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IMMORTALITY
WHAT MAKES YOU think YOU’RE GOING
TO LIVE FOREVER?— Sir Oliver Lodge Tells
. en H° w Science Is Proving Our Immortality.
Full Text of the Great Scientist’s Address That
Has Set All the World Thinking in the Next
Sunday American
M’NAUGHTON’S LIFE IN GOVERNOR’S HANDS
WRIGHT DEMANDS REMOVAL OF SOLICITOR ROSS
MIDNIGHT
SESSION
HELDON
PAEIDUN
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 p >i
soners and on the other as the vic
tim of an astounding conspiracy and
’ ’misdirected public wrath, the Gov
eror faced an exceedingly hard prob
lem, and there is little likelihood that
h decision will be made before next
I» week.
It was 12:30 a. m. Saturday when
I Judge Frank H. Saffold concluded his
t argument for the physician. Ths
''night session was held at the request
■ j of Judge Saffold. who desired to leave
for Savannah at 12:15 o'clock. In the
earnestness of his pleading for ex
ecutive clemency, however, he fallen
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 th?
Auditorium to hold the night session.
The afternoon session lasted until
| . 5 45 o’clock, when a recess was taken
U,ntil 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 for
the applicant. Governor Slaton in
terrupted at frequent intervals to aslt
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 poi
soning alleged to have been given
Fred Flanders and as to how long
traces of the drtig would appear in a
human body. The fact that Flanders
* died in convulsions, which was
•brought out for the first time in the
hearing before the Governor, was alsy
dwelt upon by him.
I' Dr. VV. J. Bell, a local physician,
was questioned closely as to the ef
fctets of arsenic poisoning. He was
1 summoned by Judge Saffold. He said
that the amount of poison in a mana
body could not be judged by the
amount found in the stomach, and the
intestines would naturally disclose
more of it than the skin and other
, tissues.
Questions Bell Closely.
■ It all depends upon the condition
I' of a man's body as to how soon he
I 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 oe
I able to tell how long he had contained
‘ the poison." said Dr. Bell.
Governor Slaton questioned Dr. Bell
close)' The Governor's opinion was
that had Flanders taken the drug
wehn he was in Thomasville in April
and May it would have been thrown
off by his body before the time of his
death.
I Bradley - argument was along the
line that the defense had failed ut
terly to show that Fred Flanders was
addicted to the use of drugs or that
he han taken patent medicines in any
amount.
"Until the was taken sick on the
night of May 17 preceding his deatn
June 4 he was a perfectly well man.
He had entirely recovered from his
indisposition while in Thomasville
and had been working daily at hard,
manual labor at his sawmill. And
had it not been for his determination
i move to Thomasville to gm his
wife away from Dr. McNaughton : ■
»nuld nevei hat. been sick < o||-
1* iuded Bradley.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read for Profit—-GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results
VOL. XII. NO. 42.
Two Detectives Busy
Picking Up Lost Time
‘Finding time to make people hap
py” is the official duty now of De
tectives Starnes and (’ampbell, who
were Solicitor I>orKey’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 the
Frank trial. Some of the watches
found have been missing as long as
two and three years.
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 green Ink, to conform to
the recommendation of the Universal
Postal Union. They will soon re
place the McKinley cards.
Savannah Man to
Try Oversea Flight
SAVANNAH, Sept. 20.—Captain
Matthew A. Batson, U. S. A., retired,
announced to-day that his great
hydro-aeroplane in which he ex
pects to cross the Atlantic would be
complete in the next few days and
launched by October 1.
The giant air and water craft will
receive its first tryout as a boat on
the waters about Dutch Island. Cap
tain Batsun stated he would not at
tempt a flight until ho had expri
mented for at least a month on water.
Girl Brought 18,000
Miles To Be Witness
FORT SMITH. ARK , Sept. 20 —On
the last lap of an 18,000 mile journej’,
Thomas V. O’Donnell, a Chicago at
torney, left here for that city with
Miss M- Purcell, of Sydney. Aus
tralia. who. according to O’Donneil,
is expected to prove that a will dis
posing of a $500,000 estate is a fraud.
O’Donnell stated the deceased was
a former bachelor who gave his en
tire estate to a stranger, and that
eighteen relatives were cut off with
nothing.
Europe Laughing at
Bryan, Asserts Gary
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—Judge El
bert 11. Gary, chairman of the board
of directors of the United States
Steel Corporation, on his return from
Europe, said:
"All Europe is talking about Sec
retary Bryan's circus stunt and
laughing at the numerous cartoons
published in their papers He is so
much in the news that 1 did not hear
President Wilson mentioned very
much.
Burglars, Surprised,
Drop Loot and Flee
Three negro burglars were sui -
prised robbing W. 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.
“Atlanta Spirit” Glorified 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
religious work. :::::::::::::
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SUNDAY AMERICAN To-morrow
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 !t was a year
.»go. 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
have since become available. The
report gives quotations on the same
article, of from one to a dozen deal
ers. The prices asked by the deal
ers. and the amount of increase or
decrease in their quotations from one
date to another, differ materially.
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, live, 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, show ing sam
ple prices quoted by Atlanta retail
Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
Senator Owen to
Explain Currency
Bill for American
Many bankers having asked The
Sunday American to explain how
the new reserve banks will handle
their daily 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
his description of the practical
working of the new system will
interest every hanker in the coun
try.
It is proposed to print the arti
cle in The Sunday American.
ATLANTA, GA.. SATURDAY. .SEPTEMBER, 20 1913.
LEADING THE FIGHT AGAINST PARDON
FOR M'NAUGHTON, ALLEGED POISONER
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Georgia Gold Mines
Still Hold Pay Dirt.
SAVANNAH. Sept. 2" Thai long
abandoned gold mines in Georgia
might be operated again and a new
gold field opened was the assertion
of three young ngineers to-day, who
returned to Savannah from a long
inspection of 8,000 aci\> in Union
County. The engineers took the New
York steamer to-dav Thev are l> <
Conner, H. Borsheimer and C. 11. Al
aniva. all of New York
The Georgia gold mines wet.* the
first operated in America, and om
gobi dredge is still at work at Da
lonega
FIVE HURT IN SUBWAY CRASH.
BOSTON. Sept. 20. I’ive passengers
were injured in a rear-end tollision of
trolley cars in the subway to-day
Faulty brakes are blamed
Amazing Canecr Cure
. Reported in England
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Sept. 20. —Remarkable
success in the treatment of cancer
by radium is 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
lube containing a small quantity of
radium and leaving It there 12 to 24
hours. As a result, the cancer be
gan to shrink, disappearing within
a few weeks.
Police Magazine to
Advertise Atlanta
Atlanta and the police department are
to be widely advertised in the United
Stales and in foreign countries in a spe
cial edition of The Detective magazine.
t<» tie issue*] in December under au
| sjiices of the Potice Relief Associa
I tion.
X II Dunlap, of Chicago, general
representaive of the magazine, is now 1
in tfie ( ity, getting material for the t
big edition. Photographs of all mem
bers of the police force and special sto
ries b\ Chief James L Beavers and |
other officials will be features.
Duke of Manchester
Escapes 'Shylocks’
1 Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
L<»NDON. Sept. 20.—The Duke of
Manchester has escaped the toils of
the money-hnders and their bank-
Tuptix petitions. When his case came
!» tot.- the i < rar m bankruptcy to-
I a\ it was annountfd that it had |
HM-n settled. |
l’. i<er.w Zimmerman, the American I
i.itror in-law of th« Duke, • aine for- |
■ ..ird . • the la.«n moment tnd E«.ttlcd I
•he Duke . prt -sing debt.-.
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It. I.!■" Moore, attorney, ii pre-.niiiim. in ih>- iie.iritiu before
the Governor, the relatives of Fred I'hindeis. whom M<-X.ni”-hton
was convicted of poisoning.
Wife of Schmidt’s
Dentist Friend Found
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LUNDON, S< pt 20. Vera Harris, the
young girl who is believed by the police
to be married to Dr Ernst Muret. the
New ork criminal involved with Haps
Schmidt, the renegate chur< hman. was
found to-day, emplovc-l in the dress
making <iepartmvnt of a big West End
store
“I beheve 1 had a narrow escape from
the same fate as Anna \utnuiler, > tid
the girl “I fear Dr Muret and urn
afraid to say anything against bin
THIEVES STEAL WHOLE HOUSE.
PATERSON, N I . Sept 20 A small
house bought b> Michael \’•« a from the
La<kawanna Railroad was stolen over
night X<, •Im . the thieves tas oecu
South Georgia
AFTERNOON EDITION
Atlanta Boy's Slayer
Held Without Bond
COLI MBl S. Sept 20. Bai.d'l I! L
Willis, was held without bond fur the
Superior <’ourt at the conclusion of his
preliminary hearing yesterdav Willis
is charged with killing Luther Hawkins,
a young Atlanta boy
The hearing was held before Recorder
Prank D. Pole:.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Saturday; Sun
day probably showers.
SCORES HIS
STAND OH
LIQUOR
LAWS
Denounces Bibb Official as “An-
■ archist in High Place” at Citi
zenship Congress.
A virulent attack upon Solicitor
General John P Ross, of Bibb Count',
by Sraborn Wright, well known at
torney anti public e,>eaker. provided
a sensational close for the first ses
sion of the,Southern Christian Citi
zenship Congress Friday night In the
Auditorium The congress continued
until Saturday, with addresses by
leading women of the State.
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 7. I. Fitzpatrick, president
of the Georgia Federation of Worn
ait's Clubs. Mrs M. E. MeLandon
noted suffrage advocate; Mrs. lemi
Gilreath, State evangel of the W. C.
T* l Mrs G. B Lindsey, cores
spending secretary of the CJvle
League Os America, 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 m the Au
ditorium His subject will be "The
Christian Citizen and the Liquor
Traffic."
Mr Wright al the Friday ni»bt
meeting cited Ross as an example of
one of the "anarchists in high places"
ami d.slared that if he (Wnght, were
Governor. Roes 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. Dußose and Cap
tain Jack Crawford, "the original
Bov Scout." Governor J. M. Slaton
"as exfiected to preside and give one
of the addresses, but was detained at
the t'apltol at the protracted hearing
on the McNaughton case.
Crawford Causes Stir.
■ aptaln Crawford, himself a sol
dier in blue during the Civil War. In
troduced a little xcitement Into the
meeting by branding as a coward ami
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 n Chattanooga and who was
afraid to sign his name to the order
Attorney Wright was unsparing >n
his denunciation of those who ar.
e ected to high offices and then de
liberately refuse to enforce the laws
He alluded tn Solicitor Ross an 'ti
example right 1n Georgia. Ross beiue
disposed not to enforce the liqu
laws Macon
• I never have been afraid.” he sai l
“of the red-handed anarchists witii
their bombs and daggers. The Amer
ican people despise their kind and
I crush them out wherever they ap
• pf.ir m th“ open But rhe greatest
danger to America is official an
.irchy represented by the men who
are ieeted under the laws of the land
and then do not enfnr e the laws.
Wii.it can ue do about it? There is
nothing to do except tn affpeal to the
itizenship of the State and country.
If the citizenship is low and degraded,
then there certainly is no hope.
Cites Law Violation.
In our own State a few days
m ofti’ ■ of the law de 'ared that by
• mmon consent in veitaln cities o£
the S’.ite there were certain laws tha»
J should pot he enforced, and this
lore.- eating Utorne> defied the law
.ii> ■ ■ no!\ »L ared that he would
1., enfor 't If I "-ere Governor of
tiiis State ol G «L 4 the pro«ecut-
La, d-icnit-i ' Mould aqj, exiiof--t