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The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—-GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results EXTRA LIND GIVES MEXICO TILL THURSDAY TO ACT VOL. XII. NO. 24. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1913. 2 CENTS. CHARLTON CONVERTED ON SHIP AS H E GOES TO FAC E TRIA L AS SLAYER Porter Charlton and his wife, whom he murdered. IS. SAGS HURT IH FALL FIFA STREET GAH Mrs. I. T. Sage, Sr., wealthy and well known Atlanta woman, stumbled when her foot caught in her gown In alighting from a street car at Peachtree and North avenue Saturday and was badly injured. Persons who saw the acident rush ed to her aid and she was taken to the Elkin Golsmith sanitarium in an automobile. There it was said she had broken her left shoulded and that •he injury was more painful than serious. Mrs. Sage is a widow. Mrs. Sage had come in from her country home at Wallace station on the Williams road to look over the apartment she has rented in the hand some new Ponce de Leon apartments, opposite the Georgia terrace. Fritzi Scheff Files Bankruptcy Papers NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—Fritlzi Scheff, the actress, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. She gave her liabilities as $149,856 and assets $74,- 923, the latter mostly real estate in Virginia. Included in her liabilities is an item ef $100,000 she stated was the amount of the suit filed against her by the Shuberts for alleged breach of con tract. , Miss Scheff “went broke’ through the opera company she managed last year. McDermott Quizzed On Pawnbroker Bill WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 —Repre sentative James A, McDermott, of Il linois. was qusetioned by the House Lobbv Inquiry Committee to-day as to relations with Washington pawn brokers. who, according to previous testimony, loaned him money and were quite friendly with him about the time the loan shark bill was be fore the House. This bill threatened to drive all pawnbrokers here out of business. On to-day’s cross-examination de pends whether the committee will recommend McDermott's expulsion from the House. Courtroom at Como, Scene of the Tragedy, Set for Life Battle of Young American. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. COM*), ITALY, Aug. 31.—The Crown's Procuralort- has completed his work of collecting; evidence against Porter Charlton, the young American wife murderer, and is ready to go to trial immediately upon Charl ton’s arrival here. The examining magistrate, or the judge of Instruction, as he is known here, to-day completeed his investi gation of the life Charlton led here while he and his wife were on their honeymoon at Lake Como. It was found that Mr. and Mrs. Charlton were together practically all the time, and residents of pavilions at Menaggio, Maltrasco and other pic turesque villages on the lake regard ed them a$ an ideal couple, despite the fact that Mrs. Charlton was near ly twenty years older than her hus band. According to word received here, Charlton was converted by the chap lain on the liner Re D’ltalia, and Is thinking seriously of becoming amis 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 muider was committerr In Charlton’s confession, a copy of which has been under the scrutiny of the Crown’s Procuratore for some weeks, Charlton declared that he had been goaded to a frenzy by the con versation and actions of his wife. He charged that his wife was a woman of degraded mind and that her conver sation was replete with indecencies which he could not bear to hear. President Delayed On Trip to Cornish NEW HAVEN, CONN., Aug. 31.— 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. Railroads Paying Taxes; Teachers to Get More Money State Treasurer William J. Speer has received $239,509.79 from rail roads in payment of 1913 taxes. The total amount due from corporations Is $725,521.18. It probably will have been paid by September 10. Railroads which have p.-UI are: Central of Geoi la, $116,859.85; Southern. $91,r 17.82, 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 la, 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. ‘Blind’ Beggar Peeps At Slit Skirt; Jailed KANSAS CITY, Aug. 31.—M. J. McCarty, who wore a sign saying that he had »heen “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 skirl. Mother Away, Cries Herself to Death KANSAS CITY. Aug. 31.—Advices broken because her mother and uncla had gone to Leavenworth to visit a friend without her. Marry Harrison cried herself to death. She was 23 years old. +•+ •!••+ +•+ +•4’ +•+ +•+ +•+ *••!• +•+ •*•••► T, Wife Helps Sift Evidence Against Frank +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ •!••-!- +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ j SLAYER OF YOUTH HELD FOR MURDER Felix Diaz to Run For Presidency LONDON, Aug. 31.—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 Victoriano Iluerta. The election will be held Oc tober 16. Mexicans Resent Wilson’s Advice to Americans to Flee—Willing to Hear From President. MEXICO CITY, Augr. 31.—Heart- from Vera Cruz to-day stated that Special Envoy Lind would not wait longer than next Thursday for de velopments 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 return to Washington. Foreign Minister Gamboa indicates that the negotiations are ended so far as his Government is concerned and says that there will be no definite move on the part of the Mexican Gov ernment to resume the conversations. However. Senor Gamboa said that President Huerta Is open to any fur ther suggestions that President Wil son cares to make. Contrary to his purposes President Wilson’s repeated demands that Huerta repugn have started a presi dential boom for ttie incumbent of the National Palace. Although Huerta can not legally succeed himself he can follow the course adopted by Porflrlo Diaz of resigning on the eve of a presidential election and then being re-elected. In official circles resentment against. President Wilson’s advice to Ameri cans to flee- the country is growing. It was pointed out that under the Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty of 1848 Mexico Is bound to protect all Amer icans within her border. This treaty likewise governs inter national disputes between Mexico and the United States. Through disuse it fell into obscurity, and this is the first time that mention has been made of it. President Huerta, is preparing to to have the attention of Secretary Bryan called to the treaty. The suggestion has been made that President Wilson gave his advice to Americans not on account of present conditions here but because of con templated action by the United States. The railway line to Laredo was opened to-day after having been closed for a number of months. Reb els burned a number of bridges along the line and dynamited tracks. The Government will endeavor to keep the line open for troop movements. Forger Works New Game So Easily He Tries Again; Taken Gaines Presley, 22, a negro, tele phoned to a department store in Whitehall street, demanding that a half-dozen pairs of stockings and change for $5 be sent to No. 67 Gil mer street. When the messenger* ar rived, Gaines kept the stockings ai\d the change and gave a worthless check. But Gaines is ambitious. Fifteen minutes later he called up the same department store and gave the same order. This time two detectives went to No. 67 Gilmer street. Gaines is in jail, with a dozen charges, apparently One lor each of the stockings, against him. He had several checks signed “Mrs. A. King ” Editor Refusing to Retract Story Slain SULPHUR, OKLA., Aug. 31.—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 shotgun into the editor’s body. Woman on Parole Weds Her Jailer SHERIDAN, WYO., Aug. 31.— While on parole from j^entence of from four to fourteen years for vol untary manslaughter, Miss Jessie Carmen married former Sheriff Jack Neal, of Buffalo, Wyo., who was Sheriff of the jail In which Miss Carmen was incarcerated during her trial for the death of James McCoy of Sheridan. Bees To Be ‘Movie’ Actors for Uncle Sam > WASHINGTON. Aug. 31.—Bees as “movie” actors have been drafted in to service by the Department of Ag riculture. They will play stellar role.** in a aeries of films entitled “The Money Makers,” which will be used to edu cate farmers in handling these insects. Americans Gather at Port to Leave. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. VERA CRUZ, MEXICO, Aug. 31.— There are 150 Americans here either waiting to take passage for the Unit ed States or for developments which will make it possible to remain in 1 this country with safety. I Some of the Americans sought in terviews with John Lind, Special En voy of President Wilson, but Mr. Lind could give no information. For the present, it seems, Mr. Lind and his conferee. Foreign Minister Gamboa, are marking time. Consul General Shanklin in Mexico City has been authorized to furnisn passage money to any Americans who are temporarily out of funds. In spite of the protestations of the Mexican Government that all foreigners are safe, both Mr. Shanklir and Charge d’Affalres Nelson O’Shaughnessy are urging Americans to leave at once. The insistency with which Ameri cans are warned to leave the country has angered certain men of President Huerta's Cabinet. "This is not a countrv of brigands Continued on Page 2, Column 4. Mayor of Denver Operates On Son DENCER, Aug. 31.—Earl Perkins was operated upon for appendicitis by his father, Mayor J. M. Perkins, while his uncles, Msrs. C. C. and I. B. Perkins, assisted in administering the anesthetic. 9 Die in Explosion Of River Steamboat PITTSBURG, Aug. 31.—Nine men were killed and six injured to-dav when the steamer Alice was blown up In the Ohio River at Zwickley. The explosion was caused by boiler trouble. Munich Refuses to Stand for ‘Trotting’ Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MUNICH, Aug. 31.—Turkey trotting In exaggerated form is considered a breach of law here. A young couple trotted in a public dance hall and were fined and jailed. Young Woman a Daily Visitor to Condemned Husband’s Cell in Fulton County Tower. Never abaltlng In her loyalty even after her husband had been convict ed of one of the most shocking crimes in the history of Georgia, Mrs. I^eo 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 ie 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 a a 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 yea»*s 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 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 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 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 hLs life. Reuben Arnold, who has been rest ing for a few days since the trial, is expected to be back at work at the case next week. A long fight in the courts is anticipated before Frank’s fate finally 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 i months of litigation. Walton Griffith Hit By Auto; Seeks Girl Driver Who Went On I Walton Griffith, former University of Georgia and Atlanta Athletic Club basketball star and now an insurance agent In the Alfrlend Building, was walking with the aid of a heavy cane Saturday as the result of contact Friday afternoon with an electric au tomobile on Luckle street opposite the Piedmonf Hotel. Mr. Griffith de clared that he would like to know who it was struck him. but that the girl driving the car kept'going and he was busy attending to a badly sprained left ankle. Mr. Griffith was on the way to the postofflee to buy some stamps, antf then he Intended to go home for lunch. As he stepped off the curb the car hit him, and a well-dressed young woman exclaimed, "Good Lord, I didn’t see him at all!” There were three other women in the electric, but they made no ef fort to stop. Episcopal Church to Drop Davidson Case RICHMOND, Aug. 31.—It was an nounced to-day that Episcopal Church authorities have decided not to press charges against the Rev. Charles S. Davidson, former rector of the Church of the Epiphany, Atlanta, who recently sprung a sensation by burn ing his vestments at Monticello and repudiating the church. In fact, the Rev. Mr. Davidson voluntarily placed himself bej^ond the jurisdiction of the church by this spectacular action, rendering prosecution by the church unnecessary, it is stated. The hearing of charges which had reference to his conduct while rector at Buchanan, Va., was scheduled to take place In Roanoke In September 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 to the Comptroller General by July 1. Judge Hart said the efficacy of the new' law depends upon the character of the assessors. $4,300 Confederate Bills on Prisoner The finding by the police of $4,300 in Confederate bills, suspiciously ar ranged In a big wallet so as to ex hibit merely the denominations, lead the police to believe they nabbed a smooth swindler when they arrested Dennis Camp, a negro. The wallet was found In the negro’s home when officers took him into custody on the charge of burglary. Recorder Pro Tem Preston Satur day morning ordered him held In bond of $1,000 in two cases of burg lary, the robbery of two negro houses. Miraflores Locks Pass Safety Test Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PANAMA, Aug. 31.—The Miraflores locks were pronounced water-tight, after water had been turned into them for a teat. The last Pacific Ocean dyke will be dynamited Sunday and the water let Into the canal as far as Mira flores. ACCUSED SLAYER DENIED BOND CHATTANOOGA, Aug. 31.—The perliminary hearing of Pete Shipp, charged with killing Squire C. A. Be dell, was continued before Magistrate Ben Bush to-day until next Wednes day Shipp, who was arrested at Oakdale, after being recognized by a railroad engineer, wag denied bond. BOY IS SHOT 81 BAIL EBT Columbus Court Officer. Held as Slayer, Condemned for Fatal j Gun Play. 3Jj COI.UMBTTS, Aur. 31.—Shot flow* by an officer of the law for an aka leged offemse for which cornrictio^ would at best have meant only a ahorfll chalngang sentence, the body of La—, ther Hawkins, an 18-year-old yoolfe said to bo from Atlanta, to-day lie* in the morgue of a Columbus under-* taker. It will be shipped to Hapw ville, where Hawkins' parents reside^ Hawkins was killed because lacked 50 cents of sufficient money t# pay a small board bill and ran to cape arrest by the offl< er call ad try an irate landlord. R. W. Willis, a bailiff, is in j;** charged with murder, us he fired tb*% shot that killed the youth. Charles Jordan Is the landlord w'ho sought Hawkins’ arrest that resulted in th* youth’s death. No effort will oo made to secure bail for Willte nnr.H his preliminary hearing early ntxfe week Luther Hawkins, his brother, Anm drew, and another youth came to Co lumbus earlier In the week seeking w’ork 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 an4 counted it. They lacked 50 cents of having enough to meet the bill. The landlord said he would haw* them arrested and locked In jail for beating a board bill unless they paid the whole amount. Making good hte* threat, Jordan telephoned to tl»* Sheriff’s office and asked that an offi cer be sent to his boarding house, BallifT Willis was detailed to answerf the call. Told Boys to Run. Mrs. Jordan realized the plight thm boys were in and sympathized with them, disapproving of the. course taken by her husband. She told them to run. They did. Jordan and! the bailiff started in pursuit In a< buggy. They soon overtook Lutes** Hawkins and called on him to stoo* Fearing he would be landed in jatV the frightened youth kept going. The* Bailiff Willis drew his platol and fired. The bullet struck Hawkins in thd back of the head, going through th* skull and lodging over the right ey<* 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 his home. He denied any intent tes kill Hawkins, declaring that he had fired only to frighten him, and aime<$ above his head. Citizens of Columbus to-day ar® condemning the killing as unjustifl-* able and unwarranted. It is declare.* that the offense for which Hawkin# was sought did not even warrant th* officer in firing at him, even merely t* frighten him. Sympathy is with the slain youth, his brother and companion. A brother of young f Hawkins asked the Atlanta police department to noti- | fy the Columbus authorities to have the body sent here, and was referred to a local uncLertsUier. __