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By Bert Green
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Girl’s Testimony Big Help to the ^
Accused Man—Many Testify to !
His Good Character.
ware several more witnesses to be*
called on Friday who had seen him
the day of the crime.
Thursday’s testimony began with
the time he went to Moutag Bros.,
Nelson and Forsyth streets, Satufday
forenoon. Sig Montag, one of the
Arm and also treasurer of the Nation
al Pencil Company, testified that
Frank came to his plant about 10
o’clock and left about 11.
Miss Corlntlila Hall, Mrs. Emma
Freeman, Miss Hattie Hall, Alonzo
Mann and others had testified to see
ing him In the factory between 31
o’clock and noon. Lemmie Quinn,
metal department foreman, the day
before declared that he visited Frank
In his office at 12;20 o’clock. Mr*.
Arthur White, a witness for the State,
saw him in his office at 12:30. He
went to the fourth floor at 12:50. ac
cording to Mrs. White, Harry Den
ham and Arthur White.
This brought the defense down to
the time someone saw him after he
left the factory.
Miss Curran was called to the
stand and declared she saw the fac
tory superintendent at 3:10 at White
hall and Alabama streets apparently
waiting for a street car. This made
an interval of but eighteen minutes
from the time he was seen by the
three persons on the fourth floor of
the factory, allowing two minutes for
him to walk to his car. and an Inter
val \>f but twelve minutes from the
time that Conley said they started to
carry the body to the basement.
Fight of the twelve minutes were
spent by Conley In a closet in Frank’s
office, according to the negro's testi
mony. Of the remaining four, part
ware occupied in disposing of the
body and part in writing the notes.
Witness Who
Helped Build Alibi.
Mrs. Albert 1’. Levy, No. 69 Fast
Georgia avenue, swore she saw Frank
get off u car at about 1:20 o’clock and
walk to the Selig home. No. 68 Fast
Georgia avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. flittUg already had tes
tified he arrived home at 1:20 and
ate luncheon.
Mrs. M. G. Michael, of Athens. Oa.,
said she saw Frank at about 2 o’clock
at the home of Mrs. C. Wol/sheimer,
No. 387 Washington street, where she
w'as visiting. She said he walked on
to Glenn street and caught his car for
town.
Jerome Michael, son of the former
witness, saw Frank at the same time.
Mrs. Wolfsheimer was another wit
ness who saw Frank Just before he
caught his car. She said he was not
nervous and bore no scratches or
other marks.
Julian Iv>eb, No. 380 Washington
street, said that from across the street
he saw Frank stop at No. 387 Wash
ington and then go on to his car.
J. C. Loeb, No. 446 Washington
street, testified that he caught the
Washington street car for town at
Georgia avenue at about 2 o’clock
Frank got on, he said, at Glenn
1st reel. The car was stalled near the
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York remains
Capitol, ant] Frank, according to Loch,
got off the car and walked down Hun
ter street toward town.
Miss Rebecca Carson, a forclady on
the fourth Moor at the pencil fac'ory,
told the Jury that ahe saw Frank In
front of Rich. Bros, between 2:20 and
2:25 and that she saw him going into
Jacobs’ Pharmacy at about 2:50.
Harry' Denham, who was in the fac
tory the day of the murder, testified
that Frank came to the fourth floor
about 3 o’clock and fold him and Ar
thur White they could leave.
Saw Nothing Unusual
In His Actions.
Emil Sells and Mlnoia McKnight
had testified previously that Frank
came home Saturday night about
6:30.
Mrs. M. Marcus, Mrs. A. E. Marcus.
M. J. Goldstein and others told of
seeing Frank at home Saturday even
ing. They said there was nothing un
usual in his demeanor and that he
bore no scratches or marks of any
sort. He was reading a magazine,
they said, and laughed heartily over a
story in regard to a baseball umpire.
They testified that he retired about
1:30 o’clock.
The defense also made good Its
promise that it would not hesitate to
put Frank’s character in issue. Fol
lowing Its action of the day before,
when the first of the character wit
nesses were put on the stand, nearly
a score of Frank’s acquaintances,
some of them his classmates and in
structors at Pratt Institute and Cor
nell University, were called to testify
to Frank’s good character.
These witnesses for the most pa”t
were excused without cross-examina
tion. Prominent citizens of Atlanta
also declared Frank to be of good
character. Among these witnesses
were Rabbi David Marx, V. H. Krieg-
shaber, Milton Klein and R. A. Sohn.
A peculiar situation arose through
the calling of Max F. Goldstein and
Arthur Heyman as character wit
nesses by the defense. Goldstein is a
law partner of Frank A. Hooper and
Heyman of Solicitor Dorsey, the two
attorneys who are prosecuting Frank.
Says Conley Told
Her He was Drunk.
One of the startling statements of
the day came from Miss Rebecca Car-
son. She declared Conley had sworn
to her that he was not in the factory
the day of the murder—in fact, that
he was so drunk he did not know
where he was or what he did.
Solicitor Dorsey obtained an admis
sion from J. R. Leach that oars fre
quently run ahead of time >n practi
cally all lines. This serves to lessen
in value the testimony of the crew of
the car on which Mary Phagan came
to town. They swore they never ran
ahead of time and that the Phagan
girl could not have arrived in town
before 12:07 o’clock the day she was
slain
Judge Roan threatened Thursday
afternoon to clear the courtroom if
disorder did not cease. V. H. Krleg-
shaber was on the stand testifying
the character of Frank when laughter
at some of the testimonv disturbed
the courtroom.
Attorney Arnold protested.
"This is not a sideshow," he said.
"Must we put up with such disorder?’’
“Find the man that laughed and pm
him out, ordered the Judge. "If there
is any further disorder, no one will be
admitted to the trial to-morrow."
Farley on Sick Bed
Sees His Horse Lose
NEW YORK. Aug 16. — Aft-tr
watching from a cot at the side of
the Empire City Racetrack, the race
In which hit horse. Bill Miller came
in fifth. James Farley, leader of the
strike-breakers, has suffered a re
lapse and must remain at the track
until he regains his strength.
He is suffering from tuber<^osis
and had expressed a desire to
race, At the track he was at^nded
by two physicians and two nurses.
It is one thing to make soda
crackers that are occasionally
good.
It is quite another thing to
make them so that they are
always better than all other
soda crackers, always of un
varying goodness.
The name “Uneeda”— stamped on
every biscuit—means that if a million
packages of Uneeda Biscuit were
placed before you, you could choose
any one of them, confident that every
soda cracker in that package would
be as good as the best Uneeda Biscuit
ever baked. Five cents.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
IB GREET AUTO
v
President of Good Roads Asso
ciation Will Meet Trail Blazer
Ferguson at State Line.
Another indication of the wide
spread interest in the campaign for an
All-Southern transcontinental high
way, which will be Inaugurated by
Hearst’s Sunday American next Mon
day. was received in Atlanta Friday
In the form of a communication from
John Craft, president of the Alabama
Good Roads Association, who will Join
Pathfinder Ferguson at the Alabama -
Georgia line.
President Craft, who is known ill
over the country as a good roads
booster, accompanied by Statf High
way Engineer Keller, will accompany
Mr. Ferguson throughout Alabama.
Details Virtually Arranged.
Mr. Ferguson now has arranged
virtually every detail of the trip. His
big touring car has been repaired and
made shipshape for the lon^ Journey,
and instruments which will be used
along the route have also been re
ceived and installed
Plans for the parade, the official
send-off next Monday, also are com
plete, and everyone is on the qui vive
in anticipation.
In the line of march will be the
Fire Chief, the Chief of Police, city
officials, including Mayor Woodwaro,
and other prominent citizens. If th'?
\Neather man hands out a good brand
of ozone next Monday, the people
of Atlanta will be treated to one of
the riost unique parades in the his
tory of 1 the city.
Birmingham Plans Send-Off.
Mr. Ferguson, accompanied by nis
wife and two children and a speci.il
American man, will go direct to An
niston, Ala., and thence to Birming
ham, the end of the first lap of the
long Journey. At Birmingham the
party will be the recipients of a big
send-off. led by The Birmingham
News, one of the chain of newspa
pers promoting the monster project.
Leaving Birmingham, the party
will proceed to Montgomery, thence
to Mobile, New Orleans, Houston,
Dallas, El Paso, San Diego, Los An
geles and San Francisco. Mr. Fer
guson hopes to reach the Pacific Coa3t
before October 1.
Wife Given 63 Cents
A Week Asks Divorce
CINCINNATI, Aug. 15.—Becalse her
husband insisted that 63 cents a week
was enough to support herself and baby,
Mrs Bessie Horowitz has asked for a
divorce.
CUPID AT THE WIRE.
EVANSTON. ILL.. Aug. 15—Tele
phone service here is badly crippled be
cause in the last month seventeen tele
phone operators out of seventy have re
signed to get married, and half of the
gTls remaining are engaged.
DODGED BUZZ SAW 40 YEARS.
CHESTER. PA., Aug. 15.—After work
ing for 40 years in Frost’s mill here
without a mishap, Robert parks caught
his leg in a buzz saw. He will lose the
leg.
Europe Sees Kaiser
In Peacemaker Bole
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Aug. 15.—In his new role is
“peace lord of Europe" Emperor Wil
liam of Germany has launched a
diplomatic campaign to prevent an
other war in the Balkans. Telegrams
from Berlin and Constantinople indi
cated to-day that the German Emper
or and his Foreign Office have draft
ed proposals which soon will be sent
to Russia, Austria, England, France
and Italy.
While Germany has been looked
upon as the friend of Turkey, on ac
count of the commercial relations of
the two countries, it is reported now
that William favors the surrender of
Adrianople to Czar Ferdinand.
’Cue for Light Men
Cooked by Electricity
MACON, Aug. 15.—Barbecue cooked
by electricity was served to-day to
the 250 delegates from five Southern
States attending the first annual con
vention of the Southeastern section
of the National Electric Light Asso
ciation. This is said to be the first
time meats have been barbecued other
than over a slow wood fire.
The electric light men will elect of
ficers and choose the next place of
meeting Saturday. Mr. Arkwright, of
Atlanta, is in line for the presidency
to succeed E. C. Deal, of Augusta.
Birmingham, Atlanta and Savannah
are seeking the next convention.
Here’s Latest; ‘Cans’
t His Funeral Sermon
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.. Aug. 15.—
Rev. G. L. Morrill, pastor of the Peo-
ple’n Church here, whose place of
worship is in a downtown theater,
left with his family for a tour of
South America ar.d a trip around the
Horn.
Mr. Morrill’s last act before his de
parture was to visit the store of a
talking machine dealer where he
preached his own funeral sermon into
a machine to be used in case of his
death.
SEiTE CLOSES
IN FIERY BIST
Kea Reiterates Charges Against
Anderson, but President Gets
Vote of Thanks.
Idaho Wins Pennant
As Best Battleship
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels announces
that the battleship pennant for all
round efficiency has been awarded lo
the Idaho, which finished her tests
with 100 per cent for gunnery and 8?
per cent for engineering.
The Utah, which finished second,
had 80 per cent for gunnery and 100
for engineering.
MILITANTS IN WALES.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
CARDIFF. WALES. Aug. 15.—Suf
frage activity is on the increase in
Wales. Agents of the Women’s So
cial and Political Union are going
through Wales establishing branches
and inciting dissatisfied women to
violence.
BIG CANNERY IN HALL.
GAINESVILLE, Aug. 15.—A can
nery. whose output daily is now 100
bushels of okra and tomatoes, is a
new industry in Hall County. J. J.
Adams, of Klondyke, is owner and
operator. During the season he will
pat up 2.400 cases, or 48,000 cans.
Weary fropi their efforts in the
final all-day siege, but happy over
the fact that the Senate calendar
had been cleared of its most impor
tant measure, the appropriation bill,
Georgia Senators at 10:15 o’clock
Thursday night welcomed the last
rap of the President’s gavel which
rang down the curtain on the 1913
session. The Speaker of the House
preceded President Anderson just
three minutes in the call for adjourn
ment .sine die.
The end in the Senate, where the
appropriations bill with its $280,000
excess of disbursement over revenue,
was pending, came after a day of
hard work and a dash of excitement.
During the morning every attempt
was made to clean up the calendar
.which had become clogged at the last
moment. The forenoon session was
extended to 1:30 to get the “mother’s
custody" bill through, following the
passage of the inheritance tax bill.
Excitement Begins.
Then came the first excitement.
Senator Fred Kea. of the Sixteenth
District, arose to a point of personal
privilege to substantiate his charges
against President Anderson, pub
lished exclusively in The Georgian.
Never during the session has the
Senate been the scene of such intense
interest.
Senator McNeill, of the Twenty-
second district, started the ball roil
ing when he got possession of the
floor and bitterfy denounced Senate”
Kea for his charges against the
presiding officer of the Senate. He
moved that the Senate extend a ris
ing vote of thanks to President An
derson for his fair and excellent ser
vices. It w'as at this juncture that
Senator Kea ros»e to his point of per
sonal privilege.
Reiterates His Charges.
He charged President Anderson
had deliberately blocked the pas
sage of bills. He charged further
that the Senate Rules Committee was
the "whole cheese in the Senate, as
sure as there was a God in high
Heaven.’’
At the conclusion of the fiery
speech the Senate extended to Presi
dent Anderson a rising vote of
thanks. Senator Kea alone voting in
the negative.
As predicted In The Georgian on
Thursday, the Senate receded from
Its action in cutting the House ap
propriation. therebv restoring the
$280,000 excess of disbursements over
revenues. This was in accordance
with the Governor’s wishes. The Sen
ate also passed the amended- bill al
lowing freight trains to run on Sun«
day and confirmed the nominatioYY
of Joh Hart as State Tax Collector.
NEGRO ATTACKS JAILER.
COLUMBUS.—When Jailer Lay-
field went to the assistance of Officer
Beahn in arresting a negro, a brother
of the man wanted made a murder
ous assault on the jailer with a pick
handle.
MEDAL TO CANCER EXPERT.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Aug. 15.—The Chevillon
prize for the best work in the treat
ment of cancer was to-day awarded
to Dr. R. Robinson, a distinguished
French scientisL
10,000 Women Join'
Strike in Barcelona
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BARCELONA. SPAIN, Aug. 15.—
The strike situation here is becoming
revolutionary in character. Clashes
between idle mobs and soldiers main
taining martial law are continuous.
More than 300,000 men and women
were idle to-day. Of this, number it
is estimated between 8,000 and 10,000
are women.
General Weyler, Military Governor
of Catalonia, who is directing the
soldiers, has prohibited mass meet
ings. But in spite of this strikers at
tempted to hold a meeting to protest
against the despotic methods of
Weyler.
Name Trees After
All Cabinet Members
WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.—In addi
tion to the "Wilson elm” to be dedi
cated by President Wilson, fifteen
other trees, named after members of
the cabinet and the diplomatic corps,
will be planted In the Whit* House
lawn to fill gaps left*by the recent
storm.
TODAY’S MARKET OPENING
NEW YORK COTTON.
1 1
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.First! Pray.
Call.i Close
Aug .
Sept . .
11.58
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11.02
10.95
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11.03
16.96
10.86
11.02
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10 85-87
10.94
10.85
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10.85110.76-77
10 27-29
Mch. . . .
May
10.93
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LIVERPOOL
COTTON
MARKET.
Futures opened steady.
Opening
Prev.
Range
2 P M. Close
Aug
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June-July
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Stock quotations to 10 a
. m.:
10 Prev.
STOCK-
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A.M. Close.
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Am. B. Sugar.
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Am. Car. Foun
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Am. Smelt. . .
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Atchison.
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Can. Pac.
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do. pref.
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154%
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WITH BILES US'
Tax Reform Act Only Important
Measure Signed—Assembly
Musically Adjourns. |f
With the Legislature adjourned
after 50 days of hard work, in which
some of the best laws In the histor^
of the State were enacted, the work
of transmitting the measures to Gov
ernor Slaton for his> signature will
begin to-day, and the Executive ON
flee will be swamped with the bills.
More than 100 have already been en-4
grossed and sent to the Governor,
but there still remain between 200
and 300 local and general bills.
Of the 100 or more that are al
ready in the Governor’s office, but
one of general importance has been!
signed. That is the tax reform bill,
which was signed by the Governo^ 4
and became a law at 3 o’clock Thurs.* \
day afternoon. The pen with which ?
Governor Slaton signed the measure!
that is expected to revolutionize the
taxation system of the State wad
given to Representative Lipscomljl
of Clarke, who introduced the orij
Inal tax equalization bill, and wTl
has been one of the reform leaded
throughout the session.
Though the Governor has signed
several local bills which Represent
tatives and Senators wished to havq
become operative immediately, it ia
hardly probable that many of the!
general bills will receive his signa-.
ture until next week, when they wil|
all be in his office.
Adjourns M 10:12 o’Clock.
The Legislature adjourned shortly 1
after 10 o’clock last night. Speaker J
Burwell brought his gavel down for
the last time this year at 10:13
o’clock, and President Anderson, of
the Senate, adlourned that bodv three
minutes later. Two minutes after
the gavel rang out the House was in
the throes of song. Representative
Blackburn climbed upon a seat and
led the Representatives in singing
"God Be With You Till We Meet
Again."
Practically the only work the
House had to do at the night ses
sion, which convened at 8 o'clock*
was to wait for the Senate to send
over bills that had already passed
the House and which the upper
branch desired to amend. The only
changes^ of Importance made in th4
measures were the following, all or
which were concurred in by the
House: Appropriating $7,500 to the
Chemical Bureau of the Department
of Agriculture. $15,000 to the Depart
ment of Entomology to fight the boll
w r eevil. and a bill increasing the sal-j
ary of the State Oil Inspector
$1,800. A bill appropriating $5,000
to* the Department of Agriculture
was killed, because the wording of
the bill was vague.
During the wait on the Senate the
House took a recess and the members
proceeded to kill the time by putting
on stunts that eclipsed the usual jolli
fication with which sessions of the
Legislature are brought to a close.
Every member of the House was de
termined to have as much fun as p*
could, and witty speeches, mock ai
tempts to rush through wild approp.
atlons and gay singing was the ord<
of the hour.
James Keeps Sonos Going. 1
Representatives James of Gilme
official "song-h’ister, kent. the son*
going, and wa r surrounded by a groi:
of vocalists and near-vocalists t
evening, singin" all the old favorit
and a few that w^ere not so old. Her'
derson of Jones made speeches
every corner of the hall, and got alor
all right until he began one about th
being the hour of the wild-eyed re-H
former. Olive of Richmond then
moved that he be given a bale of hay, •
which was carried, amid much re- \
joicing, and Henderson was removed |
from the desk onto which he haJil
climbed. M
Representative yPicquet of Rich
mond, the smallest man In the Housa,
was called to the chair by the crow d,
and interrupted a turkey trot w’hich
Greene of Houston and Smith of Ful
ton w’ere doing down the middle ais’sd
by recognizing Ed Wohlwender, of fil- r
Ibuster fame. Wohlwender brought
dowm the House by Jokingly moving
that all prohibitionists be excluded
from the hall.
Burwell Thanks Members.
Ennis of Baldwin jumped to ‘ns*
feet and gave it as his solemn opini >n
that the members were children. He
therefore moved that $25,000 be ap
propriated to build a sanitarium to
take care of them. Picquet declar 'd
the motion carried without putting
the question. The fun continued foA
more than two h >urs, until the sing
ers became hoarse and the speech-
makers had used up their supply of
w’ords.
When the House convened at 9:3$
o’clock, Speaker Burwell delivered y
short address, in which he thanked
the House for the honor it had con
ferred upon him, and expressed his
appreciation of the work of each
member. He declared that the people
of Georgia should be proud of the
membership of the House, and said
this session had been productive
more remedial legislation than a:
had seen in his ten years’ leg!
experience.