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VOL. XII. NO. 116.
ATLANTA, GA., .MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1913.
Copyright. 1906,
By The Georgian <Zo.
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MAKES NEW FRANK CHARGES
ELOPERS SO SURE OF PARENT!AL j[
BLESSING THEY REFUSE TO WORRY
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Go-to-Church Day Proves Great Success
Safe Blower Tries to Slay Captor
THIEFdAIN FAILS
LED B¥ 10 CHECK
Dressed Meat Cost
Up 73.8 Per Cent in
U. S. in Ten Years
Wilson to Rename
Clements; Another
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^o-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.
Divorces Wife for
Soft Drink Habit
Because, among other things, his
wife spent his money on soda foun
tain drinks, ice cream and in other
“foolish ways,” H. L. McConnell was
granted a total divorce from Mrs.
Bessie McConnell in Judge Ellis’ court
Monday.
McConnell charged that he gave his
wife all of the salary he received as
baggagemaster at the Southern Hail-
Company. Mrs. McConnell de-
• v.^ the charges. McConnell ex
pressed a willingness to provide for
nd educate the children.
Proposal From Erin
or Phonograph Girl
WEST ORANGE, N. J., Dec. 15.—
As the result of a note placed in a
record of “Where the River Shannon
Flows” Miss Jessie Cosgrove, for
merly employed in the Edison Phon
ograph Works here, has received a
proposal of marriage from Dennis
O’Finn, of West Meath, Ireland.
O’Finn is a widower with eleven
children.
McReynolds Puts All
Egg Blame on Hen
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.—Attor
ney General McReynolds’ investigat
ors have decided there it no nation
wide cold-storage trust—that there
are some local combines which can be
reached only if doing interstate busi
ness, and that the hen is really much
to blame for high prices.
way
nied
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia: Local rains Mon
day; fair Tuesday.
Awaiting “parental blessings,” Mr.
and Mrs. L. G. Barnes, a well-known
young couple of Calhoun. Ga., who
eloped to Atlanta Saturday night and.
were married, were confident Monday
they would be forgiven and were so
happy they refused to worry about it.
The blessings haven’t arrived as yet.
The happy young pair will reside at
No. 121 Capitol avenue.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. G. P. Stone at his residence,
No. 354 Luckie street, immediately
after the couple arrived in Atlanta.
“Believe me, I was scared,” said the
bridegroom, who is but 19 years old.
Bride Not Scared.
“I wasn’t,” interposed the bride, to
uphold the honor of their newly-
established wedlock. Mrs. Barnes
is 16.
“But I feel like an old-timer in the
marriage game now,” Barnes added.
Mrs. Barnes was formerly Mis^
Clara May Littlefield. She was a stu
dent at Miss Woodberry’s School here
until November 1. Her husband had
been at college at Nashville. How
ever, neither could live without the
other, they explained It Monday, and
so they agreed to run away from
their respective schools and return to
Calhoun.
Girl’s Parents Didn’t Object.
On Saturday they left their homes,
Mr. Barnes going on an early train
and meeting his bride-to-be at King
ston later. Then they came to At
lanta.
“My mother knew all about it,” said
Mrs. Barnes, “but Leland’s parents
objected because he was so young.
We haven’t let them know yet that
we are married. Anyway, they won’t
do anything about it, now that we
are so happy.”
Both the young people are mem
bers of prominent Calhoun families.
The bridegroom is the son of B. F.
Barnes formerly superintendent of
tale Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills.
Driver Reaches Randall Coal Of
fice Just in Time to Save the
Manager’s Life.
Two daring attempts on the saffs
In the offices of two of Randall
Bros.’ coal yards resulted early Mon
day morning in a small robbery in
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
knob had been chiseled away and t'.e
door of the safe otherwise damaged
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 twinklinrr the negro seized the
weapon, aimed it at his captor and
was just about to pull the trigger
when Jackson Reed. negro driver,
stepped into the office.
Felled With Hammer.
Reed closed with the burglar and
attempted to take the revolver from
him. The struggle went round 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 aptly 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 wi l-
dow, which was forced open, the rob
ber or robbers ble* • the safe to pieces,
using such an unnecessary charge of
explosive that the windows 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.
Full Membership of Nearly Every
Congregation Turns Out—Many
Outsiders Attracted.
Burglars Rob Saloon
of $50 and Cigars.
Burglars robbed the saloon of P.
Moolos, No. 58 Decatur street, of $50
cash and several boxes of cigars Sun
day night. The intruders got in by
sawing the lock out of the back door.
Traces were found around the prem
ises of No. 56 Decatur street next
door to show that they had attempt
ed to break in there also, but had
left their work undone.
Go-to-Church Day was a remark
able success—the more remarkable
in view of the rainy and stormy
weather.
Jupiier 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
tti'FIF'>t*ch enemy.
The maker and sender of the rains
scow led and threatened, and even sent
(lashes of fine rain and doud3 of
damp, clinging mists on Sunday, but
the people turned out just the same.
Pasters Are Happy.
They donned their oravenettes, and
slip-ons, and 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 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.
Methodists Report Success.
At the regular weekly meeting of
the Methodist ministers of Atlanta
glowing reports were made of the
success of “Go-to-Church Day” at
their several churches.
“It was truly a great day,” Dr. H.
M. DuBose said. “At my church there
were 1,200 attending the morning
service, and 1 was counting on 1,000
at night, but the rain held the at
tendance down. At that, there were
more than 1,500 at the two services,
and that is 500 or 600 above the av
erage ‘big crowds’ at our church.”
All the other pastors reported rec
ord-breaking attendances, and were
visibly elated over the success of the
movement.
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 least 500 or 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 incom-
menting on the iesdiy at bigchurcl
i hope this Is the^beginnlng ol ;<
more friendly era between the news
papers and the churches. I am of the
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. Dressed
meat increased 73.8 per cent in price
from 1899 lo 1909. notwithstanding that
the producing kept pace with the in
crease in population during that period,
according to a report to-day by the
Census Bureau.
The total supply of all dressed meats
for both 1909 and 1899 was 107 pounds
per capita. Considering only beef, veal,
mutton and pork, the supply was 10ft
pounds per capita In 1909, compared
with 106 pounds in 1899.
The figures are based on the returns
of slaughtering houses only, which in
clude only about 65 per cent of the to
tal production of dressed meat.
Hunger Strike Frees
Sylvia Pankhurst
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 16.—Sylvia Pankhurst,
daughter of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst.
w T ho was arrested five days ago under
the “cat and mouse bill.” was to-day
released from Holloway’ jail because of
weakness resulting from a hunger and
thirst strike. Miss Pankhurst was on
the verge of collapse when freed.
Jail Alleged Son of
Senator Patterson
WILMINGTON. DEL., Dec. 15.—
James M. Patterson, also known as
Silas M. Paterson, who said he is a
son of the late United States Sena
tor Patterson, of South Carolina, must
serve a sentence of fifteen, months in
the Atlanta penitentiary for using the
mails in a scheme to defraud.
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.
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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 Rieard, of San Clara Uni
versity.
This Is the largest spot discovered
in two years, and is believed to fore
cast great atmospheric disturbances.
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.
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.
Postoffice Safe Is
Blown; $17,000 Gone
WALLACE. IDAHO, Dec. 15.—
Safeblowers wiio obtained $17,000 in
stamps and cash from the local post-
office were being sought to-day by
several armed posses. Three pack
ages of registered mail, each contain
ing $5,000, were included in the loot.
SUES FOR $25,000.
COLCMBCS. Dec. 15.—Davie E.
Smith, a former employee of the Central
of Georgia Railroad, has brought suit
for $25,000 damages against the com
pany for injuries received white em
ployed by the Central.
STATE’S ITU
NFUIIP1PE
Replying to the savage attacks that had been made by Reuben
Arnold upon his methods of conducting the investigation into the
Mary Phagan murder mystery, Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey
Monday, in the presence of the Supreme Court defied the attorneys
of Leo M. Frank and announced that he not only had not apology
to make for any of his actions but that he would repeat them if
he had the investigation to conduct over again.
“They say that I have summoned witnesses contrary to law,”
he declared, “but I would not hesitate to do it again if similar*
circumstances arose. They are so obsessed with the idea that some
thing was wrong in the way we interrogated the witnesses that
they have set down in black and white that I made Minola Mc->
Knight make her second affidavit up there in my office.
“As a matter of fact, it was at
Free Concert for
Christmas Fund
NEXT:
The Sunday afternoon FREE
concert for the benefit of the Emp
ty Stocking Fund. It will be the
moat entertaining of all the events
yet offered in the campaign for
Christmas charity by the Christ
mas Editor.
Make your plans now to attend
this concert. It will be held at the
Forsyth Theater, beginning at 3
o’clock, next Sunday afternoon.
Leading musicians of the city, as
well as stars then appearing on the
Atlanta stages, will make up the
most elaborate program ever of
fered in this city. It will be free
of charge.
The Christmas Editor issues *.o-
day the first call for the return of
dolls which have been taken out to
be dressed. There Is no special
hurry, as yet, but all who are ready
should not delay in returning the
dolls. They have the hearty thanks
of the Christmas editor for their
good work.
There are still a number of dolls
to be dressed. Call and get them.
The address is No. 20 East Ala
bama street.
Launch Dreadnought
‘Tiger’ King of Navies
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
CLYDEBANK, SCOTLAND, Dec.
15.—The dreadnought Tiger, the most
formidable warship in the world, was
successfully launched here to-day.
Her displacement is 28,000 tons, and
she will cost $10,250,000. ’ She will
carry eight fifteen-inch guns, and will
have 100,000-horsepower turbine en
gines. The vessel’s contract speed is
30 knots.
High
Court Frees
Carolina Banker
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.—The Su
preme Court to-day dismissed the
criminal case of the Government
against John H. Farter, Indicted for
bank fraud at Greensboro, N. C., and
upheld Federal Judge Boyd, who sus
tained a demurrer to the indictment
against Carter, but refused to explain
in what particular it was deficient.
PotashF oolsPunsters:
Has Name Changed
NEW YORK. Dec. 15.—Morris Pot
ash has had his name changed by
Supreme Court Justice Cohalan to
Morris Fine. ^
Potash said life had been made mis
erable for him since the advent of
Potash and Perimutter.”
the police department. I neither
counseled for nor against it. II!
I could not help the detectives
solve the mystery, I certainly was
not. going to place obstacles in
their path.”
Dorsey countered on the charges
made by the defense when he char
acterized Arnold’s argument as
“abounding in misquotation and mis
representation.” And he added: “It
does not stop there. Here in this
brief there is the most elaborate
misstatement of facts one could find
in a long search.
Startling New Theory.
“I am going to ask the privilege to
file a supplemental brief In order to
call the attention of your honors to
some of the most glaring examples.”
The Solicitor voiced a startling am
plification of his theory of the mur
der before he progressed far in his
argument against the Judges of the
Supreme Court granting Frank a new
trial. He had suggested during the
trial that the fact that Frank ap
peared startled when Mrs. Arthur
White came suddenly upon him as he
stood before the safe in his office
was an indication of his guilt.
To the Supreme Court he ventured
the opinion that Frank at that mo-*
ment was taking Mary Phagan’s pay
envelope out of the box in the safe
with the Intention of destroying it,
and that he was thrown into a panio
by the sound of Mrs. White’s voice as
he was doing this.
“When FYank was standing there
at the safe he was planning to get
and destroy the envelope so that no
one in the world ever would find it,”
said the Solicitor.
Asked About Pay Envelope.
“The only suggestion that he ever
made to the detectives in an apparent
effort to help them in the solution of
the mystery—save his evident at
tempts to throw suspicion on Lee,
Conley and Gantt—was his query to
the officers: ‘Have you found the pay
envelope?*
“We contend that he had gone back
to the metal room and had attacked
the little girl and foully had mur
dered her, and then had gone back to
his office and opened the safe to ab
stract and destroy the pay envelope
which Mary had come to the factory
to get. That's why he was startled.
“We contend that he had had his
lustful eyes on the girl for weeks be
fore. We have the background of
bad character. Twenty of the State’s
witnesses testified to that. This was
the underlying cause of the whote
tragedy and its explanation.
“He said when he went to identify
the girl that he did not know her
nnd he had to go to his books to look
up whether he had paid her or not.
He thought he had the Saturday be
fore Yet on Monday he told the de
tectives that*C.antt knew’ Mary Pna-
gan well and was an intimate friend
of hers.
"How did he know this if he did
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