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By LAURENCE TOD.
MEDIATION HEADQUARTERS,
Clifton Hotel, Niagara Falls, Ontario,
May 22.—The specter of defeat is to
sit at the gouncil table with the Huer
ta delegates in the mediation confer
ences from this day onward. A crown
ing humiliation has been thrust upon
them by word from Washington that
a spokesman for Carranza and Villa
wid walt in the hotel where the con
ferences are taking place, az2 while
denying the tottering dictator’'s dele
gates the dignity of recognition, will
give to the mediators the messages of
the conquerors, -
To-day the official representatives
of Huerta are imploring their chief in
Mexico City to allow them to save
something of honor from the im
pending wrack. They wait for his
word that he will resign, and they
pray that he may not resign too iate
Urgent Messages to Huerta.
As soon as Huerta's delegates had
gcanned to-day's papers the telegraph
and cable lines were brought into
play. The fall of Saltillo, the bloody
defeat of the Huerta forces at Tepic,
the imminent fall of Mazatlan and
the investment of Guadalajara con
vinced them that the end of the de
facto government of Mexico g at
hand,
Then they sent urgent messages to
their chief. The delegates recognize
that in their hands lies the fate and
fortunes of thousands of the landed
aristocrats of their country.
Luis El Guero, the delegate who
possesses 600,000 acres in his own
name, is even more anxious than his
colleagues that Huerta shall step
down and avert a calamity that would
establish the peons of Mexico in pow
er,
The morning conference between
the Mexican representatives and the
mediators began at 10:45 and lasted
but a few minutes. The Mexicans
were prepared to make a brief state
ment only.
No Progress Made.
Members of their party intimated
that they had received no further in
structions from General Huerta upon
which they could proceed. The Amer
fcan commissioners remained on the
American side of the Niagara River.
At 12:45 o'clock Ambassador Da-
Gama announced that no progress
had been made.
The mediators were apparently dis
appointed by the failure of Jose Ves
concelos, the Carranzista agent, to
arrive from Montreal on a morning
train,
The Ambassador announced that,‘
neither he nor his colleagues were
receiving any instructions from thelrl
home Governments, but were :#ciing
entirely on their personal wishes, l
Villa Takes 2,000
Prisoners at Satillo.
By GERALD BRANDON.
SANTA CATARINA, NUEVO
LEON, MEXICO, May 22.—General
Ortega, chief aide of General Villa,
to-day confirmed the fall of Saltiilo’
to the Constitutionalists. He stated
that the Federals, who evacuated the
town under the leadership of General
Joaquin Maas, are being pursued by
rebel forces that were south of Sal
tillo when the Federals fled
General Villa has taken more than
2,\)00 prisoners in his campaign. Most
of these have enlisted in the Consti
tutionalist army, which will use Sal
tillo as its main base in the campaign
against Mexico City.
General Ortega believes that the
Federals will continue their flight to
Quertaro, and thence fall back upon
Mexico for the final stand.
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American Murdened
From Mexican Houseto;l).
WASHINGTON, May 22.—The
murder of Dick Urban, an Ameri
can, at a point eighteen miles west
of Nacqzari, Sonora, was reported to
the State Department to-day by Con
sular Agent Montague, at Cananea.
Urban and George Cooper, his part
ner, were fired upon from housetops.
Cooper, who escaped unhurt, in
formed Agent Montague that the at
tack was without provocation.
Huerta Executing
Enemies in Prison.
By THOMAS P, COATES.
VERA CRUZ, May 22.—1 n prepa
ration for his downfall, General Vic
toriano Huerta is reported to be exe
euting all his political enemies wheo
are held in prison in Mexico City.
The dictator is determined that his
enemies shall not have the satisfac
tion of living to see his destruction,
if he is doomed to fall. ‘
That Huerta is determined to fight,
and will make his last stand in the
Capital, is indicated by the fact that
he has mobilized 40,000 men in and
around Mexico City, but they arv
mostly raw recruits,
Refugees arriving here to-day from
the Capital state that a public cere
mony was made of the execution of
Rafaelo Tapias, who has been in
prison &ince the assassination of
Francisco 1. Madero. Tapias protest
&l against the killing of Madero, and
thus incurred Huerta's anger,
Villa has sent word to the Capital
m he will open all the jalls and
all the prisoners as one of his
first acts,
General Gustavo Maas is said to be
preparing an elaborate “official re
" to exonerate his Federal sol
from the charge of murdering
ate Bamuel Parks 4
THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS.
LIGHTWEIGHT VELVET, GAT
IN HUES. 1S SUMMER STYLE
Reds, Blues and Greens Wedded to One Another
in Same Costume.
‘ PARIS, Mav 23.—Velvet is to he
‘the summer stuff. The newer fabric
!ls light in structure and especially
‘[woven for coolness, but it will give
‘the same impression of richness and
afford the same depth of color as
that which is worn in winter.
These facts will be a consolation to
many women of fashion who are not
altogether disdainful of economy, a 8
winter robes may with slight changes
be used again for the demi-season.
Some of the summer velvets are
striped in black and white; others
are in more lively hues—audacious,
even ardent.
Reds, blues and greens are to be
wedded to ane another in the same
costume in most unexpected fashion.
Indeed, in the matter of color there
may be said to be two rivai schools
of taste. In one, simplicity rules, and
it adheres rather strictly to black and
white, or to the various subdued
shades of brown and gray. But for
the moment the school that revels.in
gay variegation is by far the more
popular,
The freshest spring models scintil
late in bright, even startling hues,
Carnegie and Boxer
Fellow Passengers
NEW YORK, May 23.—Andrew
Carnegie, apostle of peace, and Gun
poat Smith, apostle of warfare in the
prize ring, were fellow passengers on
the Oceanic for Europe to-day.
" While Carnegie was telling one of
the reporters, ‘You make it emphatic
—there will be no war in Mexico,”
Smith issued all sorts of challenges,
through the reporters, to Jack John
son, Frank Moran, Battling Levinsky
and others.
Carnegie's wife and daughter werc
with him, They will go to Skibo
Castle, Scotland, for the summer.
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Wilson's Letter Aids
BogusFundCollectors
ST. LOUIS, May 23.—Immigration
officials held George Mighael and Jo
seph George here to-day, and will
recommend that they be deported.
The men represented themselves as
authorized to collect funds for an or
phanage in Van, Syria, and upon let
ters of recommendation which they
had purported to bring from church
officials in Syria, obtained similar
letters from President Wilson, Secre
tary Garrison and Senator Stone.
An investigation later showed that
their credentials from church otficials
were hogus,
60 Given Diplomas
Sixty graduates of the Atlanta
Dental College Friday were Dbeing
congratulated over the receipt of
diplomas at the graduating exercises
at the Atlanta Theater Thursday
night, the diplomas having been
awarded by Judge W. R. Hammond,
Ten States and two foreign countries
were represented in the graduating
class.
- Dr. William Crenshaw, dean, pre
sided, and J, E. O'Flinn delivered the
valedictory address.
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’Baby Dead 14 Min.
.
’ Is Brought to Life
WASHINGTON, May 22.—Without
life for fourieen minutes after birth,
a baby that is now thriving at the
Columbia Hospital was made 1o
breathe by the application of a pul
motor, brought here from Chicago.
The saving of the infant after such
a lapse of time is considered almost
phenomenal.
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Uses Pencil to Lead
Bullet to His Brain
LOUISVILLE, KY., May 21.—De
spondent from continued suffering from
rheumatism contracted in Andersonville
prison during the Civil War, William
Elshide fastened a lead pencil to the
barrel of a revolver to make certain
his aim, placed the tip of the pencil
to his head and fired a bullet into his
brain.
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8 Officials Held for
Civil Service Frauds
INDIANAPOLIS, May 21.—Eight
men, county and city officials of
Mitchell, Ind., were arrestad at Shoals,
Ind., to-day, charged with frauds In
connection with a civil service exam
ination.
‘ P& g & G (& o $ »
Juminous if not dazzling. Blue, green,
red, yellow and black are to be seen.
often producing decidedly crude con
trasts.
Straw, yellow, pale green, ceruiean
blue and rose are the favorite tints.
The style of the costume is adapt
ed in a sense to the color scheme.
The fashions of 1830 to 1885 inspire
the darker costumes; the exquis&:e
taste of the seventeenth century the
lighter-hued ones. B
As predicted some time ago, the
littie old round bonnet, with strings
that tie under the chin, has come
\ba.ck from the happy days of the late
“fifties.” With it has arrived the flat
‘or bowl-shaped hat, which looks,
being mostly woven of straw or horse
hair. like a shallow, inverted basket.
Over this. in many instances, par
ticularly if it be tilted forward, a
black velvet ribbon is passed, to be
tied in a broad knot behind, below
the chignon. When the hat is thus
rounded over the head and is trim
med with bright leaves or flowers, ac
cording to fancy, the effect is stun
ning.
This style seems very likely to in
crease in vogue as the warm season
advances. ;
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Miss Morton, Heiress,
Strangely Missin
rangely Missing
CHICAGO, May 22.—The where
abouts of Miss Helen Morton, the
C‘hicago heiress and society favorite,
still] remained a mystery to-day. Mrs.
Steriing Morton reiterated her state
ment that her daughter had gone to
Elberon, N. J., to visit Miss Prudence
Durand, who she said was ill, de
spite advices to the contrary from
Elberon,
Vague rumors to-day said Miss
Morton had gone to Philadelphia to
marry a young Virginian whose
brether owns a stock_ farm in Vir
ginia where the girl’s father had pur
chased several horses.
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W. J. Harris Opens
.
Governorship Race
CEDARTOWN, May 25.—W. J.
Harris fired the first gun of his cam
paign for Governor here to-day. The
courthouse was filled to hear him,
many women being in the audience.
He was introduced by J. T. Perkins,
master carpenter of the Central of
Georgia Railroad shops in Cedartown,
who- presented him as the “next Gov
ernor of Georgia.”
Mr. Harris said he had been mis
quoted by many papers, as he had
never stated that “a railroad .attor
ney is not fit to be Gevernor,” but
that when the State road is leased a
railread attorney should not hold the
office. The farmers came for miles
to hear him, and many laboring men
and business men were present,
Hamil Disappears in
.
Cross-Channel Flight
LONDON, May 23.—Gustav Hamil,
most popular and intrepid of British
aviators, friend of kings and princas
and “darling” of society, is missing
to-night after starting from™ Calais
for a cross-channel flight, and grave
fears are entertained for his safety.
Hamil started for Villa Coublay
early this morning in a new mono
plane for Hendon, where he intended
to compete in the aerial derby, but
had to descend near Boulogne. About
1:30 o'clock in the afternoon he ro
sumed his flight and was seen near
‘C'alais about 3 o'clock.
Since then nothing has been heard
of him. The weather has been unfa
vorable for flying on account of thick
[haze following the recent hot wave,
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Whitman Has Becker
NEW YORK, May 23.--Messages
Lieutenant Charles Becker passed to
the four gunmen in the Sing Sing
death house are in the hands of Dis.
trict Attorney Whitman. If the trial
of the former police lieutenant had
taken a turn adverse to the prosecut
tion MrM. WhWitman would have put
the secretly written letters in as
State's evidence.
The convicted Becker whote in
thes enotes urging that the four gun
men protect him in any confession
they might give before going to the
electric chair.
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Lindsey Takes Plea of
ndsey
Miners to John D. Jr.
NEW YORK, May 23.--Judge Ben
Lindsey, of Denver, announced to
day that he would go to the Stand
ard Qil offices on Monday and appeal
to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in behalf
of the Colorado miners.
Rockefeller has notified Judge Lind
sey he wiil not see him, but the lat
ter believes he will be given an op
portunity to present the strikers'
case, ;
WASHINGTON, May 22.—Friends
of E. Lee Worsham, Georgia Ento
mologist, are actively interesting
themselves in a movement here to
have him named Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture, which position recent
ly was made vacant by resignation.
Both Georgia Senators and practi
cally the entire Cieorgia delegation in
the House are understood to be in
sympathy with the moévement, and
telegrams have been coming into the
National Capital from all over the
State of Georgia to-day and last night
urging this appointment.
When President Wilson's Cabinet
was first formed, Worsham was
boosted for this position, and it is
admitted that he came very near
landing it then. His indorsements are
said to have been the heaviest and
most widespread of any candidate of
fering. : .
Mr., Worsham is the president of
the great National Conservation So
ciety, and has been upon its roll of
officers for years, He is well known
about all the departments in Wash
ington, and there is mno question
whatever as to his fitness for the po
sition.
Several members of the Georgia
delegation will call upon the Presi
dent to-day in Worsham's behalf.
Elsie Janis Wins
anis W
"
High Favor Abroad
LONDON, May 23.—Elsie . Janis,
whose wonderful success in the revue
at the Palace still is the talk of the
town, has received oifers te appear in
music halls in Berlin, Vienna, Paris
an¢d Rome—and has given enthusi
astic affirmative answers to {ll four,
Already she speaks FrenCth and
German fluently and is now studying
Ttalian. Prior to heg return’to New
York next fall, imme‘iately following
the end of her engagement at the
Palace, she will make a quick tour of
the Continent, playing fortnight en
gagements in the four cities named.
Miss Janis’ decision was the result
of the advice of Charles Frohman.
who was primarily responsible for her
receiving the offers.
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Ambassador Herrick
Feted With Royalty
PARIS, May 23.-—Ambassador and
Mrs. Herrick are leading a busy so
cial life. They sat with the King
and Queen of Denmark in the royal
tribune at Longchamps during the
sovereign’'s official visit here, and
figured prominently at. other enter
tainments given in honor of the King
and Queen.
The Herricks planned to attend the
Rocsevelt- Willard wedding at Ma
drid in June, but the date clashes
with the International Chamber of
Commerce Congress sessions, in
which the Ambassador is greatly in
terested and he will be compelled
therefure to remain in Paris.
All U. 8. Railroads
.
To Be Investigated
WASHINGTON, May 23.—1 n the
aftermath of Charles 8. Mellen's tes
timony before the Interstate Com
merce Commission has come the de
velopment that the United States
Senate plans a full investigation of
every railroad system in the country.
It is known that the next railroad
to be put under the microscope of
the commission will be the Rock Is
land. Then will follow the Pennsyl
vania and the Northwestern.
Mellen in a private interview with
a 4 member of the commission inti
mated before he left Washington that
the financial manipulations of these
other roads would be found almost as
dubioug a4s those of the New Haven.
.
Prince of Wales Lost
$750 on U. S. Golfer
LONDON, May 23.-—The Prince of
Wales is rapidly developing the sport
ing spirit. A member of the Marl
borough (C'lub at dinner last week of
fered to bet $25,000 against $750 that
Ouimet would not win the golf cham.
pionship and that Black Jester wou:d
not win the Derby,
The bet went begging ten days, but
Wednesday the Prince telegraphed
the layer his ~cceptance. He lost half
of the bet when Ouimet's defeat at
Sandwich was announced. The pre
vailing odds egainst Black Jester are
100 to 7.
MILITANTS DYNAMITING.
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, May 23.
Militant suffragettes tried to destroy
this city’s water supply to-day. Their
“dynamite squad" planted two large
bombs among the pipes conveying
water from Loch Katrine, but the
fuses were imperfect,
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