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10 CARRANZA DENIES U. S. RIGHT TO PROBE BENTON DEATH GONFERENGE HELD OVER SITUATION President Wilson and Secretary of ‘ > State Bryan Are Worried by ' News From Chihuahua, JUAREZ, MEXICO, March I._—.[—~The Benton investigating commissiod¥to day was prevented from procéeding to Chihuahua to examine the slain Brit on's body by rebel orders, ° (‘olonel Fidel Avila, military com mander here, declined to permit thim to board the regular passenger train, which was waiting. The mystery thrown around the oc currence led to many apparently ex aggerated rumors. Persistent inquiry her:» and in El Paso failed to establish anything but the one fact that the commissioners were refused passgorts on this silde and returned to El Paso. No official in Juarez has authority to take such action as was taken in this case. Only two persons in northern Mexico have the power —Venustiano Carranza aud General Francisco Villa. The order surprised the commia sioners, Villa, at Chihuahua, repeat edly has expressed his desire to has ten the inquiry, and his offer of a enecial train to take the commission from this city to Chihuahua, where Benton's body i 9 said to be buried, was formaliy accepted by Marion tetcher, the American Consul there. Gieorge Carothers, agent of the State Denartment in many of its deal ings with Villa, also delayed his de parture for Chihuahua. CONFERENCE IS HELD. WASHINGTON, March I.—No c¢x emination of the body of William S. Benton, the British subject execut=d by General Villa at Juarez, will b 2 made by the commission composed of American and British Government representatives pending the outcome of an exchange of notes between Gen eral Carranza, chief of the Mexican Constitutionalists, and the United States Government, General Carranza's declaration that Great Britain instead of the United States should deal with him concern+ ing the death of a British subject, together with the broad ultimatum that all communiecations on interna tionad affairs first should-be addrerssed to him, instead of to General Villd ¢ any other subordinate, injected a hew complication into the situation, %and the expedition to Chihuahua, arfanged to start from El Paso to-day, was postponed. . President Wilson and Secretavy Bryan conferred most of thé aftér noon, reading the notes from Qarran za and other dispatches. Afterward Secretary Bryan motored to thé Brit ish Embassy and informed Sir Ceril Spring-Rice, British Ambassador, that the expedition to Chihuahua, whete Benton's body is buried, had been abandoned until satisfactory arrange ments could be made with General Carranza. . . Killed by Explosion . al Of Infernal Machine SULLIVAN, ILI., March I.—Fred erick W, Mennerich was killed to-day by the explosion of an infernal ma chine which he received from De catur, 111., by mail and tried to open after deciding that his ability as an expert repairman would prevent ig pition of the explosize. Mennerich's wife, from whom he had been separated, was taken into custody at Springfield, 111, as a wit ness, but later was released. Mennerich received the package by mail Friday. It had been mailed at Decatur Thursday. From the appear ance of the parcel, Mennerich decided it was an explosive apparatus, and re fused to open it. He wrote a letter to his wife in Springfield, tellin® her about the package and saying he had’ cecided to open it, as he know how to do so without causing an explosion. | This letter was not mailed, but’ was' found unsealed in the yard after the explosion. This fact led the Sheriff’ to believe that possibly Mennerich had made the machine himself t 0 cover up suicide. MAN AND WIFE FREED. SHREVEPORT, LA, March I.—A verdict of not guilty was refurned here to-day in the case of Hervey S. Little and his wife, Anna Bond Lit tle, the former charged with murder ing J. J. Van Cleave, and Mrs, Liftie as ascessory before and after’the facst, Within a few hours after the jury gave its decision a mass meeting of protest was called. Soon after the call was issued the presiding judge, John R. Land, issued a statement up holding the ‘action of the court angd the District Attorney at the t'rlai. The foreman of the jury, J. G. Hester, also issued a statement saying the State had not proved its case, As the time for holding the mass meeting drew near it was announced that it had been postponed until Monduy night. Van Cleave wasg killed by Little Jast fall as he came from a building in which his real estate office was, lo cated. It was charged Mrs. Little told her husband that “if he didn’'t kill him her father would,” because of an in sult Van Cleave is alleged to have of fered her. Little pleaded self-defense, saying Van Cleave attemptdd to draw a weapon just as he fired. , Lit tle denied she urged her h T %:3 attack Van Cleave VanCl thd _ Little ;formerly . Ware ;bug I ners, THE GFEORGIAN'S NEWS BRIEFS FAIR REFUGEES FROM TURBULENT MEXICO Mrs. Harry Hendricks (at right), and Mrs. Arthur B. Cook, who have just reached New York from Vera Cruz. Mrs. Cook is the wife of the U. S. flag licutenant who was shot in the hip by a Mexican assassin at Vera Cruz recently while near the dock. s 9“-\' g . 7 oy WS " ! 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He left a .note direct ing the disposition of his body and asking that his relatives be notified. Hembree was addicted to the use of the drug which he used to end his ex istence. He had sought to take his lif> in the same way on a former oc casion, MANY SMALL BIRDS DIE. AMERICUS, GA., March I.—As evi dence of the severity of the recent cold weather here, hundreds of small birds perished in the snow, mostly larks, thrushes and sparrows. One hunter found a covey of four teen partridges buried beneath a snowdrift, The birds were nearly frozen and made no attempt to es cape, and all were captured. Pea~h trees sustained no damage, and orchards are reported in excel lent condition, LIFE SAVERS RESCUE CREW. WAKEFIELD, R, I, March I.—The fopur-masted schooner Jacob S. Wins low, lumber laden, from Fernandina for Providence, crashed onto Black Rocks, on the southeast side of Block Island, early to-day. Captain Wilson and his crew of eight were brought to shore several hours later by Block Island life-savers, who made a hazard ous trip in a surf boat through men acing seas against p southeast gale blowing 60 miles an hour, TRAIN HITS AUTO. COLUMBLUS, GA., March I.—Two women, Lee Knight and Pauline Cranford, were killed and two men, C, F. Hollis and T. Z. Downs, were injured when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Sea board Air Line .passenger train about Lvo :miles south .of this city about 6 PCIoeE tRIN Altsfndén, """ " ‘T FAMOUS HORSES BURN. WARRENTQN. VA., March I,—The stables at Waverly, the Virginia es tate of Mr., and Mrs. S. J Josepthal, of Baltimore, were destroyed by fire here this afternoon, Mrs. Josephtal, formeriy Miss Cherbonnier, one of the most daring cross-country riders in the East/ lost three of her famous hunters—Honey Boy, Aristocrat and Roberts lLouis Stevenson—three draft horses, a pony, two motor carsg and other property. ATHLETE WILHELM DROWNED. PADUCAH, KY., March I.—William Wilhelm, reporter on a local news paper, and formerly a star athlete cf the State University of Kentucky, was drowned here to-day when a canoe in which he and Nelson Soule were pad dling overturned. Soule was rescucd by a tugboat. Wiihelm's body was not recovered. STEAMER STILL ASHORE. NORFOLK, VA, March I.—With high winds sweepin~ the coast, tne British steamer Riverdale, which stranded near Little Island ten days ago, is still ashore, The tug I. J. Merritt left for the scene to-day to assist the tug Rescue, which has been endeavoring to fldat the stranded steamer since last Sunday. RADIUM AND PLANT LIFE. BILOXI, MISS.,, March I.—Experi ments in the effects of the radium bearing earth on plant life are being made here by Professor 8, M. Tracy, to ascertain what value, if any, ft might have over ordinary earth used for agricultural purposes. A shipment of fifteen pounds of radium earth was sent here by the College of Pharmacy of New York City. $200,000 LOSS BY FIRE, PITTSBURG, PA.,, March I.—Fire men in the downtown district of Pitts burg were kept busy to-day fighting firea. Three fires did:neardy $200,000 damige. ; - COUNTRY FLAYED BY BIG BLIZIARD All Eastern Part of United States Assailed by Storm of Rain, Snow and Wind. NEW YORI, March I.—A northeast storm, swerving to the uacrthwest, which first brought rain, then snow, raged over New York and vicinity to day, cutting the city almost complete ly off from telegraph and telephone communication. Reports showed its effects to ba widespread. Three deaths due to the storm oc curred here, two together xhen a roof collapsed under the weight of wet snow, crushing a man and a boy. An other man, blinded by snow, was killed by a irain. Several persons were overcome by exposure, and a number were injured in street acci dents. Trains for the most part left the railroad terminals on time, but, with wires down, cuickly were lost track of. Nothing could be learned con cerning lincoming trains except us they arrived, late on all lines. Wire Poles Go Down. Wet snow snapped telegraph and telephone wires, and, with a gale blowing 72 miles an hour at times, many poles toppled over. On some lines the poles fell across railroad tracks, blocking traflic. As reports began to come in later to-night it was learned that the blockade of train traflic on some rail road lines was even more serious than had been thought earlier. The west beund Twentieth Century Limited for Chicago was reported halted hy fallen poles across the New York Central tracks north of Ossining. Other trains on the line were stalled at va rious points. At local offices of telegraph com panies it was said conditions were among the worst in vears. The West ern Union's 50 wires to Chicago.and most of the 151 wires to Philadelphia were down. Chicago was reached early in the evening by a few remain ing wires by way of Philadelphia and Pittsburg. The Postal Telegraph Clom pany reported wire prostration of similar seriousness. It will be nearly a week, it is said, before service can be wholly resumed Ships Held Outside. Ships due te reach this port to-day were held up cutside. On advice from Washington, the local bureau warned shipping not to put out to sea. The disturbance centered at Cape Hatteras early in the day and moved north, gaining in intensity, and was expected to pasg directly above New York. Albany reported a six-inch snowfall: in New York the weather bureau recorded a fall of 9 1-12 inches. More snow and colder weather was forecast for to-morrow, Between 13,000 and 14,000 men will be put to work to-morrow shoveling snow, pro viding jobs for that many of the un employed. Wires broke and poles and trees were blown down in all parts of the city. Trolley and elevated service was delayed, and in some instances tied up. BROTHERS ARE KILLED. L.YONS, FRANCE, March 11— Pierre and Gabriel Salvez, brothers, were killed to-day as they were mak ing an experimental flight in all metal monoplane of their own inven tion. A wing of the monoplane gave way and the machine fell to the ground. SLASHED BOTH SIDES. NEW YORK, March 2.—Hereafter skirts will be slashed on both sides to permit grace in walking and to allow the dancing of modern steps, accord ing to Madame Henri Joire, who ar rived from Paris with a long list of the latest feminine fashions. SAID PASHA DEAD. CONSTANTINOPLE, March I.— Said Pasha, former Grand Vizier, died here to-day. Thousands of families are wanted to claim for« tunes. Many now living in poverty are rich, but don’t know it. 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