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OVER 100,000 THE SUNDAY AMERICAN’S NET PAID CIRCULATION The National Southern Sunday Newspaper The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 116. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1913. Copyright, 1906, By The Georgian Co. 2 CENTS. p ^° ARNOLD ATTACKS DORSEY IN FRANK PLEA CHIEF LANFORD WARNS ATLANTA GIRLS TO BEWARE OF 'NEEDLE MEN’ Government Inspector demonstrating how needletnen drug victims to ensnare them into White Slavery. c*3 D*3 K<3 CSX] C*3 KX3 Kx3 Georgians Campaign Fills Churches w % Safe Blower Fights Captor Desperately FELLED BY 1 TO CHECK Beggars' Trust and | Detectives on Alert to Suppress Wilson to Rename School for Teaching white Slavers Said to Have Clements; Another 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 the official name, (n 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 appear to have been scalded. Police Lieutenant Tames V. Larkin, who discovered the ‘school,” said a • Gay Cat” who could, not “cadge” $10 a day waft not considered a worthy mem ber. Urges Bachelor Tax To Pension Widows WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—A tax on 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. 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 been discovered by Father Ricard, of San Clara Uni versity. This is the largest spot discovered in two years, and is believed to fore cast great atmospheric disturbances. Begun Work Here, 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 cat” and ail spectacular dips »re Style Trend Laid to Darwin, Huxley, et al ST. LOUIS, Dec. 15.—The tango and the extreme styles in women s clothes are the direct results of the teachings of Darwin. Huxley and Spencer who advocaied worship of ‘ a ood of the Senses,” according to Rev. Luther L. Ghief of Detectives Lanford Mon day morning issued a warning to the young girls of Atlanta to beware of the “needle men,” the scientific white slavers who dull the senses of their victims with an injection of a power ful narcotic through a hypodermic needle jabbed in the arm or wrist, and who are thought to have fled from New York City and established their headquarters In Atlanta. The Chief also expressed his will ingness to co-operate with L. J. Ba- ley, chief of the Southern division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, whose plans? for the suppression of the gang were outlined exclusively in yesterday’s Sunday American. “The danger to which the girls of Atlanta are exposed from these scien tific criminals.” said Chief Lanford, “can not be too greatly emphasized. The method of the needle men is sure and swift, and since they leave prac tically no clews save possible descrip tions by people who pay no particu lar attention to them, the difficulty of apprehending them is great. Urges Girls To Be Careful. “Since the unearthing of the gang in New York we have heard vague rumors that many of the white slavers have left the Eastern metrop olis and come to Atlanta. These ru mors have been carefully investi gated. and while I can not yet make public the Information we have ob tained. I regard the situation in At lanta now as being of sufficient grav ity to make a warning necessary, especially to girls who go alone to the theaters and on the streets. “Too much care can not be exer cised by girls. They should be on their guard constantly and should not enter Into conversation with strangers, whether men or women; and if they are seized with a sudden illness should be careful that they are not assisted by persons unknown to them. In the theaters the girls should keep a watchful eye on the persons who sit next to them, as the darkness of the theater affords the needle men an ideal opportunity for his work. Should Report to Police. “Cases of sudden illness in thea ters or on the streets should be re ported to the police or Government agents at once, in order that an ln- vestigation’m&y be made. It is possible that some of the many cases of illness reported in the cheaper playhouses and on the streets recently have been due to the worlf of the needle men, though there have yet been no re ports of Instances where they have succeeded in abducting a girl.” Job Found for Glenn WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.—That the President has practically determined to re-appoint Judson C. Clements, of Georga, to the Interstate Commerce Commission became known at the White House to-day. Despite his advanced age. Commis sioner Clements still is vigorous and is one of the leading railroad experts of the national. Former Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, was a candidate for the place, but President Wilson has decided to appoint him to the International Boundary Commission. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Local rains Mon day; fair Tuesday. Thousands in Riot to See Stolen 'MonaLisa' 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.” 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, nesto Bristol, was burned. About the ruins a quantity of suffrage literature was discovered attacking the Government for its treatment of Mrs. Pankhurst. Wilson's Fever About Gone, Say Physicians WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—“The Presi dent is doing very nicely,” was the in formation at the White House to-day. Almost the last trace of fever has dis appeared. The President has canceled all his en gagements for to-day, however, and probably will for to-morrow also. Must Wed for Love To Inherit $500,000 CADILLAC, MICH.. Dec. 15.—Chal- letta Hall, aged 19. wP’ receive the $'.00,000 estate of her greatuncle, Jo seph Snyder, who died in San Fran cisco, if she marries for love within the next year, . Driver Reaches Randall Coal Of fice Just in Time to Save the Manager’s Life. Two daring attempts on th^ safes In the offices of two of Randall Bros.’ coal yards resulted early Mon day morning in a small robbery »n one case and in the other the cap ture of a negro burglar, after a scuf fle for a revolver that finally was set tled by a blow from a hammer on the head of the burglar. J. L. Chandler, manager of the Ran dall coal yard at No. 64 Krog street, entered 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 knpb had been chiseled away and the door of the safe otherwise camaged in an effort to get it open without ex plosives. 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 door 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, out 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 twlnklinsr the negro seized the weapon, aimed it at his captor and was just about to pull the trigger when Jackson Reed, a negro driver, stepped into the office. Felled With Hammer. Reed closed with the burglar ami attempted to take the revolver from him. The struggle went found and round the office, knocking over the furniture, and was terminated only by a judicious 'blow from the robber's own hammer, dealt on his skull by Mr. Chandler. The police were summoned and the negro, who pro-iptly recovered con sciousness, was taken to headquar ters, where 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 ber or robbers hie* 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 at tempt on their offices was regarded as a coincidence. “We know of no reason for any gen eral effort to be made on our safes,” it was said. The offices are about a ‘mile apart. Detectives Hamby and Dickery were ut on the case. Stevens was held in $1,000 bond by Judge Broyles on charges of burglary and assault with intent to murder. Boy Jewelry Thief Confesses; In Jail DALTON, Dec. 15.—Having confessed to robbing the home of J. S. Hall, Wil liam Birch, about 15 years of age, is in jail here, and a part of the stolen prop erty has been recovered. The robbery was made in daylight on one of the main residential streets, jew elry valued at about $100 being stolen. 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 hall game oj 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” 5yere 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 scowled and threatened, and even sent dashes of fine rain and clouds of damp, clinging mists on Sunday, but the people turned out just the same. Pastors Are Happy. They donned their cravenettes, and slip-ons. a^ttl rubbers, and so forth, and hied to church in serene defiance of the rain god. The pastors of flocks about the city were correspondingly happy. Here was a wet, nasty day, when ordinarily they would 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 he hoped the day would 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 leas/ 500 oi* 600 in ex cess of the average Sunday attend ance. His attendance for the day was 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. I 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 theichurches. I 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 he of great benefit to the churches, and, therefore, through the churches to the community. The min isters are overlooking one of their most valuable opportunities to further the spiritual grow’th and attendance Continued on Page 2, Column 5. 300 Flood-Bound Texans, Starving, At Point of Death GALVESTON. TEXAS. Dec. 15— A fleet of motorboats started out at dawn to-day for Liverpool. Texas, in a des perate effort to rescue 300 men, women and children cut off by flood waters ther,£. Word received during the night said that if help did not reach the ma rooned flood victims to-day they would perish. The Vnited States revenue cutter Windom to-day inaugurated rescue work at the mouth of the Brazos River. The chief danger in the flood zone now is starvation. Supplies are being sent out as rapidly as possible, however. Contributions of both food and medi cal supplies are pouring in here and relief organizations are working night and day. Girl Accidentally Shot by Brother Reports from the Wesley Memorial Hospital Monday were that Miss Lulu Arnall, who was accidentally wounded by her brother Sunday, will recover, but tha tshe narrowly escaped death. Her brother was standing in the door way of the family home in Hapeville when the shotgun in his hands was ac cidentally discharged. A good part of the load struck Mias Arnall in the neck. Miss Arnall is 23 years old and is the daughter of Mrs. Lulu Arnall. 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 I Mrs. Wilson, the Misses Margaret and Eleanor Wilson and Mrs. Wilson's secretary, Miss Isabella Hagner, are included. Wiley Sees Suffrage As Aid to Pure Food WASHINGTON, Deo. 15.—Dr. Har vey W. Wiley, noted food expert, stated*at the first class of the nrv suffragist school here that not until women have the ballot will there he proper pure food laws. The suffrage school faculty com prises Dr. Wiley, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, Miss Alice Raul, Miss Lucy Burns and Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr. Baptists to Change Name of Institute WAYCROSS. Dec. 15.—Friday the board of trustees of Bunn-Bell Institute will meet in Waycross to decide on a new name for the Baptist college lo cated here. The proposed change has been under consideration for some time. A spe cial committee designated to recom mend a new name, includes the Rev. W. P. Price, the Rev. H. R Holcomb and J. K. Larkin. 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. 7 Killed, 37 Injured In Tunnel Collapse 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. Attorney Reuben R. Arpold, speaking eloquently in behalf of a new trial for Leo M.M Frank, told the Supreme Court of Georgia Monday that the National Pencil Factory superintend ent had been made the victim of the flimsiest evidence that even sent an innocent man to the gallows. "Your honors would not believe tliat such inconsequential and irrelevant evidence could be used to damn a defendant, but here it is, right here in the record!" he exclaimed. .‘‘It is almost unbelievable that such methods could be used in convicting man and that they could be successful in a Georgia court of justice." Arnold accused Solicitor Dor- I sey M laying hold of every in significant circumstance and twisting it into a most suspicious (incident in order to realize his j ambition for Frank s conviction. He cited the letter Frank wrote to his uncle, M. Frank, as an example of the manner In which Dorsey had I distorted every particle of evidence Into a mountain of suspicion. The letetr. Arnold said, was the most natural message In the world, and yet the Solicitor had made It out as a, subterfuge and as a most positive indication of Frank’s guilt. Call# Dorsey Unfair. Dorsey improperly and unfairly had argued that Frank’s wife had a con sciousness of his guilt, Arnold de clared, because she had not visited him at the Jail for several days after his arrest. He had branded Frank as a red- handed murderer merely because Frank had been in the factory at the time. The Solicitor had declared the de fendant guilty, first because he was nervous, and later because he was calm and collected. “He was guilty because hired counsel,” said Arnold. he “He KILLS LITTLE BROTHER. LEXINGTON KY.. Dec. 15.—The six- year-old son of Samuel Walker, of Mt. Lebanon, killed his foiy-year-old brother when lie picked up his fath er’s revolver from a table and pulled the trigger. % had was guilty because he had told Newt Lee he could have a holiday Saturday afternoon, the day Mary Phagan^ was murdered. He waa guilty because big John Gantt scared him Saturday night. “Why, your honor, they haven’t a shadow of a case against h rank, ex cept on the testimony of the lying Jim Conley. Evidence Flimsy, He Declares. “It is built upon just such flimsy circumstances as I have cited. It is evidence on which a judge should not even submit it to a jury. Discusses Time Element. The early part of Arnold’s address to the court was given over to a de scription of the National pencil fac tory, where Mary Phagan was mur dered, and to a review of the entire case, which he characterized one of the deepest murder mysteries that ever had perplexed a community. His first direct argument had ref erence to the time element which played a large part in the testimony and arguments throughout Franks trial and later in the arguments in behalf of a new trial before Judge Roan. He contended that the testimony of the State’s own witnesses made it palpably impossible that Mary Pha gan could have been attacked or murdered at the time the State con tended the crime was done. George Epps, a State’s witness, testified that he rode to town with Mary Phagan the day she was slain and that she arrived at Forsyth and Marietta streets at 12:07 o’clock. Allowing four minutes to walk to the pencil fac tory, Arnold argued that the fac tory girl could not have reached there before 12:11 o’clock. But the State, he said, maintained that the Phagan girl had arrived there be fore 12:05 o’clock, or actually before the car on which she rode arrived in the city. Dorsey had to do this, ac cording to the attorney, in order to make it fit in w’ith his theory that Monteen Stover, who entered the fac tory,I at 12:05, was unable to find Franlf in his office because it was at this moment that the young superin tendent was in the rear of the fac tory in the act of strangling the Pha gan girl o death. Gets More Time. Arnold, In asking for an extension of time before he began his argu ment, represented that the trial had been so long and the testimony so voluminous that it could not be prop erly discussed In the usual two hours allotted to each side. He asked for an extension of at least three hours Presiding Justice Beverly D. Evans announced that each side would be given an additional two hours, which will complete the case Tuesday after noon. Always the exemplification of sar torial perfection. Mr. Arnold was dressed in a light brown striped suit that had the appearance of being fresh from his tailor. A pair of thick- soled tan shoes, a negligee shirt witn blue strifes and a carefully tied brown cravat completed his visible attire. A number of Frank’s friends list ened interestedly to the arguments of the opposing attorneys. Detect ives John N. Starnes and Patrick Campbell, who were detailed to aid the Solicitor In the investigation of the mystery, arrived soon after the hearing began. The arguments were heard by Su preme Court Justices Beverly D. Evans, S. C. Atkinson and H. Warner Hill. It was expected Monday when the hearing began that the arguments would be practically In the same or der as before Judge Roan 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, who will close for the de fense. Judge’s Statement Figures. The most important of the new” phases of the case to arise in the hearing before the Supreme Court was thatAjf 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 presided; 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 ihat he felt it his duty in view of that fact to overrule the mo tion.