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NOTICE J* yon h»ve any difficulty In buying Hearn's i Sunlay American anywhere In the South notify > Circulation Manager. Hearst’a Sunday Amerl- i can, Atlanta, Ga. EDITION FOR ICAN MACON VOL. NO. 20. Copyright. 1913, by Georgian ~ The Georgian Company ★★★ ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. £ REFUSE TO IE Charlton at Last in Italy’s Grasp Wife Slayer Loses 3-Year Fight +•+ Now on Ocean on Way to Trial Porter Charlton, young American, who killed beautiful wife and is now on way to face trial in Italy. Court Frees‘Old Maid' Who Resents Epithet Judge Rules Spinster Was Right In Smiting Married Woman With Chair. TO BEAT HEARST Deadlock Results in New York Im peachment Situation as Each Claimant Refuses to Make Move—Both Go to Capitol. i> — Accused Executive Accompanied by His Bodyguard Goes to State House and Plunges Into Busi ness—No Outbreak Surprise. CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—Unmarried' women of mature years who are sub jected to ridicule as "old maids” have won a victory in court. Miss Minnie Flatley, of the Colonial Hotel, Is 31, and Mrs. Lizzie Varley, of the same address, has been calling her an “old maid.” Miss Flatley resented the sarcasm by smiting Mrs. Varley with a chair and punishing her seriously. When she was arraigned in court Judge Gemmill, after hearing the story, said "Discharged.” "I think this sort of provocation Justifies any assault up to murder,” said the judge. "It Is despicable to humiliate a woman." May Yohe to Re-Wed Lord Hope, Is Rumor American Singer Wins Back Her Former Husband With Favorite Music Hall Song. ALBANY, N. Y„ Aug. 16.—Neither xgtic nor violent steps will be taken Lieutenant Governor Martin H. ynn to force William Sulzer, the peached Governor of New York, jm office—at least not to-day. Ow- g to the fact that this was a half iliday at the State offices, Mr. ynn spent but a few minutes at e Capitol, and while both Sulzer id Glynn forces refused to budge an ch, matters were at a deadlock. Accompanied by jiis bodyguard, overnor Sulzer walked from the ex- :utlve mansion to the Capitol, where > plunged into State business, just i though his right to exercise the ibernatorial prerogatives were not ntested. Lieutenant Governor Glynn_ who aims the powers of Acting Governor ider the Constitution until Mr. Sul- r is brought to trial on September , went from the Capitol to the of- es cf his newspaper and announced ! would spend the afternoon at an letic meet. He denied that, like peoleon, he would lift the power of Ing New York State on the bay- jets of the National Guard, i Lack of Trouble a Surprise. Absence of an actual outbreak to- was a surprise to many who ex ited to eee the executive chamber battleground for the Sulzer and immany forces. Ur. Sulzer now virtually stands ine, having been deserted by the jmbers of his cabinet, who have led themselves to the Glynn forces, t Sulzer refuses to. abdicate, despite ! fact that the ranks of his political imles have been strengthened dur- the last 24 hours. .ieutenant Governor Glynn, who Is v signing State documents with s signature, “Martin H. Glynn, Act- Governor, State of New York," jounced that, in spite of any ob- uctions thrown In his way by the !zer legal forces, he would continue administer gubernatorial affairs iding Mr. SulzeTs trial for alleged h crimes and misdemeanors Sep- aber 18. Both 8ides Fear Trick. ?oth sides are taking elaborate pre- jtlons to guard against a trick, roughout the night armed guards tod watch over each State depart ing while lawyers and legislators olved in the struggle were trailed irlvate detectives. Mr. Sulzer was ■etlrement planning a new legal e with his counsel. Messenger . with Washington and New York telegrams could not find the Gov- |tr, but members of the “inner cir- took charge of the dispatches, ling they would find the Governor, leaders of the anti-Sulzer faction le the threat that Mr. Glynn, now Jlng control of the State Military fiartment, would actually Invade executive chamber. He will get a mighty warm recep- in," declared Sulzer adherents, who few, but courageous. Some Fear Martial Law. >ome residents of this city, reallz- the intense seriousness of the sit- tion, fear that conditions may be ne so grave that martial law will e to be declared. [t was assumed that Governor Sul- ■ to-day would reply to the second te from Lieutenant Governor Glynn, nanding the unconditional surren- • of all prerogatives by Mr. Sulzer i the abdication of the Governor, unsel were with the Governor at i beginning of the official day, and was reported that the Governor s urged to take a fling at Tam- ny Hall. Lobbyist Declares He Obtained Confidence of Democratic Lead er in Campaign for Governor. GAVE REPUBLICANS SECRET Letter Was Forged to Give Him Introduction to Up-State Committeeman. 'pedal Cable to The American. LONDON, Aug. 16.—Rumors that Lord Francis Hope may re-wed his former wife, May Yohe, are current. A week ago Lord Hope visited the London Opera House, where Miss Yohe is appearing with considerable success. The former Lady Hope was in excellent voice and sang "Honey, Ma Honey” that she often sang to her husband during their life together. Lord Francis is said to have been touched by the Bong. Overtures for a reconciliation, it is said, have been made through Lord Francis* brother the Duke of Newcastle, and the Duke’s lawyer, Mr. Isitt, husband of Adeline Genee. EME TEST COMES STATE TRAINS CUNS Defendant Will Take the Stand Early in Week to Give His Account of His Movements on Day Mary Pha- gan Was Killed. Rockefeller's Rival In Riches Tips Dime Nitrate King Hands Man Ten Cents for Returning Lost Pocketbook. NEW YORK, Aug, 16.—Senor E. E. Osslo, the N'ltra.. King of Chill, who has declared John D. Rockefel ler a pauper In comparison with him self, overwhelmed, a steward on the United Fruit steamer Fastores yes terday by the size of a Up. The steward had picked up the Ni trate King's wallet and, running after him, bowed low and handed over the pocketbook. Opening It, Senor Ossio pulled out a dollar bill, then changed his mind, and, taking a dime from his pocket, handed it to the steward. Young; Prisoner Is Confident He Will Escape Spending Life in Solitary Confinement. Gjermany Also Snubs Panama Exposition riser’s Government Follows John ' Bull’s Action in Declining American Invitations. fat Cable to The American. *LIX, Aug 10.—The German rnment to-day decided to re- [lo participate in the Panama Fa- kion at San Francisco in 1915. NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Porter Charlton, after three years’ fight against extradition from America, Is in the clutches of the Italian Govern ment and to-day is on the high seas, bound for Italy and for trial on the charge of killing his beautiful young wife and sinking her body in Lake Como in June, 1910. In spite of the ordeal that faces him, Charlton left New York as cheerful as a schoolboy. Three years in close confinement had repressed his natural buoyancy, but the pros pect of a sea voyage, even with a trial for murder awaJting him at his journey’s end, restored it to a consid erable degree. "I’ll be back for Christmas!” he cried, waving a good-bye from the liner as it pulled out. All the time he has declared that he will be ac quitted, in spite of the fact that he confessed to killing his wife oi^ their honeymoon. Extenuating circum stances, his friends declare, will have their weight on the Italian Jury. Charlton's quarters on the liner are isolated, and he Is not permitted to mingle with the other passengers. He travels third class, as the Italian Government does not provide first- class accommodations for prisoners. Faces Living Death. Unless the contention of his In sanity can be proved, a living death surely will be the fate of Porter Charlton, a hideous confinement that is far worse than death on the gal lows. Extenuating *circumstances, It is expected, can noi be revealed of suf flclent strength to obtain his acquit tal, and unless his defense prove in sanity, he must go to prison. There is no death sentence in Italy. And Imprisonment in Italy is dreadful punishment, feared far more than the electric chair, the gallows or the garrote. It is invested with mental torture of such degree that few who live through it more than a few years are sound of mind. Charlton is known to have a sen sitive, nervpus temperament. His havior toward his wife proves him high-strung. To a person of his psychological make-up incarceration under the Italian system would he certainly destructive of mental bal ance. For the first ten years of a life sentence the prisoner may be kept in utter darkness and in the strictest solitude, with nothing to eat and drink but plain bread and water. A few weeks of this treatment generally is sufficient to reduce the most unemo tional criminal to a state of nervous collapse. Insanity Practically Only Hope. His attorneys hope to present in the Italian courts the great mass of evidence brought to bear in the United States Supreme Court to prove him insane. Justice Lurton. in the opinion which declared that Charlton must go back to Italy to stand trial, admitted that the evidence to sub stantiate the insanity plea was pre- ponderous. The opinion of the Supreme Court brought to an end the three years’ unsuccessful fight of Charlton and Mi family against extradition to Italy. It was in June, 1910, that he killed his wife, according to his own con fession. After the crime he fled, but was caught at Hoboken, N. J. t when the liner landed there. The brother of the slain wife there met him, and caused him to be placed under ar rest. The first night of his Imprisonment in New Jersey a confession was pro-i duced, bearing his name, and general ly supposed to be authentic. “My wife and I lived happily to gether. but she had an uncontrolla ble temper,” read the confession. "So had I. On the night of the murder she had the worst outbreak of tem per I ever saw. "I told her to keep quiet or I would make her quiet. Then she had an other outbreak. I took Up a wooden mallet, with which I had been re pairing a table, and hit her on the head and body two or three times. At midnight I put the body In a trunk, dragged it to a small pier near the house, and threw it overboard,” His wife was a beautiful young woman, although eight years older than he, who was only 21. The two were on their honeymoon when the murder occurred. Mrs. Charlton was the divorced wife of Neville H. Castle, a San Francisco lawyer. Charlton is the ^u»**«* Page 6, Column 6. Hidden Pistol Seen As Girl Lifts Dress Young Woman Is Arrested When Masked Battery Is Exposed as She Crosses Street. UNIONTOWN, PA., Aug. 16.—Hold ing her dress a little too high to avoid the water as she crossed Main street to-day, Mattie Pearce was arrested when she revealed a large rovolver in a holster fastened around her leg at the knee She was taken to the police station, where she showed the officers the new mode of carrying a gun. Strapped to a leg was the holster In which she car ried the revolver. The girl explained that there were "bad men" at Unlontown and she was not taking any chances with them. She stated that she had worn the revolver In that position for some time. Mattie said she did not know she was holding her dress quite as h ! gh as she was. and that she had forgotten for a i moment about the masked battery. She was released on ball. Wife Paints Story of Her Life on Walls St. Louis Matron Does Remarkab'e Work She Calls ‘A Young Girl’s Love.” WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—Colonel Martin M. Mulhall, self-confessed lob byist of the National Association of Manufacturers, testified before the Garrett Lobby Investigating Commit tee that his political lines crossed those of William Randolph Hearst in 1906, and that he helped to defeat Mr. Hearst for the New York Gover norship. Introduced by a letter forged upon the letterhead of the Hearst cam paign headquarters, Mulhall said that he went into Congressman Fair- child’s district, the Twenty-fourth New York, an upstate district, and gained the confidence of a local cam paign manager for Mr. Hearst. Tells Plans to Republicans. Learning from the matter the plans of campaign in the district, Mulhall reported them to Fairchild, and Re publican plans to checkmate them and defeat their object were perfect ed. Mulhall was employed for a week on this work with the approval, he says, of Fairchild. Mulhall told a few days ago how he started to work for {Senator For- aker in Ohio. He was prepared to make his report to Foraker wnen the Hearst Standard Oil disclosure let ters were first made public. Foraker admitted to the Senate committee that these letters defeated him for re-election to th© Unied Scaes Sen ate. Unconcernedly, Mulhall told how he had taken his ‘ fake letters'' of intro duction to Fairchild and got his in structions for political detective work. He met Mr .Hearst’s friends, including a clergyman, at a hotel, entertained them and worked his way into their confidence. He ascertained that the Republican district commit tee chairman was not friendly to Fairchild. Letter Was Faked. "Whose signature did this fake let ter of introduction bear?” asked Rep resentative Stafford. "It w r as that of some member of the Democratic State Committee.’’ "Who were you represented to be?” "I was supposed to be connected with Mr. Hearst, and so represented myself to Mr. Scott, the candidate, I think, opposing Fairchild.” “It was your first meeting with him, and you won his confidence to the extent of getting from him his campaign plans?” said Stafford. "Yes.” "Who signed this fake letter?" "The letter w’as given to me by Marshall Cushing, and I can not say who signed it. Mr. Cushing was 8 very good letter writer. He told me it was a fake letter. I knew that Cushing w’as not connected with the Hearst organization.” Mr. Stafford—He was connected in the way of using the letterhead of the Hearst organization to good ef fect. "Mr. Cushing thought P w’as a smart political trick, and I guess that was his system of working,” replied Mulhall. Scott Well Deceived. "Mr. Scott’s confidence was so com plete,” continued Mulhall, “that he told me Mr. Hearst had sent him a number of workers and quite an amount of money, and I believe in this letter /.he latter stated that they were ready to send at that time more workers and more money.” "Scott swallowed everything, hook, line and all, as far as you repre sented it,” commented Stafford. "Yes.” "Did Mr. Fairchild know all about this arrangement?” asked Represen tative Kline. “Yes, lie knew about hte letter, and I had Mr. Fairchild’s advice in pre senting it. He has spoken to me since about that clever piece of work.” 4 Royal Bridesmaids ForManuel’sWedding Eighty Princes and Princesses Will Attend Ex-King’s Betrothed on September 4. Special Cable to The American. LONDON, Aug 16.—Arrangements for ex-King Manuel’s wedding to Princess Augustine Hohenzollern on September 4 at Sigmaringen show the ceremony will be gorgeous. Eighty royal princes and princesses will attend, including the Prince of Wales, representing King George, and four princesses as bridesmaids. The Kaiser excuses himself from being present on account of the Ger man army maneuvers. He and other monarchs will be represented by princes. "■VJEll ATTORNEYS SEEKING TO PROVE A COMPLETE ALIBI Believed That Case Will Stand or Fall on Efforts of Prosecution to Prove Its Charge of Immorality Against the Accused. Col, Degrange Ill In Paris Hospital Prominent New Orleans Man Is Compelled to Undergo Operation Following Sickness Aboard Ship. Special Cable to The American. PARIS, Aug. 16.—-Colonel Joseph H. Degrange, of New Orleans, is ill in the American Hospital at Neuilly. Mr. Degrange’s illness developed fir.st on board a steamer on his way to Eu rope early in the summer. On July 22 he was taken to the hos pital for an operation for the removal of the carbuncle on the back of his eck. A second operation became nec essary on Tuesday of this week. The operations, while painful, were not dangerous, and the attending physi cians say that he will bo able to be about within a few days. Papers Have Right ToRefuseAdvertising BY AN OLD POLICE REPORTER. The third week of the Frank trial came to an end at nooil Saturday. The defense lias not yet concluded its case, but confidently expects to finish within the next day or two. Its last card, and one of its biggest, will be the defendant's statement. This stf 'ement is scheduled for the early part of this week. It will mark the climax of the defense’s case, just as Conley's story marked the climax of the State’s. It became more and more evident as the case progressed dur ing the past week that the defense is pitting Frank squarely against Conley—that it is to be Frank’s life or Conley’s life for little Mary Phagan’s, snuffed out cruelly nearly four months ago in the National Pencil Factory. Frank's statement on the stand, which the law permits him to make, but not under oath, and which may be accepted by the jury, either in whole or in part, in preference to all the sworn testimony, will be matched against the story the negro told so dramatically and with such frightful emphasis soon after the case got under way. Into the negro’s story, moreover, was injected the question of Frank’s general character, particularly in one unmentionable direction, and this the defense will undertake to offset completely and finally. More than a hundred witnesses have been summoned to tes- ST. LOUIS, Aug-. 16.—One of the most-talked-of works of art In Bt. Louis hangs In the home of Dr. Rob ert E. Wilson and was painted by Mrs. Wilson. The canvas is called “The Story of a Young Girl’s Love,” and covers the entire wall space in the parlor of this magnificent Colo nial home. Two years were devoted to the work. The painting Is divided into panels, the size of each picture depending on the amount of space to be covered. Artists pronounce the canvas a mas terpiece. Mrs. Wilson’s friends say that the painting illustrate* her bliss ful married state. TOWN CELEBRATES WEDDING. AXTELL, KANS.. Aug. 16.—All the citizens of this town celebrated to- dav the sixty-second wedding anni versary of Stephen and Margaret Stout, aged 85 and 81, respectively. whose home for more than a third of , a century ha* been the social center here. France to Welcome Envoy de la Barra Mexican Legation Is Assured That There Is No Objection to New Minister ipecial Caule to The American. PARIS, Aug. 16.—The Mexican Le gation has heard nothing of any ob jection on the part of France to tho reception of Francisco de la Barra ks Mexican Minister to this country. The secretary of the legation said to-day. "We would nea ’” be the first to hear of it if any such objection ex isted.” The A genee Nationale was the au thority for the report, which was printed here yesterday. Senor de la Barra sailed frufci New York to-day. „ , _.. i tify to Frank’s good character, and these include men and women ter May Be Declined, Despite I from every walk of life, where it could be shown that such wit- Previous Contract. i nesses had come in contact with Frank from time to time in such I wise as to be competent judges of his general character. ot PATTT, Auar 16.—That news- papers haveua right «o decline adver- DALTON S TESTIMONY IMPEACHED. rising when they deem it objections- Already, the one witness (Dalton) so far introduced by the un e de e r Ve a n yeariy l8 co 8 nt b rTcL e fs , the the eri State to corroborate Conley has been successfully impeached by feet Of a decision handed down to- the defense, and it is likely that others introduced to uphold the negro also will be subjected to impeachment proceedings, if the defense suspects that it may successfully inaugurate the same. The defense seemingly has realized fully the heavy necessity of breaking down Conley’s awful story, not only in direct connec tion with the murder, but in every phase of it that bears upon the character of the defendant. As a primary proposition, the advantage in the situation thus spt up dwells within the defense. To Pension Victim' ln the first i )lace > Frank &° es to thP j ,ir y ™th tke presump- ! tion of innocence in his favor. The burden is not upon him to make out a case in behalf of himself. It is upon the State to make out a case against him. Moreover, the only right of appeal attaching to persons in dicted for felonies is within the defense. Once the State loses, it is lost forever. The State must allege and prove the guilt of the defendant “beyond a reasonable doubt,” and fight right up to that limit. If there remains a reasonable doubt of Frank’s guilt, after the last word has been said to the jury, Frank, under the law, is vis, a young woman injured wnen f utitled to it, and if the trial jury fails to award it, a court of re- McNutt’s machine was wrecked. Phy- | sicians say Miss Davis' injuries are permanent. The girl, in a plaster cast, testified to-day that McNutt was speeding while intoxicated. day in the District Court here. The case came up when a local depart ment store was sued by a local paper to recover money due under a yearly contract, which the store manage ment had declared void because cer tain portions ot its advertising copy had been rejected by the paper. Joy Rider Compelled In Lieu of Jail Sentence, Speeder Must Pay Girl $30 a Month Until Recovery. LOS ANGEI.ES, Aug. 16.—Instead of sending J. S. McNutt, a convicted Joy rider, to prison, Judge Wilbur, of the Superior Court, suspended a five-year sentence over him to-day, on condition that he pay $30 a month until she recovers to Miss Olive Da- view will remedy the legal wrong thus inflicted upon him. ALL STATE TESTIMONY SWORN. The State, moreover, must submit every bit of its evidence, to the last shred or patch, under oath. The defense, on the contrary, may clear itself upon testimony not one word of which is sworn to. The State’s star witness, Conley, also comes into court a con fessed accessory after the fact of the murder, a confessed falsifier in numerous conflicting statements as to his knowledge of and connection with the crime, and accompanied by a well established jail record fearfully and wonderfully made up. Ilis is a much harder story to hold up than Frank’s, viewing the two stories generally and in their broader personal aspects. Even without Conley, to be sure, the State still has a circum- , , stantial case against Frank that might compel considerable atten- called the "pus^y sneak.” and Is danced * , , . with the rubber-soied shoes commonly | lion and respect, but there are few people who seemingly believe W The a 'Vussy'sneak" is a creepy son ; that it alone would be sufficiently strong to convict. I and*hV , 'N“w h Y l ork W tcSm e tha b t U "pm C the' It probably is a realization of the State’s tremendous task. 1 night to teach u. veral -plications to- j uvo j ve( j j u t h e holding together of Conley’s story, that has caused ‘Pussy Sneak' Routs Staid Old Tangos Creepy Glide Brings New York Team Applications to Teach New Dance. ONSET, MASS., Aug. 16.—The "tan goes." "hugs," "trots," "grapevine” and other similar dances have been east into darkness by the creation intro duced this afternoon at the local dancing casino by a New York couple. It 1h