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Copyright, 1913, by
The Georgian Company.
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ATLANTA, QA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
DORSEY DEMANDS DEAID
PENALTY FDR FRANK IN
TRRILEINDDL0S1PLEA;
CASE TO JURY MONDAY
Solicitors Scathing Address Halted
by Adjournment—Had Spoken for
More Than Six Hours—Cheered by
Big Crowd Outside the Courthouse.
I PRISONER CALM, WIFE SOBS
AS STATE CHARGES MURDER
Slain Girl’s Mother Breaks Down, but
Defendant Faces Spectators With
Hint of Smile After Perversion
Charge Is Hurled at Him.
Robert F. Maddox One of Commit
teemen Named by Conference of
Financiers to Attempt Defeat of
Administration’s Currency Plan.
Amendments Asked Virtually Take
All the Substance From Meas
ure While Leaving the Wording
Little Changed in Appearance.
CHICAGO, Aug 23.—Resolutions at
tacking the Owen-Glass currency
measure, now before Congress, and
raising a committee which includes
Robert F. Maddox, of Atlanta, to fight
its passage, were adopted unanimous
ly by the American Bankers’ Associa
tion at the closing session of its con
ference at the Hotel LaSalle to-day.
The committee, composed of seven
of the strongest bankers in the
United States, was named by A. Bar
ton Hepburn, of New York, chairman
of the conference. The members will
take the resolutions to Washington
and urge the passage of amendments
which the bankers’ organization has
indorsed.
Those named on the committee are:
James B. Forgan, president of the
First National Bank, Chicago.
George H. Reynolds, president of
the Continental and Commercial Na
tional Bank, Chicago.
E. J. Hill, president of the National
Bank of Norwalk, Conn.
R. F. Maddox, vice president of the
American National Bank, Atlanta.
Sol Wexler, vice president of the
Whitne^ Central National Bank, New
Orleans.
Joseph Chapman, vice president of
the Northwestern National Bank,
Minneapolis.
Festus B. Wade, president of the
Mercantile Trust Company, St. Louis.
The resolutions which were adopt
ed by the conference as a whole were
worked out from a report of a com
mittee of fifteen, known as the “cur
rency commission” of the American
Bankers’ Association. This report
was a comprimise between the radi
cal faction, led by James B. Forgan.
who declared that the entire bill
should be renounced by the bankers,
and the conciliatory faction, led by
George M. Reynolds, who contended
that it would probably get the bank
ers more to work in harmony with
Congress.
The bill, as revised by “the curren
cy commission” an Indorsed by the
entire conference, carries out the For
gan idea by emasculating the Owen-
Glass bill in spirit, while retaining its
outward form and wording, thus pla
cating the Reynolds faction.
The Vital Changes Asked.
The Important changes in the
Owen-Glass bill recommended by the
conference include the following:
That there shall be noet more
than five Federal reserve banks
instead of twelve.
That many of the provisions of
the bill applying to national
banks shall be optional instead
of compulsory.
That national banking associa
tions which do not come under
the provisions of the bill within
one year shall not be dissolved as
provided by the bill in its present
form.
That the Federal Reserve
Board shall consist of three mem
bers chosen by the President,
three members by the directors
of the Federal reserve banks, and
the Secretary of the Treasury, In
stead of four members chosen by
the President and three others to
be members ex-offlcio, the Secre
tary of the Treasury, the Secre
tary of Agriculture and the
Comptroller of th© Currency.
That the provision for a Fed
eral advisory council shall be
eliminated, none being necessary
if the bankers are given direct
representation oh thef Federal
Reserve Board as recommended.
That the section of the bill re
lating to note issues and bank
reserves shall be rewritten entire
ly.
That the entire section relating
to savings departments shall he
eliminated, the bankers feeling
> that savings departments now
conducted by national banks are
hampered in an unwarranted
manner.
The above changes represent only
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Duchess DeChaulnes
Is Reported Engaged
Paris Society Links Former Theodora
Shonts With Andre De Fou-
quieres, French Beau Brummel.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Aug. 23.—Rumors of an en
gagement between the Duchess De
Chaulnes, formerly Miss Theodora
Shonts, and Andre de Fouquieres, the
French Beau Brummel, are being
whispered in society circles here.
During the Beauville season the
young widowed Duchess and the
French dandy have been seen much
together. DeFouquieres stayed at Co-
bourg, but it was noticed that he was
at the side of the American Duchess
at every party she attended.
The Duchess has one son. Her hus
band, the Duke, died a few months
after their marriage.
I DeFouquieres recently visited the
United States, where he gave lectures
on fashions and was well received
by society there.
Caruso Sadly Says:
‘My Star Is Dimming'
Tenor Thinks Public Soon Will De
sert Him for Young and
Brilliant Star.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME, Aug. 23.—Caruso, who is
taking the cure with his eldest son
at Monte Catini, is in a philosophical
mood. To a newspaper man he said:
“It is about time the public ceased
to take an interest in me. There are
plenty of young stars rising who soon
will shine with dazzling brilliancy in
the firmament of art. Mine is dim
ming: don’t you think so?”
Then he sadly shook his head and
walked slowly away.
Steer Pursues Girl
■ Up Flight of Stairs
Her Red Dress Enrages Animal,
Which Breaks Away From
Keeper.
NORTH ESCANABA, MICH., Aug.
23.—A red dress worn by a young
woman so enraged a 2-year-old steer
that it broke away from Frank Case,
who was leading it through the
streets. •"
The young woman ran up a nearby
stairway, with the infuriated steer in
hot pursuit, the animal chasing her to
the third story of the building There
she escaped by slamming a door in
the animal’s face.
Pleasant Stovall
Arrives at Berne
BRIDL'S SECRET
IS REVEALED 8?
FEAR OF DEATH
Young Atlanta Couple Had Kept
Pact Entered Into About
Ten Months Ago.
Death’s shadow alone Saturday af
ternoon was responsible for the bar
ing of a secret ardently kept for ten
months in the hearts of two young
Atlanta people, when Miss Eula May
Shaw, of No. 572 Capitol avenue,
made known that soince Thanksgiv
ing day she has been the wife of
Frank J. Baker, of No. 11 Eugenia
street, who now lies stricken with
typhoid fever in the Georgian Hos
pital.
The announcement came as a com
plete surprise even to the parents of
the young couple. Miss Shaw and
Mr. Bakec met about a year ago at
the home of Miss Shaw’s aunt, Mrs.
George Gillon, of St. Charles avenue.
After that they met often and on
Thanksgiving day Journeyed to La-
Grange, Georgia, *where they were
quietly married by Rev. L. B.
Vaughn. «
The pair decided to keep the mar
riage a secret for one year. Mr. Ba
ker is 21 years of age. The year was
not yet up when young Baker wa?
taken ill. His wife was a constant
visitor to the Georgian Hospital.
Several weeks ago Mrs. Baker, who
keeps on working as a bookkeepeV
for the Foote & Davies Company,
left Atlanta for her home In Moul
trie, Ga., to spend her vacation with
her parents. Mr. Baker decided to
run down over Sunday and visit his
wife. While in Moultrie he was sud
denly taken ill. His condition became
so serious that his wife insisted on
taking him home to Atlanta.
One morning last week Baker’s
mother was nonplussed when she
answered the door bell and beheld
her son, pale and wan, on the arm of
a young woman whom she had never
seen before. The young woman was
Miss Shaw, who announced:
“I have brought your sick boy
home.”
The bride remained at the Baker
homestead several days until her
husband was removed to the Geor
gian Hospital. It was decided to
make the announcement of the mar
riage public.
Georgian Presents Credentials as
United States Minister to
Switzerland.
Special Cable to The American.
BERNE, SWITZERLAND, Aug. 23.
Pleasant A. Stovall, of Savannah, Ga„
presented his credentials to-day as
United States Minister to Switzer
land. He succeeds H. S. Boutell, of
Illinois.
From a photograph by a staff photographer
of The Sunday American.
The Weather.
Forecast for Atlanta
and Georgia — Local
showers Sunday; fair
Monday.
Insisting upon the application of the Mosaic law of “an eye
for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,” Solicitor General Hugh M,
Dorsey demanded the life of Leo M. Frank yesterday in expiation
of the murder of Mary Phagan on April 26.
Nothing less than the death penalty would satisfy justice, de
clared the Solicitor in one of the most bitter and impassioned ad
dresses a Georgia courtroom audience ever has heard.
It was the closing argument of the State before the fate of
Frank is placed in the hands of the twelve jurors. It was inter
rupted by adjournment at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon. The So
licitor had been speaking since 9 o’clock in the forenoon and was
exhausted by his efforts. His address had begun at 3:30 the aft
ernoon before and had consumed a total of six and a half hours.
CROWD GREETS HIM WITH CHEl RS.
When, weak with fatigue, he asked for a recess and court ad
journed until Monday morning at 9 o'clock, a great crowd awaited
him outside to cheer him and rend the air with their yells because
of the magnificent fight he has put up to send Frank to the gal
lows for the murder of the little factory girl.
The demonstration was spontaneous and was of greater mag
nitude than that of the night before. He had aroused to the high
est pitch the admiration of the populace for the earnest and de-i
termined battle he was conducting for the conviction of the man ho
deemed guilty of the murder.
Men in front of the courthouse cheered with all their might as
Dorsey came in sight from out the courtroom doors. Men fromi
across the street took up the cheer and the little Solicitor was given
the demonstration of a governor or some other popular hero as he
quickly tucked his books and records under his arms and escaped
through the crowd into his law offices in the Kiser building.
HURLS CHARGE DIRECTLY AT FRANK.
If his tongue was tipped with venom and bitterness, it can
hardly be said that the Solicitor was not sincere and in earnest*
Every word and every pharse that he uttered during his long speech
—the longest of the trial—carried with it the conviction that the
speaker was in deadly earnest.
Much of the time he was talking directly at the prisoner and
was accusing him of murder and other crimes unmentionable. He
looked Frank right in the eye. He leveled his finger at the defen
dant sitting calmly between his mother and his beautiful wife. He
called him a “red-handed murderer” and a pervert. Frank did
not flinch. • i
During a brief intermission, Frank even walked in front of
the spectators with the suggestion of a smile on his face. If there
was any fear of the verdict in his heart, it was kept buried there,
far out of sight of human eyes.
LIKENS FRANK TO OSCAR WILDE.
Dorsey compared the defendant with that prince of per.
verts, Oscor Wilde, and there was never a flicker of Frank's eye nor
a change in his quiet, speculative expression. Dorsey told of other
men who had possessed good reputations and yet had been guilty
of the most heinous offenses—Theodore Durant, of San Francisco;
Pastor Richeson, of Boston; Mayor McCue, of CharlottaviQe, Va.;
Henry C. Beattie, of Richmond; Dr. Crippen, and others. In the
same connection he mentioned the name of Judas Iscariot and Ben
edict Arnold, both of whom, he said, were supposed to be of good
character until they had become traitors and betrayers.
“Character isn’t worth a cent when you’ve got the evideno®
before you,” shouted the Solicitor after he had compared Frantt
with some of the most infamous persons he could call to mind.
PRISONER ENCOURAGES HIS WIFE.
His denunciation at times was so unsparing and his words »
like a physical blow that it seemed that the prisoner must quail bo.
fore him. But Frank maintained his composure. In fact, during a,
lull in the storm of inv :: tive he occasionally would lean toward^
his wife or his mother and whisper a few words, accompanying
them with a smile. For all that his manner betokened, he might
be talking of some amusing incident that had jus»i occured to him.
If the Solicitor’s words failed to affect Frank, he was prob*
CALM AND COLD WHILE HIS LIFE IS AT STAKE
L EO M. FRANK is described as the most remarkable prisoner ever brought before the bar of
justice in Georgia. Under the merciless arraignment of Solicitor Dorsey yesterday he
sat unmoved and apparently the most unconcerned man in the courtroom. Through all the
hours he sat and gazed steadily at the prosecutor.
EDITION FOR
NORTH GEORGIA