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VOL. XII. NO. 31. ATLANTA GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1913. 8y c I«o , r f 5r„V 2 CENTS. *3^°
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HUERTA, DEFIANT, OPENS CAMPAIGN; ’as'Tondon"punch seS u's. 1ARBDNPIDT
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Exclusive Macon
Club Attacked by
Pastor in Sermon
Affidavit Alleged to Declare Juror
Said He’d “Hang Frank Re
gardless of Evidence.”
An important movement in the bat
tle for the life of Leo M. Frank, sen
tenced to be hanged October 10 for
the murder of Mary Phagan, was dis
closed Monday in the information
that a rigid investigation is being
conducted into the record of everv
man on the jury which convicted him
of the crime, with a view of running
down the stories that several of the
jurors had a well-defined bias against
the defendant before they went into
the jury box.
This information wa$i supplemented
by the sensational statement that an
affidavit was in possession of persons
interested in behalf of the convicted
man, which stated that one of the
veniremen had declared in the pres
ence of two or three witnesses that it
he got on the jury he “would vote to
hang Frank, regardless of the evi
dence."
This affidavit is said to be corrob
orated by the verbal statements of
one or two other persons who were
present at the time the remark is said
to have been made. The reports of
bias in respect to several others of
the jurors are being Investigated.
Solicitor Dorsey is entirely confi
dent of his ability to prove that Frank
had a fair trial.
Means Much to Defense.
If this attitude of bias and preju
dice can be established in reference to
one or more of the jurymen the de
fense will have won a vital victory in
its battle for a new trial, the motion
for which will be argued October 4
before Judge Roan.
The allegation of prejudice, how
ever, will be only one of the grounds
on which Frank’s lawyers will ask a
new trial. It will be their claim that
the verdict was not warranted an2
was not borne out by the evidence in
the case.
They will charge that the jurors
were subjected to undue influen e
and intimidation by the clamor of
the crowds that several times mani
fested their hostility toward Frank
and their approval of Dorsey’s ef
forts to convict him
A strong fight also will be made «n
the fact tnat parts of Conley’s testi
mony, admittedly incompetent at the
time they were given, were allowed
to stay in the records when the de
fense made an objection on the fol
lowing day.
Detective* Seek New Evidence.
Solicitor Dorsey is combating every
move of the defense. He has convict
ed his man; he believes absolutely
In his guilt of the prisoner, and n-i
does not intend that any effort o
save Frank's life shall be successful.
The Solicitor has three detectives
working on the case whenever ad
ditional information comes to his of
fice. Detectives Starnes. Campbell
and Rosser have been detailed on
•ertain angles, just as they were be
fore the trial and before the State
was rewarded with a conviction.
Dorsey is said to have a score of
new r witnesses in readiness in the event
that the defense is able to get a new
trial from Judge Roan or the Su
preme Court. One of them is said to
be a Jailer who was on guard In
Frank’s part of the Tower during the
period before the trial.
Indictment of Conley-
Expected Tuesday.
The ca fc e against Jim Conley,
charged with being an accessory after
the fact in the murder of Mary Pha
gan, will be taker, up by the Grand
Jury Tuesday morning, according to
Solicitor Dorsey. Instructions were
given by the Solicitor Monday to his
assistant. E. A. Stephens, to have all
papers regarding the case ready.
MACON, Sept. 8.—The Log Cabin
Club. Macon society’s exclusive coun
try organization, was criticised se
verely by the Rev. W. N. Ainsworth,
pastor of the Mulberry Street Meth
odist Church, in his sermon last
night.
“No self-respecting mother will al
low her daughter to attend the
dances at that club,” he declared.
He said that a visitor to Macon at
tended one of the dancese last week.
"What kind of people come here?” he
asked. “The best people of Macon.”
was the reply. “Well, if these are the
best, then heaven pity the worst,’’ Dr.
Ainsworth quoted him as saying.
Pastor Dies Hero as
He Saves Neighbor
In Gas-Filled Well
CALHOUN, Sept. 8.—T1 Rev. W.
A. Hall, a Baptist minister, lost his
life rescuing R. L. W T orley. a neigh
bor, who had become overcome by
gas in an old well. The tragedy oc
curred on Worley's farm near Cal
houn.
Worley received a fractured skull
in his fall into the well and is not ex
pected to recover.
Rev. Mr. Hall was a brother of J.
A. Hall, of Decatur, editor oT The
DeKalb New Era.
Morse to Start Line
Of Steamers to South
BALTIMORE, Sept. 8.—Informa
tion from an unimpeachable source
is that Charles W. Morse, ex-banker
and ex-convict, will start a steam
ship service between New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk and
points South soon.
Already steamers are under con
struction not many miles from New
York. They will be competition with
the Clyde Line steamers, and will ca
ter to freight service.
Tango All Too Tame;
Hitchy Koo the Thing
PITTSBURG. Sept. 8 — Dancing
masters of Western Pennsylvania and
Eastern Ohio have declared the tango
too tame, and its successor is to be
the hitchy koo.
In the hitchy koo. the turkey trot,
the bunny hug and the tango are
combined.
Underwood Defers
Decision on Race
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—As soon
as the tariff bill becomes a law Rep
resentative Underwood is expected to
announce whether he proposes to re
tain the House leadership or seek
election to the Senate from Alabama.
If Mr. Underwood enters ^he race
he will have Governor Clayton and
Representative Hobson as his op
ponents.
Evelyn Sees Movies
Of Thaw in Prison
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—For nearly
an hour Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wear
ing her gorgeous stage costume, sat
in a darkened auditorium and
watched motion pictures of Harry
K. Thaw's life in jail.
Friends Banquet T.R.
As He Goes on Hunt
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Invitations
to the big farewell dinner to Colon ±1
Roosevelt to be given by the Progres
sives on the New York Roof Garden
on October 3, the nightfbefore he sails
for South America, arc out. They are
signed by Timothy L. A^'oodruff as
chairman.
Jury of Women to
Try 'X-Ray' Wearer
TUCSON, AR1Z.. Sept. 8—Arrested
for wearing a diaphanous gown. Miss
Claire Simmons demanded a trial by a
jury of women
Her request was granted.
Thaw's Nemesis Guarded by Po
lice From Crowds as He Faces
Gambling Charge,
COATTCOOK, QUEBEC. Sept. 8.—
The Canadian authorities to-day took
every possible precaution to protect
William Travers Jerome from vio
lence at the hands of an embittered
public. Threats that even went to
the point of urging the shooting of
the former New York District Attor
ney impelled the authorities to pro
vide special protection for him.
Jerome is due to arrive here at noon
from Montreal to answer t$»e charge
of gambling, and special policemen
had orders to see that the Inflamed
state of public opinion did not lead
to an open attack on Thaw’s nemesis.
The hearing on the gambling charge
will be held before Justice Mulvena
late this afternoon, the case having
been transferred from the court of
Justice of the Peace McKee.
In the meantime Harry K. Thaw
is still at the immigrant detention
rooms. He will be taken to Mon
treal some time this week to appear
before Judge Gervais on the writ of
habeas returnable September 15.
The escaped Matteawan slayer be
lieves that his ultimate liberty was
never freer from obstacles than it is
to-day. Counsel for the slayer of
Stanford White plan to make bitter
attacks on the Canadian immigration
laws.
Evelyn Thaw Billed
For Canadian Cities.
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Evelyn Nes
bit Thaw soon will be in Canada,
probably in the same city with Harry
K. Thaw, in case the fight to deport
him is long drawn out, and as ex
pected, he is kept in Montreal or re
leased on bail.
She has signed a contract for a
theatrical tour. She is to appear in
Toronto on September 29 for a week
and play the week following in Mon
treal.
Soul Weight 4 7-16 oz;
It's Like Sponge Cake
CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—The correct av
erage weight of the human sou! is
4 7-16 ounces.
This statement was made before the
Theosophical Society, which ended its
open sessions here to-day hv Mrs. Marie
Russak, special envoy of Mrs. Annie
Besant, supreme head of the organiza
tion.
The soul, she said, does not improve
with weight. It is like sponge cake A
heavy, soggy soul is an inferior one.
Chinese Book Bares
Smugglers' Secrets
CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—A systematic in
vestigation of the smuggling into the
United States of girls for immoral pur
poses, Chinese laborers and opium was
begun over the country to-day following
ihe revelations contained in a little black
book of Chinese secrets found by the
Chicago police in searching for the
murderer of Charles Sing, a wealthy
Chinese merchant.
The contents of the book were kept
secret by the Immigration authorities
Chops Off Thumb To
Get Out of the Navy
NEWPORT, R. I . Sept. 8 —Leonard
L. McMillan, a landsman of the Naval
Training School, admitted, according to
the officers, that he had chopped his
thumb off with an ax because he want
ed to get out of the navy.
Government Paper Proclaims His
Right to Run—Seek Loophole
to Dodge Constitutional Bar.
By N. A. JENNINGS.
(Special Correspondent of Hearst
Newspapers.)
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 8.—There is
not the slightest doubt that Huerta
will be a candidate in the Presiden
tial election on Octbber 26. How this
will be accomplished when a consti
tutional amendment forbids a Presi
dent holding more than one term Is
not worked out, but a way will be
found. Huerta will run and be
elected.
The fact that he is merely Presi
dent ad interim will probably pro
vide a loophole for constitutional
lawyers to show the way for his can
didacy. His campaign was opened
to-day when El Noticloso, a Govern
ment evening newspaper, printed an
article, apparently inspired, saying:
“General Huerta holds the right to
figure in the approaching elections,
and it* is absurd to pretend to elim
inate the man who has shown such
aptitude for governing the nation ’’
Minister Gamboa reiterated to-day
that Huerta never said he would not
be a candidate, which is considered
here tantamount to saying he will
be.
Despite the objections of the Min
ister of Hacienda, or agriculture, to
accepting a domestic loan, it will be
raised by order of Huerta, and $100,-
000.000 Mexican, or $50,000,000 in gold,
is expected by Government officials
from this source within a few weeks.
Wilson T. Reprimand
O’Shannessy for Error.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 8—That a
grave mistake lips been made by
Charge d’Affaires ’O’Shaughnessy by
issuing a public statement that Pres
ident Huerta has given no assurances
that he would not be a candidate for
Mexican President, became apparent
at the White Houte to-day.
President Wilson is In rather a bel
ligerent mood to-day regarding
O’Shaughnessy’s direct contradiction
of the official confirmation given last
week that the President believes that
Huerta has given a most explicit
promise to eliminate himself from the
presidential* race.
The indications are that the Presi
dent will reprimand O’Shaughnessy.
although this probably will not be
made public.
The President does not lay great
stress on reports of overnight changes
in the Mexican situation. He believes
these reports often are made for the
purpose of muddying the waters.
Consequently the dispatches from
Mexico City to the effect that it will
be impossible to hold the election Oc
tober 26. as required by the Mexican
Constitution, do not cause him worry.
Griffin to Ballot on
Educational Board
GRIFFIN, Sept. 8.—Griffin Is in a
wrangle over the ?kration on Sep
tember 17 of a school board. Two
tickets are in the field, and much
hustling is being engaged in by
both parties—the conservatives and
the progressives.
For over a generation the Board f
Education here has been self-perpe*-
uating. At the recent General As
sembly Henry Connor, Spalding’s
Representative., secured the passage
of a bill amending the city charter
whereby voters are allowed to elect
the Board of Education.
SCENTED IN
BLAZE
New Chickasaw Inn Is Attacked by
Firebugs as the Date of Its
Opening Nears. J j
MEMPHIS, TENN., Sept. 8.—ftr«M
men to-day discovered a deliberate
attempt had been made to burn tha
new $1,000,000 Chickasaw Hotel,
which was almost complete and wa#
to have been opened October 1.
The blaze was extinguished afte»
considerable loss had been suffered.
The firemen say it was evident that
careful plans had been made to de-
stroy al! perishable content* of thu
fireproof structure.
No arrests have been made.
The new Chickasaw stands at Lin
den and Main streets. It contain®
400 rooms, of which 300 are equipped
with private baths.
The Gayoso Hotel Company, which
owns and operates the Gayoso and
Peabody Hotels. is building the
Chickasaw, which is Intended to rival
the magnificence of the two others
The opening was to have been Sep
tember 1, but delays made postpone
ment for a month necessary. L. P_
Parker is general manager of th#
Gayoso Hotel Company.
President Woodrow Wilson, U. S. A.—If you don’t take care I shall
have to treat you the same way as Europe treats the Turk.
Mexico—And how’s that?
President Woodrow Wilson—Well, I shall have to—to go on wagging
my finger at you.
:;New Haven Denies
Receiver Is Likely
BOSTON, Sept. 8.—Howard Elliott,
president of the New Haven road, is '
in Boston to-day preparing to pre
sent to-morrow to the Public UtJli-
ties Commission the railroad’s pro- j
posal to issue $67,550,000 in debenture
bonds.
Mr. Elliott declared there was no
immediate possibility that the road
will go Into a receivership. For the
month of July, he said, the road’s :
earnings equaled all expenses and
taxes, one-twelfth of the annual
charge for dividends and interest, and
a $200,000 surplus.
Third of Black Bandit
Gang Held for Trial
John Evans, third member of a
gang of negro highwaymen who, un
der the leadership of Gordon Bailey,
known as “Snowball,” formerly negro
elevator boy at the National Pencil
Company, and witness at the Frank
trial, held up and robbed Lon Chap
man, No. 79 Parsons street, of $45,
and Edwin Darden, a negro, % of $2.50.
was bound over under $1,000 bond
Monday by Recorder Broyles.
"Snowball” and Will Page, another
negro, were bound over to a higher
court for the same offenses last week.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia — Showers Monday
and Tuesday.
Dixie Convict Dodges
40 Chicago Sleuths
CHICAGO. Sept. 8. John (“Desper
ate”) Desmond, a fugitive convict from
the I^ouisiana penitentiary at Baton
Rouge, is being sought to-day in Chi
cago.
He was arrested here and escaped
from a window while 40 city detectives
were seated in the next room.
Savannah Women
To Help Float Bonds
SAVANNAH, Sept. 8.—Savannah
society women have been enlisted in
the ranks of the progressives to help
float a $200,000 bond issue to erect
an auditorium here.
Mrs. W. P. Bailey, head of the
Women’s Federation, will establish
headquarters in the Chamber of Com
merce to-day and begin an active
campaign to see every registered vot
er. She will be aided by members of
the younger set.
Two Lads Drowned;
Branch Saves Third
Lipton Snubs Peers in
Anglo-American Book
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Sept. 8.—“I think it
would be far better if we talked
less and did more to show our friend
ship with the United States.”
Sir Thomas Lipton thus laconically
snubbed half the British peerage
when asked to join them in contrib
uting a sentiment to Oliver Bain-
bridge's book “Lesson of the Anglo-
American Peace Centenary.”
WAYCROSS, Sept. 8 When they
Jumped into water ten feet deep, think
ing it was only a few feet, Dick Llth-
erland. Jr., aged 19, and Robert Harrell,
aged ’.3. drowned early to-day in the
Sat ilia River seven miles from here.
Charlie Deimage caught an over
hanging limb, to which he dung until
his cries for help brought assistance.
50c a Week Too High;
Will Cut "Expenses"
ITHACA. N. Y. Sept. 8.—Miss
Clara Loewusi, of Towanda. Pa., who
lived for twenty weeks on $10 last
spring while a student in the Ithaca
Conservatory of Music, has sent word
to the faculty that she will be back
here this fall, and proposes to con
tinue her meager diet.
She says she will try to cut the 50-
cent-a-w'eek diet by a few cents.
Railways to Boost
Southeast at Fairs
Educational exhibits will be made
at nine Southern State and general
fairs and 26 county and district fairs
during the coming fall by the South
ern Railway and affiliated lines.
The roads aim to bring the advan
tages of the section before its own
people and to assist the movement for
better farm conditions in the South
east.
Heir of Rothschild
Ill on Tour of U. S.
CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—Erich Von Gold
schmidt-Rothschild, youthful scion of
the family of money kings, laughed at
his private physician when the man of
medicine told him to-day he was a sick
young man.
Dr Von Varendorff said indications
were that his charge appeared to have
a touch of malaria, but that he expected
the illness to be slight.
Victory for 'Drys' in
Tennessee Foreseen
NASHVILLE, TENN., Sept. 8.—Dem
ocrats in the General Assembly, which
convenes to-day In extra session, pre
sent a broken line and the Fusionists
are confident of enacting Governor
Hooper's radical prohibition bills, on
which a bitter tight has been made.
Income Tax Denied
to States for Roads
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 —By a vote of
14 to 54 the Senate to-day defeated Sen
ator Dillingham’s amendment to appor
tion among the several States for road
building during the next two years the
proceeds of the income tax, provided the
States appropriate equal amounts.
Georgia Man Dies at
107; Wife,98,Survives
SAVANNAH. GA., Sept. 8.—Patrick
Kenney, of Willacoochee, died here
yesterday in his 107th year.
He was said to be th^e oldest man in
Georgia at the time of his death. His
wife, who survives him, is 98.
German Forces in T5
To Number 11,000,000
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, Sept. 8.—Col. Richard
Gaedke, the military writer, in an ar
ticle on the future German army fig
ures, says that in 1925 Germany will
control 11,000.000 fighting men. in
cluding. in addition to the regular^
the landwehr and landsturm. 5.380.-1
000 men in w'hich can be mobilized,
although not trained, in a short time.
Master McLean Cured
By a Minstrel Show
NEWPORT, Sept. 8.—Mr. and Mrs,
Edward B. McLean had a company of
negro mlnstrets-at their farm to en
tertain their son, Master Vincent, who
had not been feeling right for a day
or so.
After the entertainment the child
was himself again.
10,000 See Death of
Pair on Honeymoon
DENVER. Sept. 8.—Henry W Smitli
and his bride of four days were drown^yf
in City Park l,ake in the presence of
10.000 persons.
Their pleasure skiff capsized at th®
electric fountain when Mrs. Smitli
moved to one side in the seat to es
cape the spray.
U. S. CYCLIST KILLED.
COLOGNE. GERMANY, Sept. 8.—.J
Gus I^awson. an American cyclist, and 1
Scheurmann, a German rider, were
killed to-day. and Meinhoid. another,
rider, fatally hurt when a tire on,
Lawson’s motorcycle burst, throwing
the racers to the bottom of the tracks