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TTTTC ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Young Woman a Daily Visitor to
Condemned Husband’s Cell
in Fulton County Tower,
Never abaitlng in her loyalty even
after her husband had been convict
ed of one of the most shocking crimes
ii\ the history of Georgia, Mrs. Leo
M. Frank has been a dally visitor at
the Fulton County Tower since the
end of the trial and has assisted
• Frank materially in going over the
mountain of testimony that piled up
during the four weeks.
Her intense interest* in each de
velopment of the case that was man
ifested throughout the trial now is
receiving a most practical application.
While the battle for her husband’s
life was in progress she could only
suggest now and then to Frank, by
whom she sat, or to one of his law-
^ yers, who sat Just in front of her.
Sees Frank Each Day.
When Solicitor Dorsey declared
that she never had gone to the po
lice station to see her husband and
laid great stress on this point as
* an Indication that she knew Frank
was guilty, she leaned forward in an
excited protest, but as no wife is
permitted to testify for or against
her husband in a case of this sort,
she was forced to keep her silence.
When the new trial comes—and
she is confident that one is coming—
she proposes to see that there shall
he some way to show that she never
for a moment entertained the shadow
of a doubt of her husband’s innocence
* and that her demeanor at no time
could be construed as one of sus
picion.
Every afternoon from about 2
o’clock until 5 she is with Frank in
his quarters at the Tower. She nev
er is quite able to escape from the
consciousness that her husband of on-
» ly a few years is in the shadow of
the gallows and that, if the judge’s
sentence were to he carried out with
out appeal, he would be hanged as the
brutal murderer of Mary Phagan on
October 10.
Reassured by Husband.
She is, however, reassured by her
husband’s cheerful optimism and she
enters eagerly with him into the
preparation of certain phases of the
case, in w'hich Frank is assisting his
lawyers. With Frank, she is sifting
out all in the testimony of the State
. and all In the argument of the Solici
tor that is declared by the defense to
be false or without foundation. On
these points the attack of Frank’s
lawyers will be centered if the new
trial is granted by Judge Roan or by
the Supreme Court of the State.
She talks with her husband about
the every-day events at home part
of the time she is with him, hut the
greater share of the time is spent in a
discussion of his case and the best
way in which to attack the barrier of
evidence that the State has erected
about him.
Mother Leaves City.
Mrs. Rea Frank, mother of the con
victed man, joined in these confer
ences for a while, but it became im
perative for her to return to Brook-
, lyn, where her aged husband is crit
ically ill. She is expected to be in
Atlanta at the time the arguments
for a new trial take ' place before
Judge Roan October 4.
Frank’s father, because of his in
validism, was unable to be present at
any time during the rtial. The news
of his son’s conviction was a great
blow to him, and for a time the phy
sicians feared for his life.
Reuben Arnold, who has been rest
ing for a few days since the trial, is
expected to he back at work at the
case next week. A long fight in the
courts is anticipated before Frank’s
fate Anally is decided. A refusal by
Judge Roan to grant a new trial will
mean an appeal to the Supreme Court,
and this undoubtedly will entail
months of litigation.
Safety Razor Fails to
Kill Despondent Man
William Abraham, of Montgomery.
Ala., who attempted suicide at a pri
vate sanitarium with a safety razor
blade, is being attended at a private
hospital. His recovery is expected.
His brother has arrived from Mont
gomery to aid him.
Abraham has been in bad health for
several months, and recently' became
despondent. Just after lunch Friday
he slipped into his room. A little
later he was found by an attendant
lying on the floor in a pool of blood,
his throat lacerated with ugly
wounds.
Sunday Shaves for
Churchgoers 0. K.'d
PATERSON, N. J., Aug. 30.—A bar
ber may keep his shop open on Sun
day mornings in this towm, provided
he does it solely for the purpose of
shaving a man who wants to go to
church.
This ruling was made by Acting
Recorder St. Lawrence in the case of
a barber jailed on the charge of vio
lating the Sunday closing law, wha
pleaded that he opened his store to
shave a well-whiskered man who
wanted to go to church and couldn’t
have gone if he hadn't been shaved.
THESE ARE THE FASHIONS CONDEMNED BY DR. CHARLES 0. JONES AND DR. LEN G. BROUGHTON.
The Pantaloon Skirt. Abbreviated Bathing Costumes. The Transparent Skirt. The Slit Skirt, With Kneelet.
MULE LIS IN
Woodward Men to Fight Charter,
‘Anti-Woodwards’ Opposing.
Secret Caucuses Held.
Dr. Charles O. Jones Declares Devil Would
Enjoy Stroll Up Peachtree.
ON IAN HELD
AS BIST
Atlanta Girl Says She Will Face
Accused Husband in Court.
Love Dream Shattered.
“How does It feel being the wife
of a bigamist? Well, I’m awfully gl&d
I escaped when I did. for he said he
was going to take me to the moun
tains, where there wouldn’t be any
rumors.”
With the love light fast dying in
her dark brown eyes and more or less
resigned, Mrs. Charles L. Smith, wife
No. 3 of the man w'ho was brought to
Atlanta from Seale, Ala., Friday and
locked up on a charge of bigamy,
hared the story of her first love and
her disappointment. Mrs. Smith is a
daughter of S. M. Wilson, of No. 331
Courtland street. Since her misfor
tune she has resided with her father
and mother at this address.
Grieved at the sudden turn of af
fairs which has put her husband in
jail, Mrs. Smith is bearing up brave
ly. She admits she has worried—
“worried lots at times”—but declares
that at the same time she was so
glad it was not any worse.
“He came to see me about four
weeks before we were married,” she
said, “but never an inkling did I get
of the other wife. He did tell me he
was a preacher and that his first wife
had died. That was all. Then we
were married.
“Not many weeks after that I
learned from a friend that Smith had
a wife in Opelika. I told him what I
had heard, and showed him the let
ter. He answered me by tearing up
the letter and denying the charge. He
said he would take me to the moun
tains, where I couldn’t hear rumors.
That was at West Point.
“Finally he bought me a ticket to
Opelika and said I could see for my
self. In some strange manner he
happened to get there on the same
train, so we arrived in Opelika to
gether. There we met the other Mrs.
Smith at the station. Of course he
was confused and I left them talking
together.
“I heard he tried to escape through
a coal chute.”
Mrs. Smith declared she was ready
to face her husband in court and
that she longed for the time when
she will be free following his con
viction of bigamy, which she pre
dicts.
The assertion made in New' York
recently by 'Dr. Len G. Broughton,
of London, formerly pastor of the
Baptist Tabernacle of Atlanta, that
the devil would enjoy nothing more
than a walk up Broadway or Fifth
avenue, looking at the slit skirts.
X-ray gowns, silhouettes and other
devices of modern fashions, is up
held—and then some—by an Atlanta
minister.
Dr. Charles O. Jones, pastor of the
Grace M. E. Church and one of At
lanta’s best-known ministers, con
cedes the point that His Satanic
Majesty might find pleasure in view
ing New York women as they parade
the streets almost in the altogether,
but—
He declares that for real, simon
pure enjoyment—to reach the acme
of devilish glee—His Satanic Majes
ty must come to Atlanta and stroll
along Peachtree street, when the
belles are out—almost literally out,
too—in force with the latest thing
fashion has thrown about them.
“In proportion to population, and
other things taken into considera
tion,” said Dr. Jones, “conditions in
Atlanta are as bad or even worse
than they are in New York. While
the devil undoubtedly would find en
joyment in the metropolis, he w'ould
find it in a greater measure, perhaps
in Atlanta.
“Curse of Generation.”
“The enjoyment that a walk up
Peachtree utreet would afford the
devil would depend solely on the
devil's capacity for enjoyment.
“The enjoyment would be there, for
the dresses seen on Atlanta streets,
especially on Peachtree street, are
shocking enough to keep the devil
In a good humor till the end of time.
The only question is whether they
are too shocking even for the ruler
of the lower regions.
“Modern fashions, that have pro
duced the slit skirt, the shadow gown
and the other monstrosities of dress
that cause women to traverse the
streets with their bodies exposed, are
the curse of the generation. The
prevailing fashion seems to be to wear
as few clothes as possible—and to
make these few as suggestive as pos
sible. Modern woman’s clothing
leads only to the devil. It tempts
men—though I believe firmly that few
women wear thees elothes for that
purpose—-and no woman ever fell
without tl^e aid of a man.
“The wave of immorality that
seems to be sweeping the country is
due in a large measure to the clothes
that women wear nowadays, and
these clothes—and the lack of them—
Is one of the. tendencies that lead
to the social evil in high and low
society.’
Says Remedy Lies in Parents.
Dr. Jones declares that the remedy
for the present craze for immodest
dress lies in the hands of the moth
ers of the country.
“Let the mothers take a hand in
this matter,’’ he said, “and teacn
their daughters that they are doing
wrong, and then there will be some
chance of stopping the craze. It
seems that there is no hope until
this is done. Conditions appear to be
getting worse instead of better and
it seems to be up to the mothers ”
Dr. Broughton, who probably will
preach in Atlanta before he returns
to England, created a sensation when
he denounced the styles worn in New
York. He took for his text “Shall
we know our loved ones in Heaven,”
and declared that the answer, for the
silhouette and slit skirt devotees, is
this:
“We shall not recognize them in
Heaven, for they will not be there.”
Man and Wife Blame
Each Other for Woe
Woman Held Guilty
By Broyles Appeals
Attorneys for Lula Evans, who was
fined $25.75 on July 28 for alleged
violation of the liquor law, filed a
writ of certiorari in the Superior
Court with a request for a rehearing
of the case.
The petitioners assert the verdict
against the plaintiff, rendered by Re
corder Broyles, was “contrary to law,
contrary to the evidence in the case,
contrary to the principles of justice
and equity, and strongly and greatly
against the weight of evidence in the
case.” ...
Grover Carr, of No. 7 Gaskill street,
and his young wife each protested
Friday to Councilman Charles W.
Smith, Acting Recorder, that the
other is to blame for their marital
troubles, which came to a climax last
Tuesday when the husband struck
his wife and they separated.
Mrs. Carr said her husband became
angered because his dinner was not
ready. Carr denied this, declaring
it was all due to his wife’s careless
ness in her houst* work and neglect of
the three small children.
Carr was placed on probation un
der Policeman Coogler. It is expect
ed the children will be placed in the
Home for the Friendless.
Fund Asked for U. S.
Armor Plate Plant
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Declar
ing that the recent -bids bn armor
plat9 submitted to the Navy Depart
ment demonstrated that the Goverti-
ment was at the mercy ot the armor
plate trust, Representative Britten,
of Illinois, to-day introduced a bill 'n
the House to appropriate $7,000,000
for a Government armor plate manu
facturing plant.
He Wanted to See if
It'd Explode; It Did
SABINE. TEX.. Aug. 30.—Just to
see what would happen E. Vade Ball
fired a bullet into two tons of dyna
mite to-day. He was blown to bits.
The explosive had been stored In
Fort Dowling since the Civil War. The
fort was wrecked. Timbers were
hurled hundreds of yards from the
scene of the explosion.
Would End Summer
Terms of Congress
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. — The
tedious grind of a summer session of
Congress in Washington heat has had
its effect on the new members of the
House. Representative Thompson, of
Illinois, a Progressive, indicated this
by introducing a bill to prevent sum
mer seF*sions.
He proposes that Congress shall as
semble once every year and that in
the year of the long sessions it shall
convene in October instead of De
cember, thus preventing the extend
ing of the session into the heated
term.
Foot Found in Shark
Reveals Sea Tragedy
SPRING LAKE. N. J., Aug. 30.—A
woman’s foot, which was taken from
the stomach of a large shark in the
Atlantic Ocean by Captain Combes,
Jersey coast fisherman, is evidence,
it is believed, of some unknown coast
tragedy.
The foot is in a tan shoe and woolen
stocking, the stocking being intact.
The shark was eighteen feet long and
weighed about eight hundred pounds.
Stable Fly Carries
Infantile Paralysis
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. —The
stable fly is branded as a breeder and
carrier of infantile paralysis in r
statement issued by the Department
of Agriculture.
The Department advises the de
struction of breeding places as a dis
ease preventive.
Death of Samuel Goldstein Under
Motor Stirs Police Department.
Driver Is Arrested.
Aroused by the frequency of serious
automobile accidents, the x>o!ice Sat
urday are holding P. A. Curtis, of No.
359 East Hunter street, for the death
of Samuel Goldstein, of No. 336 Wash
ington street.
Goldstein died from injuries re
ceived when struck hy an automobile
driven by Curtis Friday.
Curtis claims that he did every
thing possible to prevent the acci
dent, and denies the charge of eye
witnesses that he put on extra speed
after running down Mr. Goldstein.
The injured man was rushed to the
Atlanta Hospital, where an investi
gation revealed a fractured skull. He
died a short while later, having never
regained consciousness.
Goldstein had Just left a car at
the comer of Washington and Crum
ley street when struck hy the ma
chine. According to the conductor,
the automobile knocked » him down
and then passed over his body, while
the driver speeded up and made away
as quickly as possible.
Denies He Speeded Away.
The conductor caught the number
of the car and reported it to the po
lice, and shortly before midnight De
tectives Harper and Garner arrested
Curtis at his home. He made no de
nial of the accident, but denied that
he speeded away from the scene after
the accident.
“I was driving a car which had not
been run since last fall,” said Curtis,
who works for the Block * Thompson
garage at the corner of Ivy and Gil
mer streets. “We had a chance to
sell the car, and I was trying it out to
see what condition it was in. As I
was going out Washington street I
saw the car stop and two men get
off. I was not going very fast, and as
the car stopped T applied my brakes,
but something went wrong and they
wouldn’t work.
“Mr. Goldstein was about halfway
the length of the car and it looked to
me as if he was going to get out of
my way.
Couldn't Stop Machine.
“When I saw that he was not, I
honked my horn and yelled at him,
but he did not seem to hear. Tn an
effort to prevent striking him. I
turned my car to the curb, hut the
front wheels would not take It and
skidded along. I did not run over
him, hut the side of the car struck
him, throwing him to the pavement.
“My machine ran on for some dis
tance before I could stop it, the brakes
being completely out of order, and
after it stopped I went back and of
fered assistance.”
Mr. Goldstein was one of the most
prominent real estate men in Atlanta
and had spent most of his life here.
He is survived hy two children, Mrs
Sadie Gordon and Abe Goldstein. The
body was removed to the Greenberg
& Bond undertaking establishment
Felder Law Firm
To Be Reorganized
The law firm of Felder, Anderson.
Dillon & Whitman will dissolve Sep
tember 1 and the firm of Felder, An
derson, Cobum A Whitman, with
Carl Hutcheson as associate counsel,
will be formed. W. S. Dillon and
Benedict Kobak, of the old firm, will
form a partnership under the name of
W. S. Dillon A Benedict Kobak, with
offices in the Hurt Building.
The firm of Felder, Anderson, Co
burn & Whitman will retain the of
fices in the Equitable Building, and
C. O, Slate, A. A. Dowda and P. B.
D’Orr will continue as attorneys of
the Anderson Mercantile Agency.
Woman Knocks Out
Trolley Conductor
CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Miss Mary
Newaskl, 200 pounds of heavier, ap
peared in Municipal Court to-day to
answer a charge of being disorderly.
She admitted that her action might not
have been “ladylike,” but insisted that
It was effective.
Conductor Conway on a Wentwortn
avenue car accused Miss Newaski of
failing to pay her fare. In the argu
ment Miss Newaskl swung the two
corsets she had Just purchased for
herself and brought them down on the
head of Conductor Conway. When
Conway regained consciousness, he
called a policeman.
French Arrive to
Plan Fair Exhibit
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—The four
members of the commission appointed
to look after the interests of France
at the Panama exposition arived to
day on La Provence on their way to
the Pacific Coast.
The members of this commissioh
are Albert Triman, G. Roger-Sandoz,
Gaston DePellerin De Latouche, and
Alfred Savy. Mr. Savy said that they
would plant the flag of the French
republic on the teritory* aloted to
that country at the exposition.
and funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
Man Hit by Auto Is
In Serious Condition.
G. Y. Yarher of Vlnlng’s station,
who was knocked down by an auto
mobile in Forsyth Street Friday af
ternoon is at Grady Hospital in a
serious condition. His skull is frac
tured. No case has been made aginst
Dr. J. K. Barrett of No. 92 Lawton
street, who was driving the car that
struck Yarher. Eye-witnesses say the
accident was unavoidable.
Mr. Yarher, it was said, attempted
to cross the street midway between
Mitchell and Hunter streets. The
street was crowded with vehicles. As
Yarher stepped from behind a trolley
c^ir Dr. Barrett’s auto, going south,
struck him. Dr. Barrett took him to
the hospital.
SEEING THINGS
Whether it’s through a field glass,
opera glass, telescope or a pair of
Kryptok eyeglasses—be sure they
are from “Moore’s.” “Moore” qual
ity is our watchword. “We sell
everything to see with.” Jno. L.
Moore & Sons, expert opticians, 42
North Broad street.
PATHFINDER CAR
AT NEW ORLEANS
Crescent City Arranges Parade of
200 Autos in Greeting to
Trail Blazer.
MANDEVILLE, I.A., Auk. 29.—The
Southern Transcontinental pathfind
er, E. L. Ferguson, started with a
whoop by Hearst’s Sunday Ameri
can in Atlanta, arrived at Lake Pont-
trachrain Friday night and Saturday
morning entered New Orleans In tri
umph.
Welcomes received vied with each
other in enthusiasm. Everywhere
Ferguson is being hailed as the
apostle of the good roads movement.
Just what (*an be done hy the right
kind of work has been demonstrated
all along the route, where good care
hy the authorities contrast vividly
with negligence.
The journey Friday was the most
strenuous of the entire trip. The
car left Poplarville, Miss, early in
the morning, heading for Pearl river.
At Rognlusa the whole town turned
out to greet the pathfinder. An elab
orate luncheon was served at the Pine
Tree Inn, the pathfinder being the
guest of the city.
An automobile parade of over two
hundred machines had been arranged
in New Orleans.
Rnmors of war are rife in local
politics. The principal issue is the
new charter for Atlanta. Before
September 30 the city is expected to
he infected with “charteritls.” Can
didates for the places of alderman and
councilman are beginning to hurtle.
Factional loyalty will have its ef
fect on the fate of the charter, whicli
was authorized by the recent Leg
islature and which must now ba
passed upon by the citizens befora
it goes into effect. The split which
has characterized local politics for
many years lg coming to the surface.
Mayor Woodward charges that the
charter adopted by the Legislature is
not the one asked for by the people
In mass meetings and that his old-
time political foes have drawn it up
to suit themselves. “Woodwards”
against the “Anti-Woodwards” bids
fair to he the Une-up in this charter
fight.
Secret Caucus Held.
The antis held two secret caucuses
this week. The Mayor has been in
conference with his friends a number
of times A solid Woodward ticket
on the charter issue is expected to
be announced next week.
°ne of the prettiest fights in this
primary will be in the race for coun
cilman from the Eighth Ward. John
S. Owens against W. A. Hancock be
ing the line-up In the fight for the
pla.ee to he vacated by Jesse M.
Wood. These men an* dtheir friends
have been busy the last ten days.
Talk in the Third Ward is that Or
ville H. Hall will enter the race for
alderman against the Incumbent,
Janies E. Warren, Mayor Pro Tem,
while J. C. Harrison also is running.
This promises to be a hot three-cor
nered fight.
J he Fourth Ward will present a
tty fight for the aldermanic and
councilmanic places. Councilman Al
bert Thompson will run for aider-
man. A. W. Farlinger will oppose
him. In the scramble for the place
of councilman will be R. E. George
and Lee Hagan. Dr. B. FI. Pearce
is being urged to run. The doctor
is being urged to run. The doctor,
it is expected, to be announced next
week.
First and Second Quiet.
In the Seventh Jesse Armistead has
announced to succeed F. J. Spratling,
who will not be eligible to succeed
himself. No opposition faces Mr.
Armlstead.
The First and Second Wards are
quiet. No one has announced for
alderman from the Second, where C.
H. Helley is serving the unexplred
term of Alderman John McClelland.
No opposition has been shown to
Councilman J. H. Baskin, who it
standing for re-election in the First.
All candidates must qualify by n<x>n
September 12, which gives the can
didates less than two weeks 1 which
to get thoir campaigns in order for
the race, which ends September 30.
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SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT ! 'Ji
For the six months ending June 30, 1913, of the condition of the
SUBSCRIBERS AT UNITED STATES "LLOYDS”
OF NEW YORK,
Organized in the State of New York, made to the Governor of the State
of Georgia In pursuance of the laws of said State. Principal Office—
No, 3 South William street.
I. CAPITAL STOCK.
Whole amount of original deposit — $ 100,000.00_
Amount paid up in cash, — ••• 100,000.00
II. ASSETS.
Total assets of the company, actual cash market value ... $1,563,403.39
III. LIABILITIES.
Total liabilities $1,563,403.39
IV INCOME DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1913.
Total Income actually received during the first six months
In cash $1,565,168.77
V EXPENDITURES DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1913.
Total expenditures during the first six months of the year
In cash ... ... $1,705,565.03
A copy of the Act of Incorporation, duly certified, is of file in the
office of the Insurance Commissioner.
STATE OF NEW Y'ORK—County of New York.
Personally appeared before the undersigned Herbert Appleton,
member of the firm of Hyjm & Co., attorneys for Subscribers at United
States Lloyds, who, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is one
of the attorneys and that the foregoing statement is correct and true.
HERBERT APPLETON.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 25th day of August, 1913.
O. J. ZIEGLER,
Notary Public, Westchester County, New York.
Name of State Agent—A, L. BROOKS.
Name of Agent at Atlanta—COKE DAVIS.
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