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ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1913. B y c l«oUTco. 2 CENTS.
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MILLIONAIRE TAKES UP. FIGHT FOR DAUGHTER
KISSING CHARGE A PLOT,
iSAYS POLICE CAPTAIN
< aptain J. W. Norman, suspended for alleged spooning in
Grant Park, posing with one of the zoo cockatoos.
circulation money BILL
Texas Governor’s Report of Mas
sacre and Pillage Across the
Border to Go to Senate.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—Senator
Penrose, it was learned to-day, will
charge on the floor of the Senate that
more than 1,000 Americans have been
killed in Mexico since the present
“reign of terror” began. The Senator
will cite as his authority Governor
Colquitt of Texas.
Governor Colquitt’s amazing
charges as to what has occurred in
Mexico are in the hands of several
Senators and members of the House.
He says:
"With scores of American women
mistreated and 1,000 American citi
zens murdered; with pillage, black
mail and ransom on every hand in
defiance of American citizenship, the
situation in Mexico is beyond endur
ance.
"If Huerta tells President Wilson
to play his next card it means he
will have to invade Mexico or stultify
himself or hi* State Department.
President Wilson will have to fight
or make a Joke of his State Depart
ment and a rag of his nation’s honor.
"When I say scores of American
women have been ill-treated by Mex
icans, I speak the truth absolutely.
I personally know of such instances
in which the victims were acquaint
ances of mine or my personal friends.
"Texas has 900 miles of b6rder on
the Mexican frontier. It has been
my business to protect Texas citizens
from Mexican putrages, and I have
done so with a firm hand. I got more
satisfaction from President Taft than
I do from President Wilson.
"The handling of the Mexican situ
ation is a farce. Texas wilL take care
of her own citizens at all hazards,
and the United States can do as it
pleases. But let the Mexicans keep
their hands off our citizens and our
women.”
Refugees Flee
To Galveston.
GALVESTON, Sept. 9.—The steam
ship Mexicana arrived here to-day
with 170 American refugees from
Tampico and Vera Cruz, Mexico.
They were aided in leaving Mexico
by the Red Cross and the United
States officials. They declared that
more Americans would arrive here -
soon.
Death of Cardinal
Changes Papal Plan
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Sept, 9.—The body of Car
dinal Joseph Vtves y Tuto, who died
in Monte Porzio, was brought here
to-day for burial in Verano Ceme
tery. The deceased was the confes
sor of Pope Pius X.
The death of Cardinal Tuto will
disarrange the papal plans of suc
cession, it is believed. He virtually
had been selected to act for the aged
Cardinal Oreglla, who would rule
temporarily should the Pope die.
Growth of the Georgian
and Hearst’s Sunday
American
Below is given the daily circulation
a; The Georgian for the past three
months, so that readers may obtain
some idea of how rapidly their fa
vorite evening newspaper is growing:
CIRCULATION OF THE GEORGIAN
FOR JUNE
June 2
June 3
June 4
June 5
June
June 10
June 11
June 12
June 13
June 14
June 16
June 17
June 18
June 19
June 20
June 21
June 23
June 24
June 25
June 26
June 27
June 28
June 30
49,725
52,609
53,494
62,692
51,311
49,114
48,862
48,007
49,540
49,228
49.691
49,536
55,119
60,141
49,083
48,860
48,934
47,490
50,127
51,065
60,774
50.877
51,487
50,349
53,806
CIRCULATION OF THE GEORGIAN
FOR JULY
July
July
July
-July
July
July
July
July
July 10
July 11
July 12
July 14 51
July 15
July 16
JulyU7
July 18
July 19
July 21
54
51
52.
61,
50,
52,
July 22 ... - 53,
July 23 52,
July 24 «, 51
July 25 54.
July 26 54
July 28 64.
July 29 63,
July 30 64
July 31 63
,671
.401
.063
,988
,308
,956
,326
823
,761
,778
,948
,867
077
980
077
419
997
750
48
828
608
596
378
567
113
340
864
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CIRCULATION OF THE GEORGIAN
FOR AUGUST
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August 9
August 11
August 12
August 13
August 14
August 15
August 16
August 18
August 19
August 20
64
65,
74
74,
76,
75,
77,
73,
73,
72,
73,
70,
72.
71,
75.
74
75
397
453
244
857
297
002
387
523
742
743
455
709
139
534
623
669
403
208
,306
372
208
960
502
831
681
761
the weather.
forecast for Atlanta and
irgia—Fair Tuesday, show-
Wednssday.
—
August 21 76,
August 22 77
August 23 79
August 25 • 131,
August 26 98,
August 27 82.
August 28 77,
August 29 76
August 30 74,
Circulation of
The Sunday
American
The circulation of The Sunday
American follows, from the date of
first publication, April 6, to the last
Sunday in August:
April 6 87,828
April 13 . ... 80,612
April 20 79,300
April 27 77,305
May 4 77,729
May 11 78,061
May 18 78,379
May 25 76,914
June 1 74,353
June 8 76,107
June 15... 80,683
June 22 85,^09
Jure 29 82,478
July 6 87.599
July 13 85.851
Julv 20 86.175
July 27 86,864
August 3 88.836
August 10 95,827
August 17 95,841
August 24 101,259
August 31 . .... ... 102,487 I
Credits Extension,CurrencyBonds
Retirement and Aid for U. S.
Bankers Abroad Features.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—The
Glass currency reform bill was for
mally reported to the House to-day,
Chairman Glass presenting a report
signed Dy all the Democratic mem
bers of the House Banking and Cur
rency Committee, in which it was
claimed that the fundamental fea
tures of the bill are:
Creation of a point mechanism
for the extension of credit to
banks which possess sound as
sets and which desire to liquidate
them to meet legitimate indus
trial, commercial and agricul
tural demands.
Ultimate retirement of the
present bond-secured currency
with the substitution therefor of
a more flexible medium of ex
change.
Provision for the extension of
American banking facilities for
foreign countries.
Coincident with the presentation
of this report, a report was presented
on behalf of the Republican members
of the committee condemning three
of the leading features of the bill.
The minority memiJT^rs claimed
that the powers conferred by the bill
upon the Federal reserve board were
too great and there was extreme
danger that the board would be used
for corrupt partisan purposes.
The majority report predicts that
the twelve Federal reserve banks
provided for by the bill will have
joint resources of about $550,000,000
with which to begin business. Of j
this amount compulsory subscrip
tions of stock from the capital stock
of over 7,000 national banks will be
$100,000,000. Transfer of Govern
ment deposits in Federal depositories
to the Federal reserve banks, it is
estimated, will be $130,000,000.
$300,000,000 Federal Reserve Fund.
From this statement It is deduced
that the Federal reserve banks will
start business with cash resources of
about $300,000,000. The remaining
$250,000,000 would be made up of re
serves which under the terms of the
bill would be transferred to the vaults
of the reserve banks. The majority
members admit that "It can not be
predicted confidently how many State
banks would apply for or be granted
admission to the new system.”
The majority report discusses the
inadequacy of the present disposition
of the bank reserves to provide liquid
resources for the business of the
country and declares the only way of
solving the problem Is by placing the
reserves in duly qualified institutions
which shall ask the primary in in
terest.
The transfer of reserves from the
banks to the Federal reserve banks
can be accomplished, according to the
Democratic members of the commit
tee, without embarrassing any finan
cial interests, but on the contrary will
have the beneficial effect of permit
ting the banks to develop longer lines
of useful credit.
The provision in the bill providing
for the retirement of the Government
2 per cent bonds, which have the cir
culation privilege, and exchanging for
3 per cent bonds, without the circu
lation privilege, is declared to be “an
excellent business policy for the Gov
ernment.”
Bonds Cost U. 8. $7,500,000.
The circulation privilege, the report
declares, is worth at least 1 per cent,
and “the banks get no undue consid
eration from the Government.”
The cost to the Government of the
conversion of these bonds will be
$7,500,000. or about 1 per cent of the
value of all the bonds concerned. The
report asserts that the "compulsion”
features of the bill, that is, the fea
tures requiring national banks to sub
scribe to the stock of the reserve
banka, is not unfair .to the banks.
Another Long Plea
To Free Ollie Taylor
Arrives From Idaho
Ollie Taylor, who gained national
fame through distorted reports of his
"imprisonment”* for the theft of a
bottle of coca-cola, jumped into the
limelight again Tuesday when a
lengthy petition urging Governor Sla
ton to pardon "the much-maligned
youth” was received at the executive
office from Boise City, Idaho.
Secretary Perry consigned the doc
ument to the waste basket.
The youngster was released from
the reform school more than two
months ago. His sentence was an in
determinate one, so that all the agi
tation about his "eleven-year term”
was unwarranted.
Grand Jury Takes
Case of Mrs. Godbee
MILLEN, GA., Sept. 9.—The Grand
Jury to-day called for witnesses in
the investigation of the case of Mrs.
Edna M. Godbee, who slew her former
husband. Judge Walter S. Godbee and
his young bride.
It is expected that it will require
only a short time to obtain the in
dictment, as the shooting was seen
by several persons, and no conflict
ing statements are expected.
Boll Weevil Wiggle
Success at Tybee
SAVANNAH. Sept. 9—Lee Wor
sham's quarantine on the boll weevil
did not come soon enough to prevent
the entrance into Savannah of its
most meritorious by-product, the boll
weevil wiggle.
It was officially tried out at Tybee
last night and given preference over
the mermaid meander and some rath
er new dances from the ^ast.
Crusading Recorder
Gets Drunk; Resigns
TIFTON, Sept. 9.—After waging
war on blind tigers for months, Tif-
ton’s Recorder has fallen a victim in
his own crusade.
He was summoned to appear before
the Mayor on a charge of drunken
ness, and handed in his resignation
as Recorder. It will be accepted by
Council.
Promoter Expected to Revive Old
Divorce Charges to Secure
Child From Ex-Wife.
McAdoo Offends
Senatorial Dignity
WASHINGTON. Se D t. 9 —The Sen
ate has rebuked Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo for a breach of of
ficial courtesy. He had sent to the
Senate an amendment to the income
tax amendment of the tariff bill which
he wished incorporated.
Such communications can only be
made through the President, accord
ing to Washington etiquette.
Officers Guard Man
To Prevent Suicide
BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 9.—-Coroner
Spain instructed guards at the Coro
ner's inquest U-day to watch closely
Gus Campisi, who yesterday killod
his girl-wife and then shot himself.
Campisi was removed from the
hospital to the jail to-day to pre
vent his killing himself.
Predicts Own Death
Within Year; Killed
CLARKESVILLK. Sept. 9.—Henry
Sutton, an aged and well-to-do farm
er, was killed w'hile attempting to
halter a bull in the pasture of his
farm near here.
He was a member of the Millen
nium Dawn sect and had predicted
that he would die before October,
1914.
Youngest Son Just
Born; Eldest Is 61
SPARTANBURG, S. G, Sept. 9 —
When L. M. Grant, ag*ed 61, called at
the family home here, he found his
father, O. P. Grant, aged 88, cod
dling a tiny baby.
Aged Mr. Grant proudly introduced
the infant a& hia youngest son.
J. E. Barlow, millionaire promoter
and the central figure In a dozen
deals that have astounded financiers
by their boldness, will pause In At
lanta Wednesday on his way from
Cuba to New York to take up the
fight for the custody of his daughter,
Madeline, 8 years old, who Is living
with her mother, Barlow’s divorced
wife, at No. 219 West Peachtree
street.
Barlow Is known as a fighting man
and he has given his word that he
will have possession of his daughter.
He does not propose to relinqulsn
the legal battle until custody is re
stored to him by the court which once
before awarded him possession.
He is going to New York to swing
a big railroad deal, but t^i# can wait,
he declares, if he finds it necessary
to stay In Atlanta to contest the ac
tion of his former wife, Mrs. Edith P.
Barlow, who has become a profes
sional masseuse in Atlanta since her
separation from him.
Climax Expeotod In Suit.
The pretty little girl has been the
cause of a number of sensational In
cidents. not the least exciting of
wh|bh was an alleged attempt f>n the
part of the mother to spirit her out
of a hotel at Lumpkin, Ga., and catch
a 3 o'clock morning train out of town.
The fight, which has been waged
with varying fortunes, promises to
have its climax when the present lit
igation comes to an issue.
Barlow made charges of immorali
ty against his wife when he obtained
his divorce from her in 1C 11. These
may be revived and form an Impor
tant part of the proceedings when a
decision is being reached as to who
Is the more fit to have the care and
training of the younr- child.
Barlow’s career, which finds him
negotiating big business deals one
day and fighting for the custody of
his little girl the next, reads like a
romance. He has risen like a meteor
in the heavens of finance and he has
fallen even more suddenly. His fall,
however, apnears to have been the
rsult of unfortunate and unavoidable
circumstances rather than of poo*
business Judgment.
Fought W*y to ths Top.
As a youth he had few educational
advantages. He simply fought his
way upward. He was a Stewart
County (Ga.) boy. a few year*
ago he went to Florida. It was not
long before he was worth thousands
of dollars and was the owner of a
great acreage of orange groves. Just
as he was about to reap the results
of his investment misfortune sent an
Icy blast on his orange trees and he
was made a pauper almost in a single
nlgbt.
Being a fighter, he was not discour
aged. He went to Cuba. Sensing the
inflation of values that would follow
the Spanlsh-Amerlcan War, he ob
tained options on large tracts of land
about Havana. The sale of these has
made him rich again. Now he Is
rated at several times a millionaire
He has the confidence of financiers
in New York, Paris, Berlin and all
the large financial centers. He es
says deal# that would appall men
of less courage and boldness.
Just now he is promoting the con
struction of a rallro. in Cuba. It is
the purpose of his visit to New York
to interest men of money in the prop
osition. He had thought he might go
on to Paris, but the tangle of litiga
tion which ha# arisen over his child
may prevent this.
Barlow has been three times mar
ried. His first wife died. His sec
ond, who now is living in Atlanta
with their child, he met In Boston
about 1903, when he was there on one
of his business missions. Their max-
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Family Rallies to J. W. Norman’s
Defense, and Woman Involved
Denies Flirtation.
With his wife and daughter stand
ing loyally by his side. Captain J. W.
Norman, the police officer whose sus
pension from the department Mon
day after 30 years' service resulted
from the charge of two patrolmen,
Green and Whitney, that they had
seen him hugging and kissing a pret
ty woman while on duty in Grant
Park Tuesday, made emphatic denial
of the accusations.
The husband of the woman In the
case believes his wife and the police
officer innocen-t, and the woman ridi
culed the stories as absurd.
Captaih Norman admitted that he
was acquainted with the woman, but
declared that their acquaintance had
never extended beyond conventional
bounds.
"For several years the lady has
been coming to the park with her two
children,” said the police officer. "Fol
lowing my custom of being friendly
to those who frequent the park, I
spoke to her. Occasionally a few
words of conversation would pass be
tween us and sometimes I played with
her children.
Woman Also Denies Charge.
"There wae nothing extraordinary
In my actions toward this lady at anv
time. I treated her as I did all of
those residing in the vicinity of the
park who came there for a daily air
ing.
“The assertion that I hugged her or
kissed her is absolutely false, and I
can conceive of no rea»on for its
foundation. I am ready to answer
the charges before tfio board to-night,
and do not doubt that I will be
acquitted.”
Captain Norman s statement was
substantiated by the woman involv
ed when she was interviewed Tues
day. She said:
"My husband and I have known
Captain Norman ever since we came
Continued on Page la# Column 4.
•'Bill" Smith, the hero of Atlanta’s
battle for the Southern League pen
nant, made Atlanta his official resi
dence Tuesday when he affixed his
name to the registration list for the
coming city elections.
Tuesday was the last day the reg
istration books will be open before
the charter election on September 24
and the councilmanic election on Sep
tember 30.
Lucien Harris, chief deputy to Reg
istrar Stewart, said the total regis
tration would be about 10,000. This
is far below normal.
Friends of "Bill” Smith declared
they were going to run him for Coun
cilman from the Sixth Ward.
Wilson Sees Victory
In Maine Election
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-_Pre#i-
dent Wilson regards the defeat of
William A. Pattengall, who ran to fill
a vacancy In the House of Repre»en-
tatlves in the Third Maine District
yesterday, as in many respects a
Democratic victory.
Although a Republican, John A. Pe
ters, won the race, it is pointed out
that Pattengall polled a larger vote
than did President Wilson in the gen
eral election last fall.
Congress Plans Ban
On Wooden Coaches
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—Consid
eration will be given early next win
ter to proposed legislation prohibiting
railroads from using express, bag
gage or passenger cars not made of
steel after January 1, 1918.
A bill covering such a prohibition
already has been introduced by Sen
ator O’Gorman.
Commerce Court Is
Abolished by House
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—-By a vote
of 78 to 181 the House to-day decreed
the abolition of the Commerce Court-
It also adopted the Bartlett amend -
ment to the urgent deficiency bill leg
islating the judges of that court out
of qttiea.
One Count Charges Misdemeanor
in Protecting Slayer, Another
Felony in Concealing Body.
Another chapter was written in
Georgia’s most famous criminal case
Tuesday when Jim Conley, the negro
whose story played a star part in the
conviction of Leo M. Frank for the
murder of Mary Phagan, was indict
ed by the Fulton County Grand Jury
on two counts, calling for a maxi
mum penalty of four years’ imprison
ment.
The count# charge, in the first in
stance, a misdemeanor committed
when the negro concealed knowledge
of the crime from the authorities,
and, in the second, a felony in the
concealment of the little girl’s body
after she had been slain. The mis
demeanor charge is punishable by one
year in the county chaingang, while
the felony calls for a maximum of
three years’ Imprisonment.
The evidence submitted to the
Grand Jury on which the indictment
was returned included the sworn
confession of Conley made in his
fourth and final statement accusing
Frank of the crime, together with the
testimony of Detectives Starnes and
Campbell, who worked on the Pha
gan case. Assistant Solicitor General
Stephens appeared for the State.
One Count Misdemeanor.
The formal indictment on the mis
demeanor count read as follows:
That on the 26th day of April,
1913, and with force and cause,
Jim Conley did then and there,
knowing that Leo M. Frank had
unlawfully killed and murdered
one Mary Phagan. conoeal said
knowledge from the magiatcale
and did harbor, assist and pro
tect said Leo M- Frank.
The felony charge read;
That on the 26th day of AprIL
1913, and with force and cause*
Jim Ccnley did then and there,
knowing that Leo M. Frank had
unlawfully killed and murdered
one Mary Phagan, conceal her
body from the officers of the law
and from the magistrate.
Conley did not appear in the So
licitor's offices during the proceed
ings. but remained in the jail, where
he has been imprisoned since he ap
peared as a witness against Frank-
Likely to Plead Guilty.
The Grand Jury’s action had been
anticipated by the negro and in all
probability he will plead guilty to
both the counts and take his punish
ment.
Since the Frank trial the negro has
kept his lips sealed, hardly speaking
even to his fellow-prisoners. His
conduct now brings out In striking
contrast his actions before the trial,
when he recounted to all who would
hear him in the police station the
pert he played in the sensational
crime. Since the conviction he has
been ordered kept secluded from vis
itors.
Conley probably will be tried some
time in September.
Black to Explain His
Breakdown as Witness.
Echoes of the Frank trial will be
heard at the meeting of the Police
Commission Tuesday night, when De
tective John Black explains how he
broke down as one of the star wit
nesses for the State. Also charges
will be considered against the Pink
erton Detective Agency, employed by
the National Pencil Company, for
withholding evidence from the po-
lioe.
What was generally considered a
viotory for Attorney Luther Z. Rosser
In entangling Detective Black on
oroBS-examlnation and its attendant
humorous touches probably never
would have been given further of
ficial attention but for the fact that
oeteotwe Black himself asked to be
allowed to inakea statement to the
Police Commission. Chief of Deteo-
ttves Newport Lanford and Police
Chief J. L. Beavers also will make