
sixteen of which have already been
arranged. These cottage prayer meet
ings will be held daily, while there
will be services at the church morn
ing, afternoon and evening.
Slit Uniforms for
Chicago Policewomen
CHICAGO, Aug. 15.—Malefactors'
scorn of the "lady cops” turned to
real fear to-day when the "Catch 'em
Skirts" was announced. The "Catch
’em” Is a skirt of the usual narrow
proportions, but equipped with a long
slit and a drawstring. The "lady
cop” can't run fast when th« silt Is
closed for ordinary gait. But If speed
Is necessary, the wearer pulls a mys
terious string, and—lo! a long slit,
reaching up to the knee, appears.
Only policewomen, of course, will
be allowed to wear the new skirt.
France Trains Eagles
To Fight Aeroplanes
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, Aug. 15.—The French
War Office will use eagles to harass
possible enemies in aeroplanes, ac
cording to Pastor Schuster, well-
.1 known ornithologist, who declares
/ J birds are being trained to attack mod
els of aeroplanes, destroying them
with their beaks and claws.
Los Angeles,
Cal., Aug. 15.—
“In a few gen
erations Ameri
can women will
have feet like
horses.” said Miss
Clara Houston, of
Chicago, owner of
the most perfect
feet in the world,
“unless they stop
shoes mat
row the feet
t of shape and
aeeze the toes
that they over-
According
Miss Houston,
ncing is ex-
reroely harmful
for the feet. She
declares that the
tango and the
turkey trot have
made a number of
chiropodists pros
perous this year.
Washington, D.
., w.-Tii-
jfe of the Amer-
un farmer is
sing her figure,
his is due t?
ater — its hand-
ng, not its use
according t c
’resident Joseph
ook, of the Mis-
ssippi Normal
' o 1 le g e. “The
vater for the
itchen has to be
'.ifted so many
times after it is
drawn from the
well,” said Mr.
Cook, “that the
lift a day will be
brought up to a
ton, and the lift
ing of a ton a
day w 11 take
the elactlcity out
of a woman’s
riep, the bloom
out of her cheek
and enjoyment
from her soul.”
Girl in Diggs Case
Withstands Grill
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15.—The
trial of former State Architect Maury
I. Diggs on a charge of violating the
white slave law was resumed to-day
with Lola Norris, one of the princi
pals in the flight to Reno, on the
stand.
The self-possessed, confident bear
ing that marked Miss Norris' first
appearance on the witness stand yes
terday had not deserted her and she
answered the questions flung at her
by the defense in a frank, firm man
ner.
Miss Norris testified that she was
a good girl until she arrived in Reno,
and the defense made unavailing ef
forts to discredit this statement.
SULZERIN
NEW PHOTOGRAPH OF
WIFE OF DEFENDANT
Impeached Governor Posts Sen
tries and Defies Foes—Attack
on Murphy Planned.
Mrs. Leo Frank
a$ She Appears
Daily at the
Trial of Her
Husband.
Wednesdays To Be
Special Boost Days
For Atlanta Goods
University Club to
Widen Its Influence
A non-resident board of advisers
for the University Club has been sug
gested by Thomas W. Connally, sec
retary, and others, and to sound the
sentiment of the members a letter
has been sent out to them. Mr. Con
nally said Thursday he had had a
stack of replies, and that most of the
correspondent^ favored the idea.
The plan is to make th^ University
Club more of a social and educational
organization and to extend its influ
ence over the State. To accomplish
this the officials of the club feel that
it is necessary to name an advisory
board of non-resident members. At
present the club is run by a govern
ing board of Council in conjunction
with the executive committee.
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Wrote a Poem for
The Judge; Is Freed
CHICAGO. Aug. 15. — James J.
Ahearn. who claims to be a poet, was
found in a prosaic stupor by the
South Chicago police. W r hen ar
raigned he defended himself before
Judge Sullivan. He was asked U
prove his occupation, and retired to
another room with a pencil and an
inspired look. This is what he did:
“I hope, Mr. Judge, the day never
comes
When you, like myself, will have to
write poems.
And may you and your wife
Live a happy life.”
“It wouldn’t be right to send you
to Jail,” said the Judge. “You’d bt
writing poem* for all the other pris
oners. Discharged.”
What Do You Know
About Ice Cream ?
What do you know about the adulterations, the
dangers, the poisons in the soda water and other
“soft drinks’’ that your children take!
Dr. Wiley, the great food specialist, formerly
head of the national health department, KNOWS
all about such things.
See what he has to say on the subject in the
August number of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, now
on the newsstands.
Know the risks that you and your children
run, and protect yourselves. Read Dr. Wiley’s
articles on pure food every month in Good Housd-
ikeeping Magazine.
ALBANY. N. Y., Aug. 15.—While j
Albany swarmed to-day with scores |
of private detectives who kept «every
State officer under close surveillance
the stage was set for a fight In court
to determine whether William Sulzer, I
who was impeached by the Assembly
for high crimes and misdemeanors, or
Martin H. Glynn, the Lieutenant Gov
ernor, shall exercise the prerogatives
of the office of State executive until
the Court of Impeachment sits on
September 18.
Surrounded by strong guards, Mr.
Sulzer, the impeached executive, held
the official gubernatorial residence
with the privy seal of the Common
wealth in his possession. The great
seal of the State, however, was
chained to a pedestal in the office of
Secretary of State May.
Governor Sulzer is contemplating '
the removal of Adjutant General j
Hamilton, saying that he recognized :
Mr. Glynn as the Governor.
Sulzer also revealed that his de- •
fense will be an attack against the
records of a number of Democratic
Senators who are opposing him. Mr.
Sulzer hopes thus to discredit them.
Street Gatherings Banned.
All the reserve police are on duty
with instructions to prevent street
gatherings which may culminate in
political riots. Never before, even
during Senatorial Investigations, have
so many private detectives swarmed
the State capital. Every man in pub
lic life is being watched. The move
ments ar e duly recorded and turned
over to counsel representing the Sul
zer and anti-Sulzer forces.
It has become known that Judge
D. Cady Herrick and other of Mr.
Sulzer’s counsellors ar© casting about
to find if they can bring criminal
charges against Charles F. Murphy,
State leader of Tammany, on the
ground that Mr. Murphy had con
spired with other Democrats to cause
the downfall of the Government
Friends of the Governor declare that
the executive could have forestalled
impeachment in the Assembly if he
had consented to relinquish his fight
for certain State measures. This he
refused to do in the full belief that
the assembly vote would show a ma
jority against the impeachment res
olution.
Fresh complications have been add
ed by the fact that Aaron J. Levy,
majority leader in the Assembly, has
become overcome by the excitement
and is confined to his bed, suffering
from nervous prostration. He is thi
second victim, Mrs. Sulzer being ill
from the shock of the bitter attack
against her husband.
Telegrams have been sent to Asso
ciate Justice of the United States
Court Charles E. Hughes to use his
influence to straighten out the tangle
and prevent the bitter conflict from
growing into actual civil war. Mr.
Hughes, although a Republican, has
a big following among the indepen
dent Democrats in the State. He for
merly was Governor of New York.
Give Legal Aid Free.
The following lawyers have con
sented to represent the Governor
without charge: Irving G. Vann of
Syracuse; Harvey D. Hinman, of
Binghampton: A. G. Fox. of New
York, and Louis Marshall, of New
York.
Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, may
get into the fight, as he has offered
Governor Sulzer $100,000 with which
to fight Tammany if Mr. Lawson is
allowed to direct the campaign.
Friends of the Governor urged him to
accept.
Mr. Glynn has retained Attorney
Edwin Countryman, Patrick C. Du
gan and several other well-known
lawyers. Although 75 years old, Mr.
Countryman is regarded as one of th*
best lawyers in this city.
The Governor said he would spend
at least eight hours at the Capita!
to-day unless the condition of his wifi
prevented. He further declared thn
he would transact State business o.
any nature that oaaia fcaiere him.
Wednesday will be “Real Atlanta
Day” if the plans or the Retail Gro
cers’ Association sere carried out.
The plan is to have every retail mer
chant in the city push Atlanta-made
articles every Wednesday, the cam
paign to begin in September. Gro
cers have closed their shops Wednes
day afternoons during June, July and
August, but they propose to use that
day for pushing Atlanta-made goods
during autumn and winter.
The movement is being W’orked up
by the Chamber of Commerce in con
nection with the permanent exhibit of
Atlanta manufacturers.
Space for the exposition is being
taken rapidly. The committee in
charge meets every day at 1 o’clock
at Hotel Ansley.
Rich Youth Weds
In Tennis Romance
NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—William
Weightman III, a member of the
widely-known Philadelphia family,
and grundson of the “Quinine King of
America,’’ married Miss Mary Healy
Powers, of Shelby. Iowa. They arc
now on a trip around the world.
It was across a tennis net that
Weightman carried on his courtship.
Father and Son in
Fatal Duel for Girl
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Aug. 15.— A fatal duel b>-
twen a father and son named Blan
chard. living near Aubus^n, began
In rivalry for the heart of a pretty
farmhand. The son. Jean was
jealous of his father, who had won
the girl’s affection, so the two men
agreed to fight.
Six revolver shots were exchanged
without result. They resumed the
ft**’-* with kitchen knives, while the
gir 1 watched the duel without inter
fering.
The father received terrible wounds
dying soon afterward.
Child Physical Marvel
In Feat of Swimming
PHILADELPHIA, Au?r. 15.—Flor-
nee McLaughlin, who is 4 feet 3
nches in height, weighs 68 pounds
and will not be ten years old until
August 19, swam five miles practically
in still water, in 3 hours, 3 minutes
and 22 seconds.
Vincent Astor Heads
Fire Protection Body
POUGHKEEPSIE, Aug. 16.—Vin
cent Astor is leading a movement of
wealthy residents of Rhinebeck and
vicinity to buy fire apparatus to check
fires on their eriates, which have re
cently caused heavy damage and
which are laid to a firebug.
A Poughkeepsie fire auto is to be
sent to Mr. Astor’s estate, Fern-
cliffe, for a demonstration, and simi
lar machine®, combining chemical en
gine and hose wagon, may be main
tained by th- Rhinebeck millionaires.
Cost of Living Up in
Britain 14 Per Cent
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Aug. 15.—Striking fig
ures showing the. increased cofrt of
living are contained in a voluminous
report issued by the British Board of
Trade, according to which present
prices are the highest in 25 years.
Retail prices of food have riser.
14 per cent since 1900, w’hile wages
have increased only 3 per cent.
Miller Gets Boost
For Macon Mayoralty
MACON, Aug. 15.—In the clash
over the naming of a new* City Ex
ecutive Committee by a mass meet
ing at the Auditorium last night,
the Mayoralty boom for Representa
tive Wallace Miller received pro
nounced impetus.
While the present candidates. A. L.
Dasher and Bridges Smith, through
their friends, sought to name the new
committee and Air. Smith practical
ly triumphed in this respect, yet the
nominations were all put by former
Representative Walter DeFore, who
announced that he was present to
protect Mr. Miller’s interests. The
charge was made on the floor that
the administration had corraled
eleven unnaturalized Assyrians and
was voting them.
I Fumigate Trail of
A Smallpox Victim
| SPRINGFIELD, ILL.. Aug 15.—A
j number of railroad depots and car. 4 '
| will undergo a rigid disinfection as
the result of a trip from Fairmont’
Neb., to Clinton and Weldon, Ill., of
of lay ton Townsend, who has small
pox.
With the last stage of the most noted criminal trial in the
history of Georgia at hand the attorneys defending Leo M. Frank,
factory superintendent accused of the slaying of Mary Fhagan,
continued to uphold his character Friday with a strong array of
witnesses.
As on Thursday each of the men summoned testified that
they knew the defendant and that his character was good. Dr.
J. E. Summerfleld, 300 Washington street, who said he'had lived
in Atlanta for nineteen years and F. Schiff, 38 Fair street, who
has lived here for fifty years, were the first witnesses called Fri
day and both responded favorably to the usual questions about
Frank’s character put by Attorney Arnold.
No attempt at cross-examina
tion was made by Solicitor Dor
sey. The State had an equally
imposing array of witnesses—
most o fthem women—ready to
go on the stand in rebuttal of
the evidence upholding the pris
oner’s character.
A curious problem will arise when
they are summoned. The State can
only ask its witnesses as to the gen
eral character of the defendant, fust
as the defense has done, and it will be
up to the defense to ask about par
ticular Incidents on the cross-exami
nation or rest content with allowing
the opinions of the State's witnesses
to go unchallenged. In that event It
would be merely one group saying
Frank's character Is good against an
other saying it Is bad, with the Jury
to decide which it prefers to believe.
Frank Likely to
Take Stand.
When the case wan resumed Friday
it was very problematical when the
defense would finish. According to
Luther Rosser, the defense may rest
before evening with Leo Frank hav
ing told his story on the stand, but
Reuben Arnold was of the opinion
that the defense still would be put
ting in evidence to-morrow.
Frank’s statement on the stand un
questionably will be one of the strik
ing features of the trial. He has
studied the State’s case carefully, and
It Is said will not content himself
with merely denying his guilt and
explaining his movements on the fatal
day, but will go somewhat into what
he believes are the weaknesses of the
State’s chain of circumstances.
According to Frank’s friends, the
prisoner has been anxious for his at
torneys to allow him to be cross-
questioned, but they have doubted the
wisdom of allowing him to go through
the ordeal after the strain of the alst
few months.
B. J. Nix, of Marietta, an office boy
in the National Pencil Company from
April to October. 1912, was the third
witness of the morning.
Q. What <lays were you off?—A. I
was off nearly every Saturday until
September.
Q. What time did you leave on the
Saturdays you worked?--A. FauaJly unimpeached, but it
I worked until 4 or 6 o'clock. w <‘ ak< ’ n thp allbl mat *
Doesn’t Know of
Drinking Parties.
Q. Do you recall missing any Sat-
urdays when you were supposed to
work?—A. No.
Q. Did you ever know Frank to
have any women there drinking with
him?—A. No.
Dorsey took the witness on cross-
examination.
Q. When they were working on that
building on Forsyth street, what time
did you leave?—A. About 4 o’clock.
Q. You don’t know whether Frank
had those women there when you
were off or not, do you?—A. No.
The witness was excused and R. D.
Greenfield was called.
Q. Are you one of the owners of the
Venable Building in which the pencil
company has its factory?—A. Yes.
Q. Who leased it?—A. Montag
Bros., for a period of ten years.
Q. Do you know where the metal
room Is?—A. No.
Q. Where is the Clark Wooden ware
Company?—A. They occupied part of
the building known as No. 37 For
syth street.
Q. Since Montags have had that
building has any new flooring been
put down?—A. No.
Q. Do you know’ Leo M. Frank?—A.
Yes.
Q. Is his character good or baa?—A.
It is very good.
Hooper took the witness on crosy-
examination.
Q. Are you closely connected with
the defendant?—A. As landlord and
tenant.
Q. Did you contribute to the fund
for Frank’s defense?—A. No.
Arnold took the witness.
Q. Have you ever heard of any suclt
fund?—A. No.
Arnold, aside, said;
“I wish there was one.”
Girl’s Testimony
Is Pivot of Alibi.
In the presentation of its alibi for
Leo M. Frank, the defense probably^
accomplished more Thursday than it|
had in all of previous time since the
prosecution rested its case. Frank’s
lawyers had promised that they
would show’ where Frank waa practi
cally every minute on the day the
murder of little Mary Ph&gan was
committed and w’ould demonstrate
that it would have been impossible
to carry out the disposal of the slain
girl’s body and the writing of the
notes as the negro, Jim Conley, de
scribed them.
If their alibi witnesses are to be
believed, the lawyer? appear to have
fairly well accomplished this. On
the credibility of one young witness,
pretty Helen Curran, of No. 160 Ash
by street, the whole alibi may stand
or fall. She could, of course, be
proved mistaken in her statement
that she saw Frank at 1:10 o’clock
standing at Jacobs’ Pharmacv, White
hall and Alabama streets, alyuting a
car home from the factory
•moon of the murder,J
mainder of the alibi wlJ
She is at once the
and the most disil
Witnesses who havej
Frank immediately]
says the crime
Frank w as at W1
streets at 1:10
been almost j
ity for
the disc
Conley|
and
withj
Frai<
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and,
Georgia—Occasional showers^
Friday and Saturday.