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VOL. XII. NO. 12.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 18,1913.
Copyright. 190B,
By Tho Georgian Co.
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GIRLS TESTIFY
AGAINST FRANK
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•I’D DIE FOR HIM!’ CRIES ONE, CONVULSING COURT
U AND ENVELOPE i
MRS, FRANK'S SISTER;
RESEMBLANCE GREAT
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Violence Not Expected—Impeach
ed Governor, Surrounded by
Guards, Works at Capitol.
Start on First Lap to Birmingham
To Be Made Early Monday
Morning.
Shoots Man in Court
As Jury Frees Him
MONTGOMERY. Aug. 17.—As a
Jury In the City Court returned a
verdict acquitting Will Smith, a ne
gro, of having shot Robert Sears, a
constable and former deputy sheriff,
the officer drew his revolver and
fired several shots in the courtroom
before he was overpowered. One shot
broke Smith’s arm, another wounded
him in a shoulder and a third struck
him in the cheek.
Judge Armistead Brown ordered
Sears to Jail for contempt of court
and summoned the grand Jury to meet
Monday and investigate the shoot
ing.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 17.—After
twelve days of practically unmitigat
ed heat, the Middle West is facing the
most serious drouth in the history
of the weather bureau.
All dry records of recent years have
been broken and the people of three
States are praying for rain. The
average temperatures yesterday were
from 97 to 108, the latter at Leaven
worth, Kans., with no signs of relief
for to-day.
Mapy local showers gave slight re
lief in Oklahoma and there was a
temporary cessation of the hot wind
that has been parching the State for
weeks. The temperatures dropped 10
to 20 degrees there.
Several rains were reported in Kan
sas, the heaviest at Fort Scott, where
half an inch of rain fell, accompanied
by heavy winds.
Northwest Missouri villagers and
farmers are among those most se
riously affected by the drouth.
There is no hope of saving such crops
as have not yet matured and the
stock-raisers are seeking desperately
for means to supply their cattle, hogs
and horses with water.
MRS. URSENBACH.
Autos Block Fire
Engines at Blaze
Near Five Points
A lighted cigar or cigarette
dropped from a room in the Empire
Building set fire to the roof of Wil
liams House No. 3, on Marietta street,
near Five Points, about noon Satur
day, and a crowd of several thousand
people quickly gathered.
On account of the great number
of automobiles and other vehicles
parked in front of the-bullding and
all along Marietta street the fire de
partment had some difficulty in get
ting the trucks near enough to he
effective. Quick work of the firemen
stopped the spread of the flames, vir
tually no damage being done.
Chief Cummings stated after the
fire that it was only Providence that
enabled the firemen to get near the
fire, before it gained dangerous pro
portions, and that if the practice of
allowing automobiles to blockade the
streets is continued, it is only a mat
ter of time until a serious fire re
sults.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Aug. 17.—“Has Mrs. Em
meline Pankhurst forsaken the mil
itant suffrage' s?“
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
tectives knew of Mrs. Pankhurst’s de
parture from Englai : and had so no
tified the Government, but no eifor’s
had been tak to stop her flight de
spite the fact that s’ e was only tem
porarily out of pri . w’hen she left,
and has over two years to serve yet.
In fact, It was made plain that *h*
Government breathes easier with Mrs.
Pankhuiot on foreign soil.
Prominent members of the Women's
Social and Political Union, of whi.h
Mrs. Pankhurst is president, deny
that Mrs. burs has fled. They
declare that her mission to Paris is t >
Induce Christobel to return to London.
ALBANY. N. Y. Aug. 17.—Neither
drastic nor violent steps will be taken
by Lieutenant Governor Martin H.
Glynn to force William Sulzer, the
impeached Governor of New York,
from office—at least not to-day. Ow
ing to the fact that this was a half
holiday at the State offices. Mr. Glynn
spent but a few minutes at the Capi
tol, and, while both Sulzer ana Glynh
forces refused to budge an Inch, mat
ters were at a deadlock.
Accompanied by his bodyguard,
Governbr Sulzer walked from the
executive mansion to the Capitol,
where he plunged into State busi
ness. just as though his right to ex
ercise the gubernatorial prerogatives
were not contested.
Lieutenant Governor Glynn, who
claims the powers of Acting Governor
under the Constitution until Mr. Sul
zer is brought to trial on September
18, went from the Capitol to the of
fices of Ms newspaper and announced
he would spend the afternoon at an
athletic meet. He denied that, like
Napoleon, he would lift the pow’er of
ruling New York State on the bay-
oi ets of the National Guard.
Lack of Trouble a Surprise.
Absence of an actual outbreak to
day was a surprise to many who ex
pected to see the executive chamber
a battleground for the Sulzer and
Tammany forces. '
Mr. Sulzer now virtually standB
alone, having been deserted by the
members of his cr.binet, who have
allied themselves to the Glynn forces.
But Sulzer refuses to abdicate, de
spite the fact that the ranks of his
political enemies have been strength
ened during the last 24 hours.
Lieutenant Governor Glynn, who is
now signing State documents with
this signature, “Martin H. Glyi Act
ing Governor, State of New York,
announced that, in spite of any ob
structions th'own in his way by the
Sulzer legal forces, he would centime
to administer gubernatorial affairs
pending Mr. Super's trial for alleged
high crimes and misdemeanors Sep
tember 18.
Both Sides Fear Trick.
Both sides are taking elaborate pre
cautions to guard against a trick.
Throughout the night armed guards
stood watch over each State depart
ment, while lawyers and legislators
involved in the struggle were trailed
by private detectives. Mr. Sulzer was
in retirement planning a new legal
move with his counsel. Messenger
boys with Washington and New York
City telegrams could not find the Gov
ernor, but members of the “inner cir
cle” took charge of the dispatches,
saying they would find the Governor.
Leaders of the anti-Sulzer faction
made the threat that Mr. Glynn, now
having control of the State Military
Department, would actually Invade the
executive chamber.
“He will get a mighty warm re
ception.” declared the Sulzer adher
ents, who are few, but courageous.
Some Fear Martial Law.
Some residents of this city, realiz
ing the intense seriousness of the stt
uation, fear that conditions may be
come so grave that martial law will
have to be declared.
It was assumed that Governor Sul
zer to-day would reply to the second
note from Lieutefiant Governor Glynn,
demanding the unconditional surren
der of all prerogatives by Mr. Sulzer
and the abdication of the Governor.
Counsel were with the Governor at
the beginning of the official day, and
it was reported that the Governor was
urged to take a fling at Tammany
Hall.
'Ready" for the start Monday w^s
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 arranged;
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 Lino.
"We will proceed direct to the
Georgia-Alabama line at Tallapoosa,
where President John Craft, of the
Alabama Good Roads Association, ac
companied 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.
lean man. After a brief reception we
will go direct to Birmingham bv 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 select 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,
New 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 were the
next to be 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 o’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.
Anniston to Welcome
Atlanta Pacific Scout.
ANNISTON. Aug. 17.—When E. L.
Ferguson arrives in Anniston Mon
day he will be accorded a cordial
welcome.
E. L. Turner, president of the An-
niston Chamber of Commerce; Dr.
J. U Wikle, Mayor; J. C. Sproull.
vice president of the Chamber of
Commerce and president of the An
niston Hardware Company; M. B.
Wellborn, president of the First Na
tional Bank and an officer of the
Alabama flood Roads Association,
and other prominent citizens will
meet the scoutnfpster.
Physically Perfect
Girl Is College Aim
PHIL.ADFJI.PHI A, PA., Au*. 17.—
Bryn Mawr College is about to es
tablish the day of the superwoman,
and this fall the Phoebe Ann Thorne
open-air model school will give stu
dents the first chance ever offered
by an educational »Institution in
America for Instruction to make girls
physically perfect.
The girls will never breathe the air
of a classroom except where they are
housed and the four sides are so ar
ranged as to be let* down in pleasant
weather. In cold weather, they are
Lo be clothed in Eskimo suits.
Diggs Trial Halted;
Resume on Tuesday
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17—The
participants in the trial of Maury I.
Diggs, former State architect, accused
of violating the white slave law. rested
to-day in preparation for resumption of
the trial on Tuesday. The defence at
torneys planned to make way for the
trial early next week of F. Drew Oami-
netti. son of the United States Commis
sioner of Immigration, on the same
charge.
Police are investigating the riot
caused by Diggs' friends last evening
when photographers attempted to get
pictures of the defendant as he was
leaving the courtroom.
‘Double Nose-Veil 1
Fad Dies in Newport
NEWPORT. Aug. 17— 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,
including Miss Stevens. Gabrielle
Warren and Mlmi Scott, were veilless
Maxim Gorky Dying,
Nursed by Actress
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS Aug 17— Maxim Gorky,
the famous Russian writer and exile,
is seriously ill of tuberculosis, and
his death Is believed to be near.
Friends of Gorky received a letter
to-day from the great realist and so
cialist telling of his condition.
Gorky is being attended by an ac
tress who fled with him from Rus
sia.
Dog Saves Girl From
Snake, Then Dies
PUEBLO, COLO., Aug 17.—“BootsC
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-year-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.
Two factory girls, one of them defending Leo M.
Frank with all the eloquence at her command, and the
other admitting that she had known of the factory su
perintendent opening the door to the girls’ dressing
room on three different occasions and looking in, form
ed the center of interest among the score of witnesses
who were caUed Saturday by the defense. They were 1
Miss Irene Jackson and Miss Sarah Barnes.
Miss Jackson, daughter of County Policeman Jackson, testl.
f.ed on direct examination that she never had known of any im.
proper conduot on the part of Frank, and that his character was
good. Cross-questioned by Solicitor Dorsey she admitted that she 1
had been in the room where the girls change from their street to
their working clothes and had witnessed Frank open the door, look
in and then turn around and leave. Once, she said, Miss Emmeline
Mayfield was in the room with her.. On another time her sister was
there, and on a third occasion, she said Miss Mamie Kitchen was
the other girl in the room.
She said that her sister had started to quit at the time Frank
opened the door when she was in the dressing room. The witness
also was asked if N. V. Darley, general manager of the factory, j
ever had made the remark at the time several girls were thinking;
of quitting the faotory directly after the murder that “if the girl*
stick by us through this, they won’t lose anything by it.” Miss
Jackson said she had heard Darley say this. Miss Jackson quit
work the day after the body was found.
Frank’s Mother Again on Stand.
Another long string of character witnesses occupied most of
the session which was adjourned shortly after 1 o’clock for the 1
day. Mrs. Rae Frank, the defendant's mother, was placed on the
stand at the beginning of court, but remained there only long
enough to be questioned somewhat in detail as to the means of
Frank’s relatives.
One of the sensations of the day came during the testimony
of W. D. McWorth, Pinkerton operative, who testified to the find
ing on the first floor of the pencil factory a pay envelope with.
Mary Phagan's initials and number on it, a bloody club, part of
a whip, a piece of rope and spots near the trapdoor leading into
the basement resembling bloodstains. Extcaly the value of his
flnds did not develop either from the examination by the defense
or the prosecution. Dorsey, however, sought to show that the
Pinkertons dealt in bad faith with the city detective department
by not reporting their discoveries as soon as made
Court adjourned with the testimony of Harlee Branch, an AK>
lanta Journal reporter, who estimated the time it required Jim
Conley to re-enact his version of the disposal of Mary Phagan’s
body, up to the writing of the notes as 47 minutes.
Girl Vehemently Defends Frank.
Miss Sarah Barnes was Frank’s vehement defender. The
first question asked her was the signal for a torrent of words that
neither Attorney Arnold nor the Solicitor was able to stop until
she paused for breath.
“Do you know Leo M. Frank, the defendant in this case?’*
was asked.
She replied that she not only knew him, but that she knew
he was a good man, a perfect gentleman, always good to the girls |
and everyone else in the factory, never attempting any familiarities
or talking to the girls except in regard to their work and never
being guilty of any of the charges that have been made against him
by the State.
“I know Mr. Frank couldn’t
have committed that murder,”
she cried positively, emphasizing
her words with a vigorous brand
ishing of her fan.
“I’d be willing to die in his
place. I’d be willing to fight for
him. I’d be willing they’d give
me any sort of death they wanted
to. I just wish I could make;
everybody believe in his inno-l
cence. ”
Judge Roan, Just before court ad-
Journed, made this statement to the j
Jury:
“For a number of reasons we won't i
hold a session this afternoon. I am,
very sorry you have been held to- j
gether so long, but I believe this will |
be the last Sabbath you will be kept •
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