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VOL. XII. NO. 116.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1913.
Copyright. 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
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FIGHT OPENS FOR NEW FRANK TRIAL
TAKEN IN PISTOL
Go-to-Church Day Draws Record Crowds
Driver Reaches Randall Coal Of
fice Just in Time to Save the
Manager’s Life.
Two daring attempts on the safes
«"n the offices of two of Randall
Bros.’ coal yards resulted early Mon
day morning in a small robbery in
ne case and in the other the cap-
ire of a negro burglar, after a scuf-
fe for a revolver that finally was set
's ®d by a blow from a hammer on the
bead of the burglar.
J. L. Chandler, manager of the Ran
dall coal yard at No. 64 Krog street,
♦Mitered his office at 6 o’clock Mon
day morning. As he went in the front
door there was a scramble in the rear
of the office and a rush of steps
through the rear entrance.
In the main office room the flare of
an electric light showed the safe in a
somewhat disfigured condition. The
knob had been chiseled away and the
door of the safe otherwise damaged
in an effort to get It open without ex
plosive*
On the floor lay a cap and scattered
tools.
Burglar Found in Barn.
Mr. Chandler got a revolver from
his desk and ran out the back do3r
into a dark-gray mist. Some instinct
led him to the barn, and there, in a
corner, he found a hatless negro
crouching. The negro surrendered
readily, protesting his innocence, but
on reaching the office his first action
; was to pick up the cap from the floor
and put it on.
The burglar appeared so submissive
that Mr. Chandler laid down the re
volver while he called the police by
telephone.
In a twinkling the negro seized the
weapon, aimed it at his captor and
was just about to pull the trigger
when Jackson Reed, a negro driver,
■tepped into the office.
Felled With Hammer.
Reed closed with the burglar an:!
attempted to take the revolver from
him. The struggle went round and
round the office, knocking over the
furniture, and was terminated only by
s judicious blow from the robber’s
own hammer, dealt on his skull by
Mr. Chandler.
The police were summoned and the
negro, who promptly recovered con
sciousness, was taken to headquar
ters. wheTe he said his name was
Charley Stevens, of No. 77 School
street.
The other and successful robbery
took place earlier at the Randall coal
office at Boulevard and the Georgia
railroad.
Safe Blown to Bits.
After entering through a rear win
dow, which was forced open, the rob-
iher or robbers ble’ - the safe to pieces,
/using such an unnecessary charge of
explosive that the window’s of the of
fice were shattered and the furniture
and part of the floor wrecked. The
loss was only a few dollars.
At the main office of Randall Bros.,
in the Peters Building, the twin :it-
tempt on their offices was regarded
■#as a coincidence.
"We know of no reason for arty gen
eral effort to be made on our safes,
it was said. The offices are about a
mile apart. Detectives Hamby and
Lickery -were ~ut on the case.
Stevefis was held in $1,000 bond by
Judge Broyles on charges of burglary
and assault with intent to murder.
of
Jail Alleged Son
Senator Patterson
XiMINGTON, DEL., Dec. 15.—
■b M. Patterson, also knowm as
M. Paterson, who said he is a
if the late L'nited States Sena-
atterson, of South Carolina, must
! a sentence of fifteen months in
Atlanta penitentiary for using the
k m 3k ^ drjrftud.
Beggers’ Trust and
School for Teaching
Trade Tricks Found
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—The police to
day discovered a “panhandlers’ trust”
and a school for begging. It is said to
be a national association with “camps”
in several large cities.
“The Gay Cats" is th eofficial name.
In one of the poorest neighborhoods of
Chicago the members gather every
night in a building rented with money
begged dowtown, and lay plans. Re
cruits are taught all the “tricks of the
trade,” illustrated by competent in
structors who “make up’’ as cripples
and invalids. Acids are used to make
hands and faces apepar to have been
scalded.
Police Lieutenant Tames V. Larkin,
who discovered the “school,” said a
“Gay Cat” who could not “cadge” $10 a
day was not considered a worthy mem
ber.
Napoleon’s Prison
Home Is Crumbling
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Dec. 15.—Reports have been
received that Longwood House, in St.
Helena, where Napoleon died, is fall
ing to pieces for lack of funds to
repair it adequately.
In consequence several prominent
Deputies have prepared a measure to
increase the appropriation in the For
eign Office budget by $42,000 for the
upkeep of the house.
Specimen of Laziest
Animal Is Captured
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.—The
University of California has the lazi
est animal in captivity anywhere in
the world. It is the mountain bea
ver, and while it has eyes and ears it
can neither see nor hear.
Scientists speak of it as the aplo-
dontia. Curator Taylor considers it a
rare specimen of an ancient animal
group.
Phone Carries Voice
Across Continent
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Theodore N.
Vail, president of the American Tele
phone and Telegraph Company, de
clared the telephone probably would
be in use between this city and San
Francisco by the time the Panama
Canal Exposition is held,
“We have already had experi
ments,” said Mr. Vail, “and the voice
was as distinct as it is in this room.”
Exploration Ship
Tram’ Leaves Colon
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
COLON, Dec. 15.—The Arctic ex
ploration ship Fram sailed for San
Francisco to-day. The Fram will go
by way of the Strait of Magellan. If
the Fram is delayed too long in reach
ing San Francisco, it would mean a
year lost for Captain Amundsen’s
polar expedition.
$10,000 for Book She
Wrote in Six Weeks
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—A check for
$10,000 for a novel she wrote in six
weeks was received from a Chicago
publisher by Miss Carrie Leona Dal-
rymple, daughter of George H. Dal-
rymple, of Passaic, N. J.
The book, “Diane of the Green
Van,” w r on first prize in a literary
contest.
Kit Carson’s Adopted
Son Secures a Divorce
RENO, NEV., Dec. 15.—Louis C.
Schilling, the 80-year-old adopted son
of the famous scout. Kit Carson, and
sole survivor of the massacre at the
Alamo, got a divorce in the local
courts from Joanna SchllLing.
Schilling’s mother and two sisters
were ma-s.^ered in 1836 in the Alarm .
SUES FOR $25,000.
COLUMBUS. Dec. 15. Davie K
Smith, a former employee of the Central
of Georgia Railroad, has brought suit
for $25,000 damages against the com- ,
pany for injuries received while em- i
rJ J.ha i >n;x^L-
FAILS
TO CHECK
Full Membership of Nearly Every
Congregation Turns Out—Many
Outsiders Attracted.
Go-to-Church Day was a remark
able success—the more remarkable
in view of the rainy and stormy
weather.
Jupiter Pluvius would be chagrined
if ever he had a part in stopping a
ball game or cutting down the at
tendance at church to a mere hand
ful and his name were not men
tioned in the newspaper headlines the
next day.
But Monday the ministers of At
lanta were laughing at him. They
had the satisfaction for once of hav
ing registered a decisive victory over
their old arch enemy.
The maker and sender of the rains
scow'led and threatened, and even sent
dashes of fine rain and clouds of
Thousands in Riot to
See Stolen ‘MonaLisa’
BIG PROSPERITY ERA IS
SEEN FOR SOUTHEAST
FAIRFAX HARRISON.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
FLORENCE, ITALY, Dec. 15.—The
famous painting “Mona Lisa.” which
was stolen from the Louvre in Paris,
and later discovered here in the pos
session of Vicenzo Perugia, a deco
rator, will be taken to Rome and
turned over to the French Embassy
Saturday.
Thousands rioted outside the gal
lery yesterday when they were un
able to get inside to view the pic
ture. A number of American tourists
came here from Rome in hope »of
seeing “La Gioconda.”
Lower Car Steps
For Chicago Women
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—The wearers of
tight skirts have compelled the trac
tion companies to order new cars with
lower steps and obtained a promise
that steps of the old cars will be
lowered.
The Chicago Railway has put on
the first Installment of lower-step
cars. *
damp. cMnging mists on Sunday, but varsity.
the people turned out just the same.
Pastors Are Happy.
They donned their cravenettes. and
slip-ons. and rubbers, and so forth,
and hied to church in serene defiance
of the rain god.
The pastors of flocks about th© city
were correspondingly happy. Here
was a wet, nasty day, when ordinarily
they w’ould be preaching to an au
dience of about half or a third of its
usual size. Instead they had con
gregations as large as on the most
beautiful, sunshiny day in spring or
summer. Many of them went above
the normal mark by several hundred.
A few even doubled their average at
tendance.
They were unanimous Monday in
their expressions of commendation
of the “Go-to-Church Day” plan
which was suggested for Atlanta sev
eral weeks ago, and the general ac
ceptance which makes it likely that
the day will be observed throughout
all Georgia next year.
Every minister interviewed said
that he had observed a decided help
from the “Go-to-Church” movement,
and that he hoped that the day w’ould
become a permanent institution in
Atlanta and the rest of the State.
The Rev. H. M. DuBose, of the
First Methodist Church, estimated
that he had at least 500 or 600 in ex
cess of the average Sunday attend
ance. His attendance for the day w r as
1,500. The larger share, of course, at
tended in the morning. The rain got
in its most effective work in the
evening, but did not prevent a record
being made.
Has Decided Influence.
“The ‘Go-to-Church’ movement cer
tainly had a most decided influence,”
said the Rev. Mr. DuBose. “The
stormy weather would have given me
a small attendance had it not been
for the ‘Go-to-Church’ agitation. 1
expect to see permanent results.”
The Rev. A. M. Hughlett, of St.
Mark Methodist Church, said in com
menting on the results at his church:
“I hope this Is the beginning of a
more friendly era between the news
papers and the churches. 1 am of the
opinion that the editors and minis
ters have not quite understood each
other in the past in many cities of
America. This situation rapidly is
disappearing, now’ that they are get
ting to know each other better.
“The Georgian took a decided step
toward bringing the churches and
newspapers into more harmonious re
lations. I feel that the newspapers
can be of great benefit to the
churches, and, therefore, through the
Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia: Local rains Mon
day; fair Tvcsday.
Finds a Sun Spot of
409,936,709,169Sq.Mi.
SAN JOSE. CAL.. Dec. 15.—A sun
spot covering an area of 409,936,709,-
169 square miles has hern discovered
by Father Rieard, of San Clara Uni-
This is the largest spot discovered
in two years, and is believed to fore
cast great atmospheric disturbances.
Arsonettes Renew
Revenge for Leader
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 15.—The arrest of
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, president
of the Women’s Social and Political
Union, resulted to-day in another
wave of suffragette incendiarism.
A valuable untenanted mansion at
Southern Leigh, Durham Downs, near
Bristol, w'as burned. About the ruins
a quantity of suffrage literature was
discovered attacking the Government
for its treatment of Mrs. Pankhurst.
White House Cousin
Not in Social Register
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Miss
Helen Woodrow Bones, cousin :>f !
President Wilson and a member of;
the President * household, Is left out: :
of the Washington Social Register,
which appeared Wednesday.
The names of President Wilson an 1
Mrs. Wilson, the Misses Margaret
and Eleanor Wilson and Mrs. Wilson's
secretary, Miss Isabelle Hagner, a e
included.
Heavy Christmas Traffic Bears Out'7 Killed, 37 Injured
Assertion of Fairfax Harrison In Tunnel Collapse
That Section Thrives.
Wiley Sees Suffrage
As Aid to Pure Food
WASHINGTON, Dec. 35.—Dr. Har
vey W. Wiley, noted food expert,
stated at the first class of the n_‘v
suffragist school here that not un'll
women have the ballot will there be
proper pure food laws.
The suffrage school faculty com
prises Dr. Wiley, Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw, Miss Alice Paul, Miss Ducy
Burns and Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr.
Boys’ High to Give
Subscription Dance
The Boys’ High School will give a
subscription dance at Taft Hall De
cember 23.
The chaperons will be Judge and
Mrs. Nash R. Broyles. Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Ripley, Mr. and Mrs. James
Kempton, Dr. and Mrs. George Brown
and Professor W. F. Dykes
Puck Taken Over by
Socialist Magazine
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Puck, ,v ie
comic weekly, whose motto is “Wh it
fools these mortal* he,” has been
taken over by The Masses, a So
cialistic monthly. What the terms
of the deal are no one who knows
ii.n.ul hLn g [ fMMUi,
Railroad officials in Atlanta said
Monday tiiat the Christmas traffic has
borne out the statement of Fairfax
Harrison, new' president of the
Southern, ^that the Southeast is ex
periencing the greatest prosperity era
in its history and that the outlook is
unusually good.
“While other sections of the coun
try suffered from a long drouth this
year, which cut the total corn yield
down 661.000,000 bushels,” said Mr.
Harrison, “the South was but 21,000,-
000 bushels short, and most of this
shortage was experienced In Ken
tucky and Tennessee. In the other
Southeastern States the production
has been nearly normal.
“In addition to t his, the great cot
ton crop, which has moved fast and
brought a good figure, has served to
make it a wonderful year for the
Southern farmer. The territory tra
versed by the Southern Railway has
been wonderfully prosperous and the
retail and wholesale trade in it. has
been healthy.
“Other crop«, including forage, have
turned out splendidly and. taking tne
territory on the whole. I doubt wheth
er the farmers of the Southeast have
ever had a more favorable year. The
reports of cotton mill and knitting
mill development are particularly
noteworthy, while manufacturers in
most lines are finding their product
in great demand. Just at this time
there is a slight slackening in tneir
line on account of the Christmas holi
days. but this is a natural condition,
and in a short while everything wiil
he in good shape again. Undoubt
edly the South is facing its greatest
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, Dec. 15.—A railroad tun
nel collapsed to-day while a train
was passing through it near Chem
nitz. Saxony. Seven passengers were
crushed to death and 37 injured,
seven fatally.
Must Wed for Love
To Inherit $500,000
CADILLAC, MICH., Dec. 15—Chal-
letta Hall, aged 19, will receive the
$500,000 estate of her greatuncle, Jo
seph Snyder, who died in San Fran
cisco, if she marries for love within
the next year.
Student Censor Bars
Spectacular Dances
CHAMPAIGN, ILL., Dec. 15. After
passing resolutions favoring modern
dances, six clubs at the University of
Illinois created an official tango cen
sor. “The clutch hold.” the “bear
<nt” and all spectacular dips are
haired.
Boy Jewelry Thief
Confesses; In Jail
DALTON. Dec. 16. —Having confessed
to robbing the home of J. S. Hail, Wil
liam Birch, about 15 years of age, is in
jail here, ami a part of the stolen prop
erty has been recovered.
Tbo robbery was mad** In daylight on
f»ne of the main residential streets, jew
-Lev vaUiatLa.1. auoui, U60 Uaill* oloieu.
BATTLE IN STATE’S
Judge L. S. Roan's decision in refusing a new trial for Lea
M. Frank was made the target for a bitter legsil attack when ar.
guments before the Supreme Court of Georgia began Monday
morning at 9 o’clock. j,
Frank was represented in the appeal ["the Supreme Court
by Luther Z. Rosser, Sr., Reuben Arnold, Herbert Haas, and
Leonard Haas. Leonard Haas is the only one of the lawyers not
actively engaged in the defense at the time Frank was on trial for
his life before Judge Roan.
Attorney General Thomas S. Felder appeared for the first
time as a representative of the State. He is not expected, how
ever, to enter very actively into the arguments. The brunt of the
fight to uphold the verdict of the lower court will be borne by
Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey, on whose shoulders rests prac
tically the sole responsibility for Frank’s conviction on the charge
of murdering Mary Phagan.
Solicitor Dorsey has received
valuable aid from his assistant,
E. A. Stephens, and Mr. Steph
ens’ name appeared on the brief
of the State as oue of the attor
neys of record. Frank A. Hooper,
who was prominently engaged in
the case during its trial and who
took some part in the arguments
against granting a new trial, is
busy with other legal business
and probably will not appear be
fore the Supreme Court
It was’exported Monday when the
hearing began that the arguments
would be practically in the same or
der an before Judge Ronn in the
hearing for a new trial. Attorney Ar
nold making the opening argument
in behalf of a new trial and being
followed by Attorney General Felder
and Solicitor Dorsey, representing
the State, and finally by Attorney
Rosser, w’ho will close for the de
fence.
Mr. Arnold began outlining the
prisoner’s case within a few minutes
after court opened and asked for an
extension of time. The court grant
ed each side /an extra two hours,
which, as th© sittings run but four
hours a day. means that the case will
go over into Thursday. The regu
larly allotted time is two hours for
each side.
Judge’s Statement Figures.
The most important of the new
phases of the case to arise in the
hearing before the Supreme Court
was that of the doubt of Frank's
guilt expressed by Judge L. S. Roan
when he overruled the motion for a
new trial. This incident was stressed
in the brief and argument and prob
ably will be one of the main points
around which the fight for a new
trial will center.
Judge Roan, in denying the new
trial, stated that he had thought more
about the case than any other over
which he had preaided; that he was
not certain of the defendant's guilt;
that with all the thought he had put
on the case, he was not thoroughly
convinced that Frank was guilty or
innocent, but that he did not have to
be convinced; that the jury was con
vinced. and that he felt it his duty In
view of that fact to overrule the mo
tion.
That Frank was not given a fair
and Impartial trial and that the ju
rors were influenced and intimidated
by the demonstrations inside and out
side the courtroom, which a “weak
and vacillating Judge” was unable to
quell. Is another ground on which the
Supreme Court will be asked for a
reversal of Judge Roan's decision.
Dorsey's Methods Attacked.
The admissibility of Jim Conley's
testimony as to Frank's morality and
the testimony of girls in the factory
bearing on the same subject also wiii
form n source of bitter contention.
Police methods and the tactics of
the Solicitor General ip imprisoning
witnesses will be the object of an at
tack by Allvidtej; kisr clos
ing address. The Solicitor also will
be taken to task for his manner of
conducting the prosecution in the
presence of the Jury.
Frank’s lawyer© arc of the opinion
that- he continually asked improper
questions over the objections of th©
defense and in the face of adverse
rulings by the court, and that later
In his argument he warped and dis
torted the evidence, and, further than
that, argued from supposed facts
concerning which there was not a
line of evidence in the record.
Urges Bachelor Tax
To Pension Widows
WASHINGTON, Dev 15.—A tav of
bachelors in the National Capital to
provide pensions for widows with
children Is proposed by Representa
tive Borland, of Missouri.
The bill, which he has outlined, will
tax unmarried men between 25 and
30 years, $100 a year; 30 and 35.
$200, and $300 a year for those 35
and upward. Widows with one child
under 14 years would get $8 a month
and those with more $4 a month ex
tra for each additional youngster.
Raisuli Is Reported
Held by Hostile Tribe
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
TANGIER, MOROCCO, Dec. 15.—
Raisuli, the notorious Moroccan ban
dit who kidnaped Ian Percerdis, an
American, in 1904 and got $70,000
ran for him. is reported by tribes
men in nearby mountains to have
been captured by hostile mountain
eers.
On several occasions Raisuli is re
ported to have been captured or to
have met violent death.
Would-be Arbiter of
Fashions Seeks Job
DALTON. Dec. 15.—Although the date
for the special election to name a suc
cessor to the late Representative S. E.
Berry has not been determined upon.
Judge G. G. Glenn, a former represen
tative; H. D. Keith, a former tax col
lector, and A. T. Gilbert, a constable,
are aspirants.
While in the General Assembly, Judge
Glenn established a nation-wide reputa
tion when he tried to put through a
measure to regulate women's wearing
apparel.
Onlooker Gets in Way
Of Bullets; Wounded
WAYCROSS. Dec. 15.—Dave Fields,
an Alabama negro, is at the Atlantic
Coast Line Hospital here with a broken
leg as the result of a general fight in a
camp car Saturday night over a “crap”
game.
The negro was one of the dozen
spectators and when two of those in th©
game drew guns and started tiring at
each other to settle a row h© got xij
fee Wkfc. . * — 4