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VOL. XII. NO. 19.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1913.
Copyright. lWH.
By Th# Georgian Co.
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Dr. Broughton, With
Black Eye, Explains
He Got It at Tennis
NEW YORK, Aug:. 25.—‘‘I wish to
inform the congregation that I got it
playing tennis—not the other way,”
said Dr. Len G. Broughton, of Eng
land, formerly of Atlanta, when he
entered the pulpit of the Madison
Avenue Reformed Church, wearing a
beautiful black eye.
MYSTERY IN
Film RAIL
Instructs Lawyers to Have Special
Guard—Expects To Be Back in I
United States This Week.
SHERBROOKE, QUE.. Aug. 25.—
“Harry K. Thaw will be back upon
■United States soil before the week is
out.”
This declaration was made here
to-day by E. Blake Robinson, Assist
ant Superintendent of Immigration in
Canada, who is in charge of the im
migration activities in the Thaw case.
Lawyers on both sides agreed this
week likely would see an end of Ca
nadian participation in Thaw's fight
against going back to Matteawan.
Thaw told reporters he had In
structed his eight lawyers to hire spe
cial guards for him while he is out
side the jail and court house.
‘‘It has come to my ears that the
New York authorities will try to kid
nap me if I am released on habeas
corpus proceedings, as I fully expect
to be,”, said Thaw. ‘‘I understand
they will try to seize me by force and
carry me into New York.
Says Kidnaping Is Planned.
"Whether th e attempt will be made
in Sherbrooke or whether the kid
napers will wait until we are on
United States soil is a question, but
they would hardly affront the Immi
gration authorities by seizing me if I
am in the hands of Dominion Govern
ment representatives.”
Thaw decided to fight his habeas
corpus proceedings to a finish after
his lawyers had put the question of
dropping them up to their client.
New York State representatives
are making elaborate precautions to
combat any attempt by Thaw’s
friends to carry him off. ,
It is expected Thaw will be released
Wednesday morning by Judge Glo-
bensky in the Superior Court. He
will be arrested by the immigration
authorities and taken to Coaticook,
the nearest post of entry to the point
where Thaw entered Canada, where
a court of inquiry will be held.
Thaw undoubtedly will be deported
into the little Vermont village of Nor
ton Mills, which immediately will be
come the scene of a big legal fight.
Thaw Gives Interviews.
William A. Blakely, former District
Attorney of Allegheny County. Penn
sylvania, who arrived here with for
mer Governor William Stone, of
Pennsylvania, to help Thaw in his
fight, counseled the fugitive not to
talk any more to the newspapers. In
stead of complying Thaw started to
write interviews and specific articles
for American and Canadian newspa
pers.
J, N. Greenshild, one of the leaders
among Thaw’s counsel, returned to
day from Montreal. District Attorney
\ Conger, of Dutchess County,
New York, admitted that John Mack,
a former District Attorney for the
same county, has been in Vermont
several days preparing to resist
Thaw's efforts there.
Thaw's appeal from the decision of
the Immigration Court of Inquiry
(which will be against him), must be
in the hands of Acting Minister of
Justice Doherty within 48 hours after
a verdict is reached. According to
the Dominion law the Ministry of
Justice must affirm or overrule the
verdict of the court of inquiry with
out unreasonable delay. It usually
lakes the Minister about 48 hours to
Alcohol Baths for
Roche Dance Guests
NEWPORT, Aug. 25.—A dance giv
en by Francis Roche at the Golf Club
ended at 5 in the morning. Then the
guests adjourned to Berger’s and had
breakfast of scrambled eggs, coffee
an d rolls.
Maids and valets sent their charges
into retirement before 6 with alcohol
baths, awakening them four hours
later for another alcohol bath. They
'arrived at the tennis tournament
looking as though they had slept all
Little Miss Dixon in
‘Richest Baby' Race
NEWPORT, Aug. 25.—The arrival
of a daughter last week in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Fitz Eugene Dixon
has started society speculating as to
who is the richest baby.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Jr., heir
to about fifty millions, and William
Henry Vanderbilt, tjie son of Mrs.
Elsie French Vanderbilt, have been
contenders for first honors, but now
little Miss Dixon theatens to outclass
them.
Mrs. Dixon is a granddaughter of
P. A. B. Widener, the traction mag
nate: so Baby Dixon has many mil
lions in prospect.
One Dead, Scores in Peril in Un
explained Wreck on Georgia
Road—Atlantan Hurt.
$3 Pig Tries to Eat
Dynamite; $500 Loss
ASHEVILLE, Aug. 26.—Jerry Mober-
ly, of Iredell County, left a box of dy
namite near a barn door, under cover
from the weather An inquisitive pig
tried to eat one stick that contained a
percussion cap It set off the box of
dynamite. The pig was blown tc atoms,
the big bam was wrecked, two cows
were killed, one horse was crippled so
badly that it was necessary to kill it,
and Parsons Colley, a farm hand, who
was tossing hay into the bam loft, was
bruised and shocked.
Farmer Moberly figures his loss,
through the Inquisitive $3 mountain ra-
zorback porker, at something more than
$500. He had no insurance.
Mrs, Grace's Former
Maid ‘Ripper’ Victim
Martha Ruffian, a negresa, at one time
a maid for Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace and a
witness in the latter’s trial, was found
dead Sunday with a single knife wound
in her throat, in the rear of No. 59
Ponce DeLeon avenue, where she had
lived for a short time.
The negress had been separated from
her husband, who also was a witness
in the Grace trial. The crime is a com
plete mystery to the police. Alex Smith,
a negro, is being hunted. The murder
was committed in the regular ‘‘Jack the
Ripper” way and is the twenty first
slaying of this kind in the last th*ee
years.
The exact cause of the wreck on the
Georgia Railroad near Decatur early
Sunday morning in which one negro
was killed, two white women were
seriously injured and a score or more
passengers were shaken up, was gtlll
a mystery Monday. Officials of the
road say the two trains, northbound
freight, No. 19. and passenger train
No. 3 were under orders to run ten
minutes apart.
According to reports at St. Joseph
Hospital Monday morning, Mrs.
George Mathieson, of Peachtree Road.
Atlanta, and Mrs. R. T. Cresse, of
j Charlotte. N. C., who were seriously
i injured, are resting well and will re- !
cover. Mrs. Cresse is a daughter-in-
law of Coleman E. Cresse. of 103
I Piedmont avenue.
The dead negro is Max Smith, of
Lithonia. Smith’s death is perplex
ing to the authorities, as he was a
passenger in the first coach of the
train and was the only one injured in
this car.
The wreck occurred just as the
passenger train was jmlling .out of
Alta Loma, where the regular stop
had been made. The cars had scarce
ly gone a hundred yards when the
through freight swept around the
curve just beyond the station and
smashed into the rear end of the
Pullman car.
The impact of the freight train,
twenty heavily loaded cars, resulted
in the demolition of the Pullman, the
engine plowing itself in under the
roof of the car.
Mrs. Mathieson and Mrs. Cresse
w r ere the only ones found with seri
ous injuries. A relief train brought
the injured passengers to Atlanta,
where they were rushed to St.
Joseph’s Hospital.
Engineer Joe Guinn, of the freight
train, claims, it is said, that his watch
was ten minutes ahead of time and
that he w r as under the Impression that
h e had a clear track to Decatur.
Policeman Shot as
i He Peers on Youth
Calling on a Girl
R. E. Manor, 20 years old, of Gil- i
i mer Station, is held at police head - !
| quarters to-day on a charge of assault !
■ with intent to murder for shooting
Patrolman C. F. Preston when the
latter looked Into a window of a
house at No. 42 Kennedy street, where
Maner was calling on Miss Ummie
Hollingsworth.
According to Preston, he and Pa-
i trolman Cochran had gone to th - '
Kennedy street address to meet
Claude Leatherwood, No. 44 Kenne- ,
dy street, who told the officers that
the conduct of a young man and a girl
had offended his family. Preston went
to a front window and placed his face ,
against the glass. Cochran heard a
shot and ran to the front of the hous .
where Preston told him he had bean j
shot.
!Wfanex was seen advancing to the
front of the house with a revolver in
his hand and was arrested. He de
nied the report of offensive condu* -
and said he fired because he saw men
looking into the window’ on numerous
occasions.
LEO. FRANK ON HIS WAY
FROM JAIL TO COURT
This photo was
snapped as
Frank left the
Tower.
Wine List Features
Dinner Given Bryan
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Secre
tary Bryan's grapejulce went by the
board by a flood of intoxicating li
quors served at a dinner in his honor
by Dr. Francisco J. Peynade, the Do
mini ?an Minister to the United
States, at the University club.
According to the University chefs,
the drinks Included champagne,
cocktails, claret, imported beer, cor
dials of all colors of the rainbow' and
grapejuice, which bore an inconspic
uous place at the end of the wine
list.
Hague Asks U. S, Not
To Fortify Canal
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
THE HAGUE, Aug. 25.—President
Wilson’s Mexican policy and the for
tifications of the Panama Canal were
the topics of discussion at the clos
ing session of the Universal Peace
Congress.
The Congress recorded a further
appreciation of President Wilson’s
attitude toward pacificism and order-
el that Its thanks be communicated
by cable to him*
The Congress adopted a motion
asking the United States not to for
tify the Panama Canal.
American Dances
Stir London Church
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Aug. 26.—British news
papers to-day devoted much apace to
the sermon of Canon Newbolt In St.
Paul's Cathedral yesterday afternoon
when he bitterly attacked such dances
as the turkey trot and the tango. In
part he said:
"Would indecent dances, suggestive
of evil and destructive of morals, dis
grace our civilization if professed
Christians were to say. ‘I will not
allow my daughter to turn into Sa
lome even if Herod were to give me
half his kingdom and admit me to
a high and much coveted society that
has managed to persuade itself that
immorality is artistic?’ This is an
age which mocks at marriage and In
sists upon sex topics for boy* and
girls."
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair in northern,
showers in southern portion.
Evelyn Thaw Pens
‘Story of Her Life'
LONDON, Aug. 25.—According to
announcement here, John Lane, the
publisher, has in preparation a bi
ography entitled “The Story of My
Life,” by Evelyn Thaw.
The announcement says:
“In her book she declares her*elf
to the world and now for the first
time gives the public her full story,
her career on the stage, her associa
tion with Stanford White, her im
pressions in the sensational trial,
when she faced the shrewdest law
yers in America.”
HORSE-SWAPPING CONVENTION.
GAINESVILLE.—One of the old-
fashioned kind of horse-swapping
conventions Is to be held in Hall
County August 27 and 28 at Absalom.
Charles Hope, of Gainesville, is pres
ident, and J. J. Gower viee president
of the association, __
Militants Set Fire to
Big Farm Buildings
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Aug 25.—Thousands of
dolalrs damage was done in Surrey
to-day by incendiary fires set by mil
itant suffragettes* The women set
fire to several farm bullrings on big
estates and all were destroyed with
their contents. Constables who in
vestigated learned that three women
had been seen in an automobile in
the neighborhood of the fires. They
were believed to have ridden frmrr
London.
“Do not forger that women want to
rota,” was printed on one placard left
at the ruins
Burglars Loot and
Fire ffiaycross Home
WAYCROSS, Aug. 25.—Caught ! n
his room on the second floor of the
home of George W. Barnes, Joseph
M. Greene, an Atlantic Coast Line en
gineer. was forced to jump from a
window to escape from a fire that
was started by burglars In a down
stairs closet.
Two children, Back Barnes, Jr., of
Charlotte, and George Festerman, of
Waycross, who were asleep in the
room where the fire started, w’ere res
cued by Mr. Barnes.
The loss. Including stolen jewel
ry, is estimated at $3,000.
Imitated Turkey;
Shot by Comrade
SYLVANIA, Aug. 25.—John O.
Mathews, of this place, was shot
through mistake by Captain A. H.
Wagnon. of Augusta, while they were
hunting and fishing on Briar Creek.
They heard a flock of turkeys near
by, left the boat and became sepa
rated.
Mr. Mathews began imitating the
call of a turkey, and did it so w-ell
that he fooled his friend, who crept
upon him and when within about 40
yards fired, filling his chest, neck
and face with No. R shot. Shot en
tered each eye, and it is believed that
he will lose his sight.
Girl Hit by Stray
Bullet Is Improving
Miss Frances Brown, daughter of Rob
ert H. Brown, of Atlanta, who was hit
at Cedartown, Ga . Saturday morning
by a stray bullet from the pistol of J.
P. Sanders, engaged in a duel with
John Rogers, of that place, at the Sea
board station, was improved Monday
The bullet was removed Sunday night.
Grady Hospital physicians said that un-.
less complications set In she should be
able to leave the hospital within a week
or ten dajs.
TENNIS EXPERTS
SEE TITLE EDI
Secretary Cooper Is
Now ‘Doing' Germany
Secretary of the Atlanta chamber
of Commerce Walter G. Cooper, now
touring Europe, has sent a cablegram
from Bremen, Germany, to his mother
in Atlanta, stating that he was in fine
health and would make a journey
down the River Rhine soon.
Mr. Cooper expects to return to At
lanta. early in the fall.
T. R. Unable to Help
Moosers Celebrate
CHICAGO, Aug. 25.—Colonel The
odore Roosevelt stopped in Chicago
for a short time to-day on his way
home from his outing In Arizona.
He was here long enough between
trains to confer with several local
Progressive leaders. He expressed
regret that he could not attend the
Progressive picnic here next Satur
day, but agreed to write a messagt
to be read then.
Woman Unable to
Swim the Channel
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
DOVER, ENGLAND. Aug. 25.—An
unsuccessful attempt to swim the
English Channel was made by Miss
Lilly Smith, i hampion woman swim
mer of England.
She started from South Foreland
Kentshire, but gave out after making
five miles and toad to be taken or.
board a boat which was following
her.
Wants a'Parthenon'
In Woman's Honor
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.— Senator
Jones, of Washington, offers a bill
setting aside a space in the pro-
1 posed plaza, between the t'apitol and
the Union Station, solely for statues
and memorials to women. He would
j have it known as the ’’Parthenon.”
“I c mppose they’ll be erecting
I statues to the inventor of the bloom
ers and the latter-day ‘slit skirt.'”
sneered a dyspeptic anti-suffragist
House member.
King Victor,Hunting,
Barely Escapes Death
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Aug. 25.— King Victor nar-
; rowly escaped death while hunting
; chamois on the Piedmont Mountains.
| near Cuneo. A fall of rock killed one
I and mortally injured another of his
I hunters.
The King now is so nervous that
j he has abandoned hunting for this
year. . ' k
Refreshed by the week-end recess, Solicitor General Dorsey
returned Monday to the State's closing argument. By the force of
logic and denunciation of his Anal words to the jury the Solicitor
hopes to obtain a verdict of guilty against Leo M. Frank, charged
with the murder of Mary Phagan.
The day and a half intermission furnished a breathing spell
for the State's prosecutor. He came back to the battle with new
spirit and with an absence of the fatigue that compelled him to
stop his stirring argument Saturday and ask Judge Roan for a re
cess.
Knowing that it was the closing day of the Frank trial and
that a fiery conclusion might be expected to the Solicitor's argu
ment, hundreds were about the court room hoping that they might
be among the fortunate to be granted admission to the small room.
Frank was at the court house some time before Dorsey re
sumed his address. His mother and wife came in an automobile
shortly before ^ourt opened. The prisoner bore his usual unruffled
and calm air. Interest probably was at its greatest height sincej
the trial began.
Within a few hours the Solic
itor General would be finished
with his masterly and unsparing
address. The twelve jurors
would receive the judge's charge
and their final instructions.
Then they would file from the
room, probably for the last time,
to return only to say ‘'guilty” or
"not guilty,” or, possibly, to re
port to the judge their inability
to come to an agreement.
Solicitor Dorsey was viciferously
cheered as he entered the court house
by a crowd waiting: for the trial to
open, and in the courtroom there was
applause as he went to the State’s
table wdhtin the railing.
Judge Roan entered the room as
the applause died down while the
deputies were rapping for order. He
announced that if there wras any sem
blance of a repetition he would clear
the courtroom. The judge declared
that a similar occurrence might de
stroy the work of four long weeks
and warned the audience to keep
strict order.
Mr. Dorsey began his speech in a
low. hoarse voice.
"Your honor and gentlemen of the
jury,” he said, ”1 regret the necessity
for having to carry this case over into
another week and through another
Sunday. If a recess had been de
clared Saturday. I might have been
able to have finished my speech and
his honor have delivered his charge
and turned the case over to you. The
circumstances made the present
course wiser.
Begins to Riddle
Frank’s Statement. 1
“When we closed proceedings Sat
urday, I was giving you a brief analy
sis of the statement of the defendant.
I am not going into an exhaustive
study of that statement. It is un-
necssary to further burden you with
it. But there are certain language
and statements which merit some
consideration.
“The defendant stated, after his
honor had excluded our evidence, an-;
excluded it properly, that his wife
visited him at the police station. He
slated that she was there with his
father-in-law and his two brothers-
in-law. He said Rabbi David Marx
was with him and that he consultei
Dr Marx on the advisability of hav
ing her to come up to the top floor
and see him surrounded by policemen,
reporters and snapshotters. lie
doesn’t prove by a living soul that
this statement is true. You must
rely on hi* own lips for its value
“If they cou'd have proved it by Dr.
Marx, why didn't they it? You
tell me a loving wife lives who. con
scious of a husband’s innocence amid
such circumstances wouldn't hare
braved policemen, snapshotters to
have seen him?
Arnold jumped irp.
“1 object." he said, “to those out
rageous references to his wife. I
Ue;e in gjlsam ■
California Player Looked Upon as
Certain Victor in National
Championship Match.
NEWPORT, R. I„ Aug. 25.—When
play began to-day in the semi-finals
of the National Tennis Tournament,
Maurice McLoughiin, the red-headed
Californian, was regarded as a cer
tain victor in the final match for the
national championship.
Despite the fact that the three
other men beside McLoughiin who
have survived the elimination battles
to date arc among the most wonder
ful net players in the history of the
game, it is felt that not one of them
will be able to cope with the Western
wizard.
Wallace J. Johnson, the Pennsyl
vania champion, and member of the
victorious Davis cup team, and Nor
ris Williams, another Davis cup play
er, and Nathaniel W. Niles, the Mas
sachusetts State tltleholder, are the
men left in the tournament together
with McLoughiin.
The < ’aliforniaan was to play
against Johnson and Niles against
Williams in the semi-finals to-day.
The winner of these matches will meet
to-morrow for the title.
Flyer Resumes Race
After Fall Into Sea
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ,
YARMOUTH. E!fGl«AXD, Aug 25. j
The hydro-aeroplane race around
Great Britain, which was started ten
days ago but was interrupted by the
illness of the aviator and breaks to
the machine, was resumed to-day by
11. G. llawker.
Hawker reached Yarmouth at 10:30
o'clock from the outskirts, where his
machine has lain since it fell into the
sea.
Waiter Returns 10c
Tip to John D., Jr.
BOSTON. Aug. 25.—The waiter at
the Copley-Plaza who got a 10-ceit
tip from John D. Rockefeller. Jr., son
j of the Standard Oil magnate, re
turned the dime to young Rockefeller
by mail. It i» learfted to-day.
“1 didn't need it. and perhaps John
ny Junior will beforp he gets back
home,” said the recipient. Might
strain his dad's bank account,”
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