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JLATON REPLIES
0 RIVALS ON
DEPOT BILL
Declares Felder and Hardwick
Put Georgia at Mercy of Raii
roads in New Lease. |
Governor Slaton gave out & sung-}
ing statement Saturday night in ref
(rence to his announced position on
the famous Atlanta depot bill, which
recently was challenged by forme:
Representative Joe Hill Hail, of Bibb
as unjust to Candidates Hardwick
and Felder, rival aspirants for the
short term United States Senatorship
to which the Goverpor aspires.
In his statement the Governor de
clines to be drawn into an argument
with Mr. Ha!l, but he undertakes to
show by the records that through the
filibustering tactics of Felder and
Hardwick the depot bill was defeat
ed. although a majority of the Leg
islature favored its passage and he
says that Georgia “is millions of
dollars poorer to-day’ than it would
have been had not Messrs. Felder
anrd Hardwick, “either thirough igno
rance or prejudice,” blundered in the
stand they took against tne proposed
nnion depot.
The Governor states that in tak
ing the position they did, which has
«ince been shown to be so disastrous
to Georgia, Messrs. Hardwick and
Felder assumed attitudes openly in
conflict with the then Governor, the
Attorney General, the Supreme Court,
various Western and Atlantic rail
road committees, and with a big ma
jority of the General Assembly.
U. S. Court Clerk Has
Twice Judge's Pay
CLEVELAND, June 9.--The clerk of
the Federal Courts don't break into
headlines so often as tne Federal judge,
but what the clerk loses in pubiicity he
makes vip in coin
Williamn 1. Day. who resigned from
the Federal bench because he couldn’t
support his family on $6,000 a year,
probably wouldn’t have severe d himself
from Uncle Sam’s pay roll if he had the
income of B. C. Miller, the clerk of his
court,
Federal Court attaches say the
clerk's income never runs less than
double that of the Federal judge and
that generally it runs up to $15,000.
'Mme'r says he has no intention of re
signing
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Income Tax Ruling
Exempts Interest
WASHINGTON, June 9 —Holding
that real estate is collateral in ordi
nary business affairs, the Internal
Revenue Commissioner, in construing
the income tax laws holds that inter
est paid on debts secured by mort
gages on real estate collateral may
be deducted as a part of the expenses
of doing business during the year.
This ruling applies to corporations
and firms that have pledged real
estate as collateral.
Vassar Sophomores
Bear the Daisy Chain
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 9.—
l.ed by Miss Priscilla Gult, of New
York, 24 girls of the sophomore class
of Vassar Coliege to-day bore the
traditional daisy chain at the head
of the commencement day parade.
The honor of being a daisy chain
bearer is coveted by all of the stu
dents at Vassar, as the chain bearers
are chusen for their beauty and grace.
Boys Damage Church,
Emulating Militants
GARY, IND, June 9.—The smash
ing of windows, the destruction of a
plano and the desecration of an altar
at the Tolleston Christian Church and
damage done to the Beveridge School
led to-day to ithe arrest of three
small boys.
They had read of the outrages done
by the militant suffragettes in Eng
land and sought to emulate them.
.
Wants Divorce of 35
Years Ago Modified
CHICAGO, June 9 —Mrs. Alice
Weingardner, who is 68 vears old,
filed a bill in the Circuit Court to
day asking for modification of a di
vorce decree granted George R. Des
Rivieres. of Bourbournais Til, thir
ty-five vears ago. Mrs. Weingardner
declares in the bill that the divorce
was obtained by fraud.
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Villa Asks Hearst’s Aid
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No Split With Carranza
Franciseo Villa, the Mexiean Constitutionalist general, who
has appealed to William Randolph Hearst to deny that a split is
iikely in the ranks of Huerta's foes.
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CHIHUAHUA, June 6.—To William Randolph Hearst:
Please do what lies in the power of your great newspapers to
correct the impression which seems to have been made by irre
sponsible correspondents that a break between General Carranza.
first chief of the Constitutionalist army, and myself is probable
because of the appointment of General Panfilo Natera as com
mander in chief of the central zone.
The appointment was made with my full knowledge and was
in no sense a slight upon me or made in disparagement of my
work in the field.
It will not in the least affect my loyalty to the cause of the
(‘onstitutionalists nor cause me to abate my zeal in the matter
of striving to bring about real peace in Mexico. rrion
FRANCISCO VILLA,
General in Command of the Constitutionalist Army of the
North. ¢
FRANK AGAIN 13
OSEANFIGHT
O HS LFE
Leo Frank suffered another court
defeat Saturday when Judge Hill sus
tained the State’s demurrer to _his
motion to set aside the verdict ren
dered at his trial last August on the
charge of slaying Mary Phagan.
Judge Hlill, in custaining the de
murrer filed by Solicitor Dorscy, as
serted that he still believed that, as
to the question of practice, the true
rule was set fcrth in the case of
Lyons against the State but that
there appeared so many conflicts in
the decisions of the Supreme Court
that he had determined to send the
case on up so that the Supreme Court
might be given the opportunity once
and for all to harmonize these deci
sions and set forth what the law in
Georgia shall be.
To Prepare Appeal at Once.
Attorneys John Tye and Henry Fee
ples, counsel for Frank in the motion
to set aside, announced that they
would prepare at once a bill of ex
ceptions to be signed by Judge Hill
and transmitted to the Supreme
Court. Judge Hill will leave for a
brief trip to Florida Saturday mnight
and will sign the bill on his return.
A supersedeas order was signed by
Judge Hiil slaying the execution of
Frank pending the ruling on the mo=-
tion by the Supreme Court of Geor
gia. Another supersedeas already is
in effect as a result of the extracrdi
nary motion for a new trial yet to be
reviewed by the Supreme Court.
The Court sustained the State's de
murrer on all grounds, both general
and special, at the close of Mr. Pee
‘ples’ argument and w.thout hearing
‘rrom Solicitor Dorsey in rebuttal.
' Two motions in the Frank case will
3¢ befire the supreme Court as soon
'as the appeal of Anorneys Tve and
Feeples reaches there. The appeal
on the extraordinary motion for a
new trial already has been signed by
.Judge Hill and will be filed with the
Supreme Court Monday. Thne bili of
| exceptions on the sustaining of the
demurrer in the motion to set aside
probably will be signed the week of
June 15.
No Decision Before Fall.
Should the Supreme Court of Geor
gia overrule Judge Hill in his action
in sustaining the demuarrer, the mo
tion will come Sack to the Superior
Court for argument. A reversal by
the Supreme Court would be regarded
as the equivalent of an affirmation of
thg principles set out in Judge Hill's
opinion in the Lyons case and the
argument on the motion largely would
center about the question of facts.
It generally is believed by those fa
miliar with Supreme Court procedure
that neither of the motions will re
ceive their final adjudication in the
State courts before late in the fall
The Supreme Court will adjourn dur
ing the summer and it is not thought
likely that they will take up either of
the motions before the October term.
Missing Millionai
Found 11l in North
WINNIPEG, June 9-—Thomas Ryan,
‘a millionaire landowner, who disap
peared five years ago from his home in
Marion, Ariz., has been discovered in a
hospital in Winnipeg. For many months
search for him had been conducted by
detective agencies along the Pacifie
coast, in the Rockies and finally across
the prairies.
He is 60 years of age, and made a for
tune in the sale of oil lands in Oklahoma
in the eighties. His physical condition
is serious, owing to his careless out-of
door exigtence.
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California Finds
Egyptian Wheat Good
‘ DINUBA, CAL.. June 9 —Egyptian
wheat is being grown with success in
several localities in the San Joaquin
Valley. An experiment at first, the val
| ue of it for forage and ensilage has been
| speedily recognized, and dairymen in
| particular are exhibiting a keen interest
in its cultivation.
Owing to the rank growth it attains,
' the heavy product of its grain and the
large amount of nutriment it possesses
it has been found to be especially ad
- vantageous for feeding to dairy stock.
Convicted Man Is
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Again Elected Mayor
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CHEYENNE. June 12.—Roy Mont
gomery, a Democratic leader of the
'northern Wyoming, convicted under the
Mann white slave act a few months ago,
has been elected mayer of Gillette by a
vote of 11 ta 80.
Montgomery is at liberty under amn
appeal bond.
The main issue in the election was the
question of his innocence of the Fed
eral charge.