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Tepic Occupied by Constitution
alists After Fierce Battle Last
ing Nearly Fifty Hours.
DURANGO, MEXICO, May 16—
Generol Lucio Blanco to-day report
ed to General Carranza, that, after a
fierce battle lasting 49 hours, the
Constitutionalisis drove the Federal
garvison out of Tepic and occupled
the c¢lty. "lepiec is a short distance
irland from the Pacific Ocean, and is
conzige red one of the more important
cit'e® in Western Mexico,
Simultaneous with the fall of Tepic,
Cenoral Rafael Bueina captured the
port of San Blas, whilé a small divi
sfon of the rebel army occupied Ix
quintian,
No details other than that the (‘on
stitutionalists captured many prison
erg and large guantities of ammuni
tion and supplies are given in the
messages., The reports stated, how
ever, that the I'edera] garrisons were
in utter rout, and are trying to reach
Guadaianjara. Detachments of caval
ry are in pursuit,
Advance Now Certain,
Gieneral Carranza left this city for
Sombrete, Zacatecas, to organize the
civil government,
With Tepic in the hands of the Con
stitutionaligts, and the entire country
surrounding it free from Federals, the
advance by General Alvarao Obregen
to Guadalajara, Capital of Jalisco,
will not be impeded. The combined
armies of Genera] Obregon, General
Blanco and General Buelna will con
centrate in Tepic for the advance,
Although the plans have not been
made public, it is said by a member
of General Carranza’'s Cabinet that
the entire Constitutionalist army of
the north, center and west will be
gpread out over a frontage of several.
hundred miles, extending from Guada
lajara on the west to San Luis Potosi
on the east, and in this mighty forma
tion the armies will march onward
to Mexico City.
Aviator Drops Bombs.
Constitutionalists have gained ma
terially in the capture of the port of
San Blas, in that they have a seaport
on the west coast of the republic
through which they may import mu
nitions for future cperations.
Although Mazatlan is still occupied
by Federal forces, the capture of that
fmportant seaport is expected almost
hourly. General Obregon, who is now
personally in command of the be
sieging lyorces. reports to Carranza
several times each day, Informing
him that the Constitutionalists are
slowly pushing their way into the
&l’ty, and that the artillery and avia
ra are doing deadly work with big
shells and bombs|
Captain Salinas Carranza has re
ported to his uncle, through General
Obregon, that a bomb dropped by
him from his aeroplane exploded on
the deck of the Federal gunboat
Morelc::‘nmoat totally demolishing
the craft.
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Chief Justice White
Startles Music Shop
WASHINGTON, May 16.—A gigan
tic Southerner with a broad, smiling
face and wide-brintmed hat, strolled
idnto an F street music shop the other
ay.
The clerks were busy, so the visitor
wandered back into the piano room.
Presently a continuous round of op
eratic airs and popular melodies came
from the nimble fingers of the big
man.
Another customer watched him for
a while and then turned to a clerk and
esaid: ‘
“Do you know who that is?”
“No,” said the clerk.
“Well,” said the other, “that lls
Chief Justice White of the Supreme
Court of the United States.™
It was true; the Chief Justice s the
Paderewski of official life and his fa
vorite recreation is music. |
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Committee Ready to
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Make Speer Report
MACON, May 16--Representatives
Yitzhenry and Webb, of the subcom
mittee of the House Judiciary Com
mittee. which investigated the charges
against Judge Emory Speer, an
nounced to-day in official communi
cations to parties in Macon that their
report will he given out next week,
probably Wednesday or Thursday.
It is expected that Volstead, the
Republican member of the committee,
will submit an independent report,
recommending exoneration.
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Plunges 3 Stories
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With Babe; Unhurt
NEW YORK, May 16 —~Mrs. A Meiss
berg, 40 years old, with her baby boy
in her arms, plunged from a third story
window and escaped ‘unhurt Friday
night when fire damaged her apartment
at No. 3243 Potomac avenue. A crowd
of men beneath the window broke the
woman's fall and she landed in & new-
Iy-made flower bed.
THE GEORGIAN 'S ANEWS BRIRFS.
DR. EDWARD RYAN, photographed in Atlanta Saturday
as he passed through with a party of refugees from
Mexico. Leigh Rouzer, whom he holds in his arms, is one of the
voungest of those fleeing from hostile soil.
This boy’s father is still in
Mexico trying to save his prop- £ .
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$1,600 Violin Stolen
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From Chicago Store
CHICAGO, May 14.—A violin val
ued at $1,600 and formerly owned by
Theodore Thomas, the noted Chicago
orchestra leader, was stolen from a
shop window to-day by a thief who
smashed the glass with a brick.
The instrument was sold by Thom
as’ widow to former Congressman
Nicholas Longworth, and by him to
a Chicago music dealer.
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Shubert’s Chief Aide
Falls 7 Floors! Dead
NEW YORK, May 14—Howard Ja
cott, aged 34, and known as “the
right-hand man” of Lee Shubert, the
theatrical producer, either fell or
jumped from his room in the seventh
story of the St. James Hotel early to
day and was instantly killed.
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Portrait by Titian
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Found in Austria
VIENNA, May 14 —-What experts de
clare to he a beamtiful specimen of
Titian's work has been discovered in
Count Ossilinski’'s gallery at lLomberg.
It is a portrait of Don Glovanni Castro
and it dates back to 1516.
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$2,000 in Clothes
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14.—The
home of Timothy Hopkins in Menlo
Park was looted of about $2,000 worth
of furs, silk dresses and other wearing
apparel by & burglar while the family
was absent. A few hours later the
burglar was captured in San Jose.
King Alfonso Puts
0. K. on Royal Banns
MADRID, May 14.—King Alfonso has
authorized the marriage of the Infante
Ferdinand, of Bavaria, husband of the
King's late sister, Maria Theresa, with
Luisa Silva Fernandez de Henestroso,
daughter of Count d‘lkre Concha, the in
troducer of Ambassadors at Court.
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Runaway Girl Found
Starv'ng in Hay Loft
i Hay Lof
LA PORTE, IND. May 14 -Kittie
Amber, aged 7, of Chesterton, disap
peared Monday afternoon andywas not
found until this morning when a party
of searchers came upon the child
hidden away in a hay loft near Por
ter.
The child said she heard her grand
father scolding, and fearful of him,
she ran away. For three nights and
two days she had gone without food
or drink. Hundreds of people joined
in the search.
Hoke Smith Seeks
WASHINGTON, May 14.—Senator
Hoke Smith to-day asked the Presi
dent to investigate the official acts of
Henry Lincoln Johnson, whom Presi
dent Taft appointed as Register of
Deeds of the District of Columbia,
with a view of securing his removal.
Johnson is a Georgla negro pollti
cian. Some time ago Senator Smith
called the Johnson case to the atten
tion of Secretary Lane, but no action
was taken. Senator Smith is confl
dent that Johnson's removal will be
accomplished in a short time.
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Gaby Deslys, With
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$500,000, Quits U. 8.
NEW YORK, May 16.—1 t was ru
mored yesterday that Gaby Deslys will
not return to America next season, and
perhaps for two years to come.
She will spend the next two seasons
in Paris and other Continental and
London theaters enjoying the income
of the fortune she has accymulated in
this country in the past three seasons
which is said to be close to half a mil
lion dollars. :
Girl Sues Distiller
For $35,000 Balm
CINCINNATI, May 16 —Alexander
Hamilton Squibb, a distiller of lLaw
renceburg, Ind., to-day was sued for
$35,000 by Mary Margaret Snyder, 17,
years old, of Lexington, Ky, through
her sister, Mrs. Ruth Triplette, with
whom: the girl is llvipf in this city.
Betraval i= alleged. Squibbs is married.
WILLACOOCHEE, GA., May 4.—
Georgia to-day honored its heroio
young son who died for his country
at Vera Cruz. With hundreds in at
tendance and tributes from many, in
cluding the President of the United
States, the body of Randolph Sum
merlin was laid away under the red
old hills of his native State.
The services were not of the mili
tary type, although a detachment of
the State troops from Fitzgerald were
present at the funeral. The ser
vices were held at the Summerlin
Hotel and the interment was in the
family burial ground near Willocoo
chee.
The body was met at New York on
its arrival last Sunday by a brother
of the dead marine, and impressive
services were held there, attended by
President Wilson,
School Friends Gather.
‘A great gathering of Willacoochee
citizens assembled for the fu
neral, mest of them personal friends
of the young man, who had known
him from childhood. In the crowd
were many of the younger people who
had been school friends of Summerlin
and had followed his military career
with the deepest interest. His letters
home had been read and enjoyed, not
only by members of his family, but
also by these ycung friends and asso
ciates, who had nc premonition of his
sad but glorious ending when they
told him good-bye as he started on
his last voyage.
Among many floral offerings to be
displayed on the grave of the young
marine was a beautiful wreath sent
by President Wilson, which arrived
this morning, with offerings from the
Spanish-American war veterans of
New York and from the Dawson
Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution., The town of
Willacoochee provided a gigantic flo
ral anchor.
School Children March.
In the line of march to the ceme
tery after the services were the
children of the public schools, who
also had a part in the funeral
services, singing “The Star Spangled
Banner.,” The memorial sermon was
delivered by the Rev."N. H. Olm
stead. At the cemetery the military
escort, a detachment from Company
¢, First Infantry, fired three vol
leys in salute and “taps” *will be
sounded as the casket is lowered into
the grave.
Young Summerlin is survived by
his father, Benjamin F. Summerlin;
five brothers, L. W.,, R. A, Frank,
William and Jeff; three sisters, Mrs.
M. Gaskins, Mrs. J. W. Hunter and
Mrs. E. L. Peterson; also a grani
mother, Mrs. S. E. Kirkland.
Canal Is Thrown
Open to Traffic
WASHINGTON, May 14.—Feor the
first time in history waterborne craft
are now passing through the Panama
Canal. A steady stream of:barge traf
fic is now passing through the world's
newest man?made waterway.
This information was received to
day at the headquarters of the Pan
ama Railroad. Colonel Goethals has
not yet reported when the canal will
be open for merchant shipping.
Whipping Post Good
ipping Post Gooa,
DENVER, May 14.—Governor Charles
R. Miller, of Delaware, declares the
whipping post in that State has reduced
erime to a minimum, attributing this to
the fact that offenders fear the public
disgrace of this form of punishment
mora than any other.
“The physical punishment, while by no
means light, is not so great as the
mental suffering,’” said Governor Miller.
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Slayer First Doomed
To Hang Gets 19 Yrs,
MOBILE, May 14—William J.
Brown, a building contractor, at his
third trial here last night was con
victed of the murder of Alfred Percy,
a longshoreman, and sentenced to 19
years in the State Penitentiary.
Brown, at his first trial, was sen
tenced to hang but the Supreme Court
reversed his case and, on his second
trial, he got 20 years.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, May 14.-—Pat
rick Cudahy, *ho owns a farm on the
Lake road in Cudahy, Is planning to es
tablish a model dairy there in addition
to growing flowers. He will have a herd
of 100 cows in & barn, which, he says,
will be the finest in the land. He has
started four greenhouses and a specialty
will be made of Killarney and American
Beauty roses. He will, as a farmer, sell
to himself, a 8 & packer, ol cows that
do not yield good resuits fn the dairy.
700 Ministers to
Battle for Dry State
TOPEKA, Mu_v—.l:.-———-—iou than seven
WRETFq ot pertory wii b’
hear them.