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| VOL. XIII. NO. 221. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1915. b, c c. 2 OKtfTS \
GO V. HARRIS TO HEAR FRA
FRROR $ GIVE GULLS LEAD IN 2D, 2-1
10 DELHI
Leo Frank’s hope for life will rest
with Governor-elect Nat E. Harris.
It was virtually settled Tuesday that
his appeal before the Prison Commis-
fion and the Governor would not de
velop before Governor Slaton goes out
of office June 26.
The delay is due to the method of
procedure in the United States Su
preme Court. Frank will not appeal
for clemency until he is resentenced
to die. He will not be resentenced
until the mandate of the United
States Supreme Court comes to At
lanta from Washington turning him
over to the State authorities. And, ac
cording to the court’s general prac-.
tice. such mandates are held back
until the end of the term in which
they develop. The present term of the
Supreme Court ends about June 15. A
dispatch from Washington Tuesday
r id the Frank mandate undoubtedly
rjld take this course.
Not to Reach June Session.
Consequently, Frank’s appeal for
clemency probably will not be sub
mitted until the July session of the
Prison Commission, as the June ses
sion will* be over by the time he is
resentenced. And, as the appeal must
go to the Prison Commission for re
fusal or favorable indorsement be
fore it is submitted to the Governor
as the final resort, Governor Slaton
will have been retired a month or
more before it reaches the executive
office.
However, there is the slim possi
bility that the mandate will be sent
down at the end of 30 days. Even in
this event, though, it is hardly likely
that the case will develop before the
Prison Commission in time to reach
Governor Slaton before he goes out of
office, as there are a number of nat
ural delays.
No Rehearsing To Be Asked.
It is not customary to return the
mandate within less than 30 days in
such cases for the reason that the
Supreme Court gives to every pris
oner that length of time in which to
make application for a rehearing.
However, it is definitely concluded
that the Frank lawyers will make no
attempt to obtain a rehearing in
Washington. They are through with
courts, they declared Tuesday.
“We will go before the State Prison
Commission with an application for
executive clemency,’’ said Attorney
Harry A. Alexander. “I know of no
effort to obtain a* rehearing by the
United States Supreme Court.’’
“We are preparing only one thing,"
said Attorney Leonard Haas, “and
that is to go before the Prison Com
mission with an application for ex
ecutive clemency. This we will do as
soon as the application can be pre
pared.’’
Solicitor General Dorsey will repre
sent the State before the Prison Com
mission, Attorney General Grice’s
connection with the case having been
ended upon conclusion of the hearing
before the United States Supreme
Court.
Wilson to Review
BigU.S. War Fleet
WASHINGTON, April 20.—Presi
dent Wilson has consented to go to
New York to review the Atlantic fleet
May 17. About 69 war vessels will
participate in the demonstration.
AT NASHVILLE—
CHATTANOOGA 0 -
NASHVILLE 3 -
Cunningham and Kitchen*; Kroh and Street. Umpire, Rudderham.
AT NEW ORLEANS—
BIRMINGHAM 0 -
NEW ORLEANS 0 -
Black and Hale; Frost and Higgins.. Umpire, Breltensteln.
AT MEMPHIS— H. E.
LITTLE ROCK 0
MEMPHIS 1
Fincher and Gibson; Morrison and Schlel. Umpires. Pfennlnger and O'*
The new city ordinance which
seeks the regulation of Jitney busses
was attacked from several angles
Tuesday by jitney operators in their
fight to enjoin the city from enforcing
its provisions, in a hearing which
was under way before Judge W. D.
Ellis, in Superior Court.
Colonel Thomas B. Felder, leading
counsel for the Jitneys, termed the
ordinance prohibitive, discriminatory
and confiscatory.
The main objection to the ordi
nance, stressed at Tuesday's session,
was what was referred to as the "op
pressive and unjustifiable section that
requires jitney operators to make
bond in the sum of $5,000 each to In
sure damages to pedestrians in the
event of injury by a Jitney.”
Affidavits Are Read.
In an effort to substantiate the
claim that the ordinance is prohibi
tive, Colonel Felder read a number of
affidavits from jitney operators, in
which they swore tha,t they had been
assured by all of the leading bonding
companies that they would sign the
required $5,000 bond as surety only on
condition that the operators deposit
cash collateral of $5,000 and pay a
heavy premium. Two companies had
specified their premiums, according to
the affidavits, one naming 1 per cent—
$500—and the other $260 per year.
In the affidavit,s about 40 in all,
interesting testimony was brought
out regarding the profits of the jitney
busses.
These profits ranged from 5 cents to
little more than $1 per day, according
to the owners. The average profits
were figured after all of the expenses
incident to the operation of the
busses had been counted In.
Declare Tax Is Unfair.
In making the point that the tax
levied by the City Council on jitneys
is unfair and discriminatory, for the
reason that such restrictions and re
quirements as are specified for Jit
neys are not required of taxicabs and
other automobiles, whetheV operand
for business or pleasure, Colonel Feld
er cited the famous Chinese laundry
case from San Francisco, which was
decided by the United States Su
preme Court.
In this case steam laundries of San
Francisco had fought the levy of a
special tax by the City Council on
the ground that this tax was not re
quired of Chinese hand laundries, and,
therefore, was. discriminatory. The
high Federal Court ruled in favor of
steam laundries, Colonel Felder cited.
City Attorney James L. Mayson, for
the city, denied all charges made by
the jitney operators and announced
that he would contend the ordinance
was fair and just, and was passed
simply for the. protection of the pub
lic.
To Argue Act’s Legality.
The argument ot counsel as to the
legality of the ordinance and on the
various points of law involved will
begin Wednesday.
Other attorneys interested in the
case with • ’olonel Felder are Colonel
Walter R. Brown, J. V. Poole, Thom
as H. Goodwin and C. V. Hohensteln.
J. Coy Pearce, secretary of the At
lanta Jitney Bus Club which started
the court fi^ht against .he ordinance,
took an .ii tive part in aiding the coun
sel
The jitney representative*: opened
proceedings by filing amendments to
| he tempoiary inj .nc i n which had
held up ,h* projection «>‘ ,ru Vnev
opera tori • • It • e o: .e
I . i Tin r . ~ ' r
AT NEW YORK— R - H. E
PHILADELPHIA 021 020 ... - . .
NEW YORK 000 200 ... - . .
Mayer and Kllllfer; Schauer and Myers. Umpires, Byron and Orth.
AT CINCINNATI— R - H. E
ST. LOUIS 000 0 - . .
CINCINNATI 100 0 - . .
Perdue and Snyder; Benton an^j Clark. Umpires, Quigley and Eason.
AT CHICAGO— R - H * E
PITTSBURG 201 2 - . .
CHICAGO 000 0 - . .
Mamaux and Gibson; Cheney and Bresnahan. Umpires, Klem and Emslle.
AT BOSTON— R. H. F
BROOKLYN 000 200 001 - .
BOSTON 020 001 000 - .
Preffer, Ragon and McCarty; Luque and Gowdy. Umpires, Rlgler arid Hart.
AT PHILADELPHIA— R. H. E.
NEW YORK 100 001 ... - . . .
PHILADELPHIA 002 120 ... - . . .
Warhop and Sweeney; Shawkey and Me Avoy. Umplera, Chill and Connelly.
AT WASHINGTON— R. H. E.
BOSTON 002 001 ... - . . .
WASHINGTON 200 000 ... - . . .
Foster and Thomas; Gallia and Alnsmlt h. Umpires, Mullaney and Evans.
AT DEROIT— R- H. E.
CHICAGO 200 - . . .
DETROIT 200 - . . .
Clcotte and Schalk; Dauss and McKee. Umpires, O’Loughlln and Hildebrand.
AT ST. LOUIS— R. H. E.
CLEVELAND 0 - . . .
ST. LOUIS 0 - . . .
Morton and Egan; Perry and Agnew. Umpires, Dlneen and Nallln.
AT ST. LOUIS— R. H. E.
CHICAGO 0 - . . .
ST. LOUIS - . . .
Brennan and Fisher; Groom and Hartley. Umpires, Flnneran and Howell.
AT BUFFALO— R. H. E.
BROOKLYN 000 11. ... - . . .
BUFFALO 400 02. ... - . . .
Lafitte and Land; Schulz and Allen. Umpires, McCormick and Westervelt.
AT PITTSBURG— R. H. E.
KANSAS CITY 020 000 ...... .
PITTSBURG 000 200 ... - . . .
Mann and Easterly; Camnltz and Berry. Umpires, Brennan and Shannon.
By L. V. B. RUCKER.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ April 20.—Soon
after William J. Barnes had rested
his $50,000 libel suit against Theo
dore Roosevelt to-day, after only five
minutes of direct testimony, the Colo
nel himself took the stand as the first
witness for the defense. The plain
tiff’s only direct witness was John
McGrath, of Oyster Bay, private sec
retary to Colonel Roosevelt, who tes
tified that he took and delivered to
the newspapers and press associa
tions of New York the Roosevelt
statement of which Barnes com
plained. The main Barnes evidence
will come in rbuttal, It was an
nounced.
Just before the ex-President took
the stand, his attorney, In the de
fense’s opening statement, declared to
the jury that in the trial the right of
citizens to promote good and clean
government was the real issue.
Roosevelt Questioned.
The first quesiion asked Colonel
Roosevelt related to his age and fam
ily. The Colonel said he wa» 56 years
old, and had a wife and six children.
Roosevelt thep went into details
about the public offices he had held,
related how he became lieutenant
colonel of the Rough Riders during
the Spanish-American war and de
tailed the fighting in Cuba.o
The colonel’s smile was in evi-.
dence while he was on the stand for
the first time since the trial began.
Colonel Not Retracting.
To « orrect the easily apparent im
pression following yesterday’s motion
to dismiss the case, that the defense
had “lain down,” counsel for the Colo
nel issued the following statement:
“For the purpose of correcting the
erroneous Impression which seems to
have been created, counsel for Colonel
Roosevelt says:
“‘The motion was merely Intended
to be the usual one in the conduct of
such a case and in no way implied
any change in the position of the de-
Continued on Page 2, Column 4.
ETT SEN!
Atlanta 01
Mobile .. .. .. 02
HATTING ORDER
MOBILE. ATLANTA.
Powell, If Bowden, If
Calhoun, lb ,. < Williams, 2b
Miller, cf Eibel, 1b
Northen, rf Moran, cf
Perry, 2b Bisland. ss
Dobard, ss Rumler, rf
Baumgardner, 3b Tullos, 3b
Schmidt, c Jenkins, c
Harkins, p Hiett, p
Umpires—Kerin and Chestnut.
MOBILE, April 20—Confident be
cause of their walk-away victory yes
terday, the Crackers went back at
the Gulls this afternoon to make It
two out of three and the series. The
revised line-up with Rumler in right
was again ordered Into the fray by
Manager Smith and the hapes of the
Mobilltes dropped accordingly. Fol
lowing this afternoon’s fracas the
Crackers pull out for the town of
their closest rival®, Birmingham.
There they play four games and re
turn to Atlanta to open a series with
Mobile on Monday.
Cahoun was back at first for the
Gulls, hs suspension having expired
to-day.
Harkins and Schmidt were the bat
tery for the home team, while Illett
and Jenkins went in for Atlanta.
Flrstbaseman Mary Calhoun was
presented with a fine belt Just before
the game.
FIRST INNING.
Bowden popped a high one to Dobard.
Williams lifted one to Miller. Eibel
rolled out to Calhoun, unassisted. NO
RUNS. NO HITS.
Powell was hit by a pitched ball. Cal
houn fanned. Miller hit Into a double
play Bisland to Williams to Eibel. NO
RUNS. NO HITS.
SECOND INNING.
Moran doubled to left. BisJand ground
ed out, Harkins to Perr*, who covered
first, and Moran went to third. Rumler
singled to left, sending Moran home
with the first run. Tullos forced Rumler
at second. Dobard to Perry Tullos went
out stealing, Schmidt to Dobard. ONE
RUN. TWO HITS.
Northern sent a grounder to short,
which Bisland knocked down, but North
ern whs safe at first. Perry grounded
to Bisland, who fumbled and Clayton
was safe at first and Northern went to
second. Dobard bunted to Hiett, who
threw low to third to get Northern and
the latter scored, while Perry’ went to
third and Dobard to second on the had
peg. Baumgardner hit. to Bisland, who
made a high throw to Eibel. pulling
him off the hag. and Paumy was safe.
Schmidt filed to Rumler, no advance be-
! TO-DAY’S RAGING}
; RESULTS j
AT HAVRE DE GRACE.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Progressive,
108 (Shilling), 6, 2, even, won; Water
Lily, 108 (Turner), 10, 4, 6-2, second;
Coy, 108 (Ural), 9-2, 8-6. 7-10, third.
Time, 1:13 1-5. Ben Quince, Fly Home,
Glint, Sherwood. Hudas Brother, Gordin
Russ ell also ran.
SECOND—About 2 miles: Rhomb,
145 (Williams), 9-10, 1-3. out. won; Fox-
craft, '47 (Allen), 7-5, 2-6, out. second;
Judge Walser, 137 (Stevenson), “0, 6. 2,
third. Time, 4 06 Sun King. Roger
Gordon. I ady Grant, Sir Caledora, Frog
also ran.
THIRD -Five and one-half furlongs:
Wanda Pltzer, 106 (Miller), 2, 4-6, 1-6,
won; Sarsanet, 97 (McCahey), 6-2. 4-5,
1-3. second; Cliff Field. 99 (Lilley). 20.
8.. 2. third Tim?. 108 Bolalfi. Capt.
Pa^r. Belamour. Amie K. also ran.
FOURTH-SIX furlongs: Slumber II,
110 (Buxton), 11-6, 9-20, out, won; Po-
mette Bleu. 106 (McCahey), 3-6, out,
out, second: Surprising, 116 (Turner),
5, 4-5. out. third. Time, 1:14 3-6. Only
three started.
ENTRIES.
AT HAVRE DE GRACE.
FIRST—Two years, selling, 4 furlongs:
xTralee 90, Boh Redfield 103, Bovsllen
97. xLlttle Gink 96. Good Counsel 109,
xBlue Rock 99, Pesky 103, Tlajan 109.
SECOND—Four years up, Belling, 6
furlongs: Ancon 105, Onavrl 109. AI
Bloch 104, xBrandywlne 99. Ray O’Llght
108. Canto 104. Veneta Strome 103, xSir
Dvke 190, I»rd Marshall 103. xNapier
100, xloidy London 90, New Haven 105,
Bunch of Keys 97, xJoe Finn 104, Laura
99
THIRD—Three years up. selling, 5V4
furlonps: xMlss iVlmlt.v 105, xThesires
112. xYellow 95, Response 95. Ancon 112,
Colors 110, Anavri 112, Meelicka 100.
xHIker 95. Sonny Boy 115, King McDow
ell 105. xOrtyx 107, xBunch of Keys 107,
New Haven 11?., Delegate 112. xJ. B.
Harrell 97. Inlan 112 xBunlce 105. xVIley
107, xSilver Moon 98, Monty Fox 115,
xYorkvRle 107. -Fred Levy 110, Bertha
V. 110 Edmond Adams 112, Clarlbel 110,
Lner 1<k)
FOURTH—The I^srle stakes fillies. 2
years. 4 fnrlorir*: Sand Pocket 107,
Celandrla !04, T’lelone 107. Golden IJst
107. Reg'ns 104, Ardent 104. Anita 107.
FTFTH—Three years up. selling. 6 fur
longs: x Albers 96. xWat»r l ad 104.
Fenrook 99. xFair Helen 88, Jesse Jr.
107. Flwah M4
SIXTH—Ms'den. 4 years up. selling 6
furlong*: xSt’irrberr*” °8. r T '*ffer»on W,
Gem 103, Nepbtlp's 101. xAlloe K. 105.
14id v Butterfly- 101, xMRs Giggle
A mannon'*!* 1*1 yRnsn’Ie f»*-ne 10*.
Pa|d*» r 11? aider”• *oo Ee»*iy Riser 103.
xMah*rda*h 96. xRnvaltv 103, The Par
son 11? xRreakers 107, xShrewsbury fl>l.
y Apprentice nllowarce.
Weather clear. Track fast.
Britain Exempts Raw
Cotton as Contraband
rBv In tern at In sal Newt Servloe.]
LONDON. April 20.—Foreign Min
ister Sir Edward Grey officially an
nounced In Parliament to-day that
raw cotton has been excluded from
the list of contraband of war.
Swoboda Watched
For Fear of Suicide
[By International Now* Service.]
PARIS, April 20.—According to The
Petit Parisien, Raymond Swoboda.
whose examination on a charge of es
pionage began yesterday, is being
closely watched in h's Paris cell be
cause of fear that he may commit
suicide.
COLLEGE GAME.
AT DURHAM, N. C.:
GEORGIA 00
TRINITY .06
Batteries: Hitchcock and Corbitt;
Knaipe and Maddox.
lng made. Harkins fanned. Powell,
walked forcing Perry In with a run.
Calhoun fanned. TWO RUNS. ONE
HIT.
U. S. Must Dictate
Peace, Says Wilson,
Urging Neutrality
[By International New* Service.]
NEW YORK, April 20.—Declaring
that the crisis was near when the
United States must assist In recon
structing war-ridden Europe, Presi
dent Wils'on, in speaking at the an
nual uuncheon of the Associated
Pr^ss, to-day stated that this nation
was the mediating country of the
world and made a vigorous plea for
strict neutrality on the part of all
the citizens of the United States.
President Wilson pleaded with his
audience to heed the call “America
first.” to think of the United States
)pf re they thought of Europe, and
r.ot to commit any act which would
•n aive the United States in the con-
• i
* that his neutrality was
not a matter of indifference or self In
terest, but one of fearlesness and
good will.
“We must get ready to help both
sides When the struggle Is over,” he
declared. “Certain men are uttering
slanders against the United States
as if to excite her, and are commit
ting an abominable libel of igno
rance.
“We mdst have our judgment pre
pared and*>ur spirits chastened in an-
ticipatfdrr' of time when we will aid
Europe f^reconsTructing herself,” he
said. “.T^e nations at war will soon
turn to for a cooler arrangement
of the elements engaged. and that is
the reasup why we must now strive
to be a disinterested friend of all the
parties -itV the conflict,” he added.
The President asserted' that his
neutrality was not a petty desire to
keep trouble, as many of his
enemi^ Had said. "Ii anybody wants
a scrap, j'm his man,” declared the
Vk V «■ :
SUPREMACY
The net paid circulation of The Sunday American is now over 82,000 copies, which
shows an increase for the past six months of over a thousand copies a month.
82,019 COPIES
This circulation demonstrates the superiority of The Sunday American, and its su
premacy over other Atlanta newspapers. It exceeds by 23,000 copies the circulation of
The Sunday .Journal, and by 44,000 copies t lie circulation of The Sunday Constitution.
Copies
Copies
Copies
Sunday American
Sunday Journal
Sunday Constitution
82,019
58,935
37,868
BOTH SIDES
By BRIXTON D. ALLAIRE.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
ON THE ITALIAN FRONTIER
(via Paris), April 20.—Feverish mili
tary preparations are under way ahong
the entire Austro-Italian frontier.
Eight Italian corps are massed south
of the frontier ready for the call to
action. These 320,000 soldiers are
first-line troops and chiefly veterans
who have seen service in the Trip
olitan campaigns.
When the International News Serv
ice correspondent left Rome there was
a general belief that war between
Italy and Austria could not be long
averted. Austrian newspapers shared
the same opinion. The Trieste News
states that all the public schools have
been ordered closed, and that they
will be used as barracks for German
and Austrian troops.
The train bearing the correspondent
to the frontier passed through town
after town in which Italian soldiers
were seen. All officers wore their field
service uniforms.
French and English
Are Pounding Away
By FRANKLIN P. MERRICK.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
PARIS, April 20.—Both sides of the
German wedge in France are being
pounded by the Allies, the British at
tacking on the French-Belgian border
and the French pressing home against
the German left flank. The fighting
between the British and Germans
near Ypres, in West Flanders, is de
scribed as "almost as fierce as the
recent engagement at Neuve Cha-
pelle,” when more than 30,000 Eng
lishmen and Germans were killed,
wounded or captured.
The battle of Hill No. 60, south of
Ypres, where the British advanced
three miles, is regarded as an impor
tant achievement, for the eminence
is a position of strategical impor
tance, being the only commanding
elevation in that section of the low
lands.
British warships have again bom
barded the German positions at
Ostend and Middlekerke.
Floods on the Yser, which caused
a lull in the fighting in that region,
are subsiding.
In Uppe&Alsace and the Vosges the
French continue to make ’progress.
Near Metzeral, In the valley of the
Fecht River, in the Vosges, the Ger
mans are reported to have retreated
from several important positions,
leaving a big quantity of supplies in
the hands of the victors.
Air squadrons are active all along
the front. A Taube that tried to at
tack Verdun was driven off. The
loss of Lieutenant Roland Garros was
a severe blow to the aerial arm of the
French service, for he was universal
ly regarded as the most daring avia
tor In France.
Allies’ Fleet Badly
Damaged, Say Turks
By LUDWIG VON KLEIN.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
CONSTANTINOPLE (via Berlin
and Amsterdam), April rh.—Recent
Turkish successes at the Dardanelles
have removed the anxLety apparent
here when the first allied attacks were
made against the straits forts.
According to the War Office, eight
warships of the Anglo-Frpnch fleet
have already been badly damaged or
sunk since the Allies opened their
bombardment, while five others have
been less seriously damaged. The
forts, on the contrary, are declared to
have suffered only minor damage,
practically all oftwhlch has been re
paired.
Enver Pasha, the Turkish Minister
of War, said to-day that the foi^es of
troops at the Dardanelles forts had
been doubled In anticipation of ef-.