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2 THK V| hA VI A HKOlMiAN AND Ni' VVS. TO TOE STAND AGAIN TO TESTIFY IN HIS DEFENSE Continued from Page 1. licitor pressed this question, demand ing if it was not true that Frank, about two weeks before the Phagan girl was murdered, had taken her to one side of the room and caught hold of her when she tried to get back to her work. Miss Julia Fuss testified that Con ley had said Frank was "as innocent as the angels in heaven.” Harry Oottheimer, a traveling salesman for Montag Bros, and the National Pencil Company, testified that he had an engagement with Frank for Saturday afternoon. Miss Hattie Hall, stenographer, swore two days previously that Frank tried to persuade her to work at the pencil factory during the afternoon. Defense Combats Premeditation Theory. These two witnesses were produced by the defense to combat the State's announced theory that Frank deilb erately planned on Friday, the day before the crime, the attack which the State .says he made on Saturday. Oottheimer testified that Frank asked him to come over to the fac tory during the day. "I’m not sure that I can get over this forenoon,” Oottheimer said he told Frank. "Well, if you can't come this fore noon. be sure and come this after noon.” Frank replied, according to Oottheimer. Interest was at fever heat through out the day because of the report that Frank was about to make his state ment. It increased when Mrs. Rae Frank, mother of the defendant, was called to the stand late in the afternoon. She was asked by Attorney Rosser to identify a letter said to have been written by Frank the afternoon of April 26 to his uncle, M. Frank, who was in New York at the time. Mr*. Frank read the letter and identified it as the one which had been read In her presence April 28 in the Hotel Me- Alpin. New York. Letter Offered to Show Frank Was Calm. The letter was another of the pieces of evidence submitted by the defense in an effort to show Frank's menial and nervous condition Saturday after noon after the time the State claims Mary Phagan was attacked and killed. Death Was Accident, Grubb Family Says; Suicide Story Denied That Andrew J. Grubb’s death was not a suicide is the statement made by members of his family, who assert that It resulted from an overdose of strych nine. which the deceased had taken on account of heart trouble. Mr. Grubb died Thursday morning at the family home on DeKalb avenue. North Decatur, while the other mem bers of his family were attending the funeral of his favorite sister. Mrs. So phia Smith Owing to the condition of his heart. Mr. Grubb had remained at borne, fearful lest he be overcome at the funeral. At home with him was his 19-year-old son, Harvey Grubb. According to his family, Mr. Grubb had suffered with heart trouble fur many eyars and had been compelled to take strychnine to get relief. The only way in which he could get the strych nine without a doctor’s prescription was to tell the pharmacist that he wanted it for the purpose of killing a dog Thurs day morning he obtained the strychnine in this manner, which his family says started the suicide rumor. DON’T WAIT X Frost arrives with chilly winds and wintry blasts and you arc shakinp and shiver ing. but buy your COAL NOW, and have it in the bin. Prices are RIGHT, delivery PROMPT. Randall Bros. PETERS BUILDING. MAIN OFFICE. YARDS: Marietta street and North Avenue, both phonee 276. South Boulevard and Georgia railroad. Bell phone 538 Atlanta 803. McDaniel street and Southeru railroad. Bell Main 254, Atlanta $21; 64 Krcgg street Bell Ivy *165. Atlanta. <0*. 162 South Fryer etreet. both phonee 824. The message was quite like any letter that might be written in ordi nary circumstances. The writing w is regular and without any indications that the writer was laboring under mental excitement. In the course if the letter the word "Yontlf” occurred which Mrs Frank described as a pure Hebrew' word meaning holiday. The letter follows: “Atlanta, Ga., April 26, 1913.—Dear Uncle: I trust that this finds you and dear auntie well after arriivng safely In New York. I hope that you found all the dear ones well i t Brooklyn, and I‘await a letter from you telling me how’ you found things there. Lu cile and I are well. “It is too short a time Mnce you left for anything startling to have de veloped down here. The opera has Atlanta In its grip, but that ends to day. I’ve heard a rumor that opera will not be given again in a hurry here. To-day was Yontlf (holiday} here, and the thin gray line of vet erans. smaller each year, braved th° rather chilly weather to do honor to their fallen comrades. “Inclosed you will find last week’s report. The shipments still keep up well, though the result is not what one would wish. There is nothing new in the factory, etc., to report. In closed please find the price list you desired. "The next letter from me you should get on board ship. After that I v/ill write to the address you gave me in Frankfurt. \ “With much love to you both, in which Lucile joins me. I ftm, your affectionate nephew, (Signed) "LEO M. FRANK." Negro Drayman Says He Never Saw Conley. Four negro witnesses were called during the day. One of them. Tru man McCreary, a drayman, testified he never saw Conley watching at the factory door as Conley testified it was his frequent custom to do. Walter Pride, a negro helper, de clared he would not believe Conley on oath. He said he (rften was at the factory on Saturday afternoons and that he never saw women In Frank’s office. Ray Bauer, a white youth, told of vlf4t9 to the factory, on Saturday af ternoons. lie declared he always had found Frank there alone working on the books. He never saw any wo men, Mars Bride’s Fatal Beauty With Razor CHICAGO, Aug 16 No more will Mrs. Michael Raymond, eighteen years old. be led Into trouble hy her beauty. Her winning face captivated two hus bands, but each had quit her because she could not help attracting every man who saw' her. To-day she occupied a cot at Colum bus Hospital. Doctors said she might not recover. Her face, neck and body were slashed in more than a dozen places. Raymond heard other men were pay ing attention to his wife. When he re turned home last evening, he kissed her as usual, then drew a razor and cut her. He fled. ‘Free Spender’ Out Of Asylum a Day NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Edward Stewart, once well known in Broad way as a lavish spender and who has ben confined in the State Asylum for Insane at Center Islip, escaped from that institution to-day and for one whole day he lived over again the former life that eventually landed him m the asylum. He cashed a check and was spend ing money freely when he was recog nized by some former acquaintances who notified the authorities. DIAGRAM SHOWING MAIN POINTS IN FRANK'S ALIBI A House. A Home, A Horse, A Cow— These “Want Ads” Will Tell You How - r r f r r r T77> • «.V «r* 1 KRANX JCarrTAG Rjtos 11.A.M. for OfiTrcm . CCRZX72DA £ma IRSJ&GW on & 11.45A.K JtttNX 4£TT'fi FffoT 8.25 AH (jots' f’o Jrfonf'Zcl Bros lOA.W AJSM7XZ Qi/ZPOr P.M". vv * X? Jml jh gJ iiu33j Forsyth* BROAD Sfrr TV7UTS £n Arr oAYc cm 12.30 iTT. t 2TART TAGA2f~ crtfcj-cJ 12.0J P.M. AmfV 42.25 F.M*. frmrzfiAtL REBECCA CARSCW sw JfRAT/JC Jmrm mf 2.20 RM. JCnA jfmr* «r/* / 2.50 N m CAU&ZT CAR j?ere Sar Jfame. 6.0SPXI. EEEEAT CORRAL SWV AJCAA/JZ on AAtr Co.mar jr/* 1,10 P.W The defense claims it would have been utterly impossible for Frank to have murdered Mary Phagan and disposed of her body in the lapses in time in the alibi they have set up. They also contend that it proves Conley’s story a tissue of falsehoods. Thus, they declare, Conley lied when he said Quinn preceded Monteen Stover and Mary Phagan because Quinn did not arrive until 12:20, just as they charge the negro was caught when he said he saw Mary go in ahead of Monteen because according to State’s Witness George Epps, Mary was at Mariet ta and Forsyth at 12 .-07, while Monteen entered the factory at 12 :05. Proceed ing further, the defense attacks Conley’s story of the disposition of the body on the ground that Helen Curran saw Frank at Alabama and Whitehall at 1:10, and Conley says the disposing of the body began at 12:56. The events Conley de scribes could not have occurred in the intervening 14 minutes, according to the defense, because Conley said he was in the wardrobe 8 minutes, and the writing of the notes must have taken at least 6 minutes, according to the State itself. The State will undoubtedly attack this formidable alibi in its rebuttal evidence. Start on First Lap to Birmingham To Be Made Early Monday Morning. Read for Profit; Use for Results. “Ready” for the start Monday was the final word sent out Saturday by the good roads and highway boost ers who are conducting the campaign. Inaugurated by Hearst’s Sunday American, to blaze a Southern trans continental trail from Atlanta to San Francisco. “Pathfinder" Ferguson was the first man to be heard from. He declared that every detail of the first lap of the long journey had been aminged; that his car was in excellent shape for the cross-country spin, and that he and his wife and two children were anxious to get on the way. “There is nothing to do now,” said Mr. Ferguson, “but to await the hour of the official start. Every detail of the first lap to Birmingham is com plete. According to our present plans, we will leave Atlanta between 9 and 10 o’clock Monday. To Head for State Lin®. “We will proceed direct to the Georgia-Alabama line at Tallapoosa, where President John Craft, of the Alabama Good Roads Association,-ac- eompanied by State Highway Engi neer Keller, will join us. Arriving at Tallapoosa late Monday afternoon, we will rest for the night and resume the journey to Anniston next morning. At Anniston a special man repre senting The Birmingham News will meet us. relieving The Sunday Amer. loan man. After a brief reception we will go direct to Birmingham hv way of Riverside and Pell City. We ex pect to reach the Magic City Wed nesday afternoon.” According to Mr. Ferguson the first lap of the journey will be made in easy stages in order to check up road conditions between Atlanta and Bir mingham as completely as possible. An effort will be made to 5»elect the very best route, and Information con cerning good roads and highways will be given to farmers all along the route. In other words, time records. Mr. Ferguson says, will be sacrificed for the educational side of the trip. Long itinerary Outlined. From Birmingham the party will proceed to Montgomery, where the Governor of Alabama, wno is taking keen interest in the good roads cam paign. will meet the party. Mobile. Xt\v Orleans, Houston, Dallas. El Paso. Phoenix. San Diego. Los Ange les and San Francisco will be reached in the order named. The local Atlanta boosters w’ere the next to he heard from. They an nounced Saturday morning that ev erything was in readiness for the of ficial start Monday. The parade will get under way shortly after 9 q’clock. Among those who will participate will be the chief of the fire department, the police chief, city officials, includ ing Mayor Woodward and other prominent citizens. In addition every automobile and motorcycle that has taken part in the ’Drome races will be in the line of parade. Wisconsin to Begin Sterilizing ‘Unfit’ MADISON, WIS., Aug 16—The State Board of Control of Wiscon sin. which has the management of the State charitable, penal and re formatory institutions, is receiving a large number of inquiries from relatives and friends of criminal in sane, feeble-minded and epileptic per sons regarding the provisions of the new law providing for the steriliza tion of such degenerates. The Board of Contrql is the Judge as to the advisability of sterilizing any degenerate in the public charge, and there is no appeal from its de cision. The board intends to begin with the female degenerates and later take up the male?. Several hundred fe male degenerates will be sterilized this year. FEAR VIOLENCE F sunn John D. a Prodigal; Gives Berries Away NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—The har vest of crabs and blackberries at j Tarrytown this year beats all records. Thousands of crabs are being caught in the Hudson daily. One man caught 150 in two hours. Blackberries are so plentiful that half of the boys of the village are picking them. The favorite and best field is on John D. Rockefeller’s es tate. Mr. Rockefeller has not inter fered with the picking, and it is es timated that 300 quarts are picked from his bushes daily. Streets of Village Paved With Gold CHICO, Aug. 16.—Considerable ex citement was created in this city when it was discovered’ that the Greets are being literally paved with gold. The sand used in preparing con crete for the base of street paving is shipped in from the Yuba River. In working up this sand it was dis covered that it contains large quan tities of fine gold, so much that it can be detected with the naked eye. Dog Saves Girl From Snake, Then Dies PUEBLO. COL., Aug. 16.—"Boots,” a white bulldog pet of the family of Alonzo Hunt, was the hero of an ex citing fight with a rattlesnake. To save his 9-vear-old mistress, Lucille, he leaped between her and the rep tile. receiving the full force of the snake attack. The dog succeeded in killing it before he succumbed to the poison. Evelyn Again Takes Up Name of Thaw NEW YORK. Aug. 16.—Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, with the accent on the Thaw, began her second week ai Hammersvdn’s Victoria more of a favorite than when she started. She.has stopped shying at the name Thaw, which now is plastered from the ground to the roof, where it blazes forth in electric glory. New York Governorship Situa tion Has Reached an Acute Stage. Continued from Page 1. to-day to spend the week-end out of town Senator Wagner, leader in the Senate, and Speaker A. E. Smith, of the Assembly, went to Saratoga. Assemblyman Aaron J. Levy, majori ty leader in the Assembly, is hore de combat, being confined to his bed in the Ten Eyck Hotel with nervous prostration brought on by the big political row. Monday’s conference of anti-Sulzer leaders will take steps to reject the nominations of James M. Lynch for State Labor Commissioner, and Charles J. Chase for manager of the Public Service Commission, because they are apointees of Governpr Sul- zer. Glynn men will be submitted, according to present plans. The anti- Sulzer plans also provided for Mr. Glynn to send a message to the Legis lature next week in the capacity of acting Governor. Mrs. Sulzer Has Relapse. The strain of leading a fight against his powerful foes is telling in marked fashion upon the Governor. His wor ries are increased by the illness of Mrs. Sulzer, who has suffered a re lapse. Dr. Abrahams, of New York City, reached here early to-day. and hur ried at once to the executive mansion to consult with other doctors. One of the most effective weapons in the hands of the anti-Sulzer forces now is the authority of the State Comptroller’s office. With the Comp troller lined up with the Glynn forces, vouchers signed by Governor Sulzer will not be honored and salaries of State officers will be held up. TO-DAY’S MARKET OPENING NEW YORK COTTON. Aug. Sept. Oct. . Nov. Dec. Jan. . Feb. Mch. May . ! I , First | Prev. lOpen | High I Low | Call. I Close 5] 11.69 11.75 ii.is 11.13 10.99 11.09 11.7 ii! 2 ill.18 11.13111.09 11.01)10.91 11.09)11.08 11.69111.69-70 ill.36-3b 11.2011.14-15 ill.05-07 11.09 11.07-08 11.01 10.97-98 . .110.99-01 11.08 11.05-06 . .111.08-09 NEW ORLEANS COTTON. I First! Prev. |Open|High|Low Call I Close Aug. . .1 111.60-62 Sept. . .| ill.22-24 Oct. . .ill. 19 Nov. . J 11.20 ii. is 11.18|11.18-19 111.14-16 Dec. . . .jll. 16 Jan. . . .111.16 Feb. . .{ Mch. . J May . ■' J 11.16 11.16 11.16 11.16 11.16111.16-17 11.161 1 1.16-17 ill.14-16 ill.15-16 11.32-34 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. Futures opened firm. Opening Rangp. Aug Aug.-Sept . . Sept.-Oct. . . Oct.-Nov. . . Nov.-Dec. . . Dec.-Jan. . . Jan.-Feb. . . Feb.-Mch. . . Mch.-Apr Apr.-May . . May-June . . June-July . . Closed firm. .6.22 -6.26 .6.15 .6.05 .6.01 .5.96 -6.00 .5.961-6.06 .5.97 -6.03% .5.98%-596% .6.00 -6.06 .6.01 -6.04 .6.01% .6.07% : p. m. 6.27 6.20% 6.11 6.08 6.02 6.02 6.03 6.04 V 2 6.05% 6.06*6 6.07*6 6.07*6 Prev. Close. 6.18 6.11 6.01 5.97*6 5.92 5.92 5.93 5.14*6 5.95*6 5.96*6 5.97*6 NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Stock quotations to 10 a. OBITUARY The f uneral of Ivey Kilgore, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kil gore who died Friday, was held Sat urday from Harry Poole’s chapel. In terment at Casey's cemetery. Funeral services of Mrs. E. H. Vernon. who died Friday afternoon at the resi dence. 38 Adams street, will be held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon from the home. She was 65 years old, anu is survived by two sons, Edward and William S. Vernon, and one daughter, Mrs. W. P. Evans. The body will be taken to Louisville, Ky.. for interment The body of Henry S. Chaffin, who died Friday afternoon at a local sanitarium, was carried Saturday to his old home in Monroe, Ga.. for funeral and inter ment. He was 25 years old and is sur vived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. R T. Chaffin, of Monroe; three brothers. Hugh. Dana and Weyman Chaffin, and one sister. Mrs. L. B. Nowell. The remains of J. B. Mathis, who died Friday morning at a local hospital, were taken Saturday to Washmgton, Ga. for funeral and interment. He was 50 years old. STOCK— Amal. Copper. American Can Atchison B. and O Can. Pacific.. Colo. F. and I. Erie G. North, pfd. G. North. Ore. Lehigh Valley Mo. Pacific... North. Pacific. Pennsylvania. Reading Rock Island... So. Pacific.... St. Paul Union Pacific U. S. Rubber. U. S. Steel.... do, pref. .. High. 72*6 3.2% 95% 96% 218% 31*6 28*4 126% 35% 151 30% 110% 112 159% 16% 92% 106*4 152% 61 61% 108 Low. 71% 32% 95*4 96% 218% 31% 28% 126% 35% 151 30% 110% 112 159% 16% 92% 106% 162% 61 61% 108 10 A.M. 72 32% 95% 96% 218% 31% 28*4 126% 35% 151 30% 110% 112 169% 16% 92% 106% 15,2% 61 6l£ 108 Prev Close. 72% 33 95% 96% 218 31 28% 126% 34% 150% 31 109% 112 159% 16% 92 106 152% 60% 62% 107% COTTON MARKET OPINIONS. Moore. Brown, Drakeford & Co., of Liverpool, cable: "Sentiment becoming more bullish; moderate trade buying; ring short.’’ Norden & Co.: "We prefer to ab stain from expressing any opinion.’’ Miller & Co.: "Climatic conditions still control prices." Logar/ & Bryan: "We think con servative sales on the sharp rallies will prove profitable.’’ LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 16.—Due 5% points higher on August and 4% points ihgher on other positions, this market opened steady, generally 4 points advance. At the close the market was firm at a net j advance of 9% to 10% points. I Spot cotton quiet at 11 points ad- I vance: middMng. 6.51d; sales. 3,000 bales, including 2.000 American bales; specula tion and export. 500: imports 2,000, of which none were American bales. LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 16.—Wheat closed % to %d higher. Corn closed %d higher. Falls; To Try Niagara Leaps Aiisable Chasm LAKE PLACID, X. Y.. Aug. 16.— Redman Law, who successfully shot the Rainbow Falls, at the head of Au&cble Chasm, announced, on hi? return, that he purposes in about six weeks to go over Niagara. The start was seen by 300 persons. The flat-bottom boat used took the 75-foot fall and went to pieces on the rocks of the rivar bed. SLAVS WIFE AND SETS FIRE TO George S. Nance, Said To Be From Macon, N. C., Held in Rockingham Jail. FLEES; FEARED ’ ■ ‘DESERTER’ .Famous Militant Leader Joins Daughter in France—Eng land Breathes Easier. Special Cable to>The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Aug. 16.—"Has Mrs. Em meline Pankhurst forsaken the mil- t ltant suffragettes?" This question arose here to-day fol lowing the receipt of a telegram fro n Paris to the effect that the famous leader has Just joined her fugitive daughter, Christobel, in that city. At Scotland Yard It was said that de fectives knew of Mrs. Pankhurst’s de parture from England and had so no tified the Government, but no efforts had been taken to stop her flight de spite the fact that she was only tem porarily out of prison when she left, and has over two years to serve yet. In fact, it was gnade plain that th* 4 Government breathes easier with Mrs. Pankhurst on foreign soil. Prominent members of the Women's Social and Political Union, of whi^h Mrs. Pankhurst Is president, deny that Mrs. Pankhurst has fled. They f declare that her mission to Paris is t* induce Christobel to return to London- One theory, based upon this conten tion, is that Mrs. Fa^khurst fears her other daughter, Sylvia, who was re leased from Holloway jail the other day on account of serious illness in duced by a hunger strike, is going f o die, and she wants the daughters vo meet again. Christobel Pankhurst fled to Paris about two years ago to avoid arrest on a conspiracy charge. Mrs. Pank hurst’s biography reads like a police blotter. She was the originator of violent methods and has suffered se verely for her Invention. She was several times arrested, but released on hunger strikes. ‘Double Nose-Veil’ Fad Dies in Newport NEWPORT, Aug. 16.—Miss Elsie Stevens’ white lace veil at the Casino has broken the double nose veil fad which has been so distasteful to the men, because they were bowing to ladies whose features they could not recognize. Not a nose veil was worn at the Casino for tennis. The debutantes, in?luding Miss Stevens, Gabrielle Warren and Mimi Scott, w’ere veilless. HAMLET, N. C„ Aug 16.—After striking his wife on the head with a beer bottle fracturing her skull and causing her death, George S. Nance, w'hose home is said to be in Macon, N. C., saturated her clothing with ker osene and set fire to the body, in their room at a local hotel yesterday. Attendants, attracted by the smoke issuing from the room, rushed in. and found the dead body of the woman in the middle of the room, her clothing almost completely burned, the furni ture blazing and the destruction of the hotel threatened. Nance was found in a room three doors away on the same floor, and after arrest admitted that he had kill ed his wife and set fire to her cloth ing. He said his wife had told him he w r as crazy and should be In the asylum, and that she was now as crazy as he was. She then seized him by the throat and choked him, he said and when he freed himself he struck her with the beer bottle, frac turing her skull. Seeing that she was dead, he poured kerosene over her clothing and the furniture and fired the room. The couple arrived in Hamlet yes terday and registered at the hotel, and said they would spend the day there, leaving at night for Norfolk. A receipted bill from a Greenville S. C., firm, addressed to Mrs. George S. Nance, 321 Laurens Street, was found in a handbag. The shoes worn by the woman were purchased in Knoxville, Tenn, Nance, who is about 40 years old of medium size and clean shaven, had on his person when arrested $563 ic bills and coin a Government bond for $1,000 and a deposit slip from a Macon bank for $1,000. A verdict was returned by the Cor oner’s jury to the effect that Mrs. Nance came to her death at the hands of her husband, George S. Nance. He was committed to jail without bond. The prisoner was hurried to Rocking ham. In addition to the charge of murder, an arson charge was made against Nance. The body of Mrs. Nance was de livered to an undertaken, who will hold it subject to instructions. Are You Sick, Diseased, Nervous, Run Down? Have You Blood Polton, Kidney, Bladder and Urinary Troubles? IF SO, CONSULT (FREE) Dr. Hughes. Atlanta’s Long Estab lished. Most Reliable Specialist, cure to stay cured NERVE. BLOOD and Skin Dl<eases. STRICTURE. Prostatic Trouble*. YARICOCELE. HYDROCELE, Kidney. Bladder and Urinary Diseases, Piles and ▲11 Chronic and Prlwite Diseases of Men and Women. io* ->6, L-ue celebrated German preparation, for Blood Poison, and Guarantee results. Everything ab solutely confidential. If you can't call, write. Free Consultation and Advice to all HOUI\8—Jl a. m. to 7 p. m. Sundays. 9 to 1. DR. J. D. HUGHES Ooposlte Third National Bank, 16*/ 2 N. Broad St,, Atlanta, Ga. 4tlamta ‘Opera Comique’ For Chicagoans Gotham CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—Chicago and New York next season each will have an opera comique. Andreas Dippe', for mer general manager of the Chicago Grand Opera Company, is to t be the gen eral director for the Chicago organiza tion, and Dippel and Florenz Siegfeld will manage the New York opera. Mr. Dippel is in Europe obtaining tal ent and making plans for the two operas to conform with the famous Paris organization. Real Estate The Best Investment For both the man with a feu) hundred dollars and the man With large capital. Look back, ten years and see the immense increase in value of all classes of Atlanta Real Etsaie. The increase in the next ten years will be even greater. Why not profit from Atlanta’s growth as oth- ers have done' The Georgian gives yoi the Widest choice