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ALWAYS FIRST ® ® The SUNDA Y AMERICAN Orrl.r it- MOW The Atlanta Georgian. Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS---Use for Results EVENING EDITION Both Phones Main 100 1- - VOL. XII. NO. 31. ATLANTA GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1913. 8y c I«o , r f 5r„V 2 CENTS. *3^° ATTEMPT TO FIRE $1,000,000 HOTEL +•+ -r • *1* +•+ v • *r + • + +• + +• + +•+ + • + +• + +• + v • 4* • +•+ H-*+ +•+ +•+ +*H* +•+ 4-* + LA WYERS WORK TO SHO W FRANKJUR Y PREJUDICED +•* +•* +•+ *•+ +•+ +•+ , +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ I I HUERTA, DEFIANT, OPENS CAMPAIGN; ’as'Tondon"punch seS u's. 1ARBDNPIDT GANADI HR SELECT! US ‘ I Exclusive Macon Club Attacked by Pastor in Sermon Affidavit Alleged to Declare Juror Said He’d “Hang Frank Re gardless of Evidence.” An important movement in the bat tle for the life of Leo M. Frank, sen tenced to be hanged October 10 for the murder of Mary Phagan, was dis closed Monday in the information that a rigid investigation is being conducted into the record of everv man on the jury which convicted him of the crime, with a view of running down the stories that several of the jurors had a well-defined bias against the defendant before they went into the jury box. This information wa$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