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pnaMMian ALWAYS FIRST © © The SUNDA Y AMERICAN rVwl.. 1. NAW— — The Atlanta Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT Georgian ADS—-Use for Results EVENING EDITION Both Phonea Main 100 VOL. XII. NO. 24. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 30,1913. By^TOVATb* 2 CENTS. *&&<> BOY SLAIN FOR DEBT OF 50 CENTS -Fed- +*4. d-e-j. +•+ d-ed* +•+ +•+ d-ed* d-«+ +•+ Fatal Auto Accidents Stir Police d-ed- +•+ +•+ -fad- +•+ d-ed- d-ed- +•+ d-ed- +•+ +•+ +•+ MRS. FRANK AIDS FIGHT FOR LIFE RENOUNCES SOCIETY AND ENTERS CONVENT MISS NORA M’CALL. Young Woman a Daily Visitor to Condemned Husband’s Cell in Fulton County Tower. Never abaiting In her loyalty even after her husband had been convict ed of one of the most shocking crimes In 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 moustsdn 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 sue 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 be 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 be carried out with out appeal, he would be hanged as the brutal murderer of Alary 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 rase, in which 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, but the greater share of the time la 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. lylother 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 in crit ically 111. 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 greai blow to him, and for a time the phy sicians feared ter his Ilfs. Railroads Paying Taxes; Teachers to Get More Money State Treasurer William J. Speer has received $239,509.79 from rail roads in payment gf 1913 taxes. The total amount due from corporations Is $725,021.18. It probably will have been paid by September 10. Railroads which have paid are: Central of Georgia, $116,859.85; Southern, $91,217.82; Georgia South ern and Florida, $25,364.27; Gulf Line, $2,491.94; Macon and Birmingham, $2,304.84; South Georgia, $1,270.99. With the remainder of the taxes in, another payment of school-teachers is | likely. Another dividend of 20 per cent to the teachers would make a total of 40 per cent of the money due. AUTflISTS Ashley Opens War on Sidewalk Oil Tanks Councilman Claude L. Ashley is aft er the automobile supply merchants and others who have installed gaso line tanks on the sidewalks in front of their places of business. At the meeting of the Street Committee of the Council Friday, he declared the tanks were a nuisance and were il legal. His protest held up the petition of the H, W. Bower Company for per mission to install tanks at No. 107 Marietta street, No. 14 West Harris street, No. 16 East Tenth street and No. 107 North Pryor street. City At torney Mayson was asked for an opin ion. His ruling will affect many mer chants. Death of Samuel Goldstein Under Motor Stirs Police Department. Driver Is Arrested, Tax Equalization Deferred Till 1914 No attempt will be made this year at equalization of taxes provided in the bill establishing county boards of assessors, according to an announce ment Saturday by John C. Hart, Tax Commissioner. Boards will be named in every county soon after January 1. The books of the tax receivers will open February 1 and close May 1. Within twenty days the assessors will meet to go over the tax returns. The re turns, as they are revised by the as sessors,. will be forwarded lo the Comptroller General by July 1. Judge Hart said the efficacy of the new law depends upon the character of the assessors. Woman Knocks Out Trolley Conductor CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Miss Mary New’aski, 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 Cpnway on a Wentwortn avenue car accused Miss Newaskl of failing to pay her fare. In the argu ment Miss Newaski 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. Lid Goes on Dancing In Chicago's Cafes CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Chicago tan- goists early to-day danced and wrig gled, dipped and kicked for the last time in the restaurants of the city To-day the ordinance prohibiting dancing in restaurants and cafes, ex cept by professional entertainers, be came effective. Every restaurant in the eity in which dancing ha® been permitted among the patrons celebrated the banishment of the dance. Patrons danced from 6 o’clock last evening until closing time this morning. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia — Showers Saturday and Sunday. Fugitivs Loses for First Time in His Fight Against Deportation to United States. Aroused by the frequency of serious automobile accidents, the police Sat urday are holding T. A. Curtis, of No. 359 East Tunter street, for the death of Samuel Goldstein, of No. 336 Wash ington street. Goldstein died from injuries re ceived when struck by 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. TUe injured man w f as rushed to the Atlanta Hospital, where an invest!- I gation revealed a fractured skull. He died a short while later, having never regained consciousness. Goldstein had just left a car at the corner of Washington and Crum ley street when struck by 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 I 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. In an effort to prevent striking him, I turned my car to the curb, but the front wheels would not take it and skidded along. I did not run over him, but the side of the car stru-k him, throwing him to the pavement. “My machine ran on for some dis tance before I could atop 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 by two children, Mr* Sadie Gordon and Abe Goldstein. The body was removed to the Greenberg & Bond undertaking establishment and funeral arrangements will be an nounced later. SHERBROOKE, QUE., Aug. 30.-— Harry K. Thaw, for the first time since he crossed the border into Can ada. lost a skirmish to-day in the battle which must result either in his release or his deportation. Attorneys representing the Canadi an Government strained every point possible in the endeavor to put Thaw into the hands of the immigration au thorities for deportation to-night. They did not succeed in this, but they did succeed in strategy, which caught the defense unprepared, when Constable Boudereau, of Quebec, was given a writ of habeas corpus, re turnable Tuesday. The Constable is in the position of demanding the liberty of the man he arrested on Ca nadian soil. C. D. White 1 mngrn. R Frazer, Thaw’s barristers here, regard the sit uation as so menacing that they tele graphed J. N. Greenshleld, an asso ciate in the case, to come at once from Montreal. He hired a special train and set out with the avowed in tention cf breaking all speed records for the 100 miles* t oSherbrooke. Jerome was jubilant. “Harry is just as good as on the way to Matt*awan now,” he said. The Pght opened to-day when Thaw did not appear in court in answer to a writ o* habeas corpus returnable at 10 o'clock this morning As the upshot of the early argu ments came the Boudereau writ— habeas corpus writ No. 3—in the case. City Officers Will Observe Labor Day The city hall wil be closed Mon day, Labor Day. An order granting Woodward Friday afternoon, and the building will be closed all day, though the Mayor announces that h« may be doing a little work In his private office. Monday is the regular meeting day of the council, but even if a quorum is present it is doubtful if a meeting wil be held. Instead ad journment will be taken and the mmbers probably go to the ball game in a body. Man Hit by Auto Is In Serious Condition. G. Y. Yarber of Vinings station, who was knocked dgwn 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 agipst Dr. J. K. Barren of No. 92 Lawton street, who was driving the car that struck Yarber. Pye-witnessew say the accident was unavoidable, Mr. Yarber, it was said, attempted to cross the street midway between Mitchell and Hunter streets. The street was crowded with vehicles. As Yarber stepped from behind a trolley car Dr. Barrett's auto, going south, struck him. Dr. Barrett took him to lh^ hospital. Fire Threatens Huge British War Stores Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. QUEENSTOWN, IRELAND, Aug. 30.—Fire broke out to-day on Haul- bowline Island in Cork Harbor, where the naval warehouses and stores are located. There are a number of pow der and dynamite magazines on the island. The flames spread swiftly, threat ening to sweep the island. Carnegie Given A Dutch Medal Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. THE HAGUE, Aug. 30.— Grand Cross of the order of Qrange-Naswau wa* conferred on Andrew Carnegie by Queen Wilhelmtaiia of The Nether lands in commemoration of the in auguration of the Palace of Peace. She is niece of Tammany candidate for Mayor of New York. • yTV - ■ I ; : t Qh -« ’ >\ < ! . „ New York Beauty Declares She Has Had Lifelong Desire to Make Such Sacrifice. Mother Away, Cries Herself to Death KANSAS GITY. Aug. 30.— Heart broken because her mother and undo had gone to Leavenworth to visit a friend without her. Marry Harrison cried herself to death. c?he -3 year* old* NEW YORK. Aug. 30.—Actuated by a lifelong desire to give herself, her brain and body, her education and talents to the service of God, MU* Nora McCall, young and beautiful, will renounce the world and society on September 8 and enter the Sacred Heart Convent. In thr* e month® she will become a novice, then a nun for eeven years, and she will then take the vow® which will »hut her off for ever from the outside world- Miss McCall Is one of the mos‘ popular members of New York so ciety, and is a niece of Public Serv ice Commissioner McCall. Tammany candidate for Mayor. Until she en ters the convent at Kenwood, near Albany, she will be the center of gayety and many fetes will be given In her hono**. In an interview’ in which she ex plained why she will become a nun, Mis® McCall likens the sacrifice of friends and happiness she will be compelled to make to the sacrifice of a soldier who gives up hi® loved ones to tight for the honor of his country. “We must sacrifice ourselves for a principle, M Miss McCall said, “the se*tidier sacrifices his home, his loved ones, everything that is dear, for a principle—for the honor of hi® coun try. The same reason stands him in good stead when death cornea, and he smile® and passes on gladly, giv ing his life to service. "My sacrifice will be to give up the thing® I have always done, my friends, gayety and.jharm of society; to give up dancing, singing and playing which as u girl I love. "I have been loved all my life. 1 have been shown every luxury and have boon showered with attentions and blessings. Yet through It all 1 had a feelirg that it was not right— I had an indescribable desire to give myself to God while I was young and fresh, keen and warm-blooded. God does not want the useless husks— people who have known pleasure and life and turn to Him merely because they seek a new diversion. He wants youth and talent, fresh, young peo ple who will give their lives to him through love of service.’ President Delayed On Trip to Cornish NEW HAVEN. CONN.. Au*. SO.— President Wilson, en route to-day to his summer home at Cornish, N. H., was disappointed to learn that he could not reach there until 3 o'clock this afternoon. A delay of two hours here held up the train. No telegrams of an official nature awaited the President here, and he was hopeful that his week at Harla- kenden house will not be interrupted by official cares. 1 5 1AF SP ‘Blind’ Beggar Peeps At Slit Skirt; Jailed KANSAS CITY. Aug 30.—M, J. .McCarty, who wore a sign saying that he had been “deaf, dumb and blind since childhood," began serving 100 days on the municipal farm to-day. He forgot his affliction and stared at an ankle that showed through a slit skirt. [ Editor Refusing to Retract Story Slain SULPHUR, OKLA., Aug. 30.—J. Y. Schenck, editor of The Sulphur Dem ocrat, is dead to-day because he re fused to eat a clipping out of his newspaper containing adverse criti cism of John Lindsay, former County Treasurer. Lindsay carried the clipping into the editor's office and demanded that Schenck eat it. When Schenck re fused, Lindsay fired two barrels of a bhotgun into the editor's body. Rickenbacher and Mechaniciar Miraculously Escape as Speed ing Car Turns Turtle. COLUMBUS, Aug. 30.—Shot down by an officer of the law for an alleged offense for which conviction would at best have meant only a short chaingang sentence, the body of Luther Haw kins, an 18-year-old youth said to be from Atlanta, to-day lies in the morgue of a Columbus undertaker, awaiting instructions from the slain boy’s relatives. Hawkins was killed because he lacked 50 cents of sufficient money to pay a small board bill and ran to escape arrest by the officer called by an irate landlord. L. Willis, a bailiff, is held in jail charged with murder, as he fired the shot that killed the youth. Charles Jordan is the land lord who sought Hawkins' arrest that resulted in the youth's death. Luther Hawkins, his brother Andrew and another youth came to Columbus earlier in the week seeking work in the cotton mills. They were poor boys. They secured board at Jordan’s home. Friday afternoon they were called upon to settle their bill. The three pooled their cash and counted it. They lacked <>0 cents of having enough to meet the bill. The landlord said he would have them arrested and locked in Jail for heating a board bill unless they paid the whole amount. -Making good his threat, Jordan telephoned to the Sheriff’s office and asked that an offi cer be sent to his boarding house. Bailiff Willis was detailed to answer the call. Mrs. Jordan realized the plight the boys were In and sympathized with them, disapproving of the course taken by her husband. She told them to run. They did. Jordan ana the bailiff started in pursuit in a buggy. They soon overtook Luther Hawkins and called on him to stop. Fearing he would be landed in Jail, the frightened youth kept going. Then Bailiff Willis drew his pistol and fired. The bullet struck Hawkins In the back of the head, going through the skull and lodging over the right eye. He fell In his tracks, and in a few minutes was dead, never regaining consciousness. Jordan and Willis left the scene. The killing was reported to the po lice. Willis later was arrested at his home. He denied any intent to kill Hawkins, declaring that he had fired only to frighten him, and aimed above his head. Citizens of Columbus to-day are condemning the killing as unjustifi able and unarranted. It Is declareo that the offense for which Hawkins was sought did not even warrant the ofiieer is firing at him. even merely to frighten him. Sympathy is with the slain youth, his brother and companion. Puzzle--Where Are This Man’s Brains? MEMPHIS. Aug. 30.—Physicians at a local hospital have found a re. markable patient in Edward Wood* I ton, who was shot by Mrs. Julia Tyler. The bullet panned through hi® head, entering the lobe of the left ear and coming out on the opposite side. Woodaon will recover. ELGIN, ILL., Aug. 30.—“Bill" En- dlcott in his Case Tornado racing car shot over the line al exactly 11 o’clock to-day and the Elgin national road race, the big event of the fourth annual auto speed program here, was on. At 30-second intervals eleven other racers were sent away by Starter Fred Wagner. A crowd estimated at 50,000. which officials of the race said would be in creased to 75,000 before the close of the race, watched the beginning of the Western motor classic. Ralph DePalma wa® given a rousing send-off. He was defending the cup, which he won in this race last year, and he was wearing the laurels he won yesterday when he finished first In the Chicago Automobile Club tro phy event. Two Racer# Near Death. Ed Rlckenbacher In his Mason car, the first to meet with a mishap, nar rowly escaped death when his ma chine went off the track and over turned. The driver and Edward O’Donnell, his mechanician, were thrown clear of the wrecked machine. A burst tire threw Rickenbacher out of his course and the machine turned into the ditch going at a furious rate of speed. 'Donnell was thrown through a wire fence, but he was not injured. Rick- enbacher’s only injuries were bruises. A broken axle on the racing car pre vented its being repaired to continue the race. Twelve cars remained In the entry list at the starting hour. Harry Endi- cott, who wa® prevented from winning third plyce yesterday by the crowd rushing out on the track before the race was over, withdrew his Nyberg car from to-day’s card. Hughes Fails to Start. The Deltal car, which Joe Dawson drove yesterday, was not made ready for to-day's race because no driver could be found who was considered competent to handle it. Hughia Hughes’ Tul6a was scratched. The starters were: Car. Case Mason Mason Mercer Btuta Marmon f Mason Keeton Velie Mercer Isotta Erwin Special Driver. Wm Endlcott Rickenbacher Mulford Wish art Anderson Dawsorj Haupt Burrnan Henning Pe Palma Grant Wergdoll J. J. THOMAS HONORED. J. Jefferson Thomas has been ap- ’ pointed adjutant general on Gercnal Joseph W. Preston’s staff, Commander of eGorgia Division, U. C. Mayor of Denver Operates On Son DENVER, Auk, SO.—Earl Perkin* was operated upon for appendicitis by Ills father. Mayor J. M. Perkins, while his uncles, Msrs C. C- and 1. B. Perkins, assisted In administering th« anesthetic. L