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JIH CONLEY TO BE RECA ALWAYS FIRST « ® The SUNDA Y AMERICAN Order It NOW====e==~ Both Phone* Mein 100 The Atlanta Georgian. Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 14. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1913. Copyright. 1906. By The Georgian Co. 2 n?vrrn PAT NO VjJLIS J O. MORK. U. S. Charge at Mexico City Says He Has Not Been Given Pass ports—Situation Acute. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—The White House to-day received a dis patch from Charge d'AfTaires O’Shaughnessy absolutely denying press dispatches to the effect that he had been given his passports by the Mexican Government or that an ulti matum of any kind had been given to him by Huerta. The telegram from O’Shaughnessy is explicit on both of these points, and indicates that the situation has not been changed in any way except that a formal and diplomatic reply to the Lind proposals was transmitted to O’Shaughnessy yesterday by the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Frederic Gamboa. The tenor of this reply probably will be made public at the White House later in the day. luerta Rejects »eace Proposals. pedal Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 19.—By re acting President Wilson’s Mexican roposals brought here by Special Invoy John Lind and by issutng an ltimatum demanding the immediate ecognitlon of the Alexican regime, ■resident Huerta has brought the lexlcan situation to a crisis. An El Paso dispatch to-dav declared r,at advices there, said to have come irect from Mexico City, asserted that luerta had decided to expel John ind and William Bayard Hale from lexico within 24 hours. This action rill be taken under Article 33 of the Mexican Constitution, which applies o "pernicious foreigners." Underneath the bluster of the Mex- :an Government, however, It is real- sed here that Prsident Wilson and ecretary of State Bryan will go to ny length to avert a conflict or even itervene In this republic. Secretary Iryan is an international peace en- liusiast, and President Wilson largely hares his views. The startling developments came uddenly and without warning follow- ig a long conference between Presi- ent Huerta, Minister of War Blan- uet and the bellicose Secretary of he Interior Urrutia. All indications had been that Huer- a had adopted a peaceful course and •as on the point of acceding to Pres- lent Wilson's pacification proposals o-day. It had even been announced rom an official source that the Gov- rnment would adopt conciliatory oeasures. Press Lauds Huerta for Defi. Government organs among the Mex- •an press were loud to-day in their .raises of Huerta and his aggressive ction. They declared that the Jnited States must act now and show ts hand. President Wilson must ome cut either as the friend or foe ,f Mexico. By a majority of the populace, how- ver, the startling developments were aken apathetically. A few military tudents marched to the National Pal- ce and cheered, but no hostile move- nents were made toward Mr. Lind, 'harge O’Shaughnessy or any others tho are here as representatives of the ’nited States Government. There is a big conservative party if wealthy Mexicans who are op- losed to Huerta's policies and who do lot want war with the United States. Phey make no secret of their opinion hat war can have but one result—the •stabltshment of an armed protecto- ate over Mexico by the United States. Followers of President Huerta and Secretary Urrutia have sent a cable- tram to ex-Presldent Diaz asking him o return to lead the loyal citizens t Is believed, however, that the elder Maz ha* not much sympathy for the iggresslve course adopted by Huerta oward the United States. Mr. Lind denies that the note from ’resident Wilson, which was handed o the Mexican Government through he regular diplomatic machinery, ln- rolved the question of recognilfon In my way. He declared that the slt- lation was not so grave as the jin- toe* were trying to make It appear. Anniston White Way Called Best in Dixie ANNISTON, Aug. 19.—Anniston, which hat become widely known at the “Electric City,” has again forged ahead of all Southern communities in the installation of the ornamental boulevard lighting system, using the same style lamp and posts a* were recently installed in Washington by the Union Foundry Company of this city. The posts were made in Annis ton, by Anniston workmen, out of Alabama raw material, a part of which came from the Anniston dis trict. Anniston was the first city in Ala bama to have a great white way, and it also bears the mark “Made in An niston.” Lunatic Says He Is Pat Crowe, Kidnaper WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—A man who says he is Pat Crowe, kidnaper of Eddie Cudahy. Jr., son of the wealthy Omaha packer, is held in the Washington Insane Asylum for observation. The patient told the police and physicians that he had come to "Wash ington to forward his claim on a patent for an invention preventing the spreadig of rails. He said Secretary of State Bryan was his personal friend, and that through the Secretary he hoped to secure his papers from the patent office. Augusta-Columbus Railroad Proposed COLUMBUS, Aug. 19.—A move ment which had Its origin In Macon, with a strong second by the Colum bus Board of Trade, has come to light which proposes a direct railroad line between Columbus and Augusta, pa*s- ing through Macon and the county seat of every county which It would touch. The distance would be about 240 miles, and would not parallel any other road. Those who have begun the movement express ■ confidence in the project and believe that It can b« financed and that It will become a reality. Laborer En Route for Fortune Dies at Sea NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—While en route to Australia to get $1,000,000 which was left to him by his father- in-law, William Lunstall. a laborer, died at sea, according to a wireless telegram received here to-day. The father of Lunstall's wife died in Aus tralia leaving a vast fortune, and Lunstall proved the only heir. He was a penniless laborer and had dif ficulty getting passage money to buy a ticket. Bulgar Plot to Slay All Turks Reported Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 19.— Evidence of a conspiracy of Bulga rians to rise up in Adrianople and massacre all the Turks has been dis covered, it was declared in a telegram received here to-day by the Grand Vizier. The contents of the message were turned over to the foreign diplo mats to support Turkey's contention that an army is necessary at Adrian ople to protect the Turkish civilians from Bulgarian outrages. He Feared His 'Girl' More Than Gallows CHICAGO, Aug. 19.—Robert Cade. 18, who surrendered to the police because he feared the acorn of his sweetheart more than he did the pos. sobillty of the gallows, was released to-day. He was suspected of the mur der of Bennie Holstein, 13. Circum stances pointed strongly to his guilt. He was being sought over the coun try. “My girl would have nothing to do with me when she learned that I was under suspicion," he told the police “I would gladly risk my neck to keep her respect” 1 THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Fair Tuesday and Wednesdy. By HUGH GRANT. TALLAPOOSA, Aug. 19.—E. L. Ferguson, official “pathfinder” for the All-Southern Transcontinental Htgh- Envoy Page Called An Enemy to Labor NEW YORK, Autr 19.-—Walter H. Page, Ambassador to Great Britain was denounced as unfit to represent the United States in England at a meeting of the Central Federated Union, because of his alleged enmity to trades unions and as a result of the strike in the plant of the Double- day, Page Publishinging Company. The pressmen, feeders, printers, photo-engravers and foundry work ers are now on strike. “The wAges paid are far below the prevailing rate,” said Secretary Sha- hams, “and everything is done to thwart organized labor.’’ WOMEN RELATIVES OF ACCUSED AT THE TRIAL MRS. REA FRANK. . CQDBEE MRS. LEO M. FRANK. MRS. EMIL SELIG. way, and party ended a triumphant tour through Georgia here Monday night. The party, consisting of Mr. Ferguson, Mrs. Ferguson .and the Fer guson children, arrived on schedule time at 5:45 o’clock. The tourists left early Tuesday morning for An niston. They will be joined en route by President John Craft, of the Ala bama Good Roads Association, and State Highway Engineer Keller, who will accompany them through Ala bama. That Tallapoosa is keenly awake to the importance of the monster project to blaze a trail from Atlanta to San Francisco was clearly indicated Mon day night when a score of Talla- poosans. including Mayor C. E. Pearce, L. E. Chandler, editor of The Tallapoosa Journal, and other promi nent citizens, held a conference with Mr. Ferguson at the Tallapoosa Hotel in regard to the formulation of plana for the development of better roads In this vicinity. The Tallapoosa good roads boosters were very enthusiastic over the cam paign inaugurated by The Sunday American, and pledged their heart*’ support. All Towns Giva Welcome. Tallapoosa’s warm reception, how ever, was only one of many between here and Atlanta. All along the 68- mlle rout© the good roads boosters turned out to give the transcontl- nentalists a rousing send-off. At Austell Mayor L. C. Upshaw and Editor Dake, of The Douglasville New Era, heading a delegation of Douglas ville boosters, met the tourists and escorted them to Douglasville. Here good roads and highways were talked of, and a typical old-time Georgia dinner was served at the Douglasville Hotel, with Mayor Upshaw and Mr. Dake acting as hosts. other Douglasville citizens who act ed as official escorts were R. E. Ed wards. J. F. Long, .superintendent of the cotton mill; J. M. Banks, and Douglas County Commissioners J. T. Lee and A. S. Gresham. According to Mr. Gresham, the Douglas County authorities are pre paring now to spend several thousand dollars on the development of the old Tallapoosa road. The largest work will be the construction of a new steel bridge over Sweetwater Creek costing approximately $2,000. The improvement in Douglas Coun ty of the Tallupoosa highway which was traversed by the Ferguson party and which has been selected as the official route will make this one of the best roads: In the entire State. Find Roads Excellent. Pathfinder Ferguson declared Mon day night that the road between Aus tell and Douglasville was excellent, and that he remaining sections were good and could be put In fine shape by the expenditure of moderate sums in each county. Leaving Douglasville Monday aft ernoon. Mr. Ferguson and party made a bee line for Villa Rica, arriving there on schedule at 3:40. Temple, Ga.. was reached shortly after 4 o’clock, Bremen at 5, Waco at 5:15 and Tallapoosa at 5:45. Members of the party reported a most delightful trip, with not a single mishap to mar the journey. A wire from Heflin, Ala., Tuesday morning told of elaborate prepara tions there for the reception of Mr. Ferguson and party. From Heflfti tfie tourists will proceed to Anniston, Ala., where a monster good roads cel ebration Will be held a a greeting ebration will be held as a greeting •guton expects to reach Birmingham Thursday at noon. THAW UNCAUGHT; BORDER WATCHED COLEBROOK, N. H., Aug. 19.—A persistent rumor is in cir culation here that Harry K. Thaw, who escaped from Mattewan Sunday morning, was arrested and taken from a train at Coati- cook, Quebec. The report says that a deputy sheriff, who also was a passenger on the train, recognized Thaw. NEW YORK, Aug:. 19.—While a wide search was being made of New Statement Issued for Woman Who Slew Divorced Husband and Wounded Second Wife. MULLEN, Aug. 19.—Mrs. Edn i Godbee, divorced wife of Judge W. S. Godbee, who shot and killed her for mer husband and seriously wounded his second wife, has employed Attor neys G. C, Dekle and J. A. Dixon to defend her. The following statement has been issued by them: “We have no apprehension as to the outcome of this case. We do not pro pose to try it on the streets or in the newspapers, but in the courtroom. There we expect the truth as regards this case to convince the jury and the country at large of the innocence of Mrs. Godbee. There has been al ready an effort on the part of some people to distort the facts in this case, and we ask in simple justice that the public withhold their judgment until they shall have taken a cairn and dis passionate survey of rhe evidence in the case, after which we do not fear their verdict.” Mrs. Godbee. who was so seriously wounded by the divorced wife, is in b serious condition, physicians not giv ing much hope of her recovery. Mrs. Edna Godbee is in the Jen kins County jail awaiting the pre liminary trial, which will be held as soon as the condition of the wounded woman is such as to' insure recovery, or until death has claimed the vic tim. England, New York and Pennsylva nia to-day, Harry Kendall Thaw, who escaped Sunday morning from the Matteawan Asylum, was believed either to be hiding in or near New York city or else is on his way to Canada in an automobile. The police at Montreal and other cities on the border were telegraphed a description of Thaw by the central office and were asked to apprehend him as a warrant for Thaw’s arrest exists in this State. Although more than 50 hours have elapsed since Thaw made his dra matic exit from tell gates at Mattea- wan while Keeper H. H. Barnum was getting in the morning milk supply, yet he has disappeared as completely as though the earth had swallowed him up. The slayer of Stanford White had laid his plans so carefully that his pursuers were baffled from the minute the search began. Mother Thinks He Is Near. Dr. Britton D. Evans, after a call upon Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the fugitive, at the Gotham Hotel, intimated that Mrs. Thaw believes her son is not far away resting after the labors of his escape. On the other hand, from the evi dence picked at Lennox, Mass . and other northeast points, the the ory was founded that Thaw may have planned to go to Canada by au tomobile and aKirt the northern end of this State before striking into Pennsylvania to meet his mother at Elmhurst, the Thaw country estate at CresRon, Pa. Former Assemblj Richard J. Butler, a West Bide politician and former henchman of Chief of Police “Big Bill" Devery, who was reported to have been implicated in the phot by which Thaw escaped, denied to day that he had been mixed up in the escape of the Plttsburger. Denies He Had Part in Plot. “1 know nothing about this, and 1 certainly had no part in it," declared Butler. "It is certain, though, that if any man was about to he mixed up in an affair of this kind he would not use his own name. I believe that some gangster who was paid to help Thaw out used my name. In fact, I believe that I know' the man.” Butler admitted that he had been away from home for several days, but denied that he had been in Mat- tea wan. One of the men for whom a war rant was issued in Dutchess County yesterday used the name of Richard J. Butler, of New York, while wait ing at the Holland Hotel In Reason for the Thaw getaway to come ofT. Sheriff Hombeck and District At torney Conger, of Dutchess County, armed with warrants for the arrest of Thaw, Thomas Flood. Roger Thompson, Michael O’Keefe, Eugene Duffy and Butler, came to this city to-day. With the State determined to make a desperate fight to break down the impressive story told by Leo M. Frank in his own behalf, the trial of the man accused of Mary Phagan’s murder was re- sumed Tuesday morning. The defense added a few finishing touches to its case calling Mrs. Emil Selig, the prisoner’s mother-in-law to identify a suit of brown clothes worn by Frank on Memorial day. Wiley Roberts, assistant jail- er at the Tower was called but did not answer to his name and proceedings were held up for a few moments. In the wait Solicitor Dorsey arose and made the unexpected announce ment that he himself had erased the identification “Taken out at 8:26” on the time slip taken from the clock in the factory. Frank had made the charge he had written words as an identification of the slip and that they had been erased. The Solicitor de clared that he thought the detectives had made the identification. “Frank did not know who made the erasure,” said Attorney Reuben Arnold. Solicitor Prepares * To Uphold Dalton. The Solicitor had announced ear lier that his first witnesses in re buttal would be ('ailed to support C. B. Dalton and impeach Daisy Hop kins. who declared sh e had never visited the factory with Dalton or that he had ever introduced Dalton to the factory superintendent. Wiley Roberts was asked: Q. Has Jim Conley been in your custody during this trial?—A. Yes. Q. Has he ever asked for news papers?—A. Yes. Dorsey Interrupted. “Your honor.” he said, “I think the witness, Jim Conley, ought to have the privilege of denying or affirming that before he can be Impeached.” "Conley said that h could only read certain words.” said Arnold, “but probably Mr. Dorsey is right. I will have to call Jim Conley back again. Mr. Rosser will be back in a minute and we will close.” Frank Proves His 9 #* * Own Best Witnes*. Frank had demonstrated that was better than hi* lawyers and that be waa hi* own beat witness when he came down from the witness chair Monday nierht after talking almost continuously for four hours. It is doubtful, as shrewd and elo quent as his attorneys are known to be, If anything more Impressive, more convincing and more logical will oe presented to the jury In hla behalf before his fate Is placed in the hands of the twelve men. The young factory superintendent made no attempt at oratory or dra matica. He did not attempt an appeal He Duchess Who Rules Luxembourg to Wed Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LUXEMBOURG, Aug. 19.—T© be trothal of Grand Duchess Marie Ad»‘ - laide, aged 19, ruler of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, to Prince Henry of Bavaria, was announced to day. Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide Aged Fat Man in Furs With Mercury at 100 BOSTON. Aug 19.—-While the street thermometers registered 100 here, a man aged and fat, wearing a heavy winter suit, a heavy ulster that reached the ground, heavy shoes and a fur cap. with the laps turned down over the ears, w r as seen wandering about the streets, seemingly cool. ascended the throne on her eighteenth birthday, from which time German to the emotions of the jurors, and French plots have been directed 1 probably was wise in this, as the at her, for both big neighbors have j memory of what he said and the man- long looked at tho little Grand Ducn- ! ner in which he said it will remain ess with covetous eyes. with the jurors long after an emotion The Grand Duchess is one of thj I of pity would have passed away, most beautiful girls in Europe. J Although Franak seldom raised his voice above & conversational tone, his address was deeply impressive from start to finish. Its truth or falsity, of course, is problematical. But it had all the characteristic* that are com monly accepted as accompanying the truth. He did not ask for pity or mercy. He did not take the attitude of de manding anything to which he was not entitled. His mein throughout was that of a man seeking merely justice, and that alone He was an innocent man or a consummate actor as he stood before the jury. Thess are the only two conclusions possible* The, matter-of-fact manner in which, he delivered Ms long address onlv added to Its impressiveness and elo quence. That a man with the bur den of a foul murder on his oonscience could talk easily, freely, fearlessly for, four hours before the men whose word can send him to the gallows was hardly to be conceived. t As he stod before the jura's Newport Will See Relative of Czar NEW YORK. Aug. 19.—Tho Grand Duke Alexander Michanovitch. broth er-in-law of the Czar, who is here, will be the guest of Barclay War- burton and later will go to Newport. He may take a trip West to shoot big game.