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2 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 . 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. THE GEFEORGIAN'S .\"I'I\\'SLHHCI' 2 9 L] Villa Asks Hearst’s Aid e o el o o Lo > ° s 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. i e 09 L o e ot ‘3 . B . S ‘ L & - 1 & 53 B R - . F % 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. i . . . 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 i inE Again Elected Mayor ] : i 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.