Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, August 31, 1913, Image 1
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VOL, I, NO, 22,
Copyright, 1913, by
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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
JIBE SPILLED
Rickenbacher Hurled Through Air
and Aide Dashed Through Fence
When Car Plunges Into Ditch
at Elgin Road Race Saturday.
Ralph Mulford, in Mason, Wins
Second Place After Terrific
Speed Duel With Wishart, Mil
lionaire Driver, Finishing Third.
ELGIN. ILL., Aug. 30.—Gil Ander-
son, in a Stutz car, this afternoon won
the Elgin National road race of 301
miles. Anderson led the field of racers
after the fourth lap. Anderson’s time
was 253:38.97, an average of 71.5 miles
an hour.
Ralph K. Mulford. in a Mason car,
pulled across the finish line second,
after a game fight to dislodge Ander
son from first place. Mulford, veteran
of many automobile races, piloted his
car consistently throughout the en
tire race.
He started in to win and pushed
Anderson hard thrpugh the first half
of the race, at the same time waging
the only really spectacular speed bat
tle of the race with Spencer Wishart
the young millionaire Mercer driver.
Mulford and Wishart fought for place
until the younger driver, nearly ex
hausted by the driving pace he had
been keeping up. was forced to drop
back.
Wishart Furnishes Thrills.
Spencer Wishart, winner of the
third place, was the pacesetter during
the first half of the contest. He
forced Anderson to drive his Stutz to
the limit of its speed, to keep ahead,
and Wishart and Mulford alternated
in the official time records in second
and third places. Wishart toward the
last of the race was forced back to
sixth place. He held this for miles,
while the leaders went farther ahead.
In the last three laps Wishart gave
the crowd another exhibition of his
spectacular driving and pushed his
way up to fourth place. When Erwin
Bergdoll was forced to stop for gaso
line on his thirty-fourth time around
the course Wishart slipped into his
place and held it until the finish.
Burman Out of Race.
Bob Burman, with his Keeton car,
was out of the race on his seven
teenth lap. His engine collapsed and
he was forced to push the car off the
course.
Joe Dawson’s rear tire burst as he
was passing the grandstand, and the
rapidly-revolving wheel tossed half
of the scorching hot tire into the
crowd. A man who attempted to
pick up the piece of rubber was
burned on the hand.
Henning’s Veile car was officially
declared out of the race. He had
covered four laps when his car went
into the ditch.
Two Racers Near Death.
Ed Rickenbacher in his Mason car,
the first to meet with a mishap, nar
rowly escaped death w'hen 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.
Twelve cars remained in the entry
•$ist at the starting hour. Harry Endi-
cott, who was prevented from win
ning third place yesterday by the
crowd rushing on the track before
the race was over, withdrew his Ny-
berg car from to-day’s card.
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. Hughie
Hughes’ Tulsa was scratched.
The starters were:
Car. Driver.
Case Wm. Endicott
Mason
Mason
Mercer
Stutz
Marmon
Mason
Keeton
Velie
Mercer
Rickenbacher
Mulford
Wishart
Anderson
Dawson
Haupt
Burman
Henning
De Palma
Isotta Grant
Erwin Special Bergdoll
NEW TRIAL IN $500,000
INSURANCE SUIT DENIED
CHATTANOOGA, Aug. 30.—Chan
cellor T. N. McConnell refused to
day to grant a new trial in the Great
Southern Agency case. Stockholders
of the defunct concern recently were
awarded approximately $500,000 in
claims against the officers on the
groundso f fraud. The case attracted
*ide attention throughout the South.
Charlton Converted
By Liner Chaplain
On Journey to Trial
Courtroom at Como, Scene of the
Tragedy, Set for Life Battle
of Young American.
Special Cable to The American.
COMO, ITALY, Aug. 30.—The
Crown’s Proeuratore has completed
his work of collecting evidence
against Porter Charlton, the young
American wife murderer, and is ready
to go to trial immediately upon Charl
ton’s arrival here.
The examining magistrate, or the
judge of instruction, as he is known
here, to-day completed his investi
gation of the life Charlton led here
while he and his wife were on their
honeymoon at Lake Como.
It was found that Mr. and Mrs.
Charlton were together practically all
the time, and residents of pavilions
at Menaggio, Maltrasco and other pic
turesque villages on the lake regard
ed them as an ideal couple, despite
the fact that Mrs. CWarlton was near
ly 20 years older than her husband.
According to x word received Ij^re,
Charlton was converted by the chap
lain on the liner Re D’ltalia, and is
thinking seriously of becoming a mis
sionary if he is acquitted.
Judge Charlton, father of the pris
oner, is believed to have mapped out
a line of defense. It probably will
hinge on the contention that|Charl-
ton was irresponsible at the time the
murder was committed.
Peppermint Tea Wins
Miss Boardman Fame
New Brew, Learned in China, Finds
Quick Favor Among Washing
ton Society Folk.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.—Miss
Mabel T. Boardman is the expert tea
brewer of Washington society. She
has originated a “peppermint tea”
which her friends pronounce most de
lectable'.
Miss Boardman brews the tea after
a method learned while traveling in
China, a gentle steeping in hot water
being the chief direction. The pep
permint is added in the shape of a
very strong lozenge. A section of
peeled lemon gives an added zest.
Mrs. James Bryce and other tea ex
perts have complimented Miss Board-
man on her skill.
Carnegie Scored for
Reference to Kaiser
German Press Denounces Iron Mas
ter for ‘Presumption’ In Inter
preting Ruler’s Peace Views.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, Aug. 30.—Andrew Carne
gie’s reference to the Kaiser in his
speech at The Hague is severely crit
icised by the German press, which
angrily denounces his “presumption”
in assuming to interpret the Kaiser’s
views on the peace movement.
Mr. Carnegie said that if the Ger
man Emperor were to invite the chief
nations of the world to confer on the
best methods to secure the world’s
peace success would certainly follow.
“The German Emperor,” he said,
“holds in his hand the torch and
should apply the needed spark.”
Family Finds Clew
To Martin in Alps
Brother-in-Law Expected to Locate
Mi vng Memphis Man With
in Few Hours.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 30.—Late reports
received in Memphis from Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Ellet, who are searching
Switzerland for Joseph Wilberforce
Martin, say they have discovered a
clew to his whereabouts and expect
to find him in a few hours.
Martin left Memphis last spring
and was reported murdered in Lon
don Soon after his disappearance
the cotton firm of Martin & Phillips
failed for nearly $2,000,000.
No one, it is said, has heard di
rectly from him, although his mother
is reported very ill. Dr. Ellet is Mar
tin’s brother-in-law.
Lady Constance Stirs
Ducal Cousins' Anger
Dancer Who Will Appear In Atlanta
Is Now Persona Non Grata With
the Sutherlands.
Special Cable to The American.
EDINBURGH, Aug. 30.—Lady Con
stance Stewart-Richardson, who is
spending her vacation at Kincralg
House. Rosshire, before going to Ameri
ca to fulfill theatrical engagements, is
evidently persona non grata with her
cousin, the Duke of Sutherland.
Lady Constance used to be seen fre
quently at Dunrobin. which is not far
from Kincraig House, but lately she and
her husband, Sir Edward Richardson,
appear to have broken with the Suther
lands, who were furious when she be
came a professional dancer.
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Sentenced to Hang October 10,
He Methodically Lays Plans
to Secure New Trial.
YEAR’S DELAY IS ASSURED
Friends Declare Final Vindication
Is Certain—State Hunts for
New Evidence.
With the sentence of death seem
ingly weighing as lightly on him as
an order of his family physician to
quit smoking, Leo M. Frank, his re
markable imperturability still undis
turbed, is going about his final fight
for life in as methodical a manner
as he managed affairs of the Na
tional Pencil Company, of which he
was superintendent.
No more dramatic display of stoi
cism has ever been know than that
of Frank, when in less than 48 hours
after he had heard Judge L. S. Roan
declare that he must die on th e gal
lows October 10 as the murderer of
Mary Phagan, he ordered Herbert
Schiff, his assistant, to come to the
jail and go over the affairs of the
pencil factory. It is understood that
Frank has decided to direct in a
general way from the Jail the work
ings of the company as he did before
he was charged with th e most noted
crime in the history of the South.
Frank knows that he will not hang
October 10. The motion of his coun
sel for new trial will not be heard
until October 4. If this is denied, the
case will be carried to the Supreme
Court immediately.
Year's Wait Almost Sure.
On account of the vast amount of
evidence which will have to be re
viewed, and the ponderous legal
points that are sure to be presented,
it will be impossible for that court
to hand down its decision in less
than several months. It is altogether
likely that it will be a year before
the case is either affirmed or re
versed and remanded to the lower
court.
His counsel has assured him that
they are confident of a reversal. At
torney Luther Z. Rosser is now go
ing over the evidence with Solicitor
General Hugh Dorsey in an effort to
reach an agreed statement of the
points in issue in order to facilitate
the work of the court and curtail the
bulk of the transcript.
So, realizing that his fight is not
of days, hardly of months, and per
haps of years. Frank has in a busi
nesslike manner arranged to have
his long wait in jail made as com
fortable and as useful as possible.
Fits Cell as an Office.
He has fitted up his cell with com
fortable furniture. He has an ade
quate table on which to do his work,
both in reference to his fight for life
and the affairs of the factory, and has
brightened the appearance of the
steel cage to make It as pleasant as
possible during the daily visits of his
wife and his mother.
On the other hand, the prosecution
ia Just as vigilant to see that there is
no escape for Frank. It is determined
that he shall pay with his life for
that which the Solicitor so fervidly
declared he took.
Solicitor Dorsey, it is known, is di
recting the work of detectives, who
are seeking any new evidence \tfhich
might develop to strengthen the case
of the State should there possibly be
a reversal.
The Solicitor hardly believes it is
possible that the Supreme Court will
send the famous case back. He be
lieves that the defense will largely de
pend on the applause of the specta
tors as an Influence on the Jurors, to
have the Supreme Court rule In Its
favor.
It ip said that the Solicitor will be
able to prove by the Jurors that they
were not Influenced In the slightest
by the applause; in fact, that they
heard none.
Friends Remain Loyal.
Frank's friends have remained in
tensely loyal, even after the verdict
was brought In. They still maintain
his absolute innocence and believe
that when public feeling has had an
opportunity to die down and another
.trial obtained, there will be as speedy
a verdict clearing Frank’s name as
the one by which he was branded
Mary Phagan’s slayer.
Attorney Reuben Arnold, worn by
the four weeks of trial, left Atlanta
soon after the the verdict was reach
ed. but the more massive and ruggeii
Rosser has remained on duty, pre
paring the motion.
Frank is proving of great assistance
to his counsel and is now at work on
a reply to the speech of the Solicitor,
which he will publish if his lawyer
consents.
Tennessee Town Is
Swept by $250,000
Fire; 20 Autos Burn
Explosion of Gasoline Tanks in Gar
age Hastens Spread of Flames
at Columbia.
COLUMBIA. TENN., Aug 30.-F'ire
this morning broke out in a ware
house owned by Dobbins & Ewing,
spread to the garage of the Colum
bia Motor and Implement Company
and then to four of the best business
blocks, causing a loss of $250,000.
Heavy explosions from large gaso
line tanks in the garage threw the
flames hundreds of feet into the air
and distributed fire over the adjacent
buildings.
The Maury Dry Goods Company,
Evans, Parker & Moore and Bogart-
zky & Bauman were among the losers.
There were 21 automobiles de
stroyed. The Masonic Temple suf
fered small damages. The library of
the Students’ Club was destroyed.
Miss Elliott Balks
At Tree's Realism
Actress Refuses To Be Carried From
Stage by Two Negroes—Given
White ‘Super.’
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 30.—Maxine Elliott,
who makes her re-entry to the stage as
Potiphar’s wife in Sir Herbert Tree’s
production of “Joseph and His Breth
ren” at His Majesty’s Theater on Sep
tember 2, has found Sir Herbert's well-
known insistence for realism more than
she bargained for.
In the last act Miss Elliott should be
carried off the stage by two great Ethi
opians. To the actress’ surprise she dis
covered that Sir Herbert had actually
engaged two negroes for the }ob.
The American actress displayed such
race prejudice that two white men who
have to black up have been substituted.
THE CAUSE OF IT ALL IN MEXICO
President Victoriano Huerta, of Mexico, in the uniform of
a general. Below is shown the arrival of Special Envoy Lind
in Mexico. Mr. Lind is marked by the cross.
Thirty-two Shot or Tortured, Millions
in Ransom Extorted, Women At
tacked and United States Property
Valued at $150,000,000 Destroyed.
COL. FELIX DIAZ TO ENTER
RACE FOR THE PRESIDENCY
Special Cable to The American.
MEXICO, CITY, Aug. 30.—Advices from Vera Cruz to-day
stated that Special Envoy Lind would not wait longer than next
Thursday for developments to bring him back to Mexico City. If
conditions at that time are such that the pacification negotiations
can not be resumed he probably will wait no longer, but will re
turn to Washington.
Foreign Minister Gamboa indicates that the negotiations ara
ended so far as his Government is concerned, and that there will
he no definite move on the part of the Mexican Government to re
sume the conversations, but that President Huerta is open to aqy
further suggestions that President Wilson cares to make.
Contrary to his purposes, President Wilson’s repeated de
mands that Huerta resign have started a presidential boom for the
incumbent of the National Palace. Although Huerta can not le
gally succeed himself he can follow the course adopted by Porfirio
Diaz of resigning on the eve of a presidential election and then
being re-elected.
In official circles resentment against President Wilson's ad
vice to Americans to flee the country is growing, it was pointed
out that under the Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty of 1848 Mexico is
hound to protect all Americans within her border. This treaty
likewise governs international disputes between Mexico and the
United States. Through disuse it fell into obscurity.
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Dislocates Her Jaw
Laughing at Joke
Factory Girl Adds to Excitement by
Screaming Lustily With
Mouth Wide Open.
CAMDEN, N. J.. Aug 30.—Jennie
Ochinpa, 20 years old, laughed so hard
at a joke told by another girl in the
cigar factory, where she is employed,
that her jaws became locked. The 200
employees of the place were panic-
stricken when the girl began to scream
with her mouth wide open.
A hurry call to the Cooper Hospital
brought an ambulance, which increased
the excitement.
Tango Dance Party
In Swimming Pool
One-Piece Bathing Suits Are To Be
Costumes at Colorado Summer
Resort Affair.
Auto Lamps to Light
Harvesting at Night
North Dakota Farmers Transfer
Headlights to Binders and
Dodge Hot Days.
Horse Dead, Family
Prints Mourning ‘Ad'
Owners of Equine Pet Thank All
Who Aided In Obsequies or
Extended Sympathies.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.. Aug. 30 —B. F.
Battln, of Bloomsburg, had for years
a family horse named Sailor. When
he died the family inserted in a local
paper the following card of thanks:
“We kindly thank the employees of
Mrs. J. L. Dillon and for the use of
her team, the employees of the Blooms
burg State Normal School and all others
who assisted in the funeral of our pet
horse. Sailor, also the friends who ex
pressed regrets for our loss. August
4 Sailor ate his feed at sunrise, was
hitched to a buggy and at 6:30 fell dead
in sight of his stable. He was loaded
on a wagon, hauled 1 mile and was
decently buried before 11 o'clock
“B. F. BATTIN AND FAMILY.’’
GLEN WOOD SPRINGS. COLO . Aug
30.—Glenwood Springs resort society has
put over a new one. The daylight
tango dances have been surpassed in
startling fashion, for* invitations to
“tango in the swimming pool Saturday
night” are out and the colony is agog.
“Wear the one-piece bathing suit.”
Those giving the party will say only
that it is. to be a stunning affair.
Barefooted Mayor
Walks Up Street
When Townsmen Object, He Telis
Them He’ll Do as He Blamed
Pleases.
CLARINGTON, OHIO, Aug. 30 —When
his fellow townsmen remonstrated with
Colonel Sam Teachappott, the pic
turesque Mayor of Clarlngton. when he
emulated Sockless Simpson, of Kansas,
and walked down the main avenue in
his bare feet, while the street was
crowded, he told them to mind their
own business and that he would do as
he blamed pleased, or words to that ef
fect.
Colonel Teachappott, who is a vet
eran of the Civil War. has caused much
controversy, and efforts have been made
to ’have him removed from office, but
without result.
GRAND FORKS, N. DAK.. Aug 30 —
By transferring the headlights from
their automc'tles to their binders, farm
ers of the Rev River Valley are con
ducting harvesting operations through
the night, and lying idle during the
day.
This is owing to intense heat, more
than 100 horses having died from pros
tration last week.
Jack London Invited
On Cruise of World
Millionaire California Sportsman to
Build $100,000 Yacht for
Two-Year Trip.
SANTA BARBARA. Aug 30—Com
modore Frank Garbutt, of Los Angeles,
millionaire sportsman, now crusing the
Santa Barbara Channel islands in his
yacht, is preparing to make a two
years’ cruise of the w’orld. it is re
ported, taking with him a party of
friends, including Jack Londpn, the
novelist.
It is said that for the trip Garbutt
will build a $100,000 yacht either at
San Pedro or San F'ranoisco. the craft
to be finished in a year.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 30.—Colonel Felix Diaz, who is en route to
Japan on a special diplomatic mission, announced here to-day that
he will be a candidate for President of Mexico to succeed Victo
riano Huerta. The election will be held October 16.
Property of U. S. Valued
At $150,000,000 Destroyed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—More than 190 non-combatant
American citizens slain by Federals, rebels and bandits.
At least 32 other non-combatant American citizens shot or tor
tured.
Innocent American girls and young wives, who believed them
selves protected by the American flag, maltreated before the eyes
of thoir helpless fathers and husbands.
Millions of dollars in ransom exacted from American citizens
tortured or threatened with death.
Property valued at more than $150,000,000, owned by Amer
ican citizens, destroyed.
This, in part, is the terrible story of anarchy and murder in
progress in Mexico. In no section of Mexico is the situation un
proved. It is steadily growing worse after eighteen months of an
archy that has followed the overthrow of Porfirio Diaz.
On July 24 Mrs. Paul Hudson, wife of the owner of the Mexi
can Herald, stated that w'hen she left Mexico City the list of Amer
ican dead for 1913, on file at the American Embassy, numbered 86.
Since then many others have been murdered.
LIST OF THE VICTIMS IS REFUSED.
The Sunday American has requested the Department of
State in this city, and the American Embassy iu Mexico City for
this list. It was refused.
The Witeon-Bryan policy of delay and non-interference in
Mexico on the ground that all, or nearly all, outrages are due to
overt acts of the Americans involved, does not find sympathy in
any quarter here.
In the belief of Senators and Representatives the situation has
reached a crisis where something must be done.
Men back from Mexico assert that the list at the embassy is
merely fragmentary. It tells only in small part the terrible story
of murder, rapine and destruction enacted against Americans.
Here is a partial list of the murders and other outrages com
piled by The American from censored press dispatches. The com
plete list can not be given for the sole reason that it is withheld
from the public by an order from the White House.
Partial List of Victims
Slain in Reign of Terror
WOLF, U. G., mining engineer, murdered July 16, 1913, by outlaws
in Northern Sonora.
GRIFFIN, BENJAMIN, rancher, murdered July 5, 1913, near
Chuiohipa by bandits.
WILLIAMS, JOHN H., mining engineer, killed by stray bullet
March 8, 1913, when rebels attacked Nacozari.
GAROW, BORIS, consulting engineer, killed when an attaok was