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lLWAYS first « ® The SUNDA Y AMERICAN in it NOW , -i - "=== Phones Main 100 The Atlanta Georgian. Read for Profit—-GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 16. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1913. By Copyright. 1906, The Georgian Co. 2 CENTS. 'mVrS' EVENING EDITION COPER’S SPEECH AGAINST FRANK IN FULL ATTORNEY F. A. HOOPER ARGUING BEFORE JURY Feudists Clash in Fierce Battle to Death at Country Meeting House Near Marietta. As a result of a knife battle fought within a few yards of the doors of the New Hope Church, in Cobb County, three miles out of Marietta, after prayer meeting Wednesday night, two men are dead, one Is probably fatally wounded and a fourth Is held by a Coroner’s verdict on a charge of murder. The dead are Fred Lemmings and John McElroy. John Harper has wounds in a shoulder and lung and is In a serious condition. Fred Harper is held by the Coro ner’s jury charged with killing Lem mings. Worshipers who attended the church services witnessed the fight. The trouble between the Harpers and the Lemmings dates back to the last term of the Cobb County Su perior Court, when Charles Lem mings, a brother of Fred Lemmings, ■was sentenced to the chaingang on a charge of cursing before women. The Lemmings clan assert that he was not guilty, but had been railroaded to the chaingang through false testi mony. Wednesday night the warring clans met at the doors of New Hope Church. When the pastor pronounced the benediction and the congregation filed slowly out of the little church, the warring families met almost di rectly in front of the doors. Hot words were exchanged. Knives flashed and the battle began amid the screams of the women and children and the pleadings of male members of the congregation. Fred Lemmings received a fatal wound within a few minutes after the fight began, and then the battle raged about his dead body. John McElroy and John Harper were lying uncoi- sclous on the "round. Fred Harper was taken in custody when o. cers arrived from Marietta and an inquest) over Lemmings’ bodv had been con ducted. McElroy died this morning. +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ *•* +•+ +•4* Millionaire Taking Woman's ‘Fast Cure' SEATTLE, WASH., Aug 21.—Rob ert Graham, the millionaire British bread king, is taking the “fast cure” under the notorious Linda Burfleld Hazzard, despite the warning of the British Vice Consul that several Brit ish subjects have been starved to death. For thus killing one of her patients, this woman is now under sentence to the penitentiary. . HOBBLE SKIRT CAUSES INJURY. LENOX, MASS., Aug. 21.—Miss Lorothy Sherman, of Brooklyn, tripped in a narrow’ gown to-day and ftier collarbone was fractured by the fell. High Cost of Walking Now Confronts Us CHICAGO, Aug. 21.—Shoes that cost $2 to {2.50 to-day may cost $5 and $7 In a few years. This gloomy pre diction was made by J. Harry Selz, newly elected president of a miilion- dollar shoe manufacturing corpora tion. The reason, he told the assembled salesmen of his company, was the alarming decrease in cattle produc tion In the United States. EMMANUEL GOES CALLING. Specnal Cable to The Georgian. ROME, Aug. 21.—Announcement was made here to-day that King Vic tor Emmanuel and Queen Elena, of Italy, will visit Montenegro next month. Queen Elena is a daughter of King Nicholas, of Montenegro. Arnold Begins Plea for the Defense 7.—7— ...... Senate Resolution Asks for Con stabularies to Protect Foreign ers in Turbulent Republic. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Senator Penrose to-day introduced a resolu tion in the Senate declaring it to be the sense of that body that the Presi dent of the United States should es tablish constabularies in Mexico and place in them a sufficient number of troops to protect the lives and prop erty of American citizens. The resolution also declares It to be the sense of the Senate: That it has been the policy of the United States to maintain the Monroe Doctrine. That the United States recog nizes its responsibility under this doctrine. That there is internal lawless ness and warfare in Mexico. That the continuation of this condition will add to the compli cations there. That the first duty of the Unit ed States is to protect the lives and property of its citizens at home and abroad. That the extension of such pro tection will lessen the danger of foreign interference, and that it is not the policy of the United States to aid or assist any faction. With the exception of some diplo matic sparring and formal exchanges which have little to do with the main issue, the Lind mission to Mexico is ended. The return of the Envoy to Washington may be expected soon. It is definitely known that the Huerta rejection of the American pro posals Is so absolute that it leaves nothing for the United States to do but withdraw the proffer of its good offices to Mexico. J President Wilson has sent addition al instructions to Lind, but he enter tains little hope that the situation will be changed by them. It is believed the American pro posals embraced every channel by which an outside nation could take a hand in the warfare now disrupting Mexico and that the only step now open to the United States is to await the downfall of the Huerta govern ment. Recognition is not to be extended in any event unless the revolution is suppressed entirely and civil govern ment is restored in all parts of the country. Postmaster French, Of Memphis, Is Dead MEMPHIS. Aug. 21.—Major J. C. French, Memphis postmaster, ap pointed after a bitter fight several weeks ago, died unexpectedly of apo plexy to-day. He was more than 70 years of age. L. W. Dutro, whom Major French succeeded, was recently drowned In the Mississippi River. Fugitive Not to Appear at Writ Hearing Because of Danger of Deportation Arrest. Negress Ends Life After Shooting White HAZLEHURST, Aug. 21.—John F Hall, a prominent farmer and turpen tine operator of Jeff Davis County, was shot and slightly wounded by Phoebe Carr, a negress, at his home five miles north of this place. Later she was found dead in the house. The Coroner’s verdict was suicide After shooting Hall the negress took poison. DROPS DEAD AT BALL GAME. BUENA VISTA—J. F. Rushin was stricken with apoplexy while attend ing the Plains-Buena Vista ball game here, and died in a few minutes. He was 66 years of age, a Confederate veteran and formerly Sheriff of Marion County. His ion Leon died three weeks ago. NEW OFFICIAL IN OFFICE. BARNESVILLE.—Joel D. Dunn, who won the race for the unexpired term as Tax Collector, will at once make the required bond and assume his office. Only a few’ months have elapsed on the term. DRINKS ACID BY MISTAKE. LOUISVILLE, KY., Aug. 21.—Miss Marie Senning, 18, who was to have sailed In a few days for Europe to complete her musical education, died to-day poisoned by carbolic acid which she drank by mistake for head ache- medicine. POSTAL CLERK NEEDED. A civil service examination for the position of clerk-carrier will be held at the Atlanta postoffice November 6, 1913. Applications must be made be fore October 1 to E. H. Jennings, sec retary of the Civil Service Board. MEET TO CALL PRIMARIES. A special meeting of the City Ex ecutive Committee has been called for Saturday, August 23, by its chairman, John Y. Smith, for the purpose of con sidering and ordering the city pri mary and other matters. SHERBROOKE, QUE., Aug. 21.— The hearing on Harry K. Thaw’s pe tition for release on a writ or habeas corpus was postponed from 10 o’clock until 2 o’clock this afternoon by Judge Globensky in the Superior Court After a long night conference, coun sel for Thaw decided that they would not produce the Matteawan fugitive in the Superior Court to-day on the writ obtained yesterday. Governor LaForce, of the St. Fran cis District jail, and the Sheriff were so notified and their plans for the safe removal of Thaw to the court house were dropped. It had been pre viously decided to take him in a car riage. When the news got abroad that Thaw would not make the trip the hundreds of spectators gathered in the streets showed keen disappoint ment. It was supposed that Thaw’s law- yers did not wish to subject him so soon to the danger of arrest by the in-migration authorities. Thaw Fears Jerome. Thaw’ was apparently perturbed by a rumor that former District Attor ney William Travers Jerome, who prosecuted him for the murder of Stanford White, might come here to aid the New York State authorities because of his intimate knowledge of the various angles of Thaw’s case. The fugitive always has regarded Je rome as his nemesis, as no one has fought harder than the former New York District Attorney to keep Thaw in Matteawan. That the coming of Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie and Dr. Britton D. Evans, an alienist, cheered the prisoner was evident. He brightened up consid erably after the morning visit. Dr. Evans has been in the employ of the Thaw family to combat the State alienists who have been trying to keep the Pittsburger in Mattea wan. He came here prepared to take Thaw’s side in the event that the Provincial authorities demand a mental examination of the prisoner. Investigate Through Ticket. District Attorney E. A. Conger, of Dutchess County, New York (in which Matteawan is located), was unable to see Thaw until to-day, al though Sheriff Hornbeck, also of Dutchess County, w’ho arrived here with Mr. Conger, was able to get to the prisoner. Hornbeck ha.s in his pocket a warrant charging Thaw’ with conspiring “against the peace and dignity of the State of New York to escape from the State asylum at Mat teawan.” An investigation of the manner in which Thaw came into possession of a railroad ticket for Detroit, Mich., is being made. The Dominion authori ties are not satisfied that Thaw bought the ticket himself. it was learned from an authorita tive source that immigration officers who are here plan to arrest Thaw on the ground that he smuggled his way into Canada if he gets his freedom on a habeas corpus writ. The village of St. Hermenegitde, where Thaw and his companions came into Can ada from the United States, is not a port of entry. "Educated Roger" Thompson, Thaw’s traveling companion, who has been held in $500 bail on the ground that he aided an undesirable alien to enter Canada, has retained W. L. Shurtleff, one of Thaw’s lawyers. It w-as Thompson who drove the auto mobile in which Thaw fled Mat teawan. Refuses to Discuss Divorce. Representatives of New York State, the United States Government and the Immigration Department of the Cana dian Government are co-operating to cover al» loopholes through which Thaw’ might get his ultimate liberty. If he is freed <*n the contention that he is a tourist, detectives will trail him into Detroit, where he probably will be arrested on the conspiracy j warrant w hich Sheriff Hornbeck, of Dutchess County, is carrying around in his pocket. Atlanta Mother Wants to Ship Her Boy by Parcel Post Is a 5-year-old boy mall matter? Can he be wrapepd up, with a tag around his neck, stamps on his head and handled like a sack of mall? Jacob Unger, a stenographer in the office of Superintendent of Mails I. C. Hart, at the Federal building, wants to know. Mrs. James E. Vaughn, 387 Pied mont avenue, telephoned Superintend ent Hart’s office late Tuesday. "Can parents send 5-year-old boys by parcel post?” she inquired. "I want to send my son to Augusta and I thought It would be so nice to send him by parcel post. Then I’d know he wouldn’t get lost or run over.” Unger told Mrs. Vaughn he would look through the parcel post regula tions and see If boys are listed as merchandise, and are mailable. He Is still looking. Boston’s Tore and Aft’ Skirt Winks 0h!-Coquettishly BOSTON, Aug. 21.—The "fore and aft” skirt created a sensation In Cambridge streets to-day, when a young woman wearing one was seen promenading Harvard Square. The skirt had a very slight slash, which allowed an emerald petticoat and silken hose to wink coquettishly as she walked. By leaving one side buttoned all the time the garment may be wrapped about the waist as one piece of cloth. All that remains to do is to button up the one side. Result: The coiffure Is not disar ranged and the young man does not have to miss the first act waiting for “Snooky Ookums” to dress. Says Her Husband Is Confessed Slayer Atlanta police are looking for a confessed negro slayer following a story given them Thursday morning by a negress claiming to be the wife of the fugitive. The negro woman gave her name as Mattie Smith and said she had mar ried Charley Smith in Chattanooga two months since. Last night, she avers, she and her husband came to Atlanta, stopping off here on their w’ay to Mobile. They got a room on Piedmont avenue. In the night, the woman asserts, her husband got up and fled, taking $150 from her purse under the pillow. She asked for the arrest of her husband, and told the police that he had confessed to hei not a week ago that he was wanted for murdering a white man near Ma con. .. . Millionaire, at 62, Weds a College Girl NEW HAVEN. Aug. 21.—Henry E. Rowe, millionaire oyster grow’er of New’ Haven and Providence, who is 62 years old, married Miss Etta El mira MacMillan, who gave her age as 27, in Providence. Last year, the bride was president of her class at Lazell Seminary. Au- bumdale. Mass. Girl Model Causes New ‘Balkan’ Clash PARIS, Aug. 21.—A beautiful girl model was the cause of the latest Balkan war. Bulgarian and Rouma nian art students got into a dispute over which faction the girl most fa vored. After ten of the combatants had been carved up, the police arrived. Comparing Leo M. Frank to that sinister dual per sonality Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, of Stevenson’s fa mous story, Frank A. Hooper, Solicitor Dorsey’s asso ciate, Thursday morning scathingly arraigned the man accused of the murder of Mary Phagan on April 26. With the prisoner gazing upon him, unflinching and unblink ing, Mr. Hooper took up the chain of circumstances with which the State has labored to connect him with the gallows and put link after link before the twelve men in the jury box who listened in tently. Frank’s mother and wife were in court at his side, inscrutable and faithful. They sat silent and tense as Hooper denounced the moral character of the accused man and graphically described his theory of how the murder had occurred. Mr. Hooper emphasized various features of the State’s case that had not been clearly brought out before, dwelling particularly on the incident of J. M. Gantt’s visit to the factory on the after noon of the tragedy and how Frank had at first refused to let him enter, and how the accused man had called up Newt Lee, the watchman, later, fearful, said Hooper, that Gantt had discovered something. After Hooper had finished his argument h* began presenting authorities to the judge to guide him'in milking his charge to the jury. He declared that the jury should not be charged that direct evidence was superior to circumstantial evidence. Attorney Reuben Arnold, opening for the defense, had pre pared an exhaustive review of the evidence, planning to attack every argument made by the State no matter how apparently un important. It seemed probable that Mr. Arnold would talk most of the afternoon. Luther Rosser will follow him. He has stated that he will not talk more than two hours at the most, and Solicitor Dor sey will close with what is expected to be the masterpiece of his career. The Solicitor will be unsparing in his words and into greater detail in discussing the evidence against Frank. Before Thursday’s session began Frank had expressed him self as entirely confident of the outcome. “I am certain that I will be Progressive Party Year Old August 30 CHICAGO. Auk- 21.—The first cele bration of the birth of the Progres sive or “Bull Moose” party will be held in Chicago on August 30. It is to be known as “Progressive Day.” Progressives from five States of the Middle West will participate. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Fair Thursday and Friday. acquitted and set right before the world,” he said. ‘‘It has been a terrible ordeal, but I await the outcome with the ut most confidence.” “May it please your honor and gen tlemen of the jury,” began Mr. Hoop er, “the object of this trial, as of all other cases, is the ascertaining of truth and the attainment of Justice. I want to distinctly Impress upon you the correctness of our position. Wo want it distinctly understood that we are not seeking a verdict of g'uilty unless this man is guilty. “We want it distinctly understood that the burden of proving him guilty Is on our shoulders. We recognize that this has got to be done beyond a reasonable doubt, and from the evi dence. We cheerfully assume this burden. “There Is not one connected with the prosecution who would see a hair of the head of this man injured wrongfully. “We want him to have the rights and protection of the law Just as any other citizen. He is entitled to the protection of the law Just as any other citizen. “But another thing: He Is not en titled to any more. He Is not, on ac count of his high position and wealthy connections, entitled to any more than any other defendant. The strong arm of the law is strong enough to reach to the highest places and do Justice there. “It is strong enough to reach down into the gutter and regulate the lives of the low.liest. I am not going to undertake to go over all the facts In this case. Believes Firmly In Frank’s Guilt. “I congratulate you. gentlemen of the Jury, that the case is nearing an end. I have felt sympathy for you. because you not only have worked hard, but you have been de prived of your liberty and *the en joyment of your homes. In one senao of the word, you have been in Jail. “There has never been a criminal case in Georgia that has been so long There has been no trial so Important or the result of which will be so far- reaching, and that only makes the re sponsibility on you the greater. “There is one other thing that I want to say to you before I go into the facts of the case. This man ought not to be convicted simply because someone has to be, nor because of the law that demands an eye for an eye and a life for a life. We think the evidence shows him to be guilty be yond any reasonable doubt. “In taking up this evidence I am considering you deeply, I am consider ing the strain you have been under. I am thinking deeply; in fact, I am trying to make myself as one of you twelve men, and in attempting to bring this to a conclusion I am striv ing to get at the truth. “Let’s see what the situation was on Memorial Day, Saturday. April 26. Here is this great big pencil factory, which was being run by a number of men with this defendant in charge. Let us consider the conditions that existed there, and, gentlemen, I must say that I am not proud of these con ditions. Witnesses Incensed By Factory Conditions. "But to get to the real facts of this case; to come to a full realization of Just how things occurred, we must understand the conditions that existed here absolutely before we can pro ceed with this case. The character of this plaec was one to make us think deeply. The evidence which has been laid before you here has been of the kind to irAke one doubly serious. Take the defendant. Between 25 and 40 girls have come before you and said that his character was good. "They spoke in the highest terms of him. That must be considered. But on this charge this Is negative evidence. But also consider that we have brought before you girl after girl who told of his character being bad ;who told of the lmmor^p»rondl- tlons that existed In this great pencil