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IMMORTALITY
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING
TO LIVE FOREVER?—.Sir Oliver Lodge Tells
You How Science Is Proving Our Immortality.
Full Text of the Great Scientist's Address That
Has Set AH the World Thinking in the
Sunday American
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MIDNIGHT
SESSION
HELD ON
PARDON
Slaton Cross-Examines Lawyers
and Others—Decision Is Not
Expected Till Next Week.
The closing chapter in one of the
most remarkable fights for a man's
life in the history of Georgia was at
hand Saturday when Governor John
M. Slaton began the final weighing of
the arguments and evidence that had
been presented to him for and
against the pardon of Dr. W. J. Mc-
Naughton. convicted of the slaying of
Fred Flanders in Swainsboro. Ga.
With the prisoner branded on the
one hand as the most cunning of pri
soners and on the other as the vic
tim of .an astounotng conspiracy and
misdirected public wrath, the Gcv
eror faced an exceedingly hard prob
lem. and th»re is little likelihood that
a decision will be made before next
week.
It was 12:30 a. m. Saturday when
Judge Frank H. Saffold concluded his
argument for the physician. Th?
night session xvas held at lie request
of Judge Saffold. who desired to leave
for Savannah at 12:15 o'clock. In lite
earnestness of his pleading for ex
ecutive clemency, however, he failed
to recognize the flight of time and
spoke for fifteen minutes beyond the
time his train was due to leave.
Slaton Quizzes Lawyers.
Governor Slaton canceled an en
gagement to deliver an address at tin
Auditorium to hold the night session.
The afternoon session lasted until
5:45 o nock, when a recess was taken
until 7 o’clock.
Solicitor General R. Lee Moore and
A. S. Bradley made the arguments for
the State, while Colonel J. W. Bennett
and judge Saffold made the plea tor
the applicant. Governor Slaton in
terrupted at frequent intervals to ask
questions, quizzing all of the lawyers
and the Emanuel County residents
who had come to Atlanta to protest
against the issuance of a pardon.
Particularly pointed were his ques
tions on the effect of the arsenic riol
soning alleged to have been given
Fred Flanders and as to how long
traces of tne drug .could appear in a
human body. The fact that Flanders
died in convulsion , which was
brought out for the first time in tne
hearing before the- Governor, was also
dwelt upon by him.
Dr. XV. J. Bell, a local physician,
was questioned closely as to thg ef
fects of arsenic poisoning, lie was
summoned by Judge Saifold. He said
that the amount of poison in a mans
body could not be judged by the
amount found in the stomach, and lite
intestines would naturally disclose
more of it than the skin and other
tissues.
Questions Bell Closely.
•'ll all depends upon the condition
of a man's body’ as to how soon lie
will throw off poison; there is no
fixed rule, and an expert would have
to be absolutely familiar with every
detail of the patient's condition to ue
able to tell how long he had contained
the poison,’’ said Dr. Bell.
Governor Slaton questioned Dr. Bed
closely. The Governor's opinion was
mat had 1 landers taken the drug
when he was in Thomasville in April
and May it would have been thrown
off by ills body before tile time of hi.>
death.
Bradley's argument was along ihe
line that the defense had failed ut
terly to show that Fred Flanders was
addicted to the use of drugs or that
he had taken patent medicines in any
amount.
"Until he was taken sick on the
night of May 17 preceding his deatr.
June I he was a perfectly well man.
He had entirely recovered from his
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Truce Is Declared
In Choir Strike in
Vanderbilt Church
ASHEVILLE, Sept. 20.—A truce has
been declared In the strike of the
members of the choir of All Souls'
Church at Biltmore, supported by
Millionaire George XV. Vanderbilt a
full chorus will participate in the
services to-morrow
This is the only personally con
ducted church In the United Slates.
Mr. Vanderbilt meeting personally all
expenses, while all collections and
subscriptions go to charity.
Aviator Falls 100
Feet Into Tennessee
, River; Is Rescued
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 20—John
ny Green, a local aviator, had a mi
raculous escape from death late yes
terday afternoon when his hydro
aeroplane fell from an altitude of 100
feet and plunged to the bottom of the
Tennessee River.
Green extricated himself and was
picked up by a launch, but he sus
tained several broken ribs.
Slit Skirt 0. K., but
Musn’t Stop Traffic |
DENVER. Sept. 20.—Mrs. Dora |
Funk, a young and pretty bride of
six weeks, stood in front of a case
waiting for her sister. The slit on
the left side of her skirt reached al
most ot her knee. Her stockings were
supported by red ribbons. A large
bow twinkled through the left slit.
She was arrested by Sergeant Barry.
“it was none of my business if she
wore her skirt open,” said Sergeant
Barry to-day, "but I had to arrest her
for blocking traffic.”
Two Detectives Busy
Picking Up Lost Time
"Finding time to make people hap
py” is the official duty now of De
tectives Starnes and Campbell, who
were Solicitor Dorsey’s right-hand
aides in the investigation of the Mary
Phagan murder.
They are recovering watches lost
by and stolen from citizens and
strangers in the city, and have re
stored 42 since the conclusion of tne
Frank trial. Some of the watches
found have been missing as long as
two and three years.
Pay Wrong Man;
300 Miners Strike
LEXINGTON. Sept. 20. —Because of
' difference yi paying the wrong check
weight man $4.85 for coal mined at
Dekover mines. Union County, 3UO
were called out on strike by lo?ai
President L. B. Walker, of the United
Mine Workers.
Miners are paid by the car. and the
alleged overpay for weighing given to
the wrong man strike for principle,
they say.
Savannah Girl Hurt
In Joy Ride May Die
SAVANNAH, Sept. 20. —Trying tn
lower the records for a joy ride on
the Savannah automobile course at an
early hour this m<»rning. Harold L
Cliff, a prominent young society man.
and his three sisters, Callie, Estel’i
and Elsie Hood, were hurled several
feet Mown a steep incline. The man |
sustained internal injuries.
Callie, ttß‘ oldest of the sisters, it
is feared, may die.
I -
j “Atlanta Spirit” Gloriiied in the
City’s Thronged Sunday Schools
!
Huge Bible Classes, which rank with highest in United
■ States, and are taught by prominent men, among them
the Governor of Georgia, put this community in van of
rehgious work.
========= This Splendid Article Exclusively in the - =
SUNDAY AMERICAN To-morrow
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FOOD PRICES
HERE JUMP
IN MONTH
Federal Bulletin Also Shows Enor-
mous Advance in Cost From
Decade of 1890 to 1900.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.—The
figures compiled by the experts of the
Department of Labor on the prices of
food on June 15 last, compared with
prices on the same day a month
earlier and again with prices on the
same day the year before, contain
some instances of interesting ad
vances in the cost of food in At
lanta.
Several days ago the Department
of Labor issued a statement that the
• ost of living in the United States
on June 15 last was approximately
60 per cent higher than the average
between 1890 and 1900; more than 3
per cent higher than it was a year
I ago. and nearly 15 per cent higher
than it was two years ago.
The statement was based on a
complete bulletin, then in the print
ing office. The details for cities
were not given at the time, but they
i have since become available. The
report gives quotations on the same
article, of from one to a dozen deal
er#. The prices asked by rhe deal
ers. and the amount of increase or
decrease in their quotations from one
date to another, differ materialfy.
Some Advances in Atlanta.
Some of the most marked advances
in price in Atlanta, over the 30-day
period from May 15 to June 15 of
this year, are as follows:
Rib roast advanced from 20 to
22 1-2 cents a pound.
Chuck roast from 15 to 17 1-2
cents a pound.
Pork chops from 20 to 25 cents
a pound.
Bacon from 30 to 35 cents a
pound.
Leg of lamb from 20 to 22 1-2
cents a pound.
Hens, alive, from 18 to 20 cents
a pound.
Eggs from 22 1-2 to 30 cents a
dozen.
Potatoes from 30 to 50 cents a
peck.
A more complete list, showing sam
ple prices quoted by Atlanta retail
dealers on June 15. 1912, and on May
15 and June 15, 1913. is as follows:
1912 ]9)3
June May June
15 15 15
Sirloin steak, th 2-25 S S
Sirloin steak. 1b • .2244 .25 25
Sirloin steak, th -25
Round steak, lb. 2<» -t-'
Round steak. lb -20 .2244 2244 i
Round steak. 1b .... 20 20
Rib roast, bone in. th .20 .2244 .2244
Rib roast, bone in, lb .20 .20 .2244
Rib roast. lx»ne in, !b . . 2'l .20
Chuck roast, lb. 15 1”44
Chuck roast, lb 15 15 .1744
Chuck roast. !b .12 .12
Fork chops, loin, th 20 25
Pork (hops, loin. Ib. ... -20 .20 .20
Pork chops, loin. !b .20 .25
t Racon, smokeii, sliced, lb .35 .35
Bacon, smoked, sliced, lb .30 30 .35
Bacon, smoked, sliced. 1b .30 30
Ham. smoked, sliced. Ib. 30 30
Ham. smoked, sliced, lb .25 30 30
Ham. smoked, sliced. TP 30 .30
Lard, pure, tub, 1b . .. .1344 -15 .16
Lard, pure, tuh. lb .15 .15
Lard, pure, tub, !b. .17 .16
J.eg of lamb, yearling, tb. .25 25
Leg of lamb, yearling, lb .20 20 .20
I Leg of latnh. yearling. 1b .20 2244
Hens, year or more old. 1b
Live 19 20
Continued on Page 2. Column 5.
ATLANTA, GA.. SATUR DAY. SEPTEMBER, 20 1913.
CIVIC LEAGUE
CHIEF HITS
SUFFRAGE
Citizenship Congress Stirred by
Unexpected Attack—Advocates
Show Disapproval.
An unexpected attack on wamn
suffrage marked the Saturday morn
ing session of the Christian Citizen
ship Congress at Taft Hall and
brought nods of disapproval from
some of the votes for women advo
cates present.
The attack was n\pde by Mrs. G. B.
Lindsey, corresponding secretary' of
the Civic League, who declared wom
an’s place was at home, and that the
cry for votes was merely a craze of
the moment. She asserted that wom
en would be entirely out of place in
polities.
The congress was still discussing
with interest Seaborn Wright’s sensa
tional attack on Solicitor General
John P. Ross, of Bibb County.
Mrs. A. P. Coles, president of the
Atlanta Woman s Club, was chairman
of the Saturday morning meeting
"Woman’s Work” was the general
topic, and among those who spoke
were Mrs M L. McLendon, noted
suffrage advocate; .Mrs. Lerna Gil
reath. State evangel of the W. C. T
I’.. Mrs. Lindsey and Mrs. James
Little, president of the Georgia Moth
ers’ Congress.
Hobson To Be Speaker.
Congressman Richmond P. Hobson
< will be the principal speaker at the
Saturday' night meeting in the Au
ditorium H<s subject will be "The
Christian Citizen and the Liquor
Traffic.”
Mr. Wright at the Friday night
meeting cited Ross as an example of
one of the “anarchists In high places”
and declared that if he (Wright) were
Governor. Ross would not now be
holding his job as prosecutor. The
other speakers of the evening were
A. J. Orem, a Boston promoter and
capitalist, who advanced the anti
capitalistic idea that no one should
receive more income than he actually
earned; Dr. H M. Du Bose and Cap
tain Jack Crawford, “the original
Boy Scout.” Governor J. M. Slaton
was expected to preside and give one
of the addresses, but was detained at
the Capitol at the protracted hearing
on the McNaughton case.
Crawford Causes Stir.
Captain Crawford, himself a sol
dier in blue during the Civil War. i?t
--t reduced a little excitement into the
meeting by, branding as a c oward an J
a poor sort of a soldier the man who
issued the order depriving Forrest
Camp of Confederate Veterans the
privilege of marching in the G. A. R.
parade at Chattanooga and who was
afraid to sign his name to the order.
Attorney Wright was unsparing hi
his denunciation of those who arc
elected to high offices and then de
liberately refuse to enforce the laws
He alluded to Solicitor Ross as an
example right in Georgia. Ross being
disposed not to enforce the liquor
i laws Macon.
"I never have been afraid.” he said,
“of the red-handed anarchists with
their bombs and daggers The Amer
ican people despise their kind and
crush them out wherever they ap
pear in the open. But the greatest
Continued on Page 2, Column 1.
•Jefferson's Face
Goes on Post Cards
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20—Post
master General Burleson to-day ap
proved the final design of the head
of Thomas Jefferson which is to be
printed on postal cards. The patron
saint of the Democracy is represent
ed in profile, garbed In the fashion
of his day.
The new postal cards will be print
ed In pale qreen ink, to conform to
| the recommendation of the Universal
I Postal Union. They will soon re
place the McKinley cards.
1— * * • wLA ■
| Junk /AS
S ' 1 i rZlldßgfc 10 iill
F ISMEr 4 SvV 7
OH* IK;
Ury
Seaborn Wright, who demanded removal of Solicitor General John P. Ross at Citizenship
Congress. '
SCHMIDT QUAILS
JI MENTION DF
DEATH CHAIR
Supposedly Mad Priest,Confessed
Slayer, Loses Nerve—Plans
Fight for Life.
> _
NEV\ YORK. Sept. 20.—Suddenly
abandoning hi® air of resignation and
( martyrdom, Hans Schmidt, the sup
posedly mad priest, who Confessed
murdering and dismembering Anna
Aumuller. declared m the Tombs to
day that he would fight for his life.
For the first time a look of terror ■
came into the prisoner’s eyes at <i <
, mention of the death chair, and while
’ exercising in the corridor Schmidt
confided to a fellow-prisoner:
”1 will fight for my life. If Dis
’ trict Attorney Whitman expects to
get anything out of me, he will find .
himself up against a stone wall."
On account of Schmidt s erratic
mental condition, a sudden change of
attitude with revelations of more
ghastly crimes would not surprise th? 1
police.
When Schmidt was asked about a
confession hr is alleged to have
made yesterday relative to euthana
sia*, he shrugged his shoulders an i
refused to talk. One pf the beli?t«
of Schmidt’s disordered mind is in
the doctrine of painless death for |
cripples or persons who suffer.
The police believe that if Schmidt
hud not been arrested he would be
dealing in wholesale murder Schmidt
intended to make a beginning in his
work of blood among the parishion
ers of St Joseph’s Church, where he
was assistant rector.
in order to dispose of his victims.
Schmidt had stolen a book of deaih |
certificates from a physician, and |
these were to have been forged.
Wife of Schmidt’s
Dentist Friend Found.
I Special Cable to T he Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Sept. 20.—Vera Harris, the i
I young girl who is believed by the police’
Copyright, 190«. 9 PTTV'TQ p AT NO
By The Georgian Co. 10. MORE
Lawyer-Reformer
Who Assailed Bibb
County Solicitor
S'*
A *
Il
to be married to Dr Ernst Muret, the
New York criminal Involved with Hans
Schmidt, the renegade churchman, was
found to-day, employed in the dress
making department of a big West End
store
“I believe I ha<i a narrow escape from
the same fate as Anna Aumuller,” said
the girl. "I fear Dr. Muret and ain
afraid to say anything against him ”
Police Magazine to
Advertise Atlanta
Atlanta and the police department are
to be widely advertise*! in the United
States and in foreign countries in a spe
cial edition of The Detective magazine,
to be Issued In December under au
spices of the Police Relief Associa
tion.
A H. Dunlap, of Chicago, general
representaive of the magazine., is now
In the city, getting material for the
big edition Photographs of all mem
bers of the police force and special sto
ries by Chief James L. Beavers and
other officials will be features.
Burglars, Surprised,
Drop Loot and Flee
Three negro burglars were sur
prised robbing VV. F. Matthews’ dry
goods store. No. 53 Highland avenue,
at 3 o’clock Saturday’ morning, but
escaped, when neighbors gave chase.
The negroes had filled three tin
tubs with dry goods, shoes and other
stock. They dropped these and fled
down an alley.
Senator Owen to
Explain Currency
Bill for American
Many bunkers having asked The
Sunday American to explain huw
the new reserve banks will handle
their dally business. Senator Owen
has consented to write for this
journal a special article covering
the whole ground.
Senator Owen was a banker be
. fore he became a legislator, and
i his description of the practical
! working of the new system will
interest every banker in the coun
| t ry.
It is proposed to print the arti-
| vie in The Sunday American.
'Amazing Canecr Cure
Reported in England
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Sept. 20.—Remarkable i
success in the treatment of cancer
by radium ia reported from Middle
sex Hospital. In several cases the
cancerous growth disappeared en
tirely.
Th* treatment consisted of em
bedding in the growth a platinum
tube containing a small quantity of
radium and leaving it there 12 to 24
hours. As a result, the cancer be
gan to shrink, disappearin'.; within
a few weeks. •
G. Al MEK END
CHATTANOOGA
INVASION
Few Stragglers Remain—Election
of Commander Surprise—2d
Indiana Holds Reunion.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 20.—Chat
tanooga to-day resumed its normal
poise. A few stragglers of the army
of blue who attended the forty-esev
enth annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic remain.
The last of the special trains will
leave before to-night, and only the
street decorations now serve to re
mind the city of the most picturesque
encampment the veterans ever held.
The surviving veterans of the
Forty-second Indiana Regiment of
Infantry’ held a reunion at their
monument at Chickamauga this
morning, this being the first time in
fifty years that the members have
met in a reunion.
Colonel Cochran, commander of the
regiment, arrived in Chattanooga
yesterday He Is 87 years old.
Election a Surprise.
The election of Washington Gard
ner, of Albion, Mich., to the office of
commander-in-chief last night was a
surprise, after Detroit had been se
lected as the next meeting place. It
was not thought possible that Michi
gan could win both honors. Gard
ner’s supporters via iin his opponents
supported Detroit in that belief.
The result of the election was as
follows:
Washington Gardner, of Albion.
Mich., commander-in-chief.
Thomas M. Seward, of Guthrie,
Okla., senior vice commander.
William L. Ross, of Pittsfield, Me..
Junior vice commander.
J. K. Weaver, of Morristown, Pa.,
surgeon general,
Horace M. Carr, of Parsons, Kans.,
chaplain-in-chief.
The election is considered an over
throw o£ the Fanner taction.
EVENING
EDITION
LAD FIGHTS
FOR TITLE
BEFORE
6,000
Ouimet Leads Vardon and Ray at
Tenth Hole in Triple Tie
Play-Off.
BULLETIN.
BROOKLINE, Sept. 20.—Oui
met, the American schoolboy, de
feated Vardon and Ray, the two
greatest golfers of Great Britain,
in the 18-hole match here this
morning.
Ouimet was 3 up at the sev
enteenth hole.
COUNTRY (’l4’B, BROOKLINIJ.
MASS.. Sept. 20. —Outward 'onditlona
were favorable for the British con
tenders. Harry Vardon and Edward
Ray. when their play-off with Frau
ds Ouimet in thp triple tie for the
national open golf championship
started this morning at the Brook
line Country Club.
A mist fell, which, along with oc*
rational drizzles all night, made the
course softer and more treacherous
than yesterday.
At least 6.000 person* followed the
first tee, and others joined the crowd
at every hole thereafter. The gallery,
despite unusual efforts to control IL
threatened to upset the contestants in
Its eagerness to catch all the small
points.
Vardon was. of course, the favorite,
with Ray second and Ouimet third.
Ouimet in Gay Mood.
Ouimet was in the most blithesome
mood of the three before starting,
and naturally, since both the foreign
ers’ reputations were at stake, while
the boy had nothing to lose. The
contest was at 18 holes.
All three took fixe on the first hole.
On the third hole Ray missed a com
paratively easy' put and took five.
Ouimet and Vardon made it in four.
Fourth Hole —Ouimet had a ticklish
lie in the edge of the woods, but
pulled out in nice style and got ap
plause for holing a five-foot put. All
three were fours.
Fifth Hole—All three got fives.
Vardon Takes Lead.
Sixth Hole—Al’ three pitched up
well, hut Vardon was best. Ouitmet
was two Inches shy on the put. Vu'*
don got a three, the two others four
each.
Seventh Hole -V.irdon’s chip shot
was over strong and he took four.
Ouimet also took four, while Ray was
down in three.
Eighth Hole—Ouimet got down in
three, amid applause. Ray also made
it in three, but Vardon took four.
Ninth Hole —Vardon pulled his tee
shot and had a dreadful lie in the
edge of the woods, but was out well.
Ah were equal in distance from the
cup in reaching the green, each tak
ing five, making the score 38 going
out.
Ouimet Leads at Tenth.
Tenth Hole—Ouimet holed a six
foot put for a three after getting the
green best. Ray and Vardon each
took four.
Eleventh Hole —Ray got away with
the longest drive, bin ah reached the
green on equal puts and took four to
get down.
Twelfth Hole—The trio’s tee shots
were on a line. Ray did not get to
ihe green, w hile Vardon was on ths
edge. Ouimet was twelve feet from
the cup and holed out in four. Ray
and Vardon each needed five. Ouimet
was then two strokes ahead.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Saturday; Sun
day probably showers.