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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-16
CERTAIN He
CAN(;LEAR
MYSTERY
QU|(3kLY
Famous Detective Scans Ground
Covered in Negroes Story of
Disposing of Body.

Step by step over the same
trail in the National Pencil Fac
tory that Jim COnley led the city
detectives nine months ago, Will
liam j. Burns, master detective,
went Monday afternoon.
Conley made the dramatic trip
through the factory, meanwhile reel
ing off gllbly remarkable story If
his part in the crime. in what he as
serted was a re-enactment of the
tragedy OF last April IS,
Detective Burns, already cognizans
OF every detail OF the negro's story.
went over each separate move that
Conley said he made that day, check
ing up to determine if he could dis
cover any discrepancies or improba-
bilities in the tale which was the chiee
cause Of Franks conviction and SEN
tence to hang.
Thinks He Will Lift Mystery.
When he had finished, he had no
comment to make except IN exn,ajn
that his first move was to become
acquainted with the physical fea-
lures of the factory and tn nboto.
graph the negro's story in his mind.
u am here merely to make a COM
nonsense and impartiaI investiea-
ton Of the crime do NOT tbir,, tha.
there will be anv mystery ia if wher
all the facts are known.
Il do not intend to hazard anv
opinion as to the guilt Of anv person
until have completed NV investiea-
ton and am ready 10 make NV ronort
public. To do 50 wouId no in,nracti.
cal and improper"
with Detective Rurns while ho IVA.
making his tour NJ the nenciI foctor,,
we're G.. w. Burke speoisI detective
for Franks roursoI and roorard
Haas one Of the efendarfs LAWYERS
Burns us tal,sn ~ tho sno+ a. ~
rear ar tbe metal room, u.hero c,or1a,.
told the officers no found tho budd1od
ami HfeIess form, ~ Nor. phara,
shortly before o.cIocl, tho aftarroor
OF April %
Goes Over Ground carsfuIIv
The inspection took the three men
aIo,p Tho ,a,rou, ,,,s,so ,,o,,,,,. ,,,,o,,o.L,
which Conlev said he carried the bodv
M the slain o;rI - tho eIoya+or l., ~.
front Of the hilIdipo
The Mace was nointed orr ubera
the negro related that the bodv bad
become too heavy for him and thar
Frank came. cursing. from the 'front.'
OF the building to helm him carry n
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Doctor Says Seats
On Floor Reduce Fat

BOSTON, March i6.-"Forswear
chairs and sit on the floor, is Or.
E. H. Bradford's advice TO people
suffering from obesity.
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DIXIE GETS Z
RESERVES,
He SAYS
Second One in South Will Be
at New Orleans, Declares
Father Of New Plan.

Indications continue TO multiply
that The Georgian's announcement of
Atlanta's choice as one of the regional
bank sites was fully warranted.
Representative Garter Glass, chair
man of the Currency Committee, has
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SEN. WEST AT WHITE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March IT, Sena-
tor w. s West, Of Georgia, was pre-
scented al the white House to-day by
Senator Hoke smith
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Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
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How may the. successive American
victories over our British kinsmen,
who have heretofore been deemed the
lords of sport, be explained? the New
York Evening Post asks. AS q race
we have been SO yariously described
as absorbed only in business, as lack
ing the vfrility of our fathers, as haF-
ing logged Anglo-Saxon virtues les
sened or corrupted by the infiltration
of other peoples, as losing our never
say-die spirit in the melting pot OF
races which we keep ever boiling that
|it is something of a surprise to find
that we are so much better athletes
than we had been led to believe Is it
not, perhaps, exactly tho cosmopolitan
character of our people which Is IN
great part responsibie?- We have had
Firms, Indians and negroes among our
best runners and football players; far
California has taken all our tennis
Ionors; 4Kiviat, the Slav, is our great
est mile runner; Hjertsberg, the
Swede, and Kraenzlein, the Pennsyl-
yania "Dutchman," were among our
best all around athletes, as was
Thorpe, the Indian: and kahanamoku.
the Hawaiian, holds our swimming
records. If we turn to professional
baseball. what do we find' Almeida
the Cuban baseman, Hans Wagner at
shortstop, Lajoie on second base, Mar
GUARD, the French pitcher, and Zim-
norman, the third baseman-what a
team these immigrants would make il
they all played together! Surely we
have the most wonderful natural re-
sources in human beings from which
to draw our athletes. What would be
more natural than to find that to the
sturdy Anglo-Saxon virtues there had
been added an unusual versatility and
adaptability? Or to put II another
way. do We not take this foreign ma
terial, with all its natural talent, and
inject into it what the crowd calls our
American punch Something of the
| freedom, vitality and dash of our wig.
orous young nationality certainly gets
| into these athletes, whether their
names be pronounceable by Ameri
cans or not. =
OF one thing We may be sure-there
| is no ingredient In our melting pot
that so readily transforms our un-
tanned young foreigners into hopeful
Americans as this craze for athletics
which in It's excess we must all de.
plore. We have had essays on every
side of baseball save on this; some
Gay a soeiologist will, perhaps. help
us to understand just how. far the ma
tional sport has. contributed to the
making of Americans, How many
boys are there in this city alone whose
medium Of communication is still
chiefly in Yiddish or Italian. who yet
know ali about the Reds and the
| Browns, the Cardinals and tho Yam
KEGS? Their ruling desire is to rank
as Americans as soon as possible;
what easier than the way Of the bal,
field? If there is in each Of them the
possibility Of useful, yes noble CHI
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= $50 .: STAR: BULLETIN SPORTS : ";
FRANK DUNCAN BOOSTS 5000
: e.. SPORT or SURF RIDING

} Frank Duncan, the Seattle
} amateur wrestler who recently
left Honolulu after about a year
} spent in the Islands, was loud In
, his praises OF surf-riding as a
sport when he returned to his
I home town.
4 :, The following. illustrated by
iictures or Duncan on board,
Is from the Seattle Post-lntelli-
gencer OF recent date: e.. ; ..
The greatest sport in the
world" is the way Frank Dun
! can, the clever Seattle Athletic
Club wrestling champion, who
. Just returned from the Hawaiian
; Islands, describes surf riding,
which Is engaged in by all of the
darkskinned race and as rreany
: Americans as can attain enough
skill to ride the waves.
: "Surf riding cannot be irnag-
! ined." says Duncan. @one must.
i try ii first to know anything of
j It's thrills. have engaged In the
) many sports which the United
States offers, but none compare
! with the Hawaiian National Pas
time ss r. !.
! @one must first become skilled
In operating the narrow board
which Is psed. II Is but Is inches
wide and about eight feet long.
: After this Is conquered, the real
) sport, Of riding the big waves
which roll in from the sea, can
+ be had. A speed OF so miles an
hour fs 4 common occurrence for
the natives who live in the water
) to attain. Duke Kahanamoku. the
s worlds champion swimmer, is
the best surf rider in the world.
He can 80 tearing through the
1 water at a great speed on a
board, with another man on his
shoulders"
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f00T RACES AND FIELD =
SPORTS BEFORE THE GAME

As a curtain-raiser to yesterday 5
bali game at Moiliifi. a program. of
foot races and field stunts was pulled
off under the management of Nigel
Jackson, who, besides looking after
the business end of the, entertainment.
took time off to run in the five mile
race and draw down third prize
money. 49,. ..,ss...s.,,... .,..... =. :
The opener was mile walk, which
Jim Meek took IN hollow style, win,
ming by 80 Yards from Neves. Schil,
ling was a poor third.
A round-the-bases contest for the
ball PLAYERS went to Lieutenant c. B,
Lyman, captain and catcher of the I'd
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18th TA'kEsA
FAST GAME FROM
THE: End FOOT
Especial star-BuIletin Correspondence
2jth Infantry G, I'd Infantry l.

Especial Star-Bulletin Corrcsponoencej
18th Infantry 6, I'd Infantry l.
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, June g.
Phillips and eight husky men back of
him were two much for the I'd lnfan-
try Saturday afternoon. and after an
hour and twenty minutes Of, some oil
the fastest baseball ever - seen az
Schofield, the local team had IL over
LyInan's crew by a score OF to J.
Thus was the first league game
played at the new baseball park, and
SchofieId Barracks turned out in
force, filling all the stands, with line
OF spectators extending almost all the
way around the outfield along the
edge of the quarter-TniIe track. Il
Cullens hit the first ball pitched for
home run, the longest hit ever re-
corded at Schofield, dropping on the
right field foul line, 305 feet from the
home plate. -...r.'.. =. = = 5
There was no more scoring until the
sixth when base on balls, wild
throw by Zuwalski, and. three singles
| to ieft field, contributed three more
runs toward the 18th Infantry score
In the next inning TWO errors by Ster
iquel, a single by Williamson and one
by Smith contributed two more.
The lone score of the I'd Infantry ar
lriyed In the seventh inning. With two
men out Dowsett singled to left
Woods let the ball continue on he
tween his legs and Dowsett made
third. Buttons single brought Dow
sett to the plate. Sterquel closed the
inning with a high foul to Rhodes
territory. =. p.
in the eighth the I'd infantry started
to hunt Zuwalski, the first man up,
sent slow one to Rhodes and made
his base easily, but Rhodes decided to
| throw the ball anyway and hurled 1t
far over the first baseman's head. so
lZuwalski ambled to second. Milton
hunted too and knocked pop fly less
than eight feet high just in front of
the plate Swinton made dive for
the bah, captured it Just before It
reached the ground. and after rolling
over q few times sent it to .CHllens,
catching Znwalski before he could get
back To second. The play was as
tccmfeal as it was clever and drew
Ipeels6f iafiEhter and applause
Phillips struck out but one man, the
last man &c lace him, but the support
Of his team was gilt edged, in fact.
the fielding of both teams was good
to look at. and the few errors we're
mostly due to unfamiliarity with the
new diamond The prettiest stop of
| the game was made by Sterquel In
| the third frame when he robbed Cul-
lens Of hit Burton, Cullens and
Williamson must alst< be given credit
for some pretty fielding.
Whether Phillips pitched better ball
than Easter, or whether the 18th In
fantfy we're naturally stronger with
the stick Is a moot question. Ii
locked FOR a while as If Phillips would
score no-hit game to his credit.
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Infantry team, IA 4-5 seconds. Lang
Akana was second, and ]. Cameron
third #ss55s.e. ,.ss>91 .y-. - 80 4
In the five-mile run, Soldier King
came back to form, winning easily
from Frank Scharsch, With Jackson
third. Montgomery, the soldier runner
from Fort Armstrong, Kept it up until
the last lap, but fell out when it was
apparent that he had no chance. G.
K. Charlie also enter ed and could
have kept up his jog trot Indefinitely
but 1t was not fast enough to keep w
with the others. and he dropped out
Kings time was 81 minutes rs sec
onds, and just to prove that he could
have bettered it if pressed, King turn
ed couple Of hand springs after
crossing the line.
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COAST DEFENSE !
now LEADS in
THE army RACE
ARMY LEAGUE.

Especial star Bulletin colrcsrondenccl
Coast Defense I. Ist Infantry til
inningsI
SCHoFIELD BARRACKS. june 81
Ii took 10 innings of fast. exciting
baseball for the Coast Defense 70 de-
feat the 1st Infantry here yestefdas
afternoon.
The list Infantry started scoring II
the third inning. when 4 combination
OF three errors and one hit filled the
bases, and Leckman tripled. clearing
the same.
In the firth inning Handsome
Jacks crew gathered four runs on hits
by Hindley. Howard. Swenson aud
Lawson, and two errors kindly con-
tributed by the LIST Infantry.
This inning saw the passing OF Nc
Cray, Stavosky being sent to the fir
/ ing line.
In the eighth the Coast Defense
again tailed, two being the total q
this frame. With one down Hlxcn
baugh drew base on balls. Hundley
singled, Thomas was an easy out
pitcher to first, and Quillan laced =
three-bagger to right, scoring both
runners.
In the last half Of the ninth the lat
Infantry began to get busy With
Leckman out Of the way. Jones bit =
single to right. Mount tanned and
people began to 60 home. Then tho
unexpected happened Lieut.. 0'Hara
iuggled Kater's sharp gruunder, an4
Jones was safe on second and katef
at first. Then Stayosky, with TIVE
strikes against him, doubled TO cent
her, scoring Jones and placing katef
on third Here. amidst the Widest
excitement. the Ty Cobb q the iss
lInfantry--E. Mason came TO the bat
! ard slammed out a two-basc hit q
tleft, scoring both runners and tielng
THE score
In the FIRST Of the tenth the foot
isoldieFs had ! fine chance 70 WIN tne
game. With one cut, NJ. Maa1n drew
4 pass and Leckman singled, both
linen advancing base when Q1lllan
made wide throw to third. then
Jones got what looked IKE sure nit
to center, but Quillan made beautts
Iful running catch and doubled Leek.
imam at second and saved the game
flor the Coast Defense:
In the last Of the tenth. with two
Gown. Thomas was given hts base on
balls. stole second. and scored when
touiIlan drove single 20 left.
The features Of the game for the
Coast Defense were the fielding and
batting OF Hundley, and the batting
lof Quillan and Howard fnl the Isl
infantry the nice work ct Mason be;
hind the bat and Leckman with the
stick.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
ARTILLERY PITCHER
STRIKES OUT 10 MEN

The I43rd company from Fort Ka-
mehameha defeated the crack HOspi-
tai team at Fort Shafter Sunday BY
a score OF 10 to s.
Rise was on the firing line for
the winners and set the fans and play.
ers q new record of eighteen strike
outs, while Halnid OF the opposing
team ms credited with eight. The Ar
tiIlery boys hit the ball to all cor
ners cfthe field. Koss, the. Artillery
slugger, was there with the big stick
and registered two home runs and
two two-baggerss and also caught an
excellent. game.
The Artillery players were there
with clean and fast BAH only being
credited with one error. while the
other team kicked and booted up five
errors.
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]. ATHERIoN RICHARDS
CONSIDERED A TENNIS
STAR AT WESLEYAN u.

~ .MlDDLETQWN, Con. Wesleyan
university win be represented At the
annual New England intercollegiate
tennis meet at Longwood next week
by Capt John |. Rowell and J. A.
Richards. The latter won the doubles
championship with c. L. Bacon last
year at the meet. defeating tombstone
and Cady of Amherst in three straight
sets. ..s ~ a.-s.e.t .sm.s sa-.- 49,. Z.
This is Rowell's fourth year on the
team. while Richards has had three
years experience, The tennis team,
despite It's poor START early in the sea
son, has defeated Dartmouth, Brown,
Springfield T. s.. and Trinity and has
tied Columbia.
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aANkEss PLAY BASEBALL.
J nt.rs baya the baseDaIl fever.

Bankers have the bGsenai is teVer. %
Saturday afternoon the team Of the
First National won from the Bank Of
Hawaii team 10 to 2 IA 10 innings
The winners. will play bishop & Co
Eext Saturday at Alexander Field.
The Bishop banks aggregation lost
an exciting seyen-ihnirg game to tbs
Kalia's second nine al Makiki Held
SUNDAY. by a score o: II to I. A re
sI,gn match win be locked for ny the
KaIias
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NO-HIT GAME
By SLOAN OF
End INFANTRY
Soldiers Take Lai Tins Picked
Team Into Camp in Rat.
Ting Good Contest
ID Infantry 8, Picked Team /.


No hits, III strike-outs, no wild
pitches, no one hit by a pitched ball
That Is the record that Sloan, the big
highlander or the I'd foot established
yesterday afternoon at Moilifli Field,
when he tanned Lai Tins fast picked
team that was considered a certain
winner by the dope students. II was
a great game, the most interesting
seen on Oahu for many long day,
and after the bungling exhibitions
staged during the visit OF the Keios
st was real treat for the few hun.
dred fans who turned out,
But for a very bad double error by
Milton in the fourth inning. the game
would have been shutout for Sloan,
for he pitched shut-out ball, and with
the exception of few slips, his team.
mates gave him grand support. Per.
haps the best test OF Sloan's form
came at the time this lone run was
scored, for the way things broke was
enough TO crack q much more exper.
fenced hurler than the big soldier. &
With one out, Aylett bounced one
between second and first right into
Mliton5s hands. The latter gathered
Il ir, and then seemed to ;grandstand'
IL. second before throwing to first.
He dropped the ball, and the runner
was safe a mile Milton then picked
up the sphere and to everyone in the
park II looked as though he purposely
slammed 1t on the ground towards the
bag in re OF disgust over his first
error. II bounded TO the bleachers,
and under the ground rules Aylett got
10 second. Millions explanation Is that
the pitched ball had been q splitter
and that he handled the slippery spot
and couldn't hold IL. At any rate the
mfx-un didn't lose the game. and 4
won't hurt to give the soldier second
baseIian the benefit Of the doubt.
AyIetf got to third on the fielder's
choice that retired Knalii, third to
first although zuwalski held the bal 4
as bong rs he dared In The hope Of
keeping the runner on second. Lal
Tin gave the shOrtstop a hard chance
TO handle. which got BY him, and the
run scored.
besides his pitching feats. Sloan
scored two or the three runs col
Iected BY the soldiers In the second
inning, with two out. he leaned
against the bali Tor long three.bag.
ser to center field. scoring o minute
later when johnson fumbled Millions
grounder. In the fourth, Sloan got to
first on an infield error, and took sec
ond on an overthrow. A passed ball
rut him on third, and he came In on
Bittick's hit. In the fifth zuwalski
lined out a dandy two-bagger, took
third on passed bah, and scored
when La Mere dropped throw at the
plate that had the runner nailed q
mile.
Lai Tin proved himself a pretty
good picker. in getting hfs team to-
gether, but his battery was the
weak link in the chain Although only
touched for tive hits Williams dfdni
seem to have much on the ball; and
the soldiers hit II on the Trademarks
every time. La Mere, at the receiy.
ing end, had . very bad day. a passed
ball figuring In every run.
Charley Lyman caught nice game
for the soldiers, and didn't have any
too easy q time either, for foul tips
were plentiful. e.. T.. =
"a
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Summary: 1I1ree-baBe n q, 4nlIIAn
and LecIxman: two-base hits. Hundiey
Swenson. Stayosky. q Mason; sacrt
flee hits, Jones. double plays u
Mason TO Mount. QniIlan to HIxen-
baugh; bases on balls, Off lawson 2,
off Stavosky 8; struck out, By lawson
8, BY McCroy 3. By Statosky 8. I'm.
pires. sgts. Mathews and Byrne
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Base IIItS IS -. = y 80
Summary-Three-base hit, Sloan +;
tEo-base hit, zuwalski;. left OF, bases,
ID Infantry S, Picked Team 9; struck
out, by williams 2, by Sloan II; pass
cd balls, La Mere 3; Empires, Stay
ton and Ahana; time OF game: hr
% min. :. =. -
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YESTERDAYS SCORES
IN THE BIG LEAGUES
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At ST. LouisSt. Louis 8, Washing
ton 2. .fs.s
At Philadelphia Detroit 4 Philadei,
phia 2. 80 sl,.,,
At Cleveland Boston 3. cleveland
I.
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Lai Tin was the star Of the infieid.
Buttons pickup of mean ground
er, and throw to first In the seventh,
was big league stuff. 81 ia.
The soldiers were given fine sup.
poDt by the fans. OF course. all the
service men in the audience we're
roofing for the team, and fully two
thirds OF the civilians followed suit.
Sloan certainly mixed 'em up yester-
day. He had the Picks swinging like
gates. s......... :
Nigel jackson Kept the spare balls
in the safe. and there was some de-
lay caused by having to spin the com
bipatien every time one went over. the
fence. -
Stayton had a very good day. Only
once or twice was there any doubt
about his calls.
Lang Akana. made his initial bow
as a field umpire, and did we'll. -.
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VALUE OF THE MEL TING POT
IN DEVELOPING CHAMPIONS

zenship, why not as well the posi-.
bility of the talent of a Kohlemainen,
or Hans Wagner, or even Of a oui.
met? &,
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Sweet potatoes are exposed TO the
attacks of about a dozen serious in
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STAB, BtJLLETIN MAN . i. :.
FINDS ROADS ON HAWAII
.lMP4SSABEE AT Hoh0kAA

Especial Star Bulletin Correspondence
H1LOs June 5.-Lester w Haworth,
travelling representative of the Homo
lulu Star.BuIletin in the interest of
the special edition to be issued by
that paper this summer returned last
Saturday from trip nearly" around
the big island Within a few miles of
Honokaa, on the road from Kohala, he
found the highway impossible and was
forced to return to Hilo via Kona and
the volcano. The bad stretch near
Honokaa was due. to repairing. which
had been caught by heavy rains; and
reduced to a fathomless zquagpfre
through which no automobile dare
venture With the exception of that
one place he reports the thorough
fare around the great scenic circuit
in good condition.
County Treasurer Swain yesterday
received total of $99.226.52 in money
from the territorial treasurer, as a
portion OF the Hawaii county aIlot-
ment Of tax receipts. OF this amount
$7a1I9S.T7 Is derived fro general taxes
and the balance, or $2O.077.75 is from
road taxes. The whole, will he applied
to redemption of outstanding war
rants 4
E. A. Southworth. for three years
county engineer here, has disposed of
his engineering practice and office
and is leaving with his wife and fam
lily for Mill Valley, Califoria, where
he will make. his future home
Sweet potatoes are exposed TO the.
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BuI1ts and
Bour1ders

Major K. v. Smith occupied a coach
ers' box in the grandstand
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Dowsett forgot that he is eonsidere,
slow when he went after and nailed !
short fly back of second base.
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Lal Tin was enc star q Che intieid.