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i ALWAYS FIRST ® ® The SUNDA Y AMERICAN Order it NOW ==========— Both Phones Main 100 The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 14. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1913. s Copyright. 1906, By The Georgian Co. 2 CENTS, 'more 0 HOME EDITION NEW WITNESSES CALLED AGAINST FRANK *•4. +#+ +•+ v* 4- 4-*4- -:-«4- 4-»4- +•+ -I- • 4-*4- 4-*4- 4-»4- 4-»4- 4-»4- 4-»4- 4-»4- Former Employee Testifies Accused Knew Mary Phagan PRETTY FACTORY WORKERS TELL JURY OF FRANK'S GOOD CHARACTER Admits His Identity and Asks “Now, What Are You Going to Do About It?” OTTAWA, ONT., Aug. 19.—The Canadian immigration authorities announced this afternoon that Harry K. Thaw would be deport ed from Canada. Officials of the justice department here do not believe Thaw can be detained. This would mean that Thaw would be sent back over the bord er to New Hampshire. Miss Lena McMurtrey, Monday on stand for Frank. Miss Magnolia Kennedy, below. COATICOOIC, QUEBEC, Aug. 19.— H<ury K. Thaw is under arrest here, according to the police authorities, and he will be held until the Domin ion Government decides what can be done in his case. The police are positive that their prisoner is Thaw. They said he ad mitted his identity. Thaw said the authorities had no right to hold him and that there was nothing for which he could je extra dited and sent back to New York State. Thaw was arrested at the instance of Deputy Sheriff Kelsey, of New Hampshire, who saw him on a train on the Maine Central Railway as he was headed for Canada, and followed him here in an automobile. One reason given by his captors for holding him is the $500 reward of fered by Dr. Keib, head of Mattea- wan Asylum, from which Thaw made his escape. Thaw' will not discuss his move ments since he got away from the New' York institution Sunday morn ing, except to say that he boarded a train east of Boston. He said he was making for the coast and planned to .-ail for Europe. Thaw was accompanied here by two men, one heavily built and the other slight and both smooth shaven.’ Recognized on Train. Deputy Sheriff Burleigh Kelsey, of Colebrook, recognized Thaw on a train bound for Canada. Kelsey got off at Colebrook, got an automobile and after a chase of almost 20 miles overtook Thaw with two companions in Coaticook. They had left the train at Beecher Falls and driven across the border into Canada. Kelsey notified the Coaticook po lice and kept on their trail. Thaw, when arrested, made no resistance and to-day will be lodged in the jail at Sherbrooke, Quebec. Keisey was on his way home to Colebrook aft r r a trip South and was reading a paper when a stranger came from a few seats down the aisle in the smoking car and asked for a match. The Deputy Sheriff was read ing the story of Thaw's escaping in the paper and a picture of Thaw stared up from the paper. He looked at the stranger and .saw that the likeness at cnce resembled the strang er. The stranger at once noticed the stare and said: “What’s the matter? Do you think you know who I am?” “I could make a pretty good guess,” said Kelsey. “Well, who am I then?" the strang er demanded. *'I think you are Harry K. Thaw.” Kelsey said the stranger laughed uneasily and then said blandly, “Well, you are right. I am Thaw. But you don’t want me. You couldn’t do any thing to me if you wanted to. They have acquitted me of murder and you can’t extradite me.” “Where are you bound for?" Kel sey asked. “Canada.” the man answered. Pursues Him in Auto. Kelsey picked up his paper again and the man who had declared ne was Thaw went back to his seat with the match he had come to get. Depu ty Sheriff Kelsey got off the train here. Then he found L. W. Barbour ana Warner Drew' and they decided to chase the party. They got an automobile and made a quick run to Beecher Falls, the next station, just south of the Canadian line. There Kelsey made inquiries and found that three men answering the description of the three he had Continued on Page 9, Column 1. .■a '... IL. « . , , . ... m ■■■ v, »•%>:x-j,; Mrs. W. R. Johnson, bride, who testified for Frank. SONER IS J S1G.B23.QBI1 IS F T, The Fulton County tax digest, just completed by County Tax Receiver T. M. Armistead, was made public Tues day, and it shows the tremendous net increase in taxables of $10,823,080. The total returns for the fiscal year amounted to $122,198,115. as compar ed with $111,375,035 for 1912. The largest increase in any one item was that *of city real estate, which showed an increase over last year of $9,043,235. The returns from city real estate this year amounted to $81,023,490. Increases in other items were not so noticeable, and in many instances a decided decrease was noted. Poll tax returns amounted to $13,- 849, as compared with $13,967 for last year. The returns from bank shares amounted to $6,817,075, compared with $6,800,650 for 1912. Stocks and bonds returns show’ed an increase of $539,- 535. Money, notes and accounts re turns were $10,358,175. as compared with $9,322,610 in 1912. Merchandise returns were $8,915,- 400, compared with $8,727,770 last year. The automobile returns, as ex pected, showed a gain, going up to $522,160. compared with $501,090. Tax returns in the county from man ufacturers, cotton :tnd wool plants, etc., were $4,262,745, compared with $4,309,795 for 1912, showing a decrease of $47,050. County real estate returns amount ed to $4,708,462. compared with $4,- 731,375 for 1912. a decrease of $22,913. Capital in mining property returns were $3,350, as compared with $100 in 1912. Returns from furniture totaled $2,934,525, compared with $2,987,445 for 1912. Jewelry returns amounted to $224,430. compared with $232,380 last year, a decrease of $12,040. Dive stock returns were $309,890. Compared with $347,535, a decrease of $37,615. showing that Fulton County is not raising as much catle as last year. The return from professional taxes was $5,990. compared with $5,- 640 last year. The returns from ve hicles totaled $77,185, compared with $99,545 last year, showing a decrease in this source of revenue of $22,360. Returns from other sources were $941,680. as compared with $872,255 for 1912. Here are the important developments Tuesday in the trial of Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder, of Mary Phagan: Judge Roan rules out all testimony bearing on particular acts of immorality which the State has been endeavoring to prove against the defendant. Will Turner, former pencil factory employee, testifies he entered the metal room shortly before noon one day near the middle of March and saw Frank seeking to engage Mary Phagan in conversation. He says he cannot recall any other person he (Turner) knew in the factory. Solicitor Dorsey devotes large part of forenoon in an en deavor to bolster the character of C. B. Dalton, a State’s wit ness, and tear down that of Miss Daisy Hopkins, who was called by the defense. George Gordon, called by the Solicitor, swears that the sensational affidavit of Minola McKnight, negro cook at the Selig home, was signed in his absence and that Solicitor Dor sey refused to order her release, saying he “would get in bad with the detectives” if he did. Girl’s ‘Soul Mate’ Love Quenched by Week in Stockade Two weeks in the city stockade has cured 19-year-old Beatrice Ren- froe of certain ideas about “soul mate love.” Miss Renfroe is the young typist for whom A. M. Trippe, a. salesman, deserted his wife and three young children. Trippe. and the young wom an are serving a term of 50 days in the stockade to which they were sentenced by Recorder Pro Tern Pres ton. The young woman has written a letter to Probation Officer Coogler, .n w hich she declares she Is forever done w'ith Trippe, and pleads that she be removed from the stockade and placed on probation that she may have a chance to resume her \#ork as a stenographer and redeem herself. She places all blame on Trippe, as serting that he pursued her to Macon after she had Hed from the Martha Home, to which - ’ »ce she had be*n sent when she and Trippe were hale 1 before the court the first time. $ Kentuckians Fight Duel; One Is Dead HENDERSON, KY.. Aug. 19.— Coleman Davis to-day was believed to be dying from tw'o bullet wounds, and William Steinwach was slightly hurt as the result of a revolver duel. The tw'o men quarreled and arranged a peaceful meeting to settle tneir difficulties. As soon as they met each man drew his revolver and began fir ing. Sulzer Holds Fort, Ignoring Ruling of Attorney General ALBANY, Aug. 19.—Unaffected by the opinion of Attorney General Uar- mody who held that Martin Glynn legally is Governor of New York, William Sulzer occupied his office in the executive chamber this morning as usual. He came to the capitol at the usual time and took up the morn ing mail. Chester C. Platt, his private sec retary, announced that Mr. Sulzer still regarded himself as the legal Governor. “We knew what the opinion of the Attorney General would be before it came out,” he said Lieutenant Governor Glynn pre pared to take his fight into the halls of the Legislature to-day. i Blackjack Wielder Held for Grand Jury w. K. Dunn, arrested for drawing a blackjack on a newsboy, was held In $500 bond Tuesday for Grand Jury action by Acting Recorder Preston, Dunn was held for assault and bat tery and assault with Intent to mur der. Dunn got into a fight with little Isadore Kulbersh, 12 years old. and Bill Krell, another newsie who went to his small partner’s aid. ‘Kid” Young, who has appeared in the local prize ring, tried to act as peacemaker after Dunn had pulled a blackjack, land all four were served with charges. The case, against tiie youths were dismissed. WAR MOVE ON U. S. BY HUERTA DENIED WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.—The White House to-day received a dis patch from Charge d’Affaires 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 thi* reply probably will be made public at the White House later In the day In his telegram to Secretary Bry an. Charge d’Affaires O’Shaughnessy relates the circumstances reading ap to the transmission of the Huerta reply to ihe mediation proposals, which Lind carried from President Wilson to Mexico, and declares that nothing had indicated that they were in any way offensive to the Mexican Government. Found Reports Were False. He made a trip to the Mexican For eign Office late last night to ascer tain the truth of rumors that he was about to be given his passports, ana that Mexico had demanded recogni tion from the American Government by last midnight. He found these reports unfounded THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Fair Tuesday and Wednesdf. and spread the news among the mem bers of the American colony in Mexi co City. The population seemed to take it for granted that Huerta was about to make the desperafte play which he long had threatened. Secretary Br> an to-day denied that the State Department had received any ultimatum from Mexico concern ing recognition of the Huerta gov ernment by any stated time, or that Charge d’Affaires O’Shaughnessy had been given his passports and told to leave Mexico. • The State Department was in formed to-day by Charge d’Affaires O’Shaughnessy that Senor Gamboa, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has de nied the statement made by Senor Urrutla, Minister of the Interior, con cerning the reported ultimatum, and it is believed here that the outlook for a peaceful settlement of the trou- i bles between the two nations is more j promising at the present time than j it has been in the pest fortnight. Wild Rumor Laid to Cabinet. | Cliurge d’Affaires O’Shaughnessy, ,n j his telegram to the Stpte Depart- j mi nt to-day, reported that President Huerta and Envoy Lind were con ferring concerning the final settle- I meat of the difficulties between the } two countries. While he did not comment on the situation beyond giv- I ing a bare repo t of the fact, Mr j O’Shaughnessy strongly indicated | that he hoped for a peaceful settle- | ment and that the next 48 hours prob ably would bring developments lead- I ing to a compact between the United | States and Mexico. K is believed at the State Depart- | ment that the sensational reDorts em- i ana ting from Mexico City last night j were inspired by the Huerta Cabinet. Continued on Page 9, Column 3. Leo Frank found himself again the target for the attacks of Solicitor General Dorsey when the State took up its rebuttal Tues day in the trial of the National Pencil Factory superintendent, charged with the murder of Mary Phagan. By far the most damaging testimony brought out against Frank was that of Will Turner, who testified that he had entered the metal room and come upon Frank seeking to press his atten tions upon the Phagan girl only a few weeks before the crime. When Turner was put under the raking fire of Luther Ross er’s cross-examination, the weight of his testimony suffered con siderably. The youth, who admitted he had worked at the factory only a brief time, was unable to describe Mary Phagan and was unable to tell the name of any other girl in the entire factory. Tells of Frank Speaking to Girl. ‘ 1 1 went into the rear room on the second floor one day with some pencils,” said Turner. “It was about the middle of March. Frank was walking from his office towaref the rear of the factory. Mary Phagan was coming toward her machine. He told her to wait a minute, that he wanted to talk to her. She said she had to go to work. “He said: ‘I'm superintendent of the pencil factory and I want to talk to you.’ She repeated that she had to go to work and lie followed her as she backed away from him. A couple of girls came into the room and I asked them where to put the pencils and then I left. I didn’t see any more.” On cross-examination young Turner admitted he did not know whether there were other girls around at the time or not. He did not know the names of the two girls, he said, who entered the room while Frank was trying to talk to Mary Phagan. The extent of his description of Mary Phagan was that she had light hair. The question of the admissibility of this evidence caused a lonif wrangle between the attorneys. Rosser and Arnold objected on the ground that it was not at all material, proving absolutely nothing. They denied Dorsey s contention that it established that Frank had known Mary Pha gan, in spite of his declarations that he did not know her. Th* lawyers said that it did not show that he knew her by name or that he was conversing with her on any other subject than her| work. Charges It Was First Step to Murder. We contend that Mary Phagan was killed right on that sec ond floor,” retorted the Solicitor. “We contend that Mary Pha gan and Frank were the only persons in the metal department at the time that this incident took place, and that she was backing away and protesting that she had to go back to work. We con tend that it was the beginning of the transaction which ended in the little girl’s death. It should go in as contradicting Frank s statement that he did not know her.” — Turner was allowed to tell his story. That Solicitor Dorsey refused to take any step toward the ' liberation of Minola McKnight, cook at the Selig home, who was imprisoned until she made her sensational affidavit against Frank, on the ground that it would “get him in bad with the detectives,’’ was the unexpected and highly interesting statement made by At torney George Gordon late in the forenoon session. Gordon was called by the State, hut proved as good a witness for the defense. He declared that the affidavit made by the cook was signed in his absence, although the last paragraph stated that I