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EXTRA The Atlanta Georgian / ccd for Profit--'GEORGIA!I WANT ADS— Use for Result5 VOL. XII. NO. 23. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 30,1913. Copyright. 1906 By The Georgian Co 2 CENTS. PAY NO MORE AMERICANS REFUSE TO FLEE FROM MEXICO +•+ •!•••!• +•-!• +•-5- +•+ +•+ +•+ *•* *•* +•+ +•+ +• + FRANK CALMLY WORKING ON APPEAL +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ *!*•-!* +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ *•+ $20,000 Forgery Charged to Savannah Man Savannahan Says Spite Caused His Trouble, and It All Came From Business Deal. Evelyn Thaw’s Child J Seriously Ill Abroad Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. Aug 29.—Little Russell Nesblt Thaw, the young son of Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw. Is dangerously ill with measles and specialists fear fatal complications. Mrs. Thaw left her son here when she went to New York. While at the Brighton Beach with his nurse the little fellow became sick. “Teddie’ Gerard, a friend of Mrs. Thaw, has been nursing the sick child. Mrs. Thaw has not been told of her son’s illness. JAILERSSAY Negro NEW YORK. Aug. 29.—Completing the details of his wedding, scheduled for to-night, Robert J. Norton, a prominent business man of Savan nah, Ga., was arrested in the home of Miss Edna Robinson, the prospee- Ive bride-to-be, in Brooklyn to-day n a warrant charging forgery. The arrant was sworn out by the Chief ‘ Police of Savannah. According to a telegram received in 'rooklyn headquarters to-day, Norton is wanted 'n Savannah for the alleged forgery of a check for *20.000, which, it was said, he cashed there shortly before coming North to prepare for his wedding. Despite his prtoestations of inno cence, Norton was arraigned before Magistrate Steers, who held him in *2,500 bail for a further hearing on September 3. "My arrest is an outrage," stated Norton. "There is nothing but spite behind this affair. I can not under stand why they pick out this time, the eve of my wedding to a respecta- I ble woman, to place me in this pre- j dlcament. The forgery they charge j me with was no forgery at all, but a business deal pure and Simple. I'il make somebody suffer when I reach Savannah." Miss Robinson accepted Norton s claim that his arrest was without i cause, and said that they would be married just as soon as he was ready. ‘Eve Was Made From Adam's Backbone' PITTSBURG, Aug. 29. — Woman was made out of the backbone, not the rib, of Adam was a theory ad vanced by Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs, of Chicago, who discussed woman's suffrage on Schenley lawn. "Read the first chapter of Genesis, not the twenty-fifth and twenty- siixth verses of the second.” declared Mrs Stubbs, "and you will And that God created man—male and female— at the same time. “And even if it were true that woman was made out of man. it must have been out of the backbone of Adam, not a rib." Screwdriver Clew To Peachtree Thief With an oily screwdriver as their only clew, detectives are searching for the burglars who entered the Gun- ter-Watkins Drug Company, at Wal ton and Peachtree streets, Thursday night and stole *5 in change from the cash register. The thieves removed one of the glass panels from the rear door on Walton street. The screwdriver was found on the sidewalk Friday morn ing. Castro's Revolution Entirely Crushed Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. CARACAS. VENEZUELA. Aug. 22. President Juan Gomez, of Venezuela, decided to-day that the Castro revolt is at an end. "I can guarantee that the country will all be at peace within six months,” he said. The President figures that it will take that long to put down guerrilla bands and bandits who owe allegiance to no one. beats man with his leg. TARRYTOWN. N. Y.—Michael Broh- py got into an argument with James McStay. who wore a wooden leg M<> 8tay unstrapped his wooden pedal and used it on Brohpy. Brohpy is in the hospital. Chauffeurs to Race at Speedway Some of the fastest negro automo bile drivers of the United States will be seen In the races that are to be held next week at the Speedway, un der the auspices of the negroes of At lanta. As an added attraction, the only successful negro aviator in the world, Burton, will make several flights in his aeroplane. A number of valuable prizes have been offered for the automobile races, and the chauffeurs of some of Atlan ta’s most prominent business men have entered. A handsome loving cup will be given the winner in the hun dred mile race. Defense Confident It Will Get New Trial on Ground Demon stration Influenced Jury. U. S. Likely to Order Army-Navy Game WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.—Not withstanding the determination of the athletic associations of West Point and Annapolis not to play the annual football game this fall, It is more than likely that the Secretaries of War and Navy w?ll issue a per emptory order that the game be play ed on Franklin Field, Philadelphia, either on Thanksgiving Day or the Saturday preceding or following that day. Secretary of the Navy Daniels said he would have a conference with As sistant Secretary of War Brecken- ridge and discuss the matter thor oughly. Presbyterians Close Montreal Conference ASHEVILLE, Aug. 29.—The South ern Prcsbyteeian Conference, which has been in session since July 6 at Montreal, came to a close to-day with a sermon by Dr. Howard Agnew Johnson, of Georgia. Mrs. J. K. Coit, of the Nacoochee Institute, at Sautee. Ga., and Miss Anna Stevens, of Shorter College, Rome, have been chosen to again care for the children and the young wom en’s work of the Presbyterian Con ference. A party of twelve Atlantans who have been attending the closing ses sions of the big conference leave for taeir homes to-night. PRESIDENT READING MESSAGE ON MEXICO TANGLE TOCONGRESS President. Wilson reading his message on Mexico to both branches of Congress from the rostrum of the House of Repre sentatives. Seated behind him are Speaker Clark and Vice Pres ident Marshall. Militants Who Beat Premier Sent to Jail Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, Aug. 29. Winnie Wallace and Flora Smith, militant suffragettes, who attacked Premier Asquith while he was playing golf yesterday afternoon at Elgin, were committed to jail to-day in de fault of $50 each, and held for trial. The Premier haj? a black eye ,and numerous cuts and y bruises. If it had not been for the Premier’s daughter, Miss Violet Asquith, the statesman probably would have been seriously Injured, as he was taken unawares and could not defend him self. Roosevelt Blames Tango on Indians The lawyers for Leo M. Frank Fri day were encaged in getting together every s*crap of evidence possible to sustain them in their contention that the jurors who convicted their client were intimidated or unduly influenced by the series of demonstrations out side the courthouse and Inside during the latter part of the trial. The newspaper accounts of the ova tions that were given Solicitor Dor sey and the popular acclaim which met every victory of his will form a large part in the showing which the defense proposes to make on this par ticular phase of its movement for a new trial. Witnesses have been found who will testify in regard to the applause that broke out in the courtroom Sat urday morning when the Solicitor en tered to resume his argument to the jury. There was a spontaneous wave of hand-clapping. The defense will represent that it was impos‘»ib!e for Frank to receive an impartial trial when the Jurors could so readily observe the temper of the people. Frank “Man With Iron Nerve.” Assisting the lawyers with every | means at his command is Frank him self. His coolness and confidence witn the sentence of death hanging over him have won him a reputation at the Tower for a man with an iron nerve. He greets his friends with the cheery manner and hearty handshake that he would employ Jn his office or in his home. There is no suggestion of the dejected and broken man condemned to be hanged. He discusses his case more freely than he did before the trial, but only to his friends. He is observing his lawyers’ admonition as to interviews with the newspaper reporters. He has nothing to say to them. He even has changed ids mind, it is under stood, in regard to the statement he planned to make in reply to the argu ment of Solicitor Dorsey. He was in tending to make It public if his at torneys approved, but they have in structed him to have nothing to say at present. He is continuing his work along this line, however, in preparation for the new trial which he is entirely j confident of getting. When he is not chatting with his friends he is looking over testimony that was given at his trial and Is picking out the points In the address of the Solicitor which he maintains were based on false .as sumptions and misrepresentations He has every appearance of a man engaged in ordinary business or pro fessional routine. In reality he is taking a remarkable role in the des perate fight to save himself from the gallows. That so much is at stake seems not to affect him in the least. He goes calmly and unhurriedly about his work in his quarters at the Tower. Declares He Is Innocent. He makes notations here and there on the testimony and on the address of the Solicitor Occasionally he de sires to put something Into writing, and he cads for the stenographer from nf Pnrnfiplfl tho pencil factor >- The stenographer D1 VjUI illlblU. comes and the prisoner dictates page after page of matter in much the same businesslike tones that he would acknowledge orders for the pencils which his concern manufactures. “I am innocent,” he has told his friends, “and sooner or later tho world will know it. I am confident that my innocence will be proved., ;>o there is no need for me to worry.” His wife and his mother have visit ed him. To them he has been as cheerful and optimistic as to his friends. He was the comforter when | Solicitor Dorsey was bitterly excorlat- ' ing b { rn at the trial. He quieted his b’ s.erical wife when the news of the Jury’s verdict reached the Tower. H:s attitude has been the samo ail I through the week. CHICAGO, Aug. 29.—The poor In dians have got something else to shoulder now. Colonel Roosevelt says the Hopis invented and danced the tango, turkey trot, bear cat. griz zly and and a horde of similar dances centuries before Newport or Narra- gansett Pier got the craze. He also told members of the Chi cago Progressive Club, on his way back from a two weeks’ vacation bear and nurse children, and in the God made woman fools to match men and woman’s di|ty as a voter would not interfere with her domestic duties. Stockingless Maid Stirs Atlantic City ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 29.—The stockingless maid has arrived. Spec tators who were out early on the boardwalk this morning beheld a young woman with her ankles bar** and her feet incased in white buck skin “sneakers.” At first passers-by thought she wore flesh-colored hose, but her more in quisitive sisters soon discovered it was nature’s garb. Steers Stampede at Sight OLIVE BRANCH, MISS., Aug. 29 — The sight of a prize corn field on the farm of Alex Stephens caiised two carloads of Texas steers to stampede to-day when they were taken from a train to be watered. The cattle tore up ten acres of the valuable corn before their guards could corral them. TO PASS ON RATE CASE. PENSACOLA. Aug 29 —United States Judge \V B. Sheppard, of this city, ieft yesterday for Huntsville, Ala., where he will be one of three Federal judges to hear the Louisville and Nashville Railroad rate case, brought by the Ala- \bama Railroad Commission. Envoy Lind Is Attacked in Wash ington for Loan Offer—Called Dollar Diplomat. Mrs. Sylvia Hawkins, Slayer, Cannot Take Her Child to Prison The request of a mother, Mrs. Syl via Hawkins, of Gainesville, who faces a life term in the penitentiary for the slaying of her husband, to take her 3-year-old child to prison with her will not be granted. This decision was announced Fri day morning by Secretary Yancey of the Georgia Prison Commission, who declared that under no circumstances could the desire of the mother be fulfilled, as it was contrary to the spirit of the law. Although Mrs. Hawkins never has formally written to the Prison Com mission, she has conveyed in vancua ways, it is said, her desire to have her child in prison with her. According to the Prison Commis sioners the final commitment papers of Mrs. Hawkins never have been forwarded to them and until this is done no official decision will be made. However, it is settled definitely that the mother will not be permitted to take her child into the State prison. 300 Casks of Benzine In a Burning Oil Ship NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—The oil ship Bergermeister lay at the Bush docks in Brooklyn to-day with fire eating its way toward her hold where 300 casks of benzine were stored. Policemen held bat k all persons bu I the firemen from the danger zone. Intruder, Shot at By Boy, Captured SAVANNAH, Aug. 29.—Dave Brown has been placed under arrest after being shot at by a member of the family of M. F. Schuman, whose home, It is charged, he was about to bur glarize. Brown, It is alleged, first entered the house of Janie Burton and hid under the bed. When the woman en tered the room and found him there she screamed. Brown, it is said, then went to the Schuman residence, where he was discovered by a bo>, who fired several shots at his as ho was making his getaway. Moonshine Still in Negro’s Smokehouse GAINESVILLE, Aug. 29.—United States Deupty Marshal W. G. Rich ardson has returned from Levy Coun ty, bringing with him Mills Rutledge, a negro, charged with running a moonshine distillery, the outfit was in the man’s smokehouse and had a 25-gallon capacity. Although evidently recently fired up, Rutledge claims it was only a storage for another man. Commis sioner Cushman will give him a pre liminary hearing. LABOR DAY ORATOR. ST. AUGUSTINE, Aug. 29.—It was announced to-day that Robert McNa- mee. of Jacksonville, editor of Dixie and a r.oted lawyer and ‘politician, will be r.ut*.! at the Lapor ce*ebiaUon here Monday. War Cloud Draws Georgians to Army COLUMBUS. Aug. 28—A recruit ing army station has been established in Columbus, and notwithstanding the fact that it has been opened less than two days, there have been a number of applications by young men who are desirous of trying army life. The possibility of a fight with Mex ico is having the effect of attracting a lot of attention among thone fond of adventure, and a number of those who have Joined have an idea that soonor or later they will have the privilege of going to Mexico and see ing actual service. Joy Ride Disastrous To Birmingham Boy BIRMINGHAM. Aug. 29.—Sam De- bardeleben, Jr., son of a rich and prominent family, out last night on a Joy ride with several companies, was the victim of an automobile accident on the Mount Pirnon road. He was seriously and permanently maimed. The chauffeur and otner occupants of the car. including two women, were injured, but not dangerously. State Department Press Agent Named WASHINGTON, Aug 29.—The ap pointment of John H. James, a news paper man of ITbana, Ohio, to be chief of the bureau of information of the State Department, was announced to day by Secretary of State iir/an. Chattanooga Girl ‘Tangoes’ Her Way To Jail in Chicago CHICAGO, Aug. 29.—Eight news boys, a dozen taxicab chauffers and a miscellaneous crowd of more than 200 of the “common people” stood at Clark and Randolph streets at mid night and watched two policemen trying to arrest two women who in sisted on tangoing their way to the police station. The women were Mrs. E. F. Wirth, wife of a druggist living at No. 2673 West Washington boulevard, and Miss Lucile L*>wrey. who says she is a Chattanooga, Tenn., society girl, visiting at the Hotel Warner. The two. in compuny with a party of about six friends, entered a cafe shortly aft er 10 o'clock. They dined—and had liquid refreshments as well. Mrs. Wirth and Miss Lowrey evinc ed a desire to tango—and did. The way they did it was distasteful to Manager Corbett of the cafe, and he asked the pair to leave the floor. They refused. Corbett sent for po lice assistance, and Patrolmen Con don and Dodd responded. The fair but unquenchable danc ers were landed on the sireet in good shape, but there they again insisted on dancing. It took th nee-quart era of an hour to get the women to the Central detail, but Condon and Dodd stuck to the Job. WOMAN AIDS ARMY SPY. VERSAILLES. Aug. 29 —A charge of selling army secrets to Austria to-day was lodged against Captain Guieu, of the French artillery Captain Guieu fled, accompanied by a woman. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 29.—Trains leaving this city to-day for Vera Cruz carried many Americans, who are following the advice of President Wilson to get out of Mexico and thus escape the dangers of warfare. However, many members of the American colony, not alone here, but in the other cities, are remaining. It is estimated that not more than 10 per cent of the American residents in the republic will flee, unless the situation becomes much worse than it really is now. Many American families, including women and children, are remaining. Consul General Shanklin issued a manifesto directed to American resi dents of Mexico, quoting President Wilson’s advice that foreigners leave Mexico. More Than 2,000 to Stay. A number of influential American residents who have all their posses sions invested here, have decided to stay until actually forced out by the dangers of war. They believe that If they should leave the country they would not be able to collect indemnity for damage to their property. It is believed that between 2,000 and 3,000 Americana will stick to Mexico City. Mexican officials profess to believe that the exodus is unnecessary or at least premature. President Huerta continues to declare that foreigners are safe in this country and would be protected even in the event of war. Gamboa Still Hopeful. Foreign Minister Gamboa said that he is feeling hopeful over the out come of the present relations between Mexico and the United States. He refuses to admit that Huerta will resign. It is believed that if Spe cial Envoy John Lind -eturn to this city it win not be befoi he middle of next week. Mexicans are apathetic toward the diplomatic battle. President Not Back Of Lind’s Offer of Loan. WASHINGTON. Aug. 29.—Tho Mexican situation showed no new phases in Washington to-day. Tho second Gamboa note has acted as a damper on whatever hopes were held that a solution of the problem* now confronting Mexico might be reached on the basis of the supplementary suggestions made in Envoy Lind's second note. The next move must be made by Lind, and the President has left tho future policy of the United States, as far as the "peace mission” is con cerned, in Lind's hands. Criticism of Mr. Lind’s indiscretion in his supplementary suggestions to Genera! Huerta in which he holds out as a bait for the acceptance of the American program the support of this Government in gaining financial re sources from American bankers, is growing in Washington. The President has indicated that Lind made this step practically on his own initiative and has not yet signi fied his approval of it. Critics of the Administration say it is dollar diplo macy in almost the identical form which caused the Knox administra tion of the State Department to be so harshly denounced. U. S. Moves Secretly In Mexico Now. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. VERA CRUZ, MEXICO, Aug. 29.— Closest secrecy to-day surrounded the movements of John Lind, the special envoy of President Wilson, who camo here with pacification proposal*. Mr. Lind was still here this morn ing. but refused to say whether or not he would go to Mexico City during the day to attempt to reopen negotiations with the Mexican Government. “I am under obligations , silent,” said Mr. Lind. gations Ao keep d. ”1 would be 4