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i DID YOU KNOW your feet weigh more WHEN YOU ARE ASHER? That * On)y One of a Hundred intereating Things Revealed in NEXT SUNDA Y’S AMERICAN The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WAN l ADS—Use for Results EXTRA VOL. XII. NO. 120. ATLANTA. UA., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1*0. 1910. Copyright. 1306. By 7he Georgian Co o pirvnp-c pat no - A O. MORE HOME EDITION MAYOR VETOES NEW SMOKE LAW C&3 C&J C&3 LOAN SHARKS DRIVE MAN TO JAIL Sg 'Z s ‘J '*■! £2 £|} FRANK LAWYERS REOPEN ATTACK ON DORSEY CHAMP CLARK GRILLS CALAMITY HOWLERS OF FACTS IS Solicitor's Statement as to Time Slip Taken From Factory Is Vigorously Assailed. Attorneys for Leo M. Frank an nounced Friday that they were en gaged in the preparation of a supple mental brief, in which they proposed to call to the attention of the Supreme 'ourt of Georgia portions of Solicitor leneral Dorsey’s argument and%brief. vhich, they assert, are filled 'with glaring misstatements and misrepre sentations. One of the statements of the Solici tor which the defense is attacking most vigorously in its supplemental brief is in reference to the time slip iaken out of the clock by Frank the morning after the murder of Mary Phagan in the National Pencil Fac tory. The Solicitor claimed that this time slip never reached tho hands of the authorities, and that another had been substitued for it with three punches missing in order to throw' suspicion on Newt Lee, the night watchman. Prank’s counsel insist in the brief they are preparing that this is willful and inexcusable perversion of the ev idence, for which there is absolutely no warrant in the record. Point to Trial Testimony. They point to the testimony in the trial lo bear them out. They contend 'hat everything in the record brands the Solicitor's statements and insinu ations on this subject as false and grossly unfair. The evidence, accord, tng to their assertions, shows that Frank removed the time slip in the presence of the officers, commented on it, marked it “April 26, 1913,” and later turned it over to Chief of De tectives Lanford. This same slip was produced by tho prosecution at the trial, they say, with the notation of the date rubbed out. Prank was given the slip to explain to the jury in his formal statement. He looked it over and remarked that he had made the notation, but that it had been rubbed out. He did not know by whom. The slip contained three “skips,” indicating that tho night watchman had missed punching *■ clock that number of times. Solicitor Dorsey, at the conclusive l f Frank’s statement.it is cited, arose tnd explained that he had made the erasures, believing them to have been made by the detectives to Identify the slip. Dorsey Also to File Brief. There is nothing in any of the te a - timony. therefore, Frank’s lawyers 1 ontend, to warrant the Solicitor’s aim that there was a substitution. 1 he evidence points exactly to the op posite conclusion, it is held. Other points in the Solicitor’s ar gument are taken up and compared vv ith the brief of evidence to show ’hat there has been misstatement or misrepresentation. The supplemental "’■mf will be finished next week, an<1 ’ ill be filed wdlh the Clerk of the Su. feme Court. Solicitor Dorsey also 111 be served with a copy. The Solicitor asked the privilege ot '.g a supplemental brief, making ' -rtions against the defense similar ° those made against him. Teachers See “Farce" In Board 's Agreement On Holiday Extension What is regarded by the teachers of the Atlanta public schools as a “farcical move” was the response of the Board of Education to the demand for additional hoiidavs this Christ mas. Monday and Tuesday were added a9 holidays, but two days will be added lo the school term in the heat of June. Friday is the last day of school un til after the Christmas holidays, Jan uary 5, and, 25,000 will immediately begin the celebration of Christmas. President W. R. Daley said that the two extra holidays practically meant a confiscation of $4,400 of school money. After that remark. Mayor Wood ward made a motion that the two days be added to the school term s^ext June, and it was unanimously adopted. Women Awaiting Wilson's Ruling on Social Precedence WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Wives of Cabinet members and members of Congress are more anxious to have President Wilson make a ruling on the question of social precedence at the Capitol than their husbands. The women declare they are embarrassed as to the proper order of call a, pend ing a decision. Mrs. Claude Swanson, wife of the Senator from Virginia; Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher, wife of the Florida Sen ator. Mrs. Garrison and Mrs. Red- field, wives of the Secretaries of War and Commerce, and Mrs. Burleson, wife of the Postmaster General, be lieve President Wilson's diplomacy will settle the matter. TO PHI OFF Young Swindler Falls Into Trap Set for Him at Window of Downtown Bank. Displays Roll in Cafe; Loses $580 Police Friday w’ere searching for a pickpocket who got a wallet contain ing $580 from R. R. Whitehead, a fruit-tree dealer of Kingston. Ga., on Thursday afternoon. Whitehead had come to Atlanta to purchase some mules. He displayed his money in a downtown restaurant when he paid for his lunch by peeling a bill from the roll. Santa Costume Takes Fire; Woman Burned KNOXVILLE, TENN.. Dec. 19.— Miss Sophia Preston while assisting her sister, a school-teacher, in play ing Santa Claus for the latter’s pu pils was seriously burned about the face this morning. Her costume caught fire. The teacher's hands were burned in putting out the blaze, but she saved her sister’s life. Daniels Can't Stop 'Wine Launching’ WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—Secre tary Daniels has ruled that he has no jurisdiction over the kind of fluid that may be used to christen battle ships. Pure water was suggested for the Oklahoma or releasing a whir<° dove from the deck. "I have no doves, no wines, no champagnes,” he wi >te “It is a thing I • * Declaring that he had been driven to desperation by the constant hound ing of loan sharks and the approach of Christmas, S. B. Dickie, a young telegraph operator, living at No. 131 South Pryor street, was bound over under $500 bond Friday by Recorder Broyles on charges of forgery and cheating and swindling. “I had to have money to keep my creditors from running garnishments on my salary,” said Dickie. “I have fairly been haunted by loan sharks w f ho each day threatened to get my job. With Christmas so near, I had to have the money. I am guilty.” Dickie was arrested in the Third National Bank after he had walked into a cleverly arranged trap set by bank officials. Sends Fraudulent Telegram. Thursday morning the bank re ceived a telegram, purporting to come from the First National Bank of Bir- mingham, which read: ‘Honor draft of R. A. Carter for $86.” Officials of the Third National, be coming suspicious, telegraphed the Birmingham bank for verification of the order, and were informed by that institution that the telegram was a fraud. Harr *. Scott, of tiie Pinkerton force, was notified, and, with two city de tectives. waited in the lobby of the Third National for Carter. Walks Into Trap. Shortly after noon Dickie appeared at the cashier's window and pre sented a telegram, which was ad dressed to R. A. Carter, and reading: “Have wired Third National Bank to honor your draft.'' The dispatch was signed by th^ Birmingham bank. The three sleuths who were wait ing were signaled by the cashier, and they formed in line behind Dickie. As soon as he had received the $80 he was taken into custody.' So quietly was the arrest made that other patrons of the bank \yere not aware of the trouble. Yuan Plans To Be Gay "Night Life" of Sclmiidt Bared by Former Companion NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The ‘night life” of Hans Schmidt, on trial for the murder of Anna Aumuller, was revealed when the case was resumed ^o-day before Judge Foster Lewte Mann testified that he and Schmidt frequently had called on young women members of St. Boni face Church. “We went to dances and vaudeville shows,” said Hann. "Sometimes Schmidt would hold impromptu hops In the basement of the church, and he always picked out the prettiest girl for himself.” Schmidt's lawyers said they would probably be compelled to allow the prisoner to testify In his own behalf, as Schmidt had threatened “to explain everything in open court” if they did not put him on the stand. Gen. Wood to Head Eastern Division WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the army, will succeed Major Gen- | eral Thomas H. Barry as commander of the Eastern Division, with head quarters at Governors Island, N. Y. t immediately upon the expiration of his term as chief of staff, it was an nounced by Secretary of War Gar rison to-day. General Wood had planned to tour Europe and Asia, but at the request of Secretary Garrison he will remain. Major General Barry lias been or dered fco the command of the Philip pines Division to succeed Major Gen eral Franklin Bell. Becker’s Mother Dies Ignorant of His Fate NEW YORK, Dec. 19.— Ignorant that her son is in the death chamber at Sing Sing awaiting the opinion <*? the Court of Appeals, which will de cide whether he will end his life in the electric chair, Mrs. Becker, moth er of former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, died to-day. News of her death was sent to Becker in Sing Sing. Mrs. Becker never knew of her son's trouble. Wilson to Pick Gulf Town for Vacation WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—A letter calling President Wilson’s "History of the American People” a. “joke,” and declaring It “full of toryism of the worst kind.” may cost George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts, the post of Minister to Greece. This letter, which Williams wrote several years ago to former Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota, has reached the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Williams' nomination is being held up until the committee learns ’whether the Presi dent knew of the letter when he named Williams. ■ Urges Public Hearing of Protests Before Council Again Acts on Measure. , Rev. T. E. Converse. Veteran Presbyterian Minister, Is Dead WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—Pass Christian and Gulfport. Miss., are the two winter resorts which Presi dent Wilson now is considering for his coming Southern trip. Aiken, S. C.. to-day presented an in vitation to the Chief Executive to spend his vacation there, blit it is The funeral of the Rev. Thomas E. Converse, pastor of the Druid Park Presbyterian Church, who died Thurs day night at his home. No. 163 Lin- wr.od avenue, will be held Saturday. Dr Converse was one of the oldest and best-known Presbyterian minis ters in the South. Me was born in Philadelphia 72 years ago For a -p.. f n pi . | generally expected that he will choose nuir.bpr of years he lived lh Kentu<-k> DlCtcltOr 01 Liim a some point on the Gulf of 11k 1 ™ I in vhich S'ate he \\;i CHAM The speaker of the.House creat form and charged the Republican pa hard times as a political measure aga tlie proposed currency law. r T XOTO CO JJ »T£T • lXTEXx-AT ijOJiAO* xrvj CLARK. •d quite a stir when he left his rdat- Ay with Inciting talk of panics and llhst the new Democratic tariff act and Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PEKIN. Dec. 19. President Yuan Shili-K’ai to-day issued a mandate suggesting the definite termination of the Chinese Parliament. Dissolu tion of Parliament would place Yuan Shih-K’ai In the position of dictator. The question has been submitted 10 the Administrative Council, which is | expected to take affirmative action. Officers Raid Stills To Reduce Murders LOUISVILLE, IvY., Dec. 19.— In or der to cut down the Christmas supply of moonshine” whisky and thereby decrease holiday murders in the Ken tucky mountains, revenue officers arc busy raiding stills in that region. Corporation Loses Fight to Limit Suits n a number of cases decided by ^ Supreme Court Friday, involving ne Central Power Company, of Ma* and various litigants, the court *d that where a power company op* a tes through its lines, dams and at- ;lr nents iir various counties it is no* ’ ssanjr for parties moving for dam. *?■"' to proceed to the county in which fi* company is located at headquar- ' r for the purposes of suit. Suit be brought in any county in h the alleged damages arise. ^ ne Central Power Company has to the view' that it could be sued n headquarters. Lindsey Approves Children on Stage j CHICAGO. Dec. 19.—Children should be permitted to work on the stage under proper safeguards, Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of Denver, told the Drama Club, adding: I have seen factory children who dislike the life, but I never saw a stage child who did not want to remain in the profession.” Owes $778,877: Has $100: Promoter Fails BOSTON. Dfr 19.— Colonel Isaac VanHorn, a Boston promoter hat ing a handsome summer hom» a: Holdern^e.'. N*. f* has on die a bank ruptc5 petition git tng his liabili at $775,877 and his assets as $100. NEXT Sundays American IS BARRED FROM THE Atlanta Penitentiary Because it contains an expose ot - that insti- tution, written by Julian Hawthorne, but Atlantans can secure this great story by or dering from a dealer, or by phoning Main 100. There are dozens of interesting features m it. married. He i formerly was editor of The Christian I Observer, published ai Louisville, He j j had been pastor of the Druid Park j I Church three years, during which I erne he also was or e of t/ie editor.-- of The Presbyterian of the South • Dr, Converse’s wife, three (laugh- i lets, Sarai:. Rosa Irvine and .Ml ired, ; and a brother. James E. Converse, of • .VIorriMown, Term., survive. Denied Dances, Co-eds Take Up Wrestling LANSING, MICH.. Dec. 19. Co-I eds at Olivet College who have been denied the privilege «*f dancing the tango, the hesitation glide and other new steps are learning to wrastie in the solitude of the girls’ gym, under the direction of Miss Marion A, Keeae, director of women’s athletics. Miss Keese says wrestling provides excellent exercises for women, and should be taught in all girls' classes. Prison for Baron 7v 7 ho Hacked Lame Gobbler Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LERLIN. Dec. 19. Lieutenant Bar on Von Foerstner, Germany army of ficer . whose despotic actions started trouble between the military authori ties end the citizenry of Alsace, was court-martialed to-day and sentenced to 42 days' imprisonment The specific harge egainet liin 1 was slashing a ''rirpled shoemaker with * his a word. Pastors Contribute Sermons in State's Campaign on Weevil .VI V.CON Dec. 19. Macon preacher# hive volunteered to contribute ser mons to ihe movement just organ ized her< for the resin I a nee to I he boll weyvii invasion •S'ate headquarters for the < onduct «. f a boll weevil campaign will be opened n Macon soon by i lie- Geor gia Chamber of Commerce, and a fight wi! be planned 'bat will earl into eve. county of Georgia. Macon merchants, bankers and farmer.-; ..Mended the meeting and subscribed to th» fund. Several min isters also were present. The State i hamber, plans a ‘ boll v, revil day” in January, /hen the afrentlon of the entire State will be drawn to the propos'd ion. Polecat's Hide Stirs Whole Neighborhood I ALTON, Dec. 19 Declaring that his household had been deprived of rest and sleep for 48 hours because one of his neighbors had killed a polecat and tacked the skin on his house to dry, Patrick Kelly called on the police. The owner of the hide was forced to take it down and bury it. Atlanta Main Point In Chicagoans’ Tour Of Southern States " H. Johnson, commercial age tit in Atlanta for the Nashville. Chatta nooga and St. Louis Railroad, Friday ](.<» ived notification from the head office® of the road that the trade ex- tersion committee of the Chicago Chamber of Commerce is completing arrangements for a trip through the States - of the Southeast in January and that Atlanta will he Included In the. itinerary. A special train will carry the Chi- « goans on the tour, which is expect ed to have far-reaching commercial results. Several hundred industrial concerns will be represented. Mr Johnson culled the attention of W. H Leahy, secretary of the Indus trial and statistical bureau, to the approaching invasion of Chicago r ui ('h ints and manufacturers, and M-" Leahy induedlately communicated with Mell J i. Wilkinson. incoming president of the Chamber of Com merce. suggesting that a formal invi tation be extended to the Chicagoans. Bandits Rob Train of $2,500 Worth of Silks NTACK, N, Y Dec. 19. Six mask ed robbers to-day held up a west bound Erie freight train at FaiPview, near here, and while three covered rhe crew with revolvers the other three unloaded ilks valued at about $2,500 from the «$rf- ami carried them «wh’ in an automobile. The men es^ajed. Inez Milholland Calls Militancy “Vulgar” PRINCETON. N. .7 Doc. 19 Alr.a Inez Milholland Boi?.-evain r*mei\ 1 an enthusiastic welcome here when she addressed the Princeton Socialist Society. The suffrage leader declared the English militant movement was not enr !i'»naJ, but highly strategical. She regretted the necessity of those “vul gar methods.' THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Cloudy-Friday night and Saturday. The City Smoke Board's plan, to strengthen the smoke ordi nance in the movement to abate the smoke nuisance in Atlanta was referred back to Council for more deliberate eonsideratiem by the veto of Mayor Woodward Friday. Ffi.s action was taken at the behest of a large number of citizens who called to register their protest. The present law is tli&t no furnace shall be permitted to emit black smoke for more than twelve minutes to tho hour. The law proposed by the Smoke Board and passed by Council reduces that limit to six minutes to the hour and includes all residences with as much as a thousand feet ra diation within the jurisdiction of the law. After Mayor Woodward had heard Smoke Inspector Poole and Chairman R. M. Harwell, of the Smoke Board outline the reasons why it was nec- j ess&ry to strengthen the law and the owners of the smoke producers ha 1 insisted that it would work a hard ship on them, he said: Wants Public Hearing. “I think the movement to reduce the smoke evil in Atlanta is a good thing, but I don’t want to work anv hardship on the Industrial interests “I want you ot understand that you must not atke my veto of this meas ure as a disapproval. The law' is not intended to go into effect until April, and I understand that you were not riven an opportunity of a public hear ing. Therefore, I will sod it back to Council for a public hearing before its repassage.” Of the 30 or 40 men present In spector Poole said he thought all of them had complied with the twelve- minute law. There were manufac turers, otfice building owners, hotel men. but most conspicuous were the laundrymen. Someone jokingly re marked that the meeting looked like a laundrymen’s conspiracy to keep smoke circulating. Among those present were Attorney Ed Meyer, W. F. Winecoff, E. G. Grif fin. of the Bell Laundry: E. H. Wil son. of the Troy Laundry; W. J. Stoddard, George IL Fauae, of the Capital City Laundry; Councilman C. D. Knigfct, of the Piedmont Laundry, A. 11. Harris, of the Atlanta Paper Company: Julian Boehn, Charles Wynn and J. F. Letton. They declared that they Fiad eben put to great expense to comply with the twelve-minute law and now a year later it was demanded that they must live up to a law just twice as strict. No Added Expense. I want to say that no one who had made proper provisions to comply with the twelve-minute law will be put to any expense to meet the six- minute law,” said Inspector Poole “The reason for this law is that in many cases I find that through care- letffc firing plants are making smoke nine and ten minutes to the hour. There is no reason why this should not be reduced to six minutes to the hour. ” Inspector Poole said that he exer cised discretion in making case*. Mayor Woodw ard questioned his right to exercise any such discretion. ‘When the law is oeing violated, it is up to you to make a case,” said the Mayor. Another thing 1 want to say, gen tlemen, is that so long as the city schoolhouses and other municipal buildings are violating the law I am reluctant to demand that you obeyTt.” All present agreed that the emok* nuisance still was very bad in At lanta. and they expressed a desire to * co-operate in reducing iL “I want you to understand this per fectly,” said Chairman Harwell. “You can't coroperate unless you are will ing to spend a little money.' 1