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EXTRA The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—-GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 22. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1919. Copyright, 1906,. By The Georgian Co. 2 CENTS. PAT NO MOKE —.— HUERTA TO REVOLT IF FORCED OUT +•+ +•+ *!••+ +•+ +•+ +•+ *•+ 2,000 in Panic on Burning Ship •!••+ *•+ -;-»v .f.»+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ DORSEY COMBATS FRANK’S PLEA 5 l J BRINGS PLY Dorsey Cites Frank's Statement on Stand, “Now Is the Time, This Is the Place.” Concert Proceeds to Aid Free Music Fund A military concert will be given Thursday evening at the Auditorium- I Armory by the Fifth Regiment Band ) of the Georgia National Guard, and the Atlanta Music Festival Associa tion, beginning at 8:30 o’clock. Prices of admission will be 25 cents and 10 cents, and the money will go to the fund to continue the free Sunday con certs. Chief Musician C. E. Barber, of the Fifth Regiment, will lead the band and play the cornet solos. Charles Sheldon will be the organist. The program will include the ren dition of “The Crucifixion” in the form of a cornet and trombone solo, ac companied by the band and great organ. MPERATOR Solicitor Dorsey was as busily en gaged on the Frank case Thursday as he was any day before Leo Frank was convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan. If the factory superintend ent finally succeeds in avoiding the penalty fixed it will not be because the Solicitor has not fought to the utetr- most of his strength to put the rope around Frank's neck. Briefly but pointedly Solicitor Dor sey Thursday morning summed up his opinion of Leo Frank’s latest alleged statement concerning the trial and the Solicitor’s speech. “Fra:.k,” said the Solicitor in his quiet manner, “declared on the stand that 'now was the time and here the place.' That’s ; 1 I have to say.” The Solicitor declared that the State would ask the new Grand Jury, which will be sworn in Tuesday, to indict Jim Conlev immediately as an acknowledged accessory after the fact in the murder of Mary Phagan. He declared further that he had no in tention of asking for a shortening of the sentence, as this was in the prov ince of the Grand Jr-y and the Judge. No Vacation for Dorsey. Although worn out as a result of the long strain, Solicitor Dorsey de clared Thursday that It was his In tention to keep right at work without taking a vacation. A few days of "taking it easy,” he said, will put him in excellent shape for the remainder of the summer. The wheels of activity in the Solici tor's office, which had stopped for a few hours after Frank’s conviction was obtained, started again Thursday as noiselessly and smoothly as though there had been no Interruption of their tireless activity. If the lawyers for Frank are going to put forth herculean efforts to save him from the gallows, every move on their part will be met with the most stubborn resistance by Dorsey. When they announced that they •would ask Judge Roan for a new trial, the Solicitor calmly gave out that he proposed to ask the indictment of Jim Conley as accessory after the fact from the next Grand Jury at its first session. In this he appears to display a cer tain confidence that the verdict of the twelve jurors last Monday will not be set aside. If Frank at a sub sequent trial wert found not guilty of the murder, Conley's conviction as accesnory after the fact, if not illegal, at least would be anomalous, in that there could be no accessory after the fact of the murder if a Jury de cided that Frank was innocent. The announcement by Frank's at torneys that they would continue their fight Into the higher courts in the event that Judge Roan Refused them a new trial, was met by the renewed activity of the Solicitor in seeking out new evidence against the convict- ed man. Exactly as though Frank were still in the Tower awaiting trial, the So licitor gathered about him Wednes day and Thursday the detectives who have been working on the case and Instructed them to run down rumors he had heard during the last days ov the trial in respect to evidence which Mercury Mounts to 92 After Cool Spell After two weeks of moderate sum mer weather. Atlanta sweltered Thursday under regular midsumer heat. The temperature was down as low as 69 during Wednesday night, but after sunrise the mercury rose rapidly, and at 1 o’clock stood at 8# at the weather bureau, while down town themometers registered 92. The heat was made more noticeable by the absence of the usual breeze. There has been only one hotter day this month, the temperature reaching 93 ai the weather station on August 11. The forecast is fair and cooler weather Thursday night and Friday. One Dead, Many Injured in Flames on World's Greatest Liner at Hoboken. Dignified Governors Stay Late For Tango COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 28.— Well, the tango isn't such a naughty dance—if you want to take the opin ion of a large number of Governors for it. The State executives who are in convention here looked at a tango ex hibition last night. They looked long and critically. At. the conclusion of the dance there were encores. Also more encores. When the tangoers were too tired to respond to more encores the Governors gravely an nounced that “although we had noth ing like that in our time, this tango dance looks very, very interesting.” 4 Die in Collapse of Department Store PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO, Aug. 28.—Four persons are known to have been killed and many injured to-day when the Turnbull department store collapsed. Clerks, workmen and shop pers went down in the crash, and it Is feared many of them were killed. Weakening of the walls, due to al terations being made in the building, caused the collapse. Judge Roan Off On Vacation In East Judge L. S. Roan, who presided over the Frank trial, accompanied by his wife and son, left Atlanta Thursday morning for New York and other Eastern points. Judge Roan probably will remain In the East about ten days or two weeks, as he Is badly In need of a rest after the strenuous four weeks of tfie noted trial. Convicts in County Camp are Robbed Officials of the county chaingang camp in Oakland City were looking Thursday for thieves in their midst. The camp had been robbed. A lot of clothing, razors and other articles were stolen. The police suspect that the robbery may have been an inside Job. Vardanian Goes to Aid of LaFollette WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—Senator Vardamaan of Mississippi, in the Sen ate to-day. cast bis vote in favor of the LaFollette amendment to the tariff bill increasing the rates of the Income tax provision. The amendment was defeated, 17 to 43. Continued on Page 5, Column 1. Camp Perry Shooter Accidentally Slain CAMP PERRY, OHIO. Aug. 28.— Francisea Zagara Ballon, a Peruvian, was killed to-day when a rifle In the hands of Juan E. Zegarra was dis charged accidentally. This Is the first fatal accident that has occurred at the shooting matches held on the Camp Perry range. Morgantkau Made U.S. Envoy to Turkey WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—President Wilson to-day sent to the Senate the name of Henry E. Morganthau. of New York City, to be Ambassador to Turkey. NEW YORK, Aug. 28—The Ham- burg-American liner Imperator, the biggest passenger - carrying ship afloat, which arrived in port last night with 3,100 passengers on board, was swept by fire to-day as she lay at her pier in Hoboken, N. J. Second Officer Herman Gerbracht lost his life while trying to close the fire doors and confine the flames to the fifth deck, or provision room. It was reported that two seamen had I been burned to death, and for a long j time they were missing, but subse- j quently were found. Many of the crew were injured | fighting the flames and battling with the 2,000 steerage passengers who were panic-stricken as the fire raged. The damage to the ship is esti mated at $100,000. First Cabin Deck Saved. By the terrific work, the flames were kept from spreading to the first cabin and the superstructure, and within four hours the flames were un der control. They hud licked their way into the coal bunkers, however, and the firemen settled themselves down to carry on a patient battle. The danger, however. to the bal ance of the ship was entirely over, Captain Ruser said. If the fire had occurred at sea un- I der the same conditions, the tragedy j probably would have been a duplicate of the Titanic disaster. The Imperator got into her berth at 7:15 o’clock last night with the big gest passenger record in the history of trans-Atlantic ‘ravel. Among her 763 first-class passengers were George Ade, William Ellis Corey, Samuel Un- termyer, Paul Warburg. Mrs. Rudolph Spreckels, F. W. Woolworth, Julius £\ Meyer, vice president of the Ham burg-American line, and Allison Ar mour. Flames Spread Quickly. The fire was discovered in the pro vision room - on the ship about 5 o’clock. Fed by the oils and fats of the foodstuffs, it spread rapidly. The crew was assisted by the trained fire fighters from Hoboken, Jersey City and New York. The provision room is In the after part of the vessel. So swiftly did the flames eat their way that it had been communicated to the second cabin before the alarm became general. Steerage passengers, hearing the crackling of the walls and stays, set up a cry of fright which echoed over the entire ship. Smoke rolled upward from the liner, giving the impression on shore tha*. the Hamburg-American pier was on fire. Police reserves were rushed t9 the scene. Captain Ruser, chief of the five commanders of the leviathan, was one of the first to reach the provision room. He personally took command and directed the fight against the flames. The room was seething not and filled with smoke, but the men dashed in with lines of hose and soon thousands of gallons of water were being poured upon the blaze. When the woodwork of the second cabin Ignited, word v-s sent to the pier to summon the land firemen, anil a general alarm was turned in to the Hoboken fire department. The land force was soon on the scene, and several high-pressure streams were added to the fight. Acts of heroism mingled with acta of cowardice during the worst of the fire. The hero of the disaster wa,s Second Officer Herman Gerbracht. This brave seaman voluntarily gave | up his life while struggling to close 1 the fireproof door9 to confine the Continued on Page 2, Column 5. LAW BARS HUERTA AS CANDIDATE “It should be well understood that the ad interim constitutional President could not be elected President or Vice President at the forthcoming elections, already called for October, because our own laws prohibit him from being a candidate. ‘Neither the solemn declaration of this high functionary (Huerta) nor the mo3t insignficant. of his acts— all of which have been done with a view of obtaining a complete pacification of the country, which is the supreme national aim, and which ho has decided to bring about in spite of everything—has authorized any one even to suspect that such are not his ultimate intentions.—MINISTER GAMBOA’S DECLARATION. CHARGE D’AFFAIRES OF U. S. AT MEXICO CITY Aged Woman Killed By Fall Down Stairs While coming down stairs In the home of her son-in-law, R. G. Ander son, No. 4 Baltimore block, Thursday morning, Mrs. E. M. Wilson, aged 68 years, missed her footing and fell to the bottom of the steps. She was taken, unconscious, to the Grady Hos pital, and died without regaining her senses. The accident to Mrs. Anderson Is the second in the family within three weeks. E. G. Taylor, Mrs. Wilson's brother-in-law, is at the Grady Hos pital with a fractured hip. Anderson is a fireman at station ^5o. 11. Girl's Prayer For Death Answered YONKERS, N. Y., Aug. 28.—Ruth Hamilton died In answer to her prayers. Brief .periods of l*cldlty during the night, which alternated with long lapses Into unconscious ness, were spent by the girl In pray ing that she might join her boy lover. Charles Rich, who shot and killed himself, after mortally wounding her. They had ben eweethearts a few months, and had agreed to die to- gether. Mystery in Theft of $26,000 Jewels CHICAGO, Aug. 28.—The police to day faced a deep mystery in the thef, of $26,000 worth of gems from a big downtown jewelry store. The thief, the police believe. Intend ed to steal the sample case of William H. Antone, salesman for an Eastern firm, but made a mistake and took the sample cases of Charles H. Anderson, salesman for a Philadelphia house. Antone’s sample case contained $100,- 000 worth of stones. Newport's Newest Beauty 6 Feet 2 NEWPORT, Aug. 28.—Mrs. Mitchell Henry is Newport's newest and most amazing beauty. Apparently Newport's taste has veered from the petite and dainty. For Mrs. Henry, according to report, stands six feet, two Inches. In her stockings. Mrs, Henry is an Englishwoman. On her last trip across she came with the Duke and Duchess of Man- J Chester. They visited the Goulds at i Lakewood. They are now visiting I Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt at Oakland Farm. ‘Don't Worry.’ Says Woman 103 Years Old WHITTIER. CAL., Aug. 28.—Mrs. Lydia Heald Sharpless has just cele brated her 103d anniversary. Mrs. Sharpless, who was the first woman in Whittier to register after the enfranchisement of women, said her longevity was due to her living up to her motto, “don't worry.” Milwaukee to Have 4 Women ‘Sheriffs’ MILWAUKEE, AVIS.. Aug. 28.— Four women Deputy Sheriffs have been appointed by Sheriff McGreal, their terms to sover the period of the State Fair, September 8 to 12. EH BACK CAPITAL ID STAY ATOR GIVES WAY SANTA CRUZ, MEXICO, Aug. 28.—It was learned on the high est authority to-day that if President Huerta is forced to resign at the behest of the United States he will head a fresh revolution and will place himself at the head of all the regular soldiers who will mutiny. WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—John Lind, special envoy from President Wilson, in Mexico, was to-day ordered to return to Mexi co City from Vera Cruz. The order for the return to the Mexican capital of Mr. Lind followed the receipt here of a very optimistic message from Mr. Lind in Vera Cruz. It is probable, unless the present program mascarries, that there will be a full discussion in the Mexican capital to-morrow night or Sunday relative to the chief points at issue between the United States and Mexico, the principal one of which is the elimi nation of Huerta. ~ In his latest note to the American goverment Huerta with draws his demand for an immediate exchange of Ambassadors be tween the two governments, which would involve recognition, and amends this to ask that the present personnel of the Embassy in Mexico City be kept unchanged until after the October elections. General Huerta points out in NELSON 0’SHAU<JHNESSEY, WIFE AND CHILD. Moonshiners Saved Deputy Sheriffs By a Mountain Girl Arrested as Rioters ASHEVILLE, Aug. 28.—Betrayed by an apparently unobserving, sing ing. barefooted mountain girl, three Internal revenue officers, working out of the Asheville headquarters of the department, after walking 51 miles In three days through the mountain fastnesses of Western North Carolina, lost their would-be prisoners, but managed to seize four illicit distil leries in Graham County. Officers Henry. Shelton and Brown have made a report of the case to their chief. R. B. Sams. In Asheville. Insanity Follows Holy Roller Trance GADSDEN, Aug. 28.—James Brown, a Marshall County farmer, has gone violently insane following religious excitement cause by a Holy Roller meeting which he attended. He was taken to the asylum at Tuscaloosa to-day. When Brown “got religion" he talk ed In “strange tongues’’ while under the “spell” that followers of the cult claim was cast over him. He never recovered his mind after going Into a trance. RAILROAD MAN KILLS NEGRO. RALEIGH, Aug 28—Incensed at Van Stewart, a negro, J. J. Holland, section foreman of the Seaboard Air Line at Mi’lbrook, to-day fired a load of buckshot into him. killing him in stantly. Holland then came to towx and surrendered STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, Aug. 28.— John F. Lloyd, secretary and treas urer of the Iffpe Tin Plate Mill; Edward Mensor. manager; Captain John Brad ley, and four deputy sheriff ', were ar rested and lodged in the county Jail' without bail to-day on the charge of having participated in the riat in this city in whicl^ eleven men, mostly mill strikers, were shot. The four deputies defied the city police and threatened to shoot them when taken. House Delays Probe of Speer Until Fall WASHINGTON, Aug 28.-The House Judiciary Committee met this after noon and considered the request of Judge Emory Speer of Georgia that the investigation of his alleged misconduct be postponed until cold weather. It was agreed to putl t off until the late fall. Judge Speer yesterday submitted a statement by his physician that he was suffering with hay fever and asthma, and to come to Washington at this time of the year might endanger his Ilfs. Escaped Decatur Convict Captured AUGUSTA. GA., Aug. 28.—Will Peel er. an escaped convict, who was serv ing a 15-year term on the DeKalb County chaingang for burglary, com- mited in Burke County nearly three years ago, was captured late Wednes day Just after he had come over the North Augusta bridge from South Caroltha. l’celer will be returned to the De- Kalb County authorities. his second note that a provisional President of Mexico is debarred by the Mexican constitution from succeeding himself. Therefore, the request made in the Ameri can nte that he not be a candi date was made without knowl edge of the Mexican constitu tion, which expressly stipulates the very thing anticipated by the’ American proposals. This would indicate on the face of It that Huerta admits that he con stitutionally is debarred from being a candidate at the polls next October. It is pointed out in administration circles, however, that General Huerta may resign the presidency at any time between now' and October and thus make himself eligible as a can didate. Cunning Trap Seen. The aecond note does not carry much weight In Washington. State Department officials see in It a clev erly devised trap by which the United States would recognize the present de facto administration of Mexico. If it assented to Huerta’s view and as sumed that he was constitutionally the Provisional President of Mexico ad interim the United States would have swept the ground from beneath its feet in its refusal to recognize the Huerta regime in Mexico as more than a de facto administration. Unusual activity was noticed in the White House, and in the State and War Departments. Secretary of State Bryan expressed belief that his message of the day previous to the United States Embassy and to all consular agents, instructing them to render every possible aid to Amer icans departing from Mexico, would prevent any Americans from suffer ing at the hands of the Mexicans. Ths consular agents have ijeen in structed to provide with funds every American not able financially to buy passage to the United States, and a number of ships are riding in every Mexican harbor, ready to aid in the exodus. Following a long conference, between President Wilson and Assistant Sec retary of War Breckenrldge, it was expected that a movement of troops would be immediately ordered to the Mexican border. It is the President’s plan, not only to strengthen the bor der patrol, but he desires the strictest vigilance by troops already guarding the international line. The full text of the answer of Fred eric Gamboa. Mexican Foreign Mir. ister. to the note sent to him by Spe cial Envoy John Lind, under date of August 25, characterized by Minister Gamboa as Mr. Lind's second note, follows: “Yesterday I had the honor of r«- oetyln- from your hands a note in which you are pleased to state that al though you have no instructions from the President of the United States of America in the scope of your Instruc tions. you reply to the note of this Government, given to you through me, of the 18t«h Instant. You are pleased to repeat from those same Instruction* the paragraph, which, translated, says literally: M e wish to act In the present cir cumstances under the Inspiration of the most lively and disinterested friendship. We propose, in ail that we do or say by reason of this serious and intricate situation, not only to main tain the most scrupulous respect for the sovereignty and Independence of Mexico, and we consider ourselves ob ligated to that reepect by all the con siderations of honor and right, but as well to give all possible proofs that we are working only in the Interest of Mexico and not for any person ot group of persons who might have claims relating to themselves or to their properties in this country and who might consider themselves with a right to demand their settlement. W hat we Intend is to counsel Mexico for her own good and in the Interest of her own peace and with no other object of any kind. The Gov ernment of the United States would consider Itself discredited If It had In mind any selfish or ulterior motive, considering that the negotiations In hand concern the peace, welfare and prosperity of a whole people. '"We are working, not with selfish interest, but in accordance with the dictates of our friendship toward Mexico.’ Denies De Facto Government. “In spite of the fact that at the beginning of the qote which I now answer you state that you lack in structions from the President of the t'nlted States of America after the statement which I reproduced above, you state in the name of that same President that the method indicated in my note of the 16tli lnstnat in so far as it concerns the recognition of the present Government twhlch I may say in passing Is quite far from be ing a de facto Government, as you have chosen to qualify it), or of any other future Government of Mexico— this you add ts something which only the United States of America may de cide, which in the exercise of its soy.