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EXTRA 1 Phe Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results r _ L' AT t i VO L. NIL NO. 120. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1913. 2 CENTS. r £L£° MAYOR VETOES NEW SMOKE LAW C*3 C*3 C*3 Kf<3 Closes School Because of ‘Scandalous Tongues’ CHAMP CLARK GRILLS CALAMITY HOWLERS •Z& A3 FRANK LAWYERS REOPEN ATTACK ON DORSEY ■ < l IF FI1CIS IS Solicitor's Statement as to Time Slip Taken From Factory Is Vigorously Assailed. * v 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 Court of Georgia portions of Solicitor General Dorsey’s argument and brief, which, 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 taken 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 the hands of the authorities, and that another had be«n substitued for it with three punches missing in order to throw suspicion on Newt I*ee, the night watchman. Prank’s counsel insist in the brief ■ are preparing that this 4s willful inexcusable perversion of the ev idence. for which there is absolute’y ro warrant in the record. * Point to Trial Testimony. They point to the testimony in the trial to bear them out. They contend that everything in the record brands tlie Solicitor’s statements and insinu ations on this subject as false and grossly unfair. The evidence, accord ing 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 the prosecution at the trial, they say, with the notation of the date rubbed out. Frank 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 the clock that number of times. Solicitor Dorsey, at the conclusion of Frank’s statement, it is cited, arose and 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 tes timony, therefore, Frank’s lawyers contend, to warrant the Solicitor’s claim that there was a substitution. The evidence points exactly to the op posite conclusion, if is held. Other points in the Solicitor’s ar- ciment are taken up and compared ’■cith the brief of evidence to show th.it there has b^en misstatement or misrepresentation. The supplemental b -ef will be finished next week, and be filed with the Clerk of the Su preme Court. Solicitor Dorsey also " H be served with a copy. The Solic.tor asked the privilege of *ng a supplemental brief, making assertions against the defense similar l o 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 holidays this Christ mas. .Monday and Tuesday were added as holidays, but two days will be added to 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 l^e added to the school term next 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 calls, 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- fleld, 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. Board Orders Mayson District Term Reopened—Buggy Rides Started Gossip. i Corporation Loses Fight to Limit Suits a number of cases decided by Supreme Court Friday, involving he Central Power Company, of Ma- U and various litigants, the court F that where a power company op- ‘ a tes through its lines, dams and at- menls in various counties it is nor r f ssary for parties moving for dam. fts ' - to proceed to the county in which * company is located at headquar- " s for the purposes of cult. Suit be brought in any county in : > h the alleged damages arise. 1 be Central Power Company has to the view that it could be sued c - . at headquarters. Jesse Wood Boomed For Mayor Pro Tern With the race for Mayor Pro Tem between Aldermen I. N. Ragsdale and J. R. Nutting practically a tie and embarrassing to a number of mem bers of Council who are friends of both, It was discovered Friday that the custom of electing a Mayor Pro Tem from the Aldermanic Board was only a precedent and not a law. Accordingly a boom was started for Councilman Jesse M. Wood, of the Sixth Ward, for the place. Many be lieve Councilman Wood will get the place on a compromise. Displays Boll in Cafe; Loses $580 Police Friday were 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 lire. Daniels Can't Stop ‘Wine Launching’ WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Secre tary Daniels has ruled that he has '>o jurisdiction over the kind of fluid that may be used to christen battle ships. Pure water was suggested for the Oklahoma or releasing a white dove from the deck. Urges Barbed Wire On Mexican Border WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—A barbed wire fence along the Mexican boun dary’ to check incursions into Ameri can territory was proposed in a bill introduced to-day by Senator Ashurst. Residents of the Mayson School District are enduring a closed school- house and are up In arms against Fulton County Superintendent of Schools E. C, Merry on account of the closing of their school because of alleged gossip. Several days ago parents were sur prised to have their children return from school with the statement that the teacher was gone. They did not wait long In ignorance. D. W. Will ingham. a leader of the Chattahoochee River community, came to them with a letter of explanation from Superin tendent Merry. It recited that two teachers had come to him and resigned because the parents of their pupils talked abqut them, and, what was more surprising 'to the members of the community, added: “On account of the long and slan- I derous tongues of some members of the community the school Is ordered closed.'' Known as Letter Writer. Superintendent Merry had already gained fame as a letter writer by a communication recently published in The Messenger, an organ of Park Street Methodist Church, in which ne criticised the heads of the church for “arbitrarily'' changing Dr. S. R. Belli from that charge to presiding elder of the Gainesville District That caused him trouble, but It didn’t arouse half the indignation the school letter did. The residents of the Mayson Dis trict swooped down on the County Board of Education Thursday and demanded an explanation. Superin tendent Merry’s letter was read to the board. It caused mingled laughter and anger. The Mayson District people ie- clared that such a letter was a reflec- tion on them. How Gosaip Began. When the board heard the case, It developed that Miss Myrtle Fain and Miss Fronia Brooks, the two teach ers, had complained to Superinten dent Merry that certain persons in the community were slandering them. One of the young women had to go two miles from her boarding house to the school. Because a kindly dis posed neighbor of the opposite (FT: took her to the school In a bugi,7 the young woman said the people began to talk. The other young woman said the slander against her had a similar foundation. They both resigned. The board decided that an indict ment could not be brought against a whole community, and that the school should be reopened January 1. The gossip w’as branded as all slander and false. All Settled, Says Merry. “It was just a lot of women’s gos sip,” said Superintendent Merry. “It is all settled now, and I don’t see any reason for saying anything about it In the papers. ”We couldn't very well accuse the whole community of circulating the slanderous stories about the two young women. We did the next best thing and closed the school so as to discipline the persons who had been responsible for the lies. The young W’omen who are teaching have got to be protected. "The school board met and found that there was nothing to investi gate so far as the young women were vancemed. It was the gossiping wom en who were to blame. Because one of the young women had two miles to go to school and a man of the com munity took her In his buggy, the tongues started wagging. . Before it was through there were all sorts of storieiy in circulation and there was no bas;s for aony of them.’’ Frolic With Tech Boys To-night and Help Xmas Fund lt’» readyl A whirlwind of laughter and fun is awaiting you at the Grand The ater Friday night when the Tech boys give their annual dramatic performance. The curtain will be raised promptly at 8:30 o’clock. Everyone in Atlanta who is in sympathy with the Empty Stock ing Fund—and that’s everybody— should go to this show. One-quar ter of the proceeds will be donated to the fund. After the show there will be a dance at Segadlo’s Hall. A small admission will be charged to fill the empty stockings. Help the little ones to a merry Christmas, and have a good time yourself by taking in these events. Becker’s Mother Dies Ignorant of His Fate! NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Ignorant \ that her son Is in the death chamber ! a* Sing Sing awaiting the opinion -'f j the Court of Appeals, which will de cide whether he will end his life in the electric chair, Mr?. Becker, moth er of former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, died to-day. News of her death xvr.~ sent to Becker In Sing Sing. Mrs. Becker nev^r knew of her son's trouble. Wilson to Pick Gulf Town for Vacation WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 Pass Christian and Gulfport, Mis?., 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, but it is generally expected that he will choose some point on the Gulf of Mexico. Denied Dances, Co-eds Take Up Wrestling LANSING, MICH., Dec. 19.—-Co eds at Olivet College who have been denied the privilege of dancing the tango, the hesitation glide and other new steps are learning to wrestle in the solitude of the girls’ gym, under the direction of Miss Marion A. Keese, director of women’s athletics. Miss Keese says wrestling provides excellent exercises for women, and should be taught in all girls’ classes. Lindsey Approves Children on Stage 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.” Judge Warns Auto Thieves as He Gives One 6-Month Term Announcing thr.t he was deter mined to break up the stealing of automobiles ifi Atlanta. Judge An drew Calhoun Imposed a six months' sentence In the county chalngang on Frank Corry, 17 years old, Friday. The young man pleaded guilty to stealing a tire from the automobile of Howard Pattillo, which he had used for a ride December 15. Corry has been In the courts a number of times recently, but been released upon his brother agreeing to pay for the use of the automobiles he had ridden in. Corry pleaded guilty w'hen brought before Judge Calhoun Friday morning and Pattillo expressed a desire not to prosecute him. YUAN WOULD BE DICTATOR. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PEKIN, Dec. 19.—President Yuan Shih-K’ai to-day Issued a mandate suggesting the definite termination of the Chinese Parliament. Dissolu tion of Parliament would place Yuan Shih-K’al in the position of dictator. TO-MORROW Sundays American IS BARRED FROM THE Atlanta Penitentiary Because it contains an expose of 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 in it. T ICO T O copytp.to'XT ax' - lXTEXXAT 1CM.L xrv-j jrxvicx: CHAMP CLARK. The opeaker of the House created quite a stir when he left his plat form and charged the Republican party with Inciting talk of panics and hard times as a political measure against the new Democratic tariff act and the proposed currency law. Chief Construction Engineer of L. & N. Is New N.C.&St.L.Head NASHVILLE, Dec. 19. John Howe Peyton, chief engineer of construction of the Louisville and Nashville Rail road, was to-day elected president and a director of the Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louie Railway, ef fective April 1, 1914, to succeed John W. Thomas, Jr., who died Wednes day. The delay In Mr. Peyton taking of fice Is due to the road’s charter pro vision that a president or director must be a bona fide stockholder for at least 90 days. For the interim Major E. C» Lewis, chairman of the board, was elected president. Mr. Peytpn was elected general manager of the road, effective Janu ary 1 He has been prominent of late In the construction of the new Lewis- burg and Northern Railroad, a Ivouls- ville and Nashville line, and has been assistant to President Milton H. Smith, of the Ivoulsvllel and Nash ville. He was also In charge of much of the construction work on the Loulfl- ville and Nashville line between Car- tersville and Etowah, for the Atlanta' Cincinnati trunk line. Bill Calls for New Georgia Judgeship WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—A bill Jo create an additional district Judge for Georgia was introduced In the House to-day by Congressman Edwards, of the First Georgia District, who wants to relieve the congestion of business In the Northern and Southern Dis tricts. The bill provides that the new judge shall reside at Savannah and shall hold the district courts of the Eastern Division of the Southern Dis trict of Georgia, and may be assigned to preside In any other division of either district In the State. Atlanta Main Point In Chicagoans’ Tour Of Southern States W. H. Johnson, commercial agent In Atlanta for the Nashville, Chatta nooga and St. Louis Railroad, Friday received notification from the head offices of the road that the trade ex- tei slon committee of the Chicago Chamber of Commerce is completing arrangements for a trip through the Stales of the Southeast In January and that Atlanta will be Included in the Itinerary. A special train will carry the Chi cagoans on the tour, which 1b expect ed to have far-reaching commercial results. Several hundred Industrial concerns will be represented. Mr Johnson called the attention of W. H. Leahy, secretary of the Indus trial and statistical bureau, to the approaching invasion of Chicago merchants and manufacturers, and Mr Leahy Immediately communicated with Mell K. Wilkinson, incoming president of the Chamber of Com merce, suggesting that a formal invi tation be extended to the Chicagoans. Shot in Face on Hunt, Farmer, 32, Is Dead Hugh V. Hulsey, a farmer, who was accidentally shot while hunting near East Lake Thursday afternoon, died Friday morning at a private sanita rium. He was 32 years old. The hunter was in the act of leap ing over a rail fence when his shot gun slipped and exploded, tearing away the right side of his face. Spurious $10 Bills Flood Ohio Valley LOUISVILLE. KY., Dec. 19.—Ohio Valley cities and towns are flooded with counterfeit $10 bills, Buffalo de sign, 1901 series, check-mark C and plate No. 634, Many have beei^wmnd in Louisville and Cincinnati, Urges Public Hearing of Protests Before Council Again Acts on Measure. 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 consideration by the veto of Mayor Woodward Friday. Ilis action was taken at the behest of a large number of citizens who ealled to register their protest. The present law Is that no furnara shall be permitted to emit black smoke for more than twelve minutes to the 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 r.e." essary 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 to understand that ypj must not take ray 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 elven an opportunity of a public hear ing. Therefore, I will send 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, office 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 Laupdry; W. J. Stoddard, George H. Fauss, of the Capital-City Laundry; Councilman C. D, Knight, of the Piedmont Laundry: A, H. Harris, of the Atlanta Paper Company; Julian Boehn, Charles Wynn and J. F. Letton. They declared that they had been 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- mlnute law," said Inspector Poole “The reason for this law Is that in many cases I find that through care less 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 tha hour.” Inspector Poole said that he exer cised discretion In making cases. May’or Woodwp.rd questioned his right to exercise any such discretion. “When the law is being violated, it is up to you to make a case,” said the Mayor. “Another thing I 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 obey It." All present agreed that the smoke nuisance still was very bad in At lanta, and they expressed a desire to co-operate In reducing it. "I want you to understand this per fectly,” said Chairman Harwell. You can’t co-operate unless you are Join ing to spend a little money."