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i / y / > (, ALWAYS FIRST # # The SUNDA Y The Atlanta Georgian. HOME AMERICAN Order it NnW^r t-^= — Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results EDITION Both Phones Main 100 VOL. XTT. NO. 19. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1913. 2 CENTS. p * A ,T R r JURY VOTING ON FRANK’S CASE •{•••{• ^.*4. 4.94. *!•••!« 4<«4> 4>t4< 4>»4* 4*«+ +•+ +••!• +•+ +•+ +•+ •!•*•> *!*••!• 4*«*!* 4-*4* 4*»4* +•**• Solicitor Dorsey and Judge Roan Finish Speeches Takes Rescuer’s Life Because He Saved Him From Drowning TAYLORSPORT. KY., Aug. 25.— Lewis Phillip? fell into the Ohio Riv er. He. was unable to^swim. Wil liam Zurelbry, at the risk of his own life, plunged into the water and res cued Phillips. Two hours later Phil lips appeared at Zurelbry’s home. I armed with a shotgun. “Are you the man who saved my life?” he demanded. “Yes,” replied his rescuer. Phillips lifted the shotgun to his shoulder, and without a word shot Zurelbry dead. He escaped. A posse started in pursuit. HOLD SPEED PLOT STORY Atlanta Gets $800,000 of United States Deposits—Asked for Larger Amount. WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Georgia has been allotted $1,700,000 of the $50,000,000 which Secretary McAdoo will deposit in the banks of the South •ind West to assist in moving the reps. Atlanta national banks will receive $800,000 deposits. The remaining $300,000 will be divideu among Savan nah banks and those of other cities, probably including Macon. Six Atlanta banks are eligible to receive these deposits under the rule 'laid down by the Secretary that any. bank so favored must have a circula tion equal to 40 per cent of its capital stock. It is expected that the money will be deposited within the next few days. It will be withdrawn gradually, one- quarter at a time, over a period ex tending through February, 1914, so as not to create any disturbance of credits. These funds are not loans in any sense of the word. They are depos its. The only difference between them and the deposits of any pri vate concern is that the banks are required to give collateral of 10 per rent in Government bonds and 90 per cent in commercial paper at 65 per rent valuation, or municipal or State bonds at 75 per cent valuation. The banks must pay 2 per cent interest. Banks Here Regret Amount Is Pared. Disappointment is expressed by At lanta bankers that Secretary Mc Adoo has seen fit to reduce the Atlan ta appropriation from $1,000,000 to $800,000. The Clearing House Asso ciation had been advised of that fact, however, on Friday, three days before Monday's public announcement. The committee necessary to pass on the local commercial paper offered as collateral for the deposits has been appointed and consists of C. E. Currier, president of the Atlanta Na tional Bank, chairman; T.: D. Mead- V ice president of the Lowry Na tional Bank; W. L. Peel, president of the American National Bank; Frank Hawkins, president of the Third National Bank, and Charles 1. Ryan, cashier of the Fourth National •Bank. All six of the Atlanta national banks now are eligible to receive an allottment of this $800,000. the one large bank which had a circulation of less than 40 per cent of its capital stock having recently increased its outstanding bank notes to the re quired amount. Tlie division probably will be ac cording to the capital stock. The Atlanta, Lowry and Third have $1,- 000,000 capital each; the Fourth and .American have $600,000 capital each, and the Fulton has $500,000. None of the local banks, it Is nuder- siood, has as yet purchased the nec essary Government bonds to secure the deposits. Some had intended to borrow these bonds, but now believe this wilt be discountenanced by Washington. Bankers were reluctant to be quot ed In general, they regard the sum involved as trivial compared to the trouble involved in getting it, but they do think the precedent of in- estUnable value. HORSE-SWAPPING CONVENTION. GAINESVILLE—One of the old- fashioned kind of horse-swapping conventions is to be held in Hail County August 27 and 28 at Absalom. Charles Hope, of Gainesville, is pres- .l^nt. and J. J. Gower vice president of the association. Dr. Broughton, With Black Eye, Explains He Got It at Tennis >(EW YORK, Aug. 25.—“I wish to inform the congregation that I got it playing tennis—not the other way,” said Dr. Len G. Rroughton. of Eng land, formerly of Atlanta, when he entered the puLpit of the Madison Avenue Reformed Church, wearing a beautiful black eye. 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 G Wynne Vanderbilt. Jr., heir to about fifty millions, and William Henry Vanderbilt, the 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. $3 Pig Tries to Eat Dynamite; $500 Loss ASHEVILLE, Aug. 25.--.Terry 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 to atoms, the big barn 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 barn loft, was bruised and shocked. Farmer Moberiy figures his loss, through the inquisitive $3 mountain ra- zorback porker, at something more than $500. He had no insurance. 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. Handers, engaged in a duel with John Rogers, of that place, at the Sea board siation, was improved Monday The bullet was removed Sunday night. Grady Hospital physicians said that un- j less complications set in she should be j able to leave the hospital within a week or ten days. .Woman Unable to Swim the Channel j Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. I DOVER, ENGLAND, Aug. 25.—An i unsuccessful attempt to swim the English Channel was made by Miss Lilly Smith, champion woman swim mer of England. She started from South Foreland, Iventshire, but gave out after making five miles and had to be taken on board a boat which was following her. 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 fould not attend the Progressive picnic here next Satur day. but agreed to write a message to be read then. Searching Probe Into Charges;Canada Investigates Report Fugi- Against Georgia Judge Decided Upon by Judiciary Body. WASHINGTON, An*. 25.—A searching investigation of the charges against Federal Judge Em ery Speer, of Georgia, was decided on to-day by the House Judiciary Committee, and Chairman Clayton, of that committee, to-morrow will offer a resolution asking that the in vestigation start at once. Upon the result of the investigation will depend whether articles of im peachment are to be offered against the judge. The resolution to be offered by Clayton to-morrow will provide that the committee may hold public hear ings, subpena witnesses and perform all the other functions of an investi gating committee. Act on Report on Conduct. Judge Speer will be allowed repre sentation by counsel and he also will be allowed to offer witnesses and tes timony in opposition to the charges that have neen made against him. The Judiciary Committee reached a conclusion to-day after a full peroaal of the report of the Department of Justice relative to Judge Speer’s offi cial conduct. The charges are said to include favoritism and autocratic methods of court, dissipation of es tates and general abuses. The report also is said to have commented un favorably upon Judge Speer’s per sonal conduct. It was stated by members of the committee that there was no signifi cance in the fact that Judge Speer will not be formally impeached—that is, a declaration of impeachment on the floor of the House, which has been customary in a number of other impeachment cases. Probe Follow Huff Charge. The investigation of the official conduct of Judge Speer is the result primarily of the controversy between the judge and Colonel William A. Huff, of Macon, over bankruptcy proceedings started more than ten years ago. Golonel Huff, in an open letter, se verely arraigned the actions of Judge Speer, for which a contempt case was ordered by the judge. This brought a complaint to the Department of Justice In Washington, and investi gators from that Department were sent to each city in which Judge Speer holds court, and the records examined and affidavits secured. The complaint and report of in vestigators resulted in the action of the committee to-day. Evelyn Thaw Pens ‘Story of Her Life’ bi- My LONDON. Aug. 25.—According to announcement here. John Lane, th* 1 publisher, has in preparation a opraphy entitled “The Story of Life,’’ by Evelyn Thaw. The announcement says: “In her book she declares herself 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.” Bishop of Natchez Received by Pope Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. | ROME. Aug. 25.—Pope Pius has received in private audience John Ed ward Gunn, Bishop of Natchez, who was greeted most cordially. Bishop Gunn was formerly pastor of Sacred Heart Uhurch, Atlanta. five's Aides Have Approached Immigration Officials. SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, Aug. 25. Investigation was started here to-day of an alleged attempt to bribe im migration officials who are hero in connection with the case of Harry K. Thaw. James Niehol, the crown prosecutor, who up to this time has taken only a passive part in the legal battle be ing waged between Thaw and those who would return him to Matteawan, was responsible for the investigation. David Reynolds, one of the three immigration inspectors on the scene, indirectly admitted that there was foundation for the report that officials in the Department of Immigration had been approached, but would give no details. The alleged bribers ap parently desired to influence the im migration officials in Thaw’s favor. It is reported from Ottawa to-day a second writ of habeas corpus mty be applied for in Thaw’s behalf on the ground that he does not come within the class of aliens prohibited by Ca nadian law. Acting Minister of Jus tice Doherty will be in Albany Fri day on his way to meet Visooiilft Hal dane, and may confer with Governor Sulzer or Acting Governor Glynn in the Thaw rase. 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.” When Thaw is released on habeas corpus on Wednesday, the Canadian Government will institute deportation proceedings. The question of the applicability of the Canadian immigration act to Thaw, that he does not come within any of the prohiibted classes, will be come a question for the courts anJ may ce carried to the Judicial Com mittee of the Privy Council in Lon don. Thaw undoubtedly will b* deported into the little Vermont village of Nor ton Mills, which *mmediately will be come the scene of a big legal fight. Jerome Goes Over Thaw’s Trail in Auto. COLEBROOK, N. H. Aug. 25.— Following tiie same route taken by Harry K. Thaw in his flight from Matteawan. William T. Jerome, who was appointed a special attorney gen eral of the State of New York in the fight to return Thaw to the institu tion, arrived here to-day in an auto mobile. Jerome is gathering material with which to fight Thaw's efforts to evade going back to the insane asylum. 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 Mouiftatn*, near Cuneo. A fall of rock killed one and mortally injured another of his hunters. The King now is so nervous that he has abandoned hunting for this year. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Fair in northern, showers in southern portion. Waiter Returns 10c Tip to John D., Jr. BOSTON, Aug. 25.—The waiter at the Copley-Plaza who got .* 10-ceit tip from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., son of the Standard Oil magnate, re turned the dime to young Rockefeller by mall, it learned to-day. “1 didn't need it, and perhaps John ny Junior will before he gets back home,” said the recipient. “Might strain his dad’s bank account.” LEO FRANK ON HiS WAY FROM JAIL TO COURT DEFENSE 115 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 and rolls. Maids and valets sent their charges Into retirement before t; 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 night. Strikers Failing to Get Benefit Desert CALUMET. MICH.. Aug. 26.-—Many more union min^ni returned to work to-day following the failure of the Western Federation of Miners to pay strike benefits that had been prom ised. . Mine bosses at South Range and Plalnsdale were unable to accommo date all the mtn who deserted the union to-day, * McDermott’s Aide Refutes Mulhall WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Testi mony in behalf of Representative Mc Dermott, of Illinois, vyas heard to day by the House Lobby Committee when Arthur West, of Dayton, Ohio, testified lie was secretary'to McDer mott from December, 1907, to August, 1909, and that during this period lie had never seen Colonel M. M. Mulhall. formerly of the National Association of Manufacturers. West said he left Washington in 1909, returning in March, 1911, and remaining until September. 1912. He denied that during these years I. H. McMlchael had been secretary to Mc Dermott. Secretary Cooper Is Now ‘Doing’ Germany Secretary of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Walter G. Coopolr, now touring Europe, has s* nt a cablegram from Bremen, Germany, to his mother in Atlanta, stating that he was in fim health and would make a journey down the River Rhine soon. The fate of Leo M. Frank, National Pencil Factory superintendent accused of the slaying of Mary Phagan, is in the hands of the jury. After four weeks of the greatest legal battle in the history of the South the case was given Monday at 12:49 to the twelve men who have been silent, attentive listeners to the evidence for and against. The jury returned from dinner formally to begin its de liberations. Atlanta and the State, and thousands in other States, awaited the verdict with a tensity not equaled in any other criminal case in Dixie's annals. Those who believed that Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey, whose work has been the sensation of the trial, had won his fight j saw a good omen in the move of the defense for a mistrial. The motion for a new trial was made by Attorney Reuben Ar nold on the grounds that the evidence of perversion contained in i Jim Conley 's statement had been illegally allowed to stand on the records and that the jury had been subjected to improper influences in the hearing of the crowd’s cheering of Dorsey on the street near the courtroom. Judge Roan denied the motion after Solicitor Dorsey in a brief but vigorous address branded the grounds as trifling. The conclusion of the great trial attracted by far the greatest crowd since the opening and thousands failed to gain entrance to the scene of the legal combat. Special police, including a corps of mounted men, were at the scene trying to scatter the mass of Hu manity with but poor success. Frank Hears Assaults Without Quiver. The silent prisoner in this most remarkable of tragic dramas seemed as much the stoic as on any day of the ordeal. He listened to Solicitor Dorsey's renewed assaults, made impassionately and unsparingly, without a trace of fear or quailing showing on his face. He heard Judge Roan tell the jury that if the evidence con vinced it, he could be sentenced “to hang by the neck till dead,” without a flicker of an eyelash. He surveyed the obviously hostile crowd in the courtroom coolly. He looked somewhat sallower than on previous days, but his nerve was as remarkable as ever. With his wife, whose fortitude has been as astonishing as his own except on one or two occasions, it was different. The approach of the end had apparently unnerved her. The woman who had steeled herself to hear her husband denounced as one of the great est criminals in the history of the world, had heard him compared to the vilest in the Hall of Infamy, without a murmur of protest or a sign of remonstrance, broke down as the time came to put his life in the hands of ‘‘twelve good men and true.” All during Judge Roan's solemn charge she wept on her husband’s shoulder. The strain of the tremendous ordeal had been too much for her and the tears flowed unrestrained. Frank’s mother did her best to soothe her. Prisoner Taken Back to Tower. When the case was delivered into the hands of the jury Frank was taken back to the Tower to the cell he has occupied since the closing days of April. The jury before formally taking up its momentous task of ar riving at a verdict went to lunch at the German Cafe on Pryor street. Court, however, formally reconvened at 1 o’clock for the consideration of what evidence should be allowed to go before the jury. Judge Roan heard arguments by the lawyers for both sides. The most important decision was one made over the plea of Solici tor Dorsey ruling that all of Jim Conley’s affidavits should be put before the jurors. The argument over the documentary evidence to be submitted to the jury was long and heated. The fight was particularly over the affidavits of E. M. Holloway made to Dorsey and that of Mino- la McKnight, cook in the Frank home, made to the police, and the statement Frank made at the police station the day of his arrest. The Solicitor finally admitted that the affidavits of Holloway and Mine!?. McKnight had not been submitted, but said he would look up the records to determine if Frank’s statement had beei ! submitted. Dorsey and Hooper Loudly Cheered. >i When Solicitor Dorsey and Attorney Hooper left the coii3c room they were vociferously cheered by a tremendous crowd insisted on thronging about the courtroom. a Solicitor Dorsey finished his speech at 12 o'clock and for ij ty minutes the lawyers clashed over the defense's plea for q trial, with the State finally victorious. Judge Roan had finished delivering his charge at 12:45 o’> The Judge’s charge made no effort to review the evidence i, way and did not attempt, of course, to explicitly define justL a reasonable doubt is except that it must be more han an off doubt. The Judge said the jurors could bring in with a verdict o. ty a recommendation thalt the prisoner be sent to the peni»_ for life. ! —