The Valdosta times. (Valdosta, Ga.) 1874-194?, September 17, 1910, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTwice-a-Week silt Oi Twice-a-Week V‘‘Ofh n THE VALDOSTA TIMES VALDOSTA. UA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IT, , 1010. _ VI I “ DIAZ IS NOW 80 YEARS OLD The President of Mexico Celebrating His Fourscore Years Today. City of Mexico, Sept. 15—All Mexico lx en fete today in celebra tion of the 80th birthday of Presi dent Dias and the centennial anni versary of Mexican independence. From the capital down to the amall- est village and hamlet of the repub lic business is entirely suspended while the people are. giving them selves up to the enjoyment of the elaborate festivities with which the dual anniversary Is everywhere be ing observed. President Dias was the recipient of congratulations from all manner of persons in official and private life, who gathered at the National Palace to offer their felicitations. The army officers, members of the national congress, the Judiciary and representatives of the educational Institutions were received during the morning. At noon the special representatives sent by the various governments to attend the centen- ynlal celebration were j received by the President In the Hall of Ambas sadors. The meeting with the American delegation, headed by Curtis Guild of Massachusetts, was extremely cordial. The entire city Is decked in gay est attire, and preparations have been made for an illumination to night that probably has never been surpassed anywhere In the world Fireworks will form the llrst pari of the. .i^rogmm. -which wnr be car ed out in the Plata Mayor, where thousands of spectators will assem ble. A striking feature will be a pyrotechnlcal'fountain. Heroic por traits ot Morelos and General Vin cente Guerrero In lire will be pre sented. Another presentment In pyrotechnics will be the standard of Htdalro together with a llkenesa of the Virgin of Ouadalupe, the miracle maid of Mexico, who revealed her self to the Indian chief hunting on the hill of Tntnltepee end bade him seek and And her Image under the maguey. Tho climax of the celebration will come at 11 o'clock tonight when. In accordance with time-honored cus tom, President Dias will appear on 'the central balcony of the palace to ring the Independence bell and to re peat the "grlto” (shout), which was first given by the martyred aoldler- pre/rtrtcnt Hidalgo on the night of September 15, 1810. The first note from tho old Inde pendence bell which Hidalgo rang at the like hour Just one hundred years ago will be the signal for hus- zas from every throat. The great electric flag on the lofty dome of the cathedral near by will burst into light and wave Its luminous greet ing to the throng below. A trained choir of a hundred voices will sing the centennial hymn and thousands of lights will blase forth In every nook and corner of the federal dis trict. CHATHAM IS DISSATISFIED Big County Does not Want to Share Equally With the Smaller Ones. Savannah, Ga, September 15.— When the First district senatorial convention meets in Savannah the ELECTIONS IN MANY STATES (Progressives are Capturing Most of the States That are Holding Elections. Washington, Sept. 15—A sum mary of the elections and pr^arles to date shows that fifteen Insurgents afternoon of September 22nd, which have been nominated to succeed WANT SMALLER DOLLAR BILL STREET ROADS PAID GRAFT Bankers Think That the Pres- Legislative Graft in New ent'Bill is Entirely too Large York Cost Roads a Neat Lit- for Use. ATLANTA WOMAN A SUICIDE Mr*. .T. O. We*t Shot and Killed s Hcpwlf In that City Today Atlanta, Ga., Sent. 15—Mn». J. u. West phot and killed herself at her home here today. She vrnn the wife of the vlce-pre* Is Thursday afternoon of next week. It Is going to be the most Interest ing session of the body held In a long time. It will be Interesting be cause Chatham county Is going to take ita country cousins, Effingham and Bryan counties, gently by the hand and tell them firmly but pleas antly that hereafter th'-y cannot have a state senator as often as Chatham does. In the past the three counties have alternated la the selection of the state senators from his district but hereafter Chatham county Is go ing to Insist upon havln; two sena tors to the country counties one. This Is the Atlanta, Augusta and Co lumbus plan of dealing with the senatorial situation and Savannah thinks It is a pretty good way to do business. Chatham Is also going to Insist up on another Innovation. It Is that the country counties when they se lect candidates for the senate shkll grant Chatham county the right to pass upon them at the ballot box. As Chatham can out _vnt» ■elthr- or '~t, i nrr: toffhties in ft WOlmary ‘this arrangement win really mean that Chatham will name the sena tors mil the time but that every four years he will come from a country county with Chatham's O. K. plac ed upon him. Mr. A. N. Grovensteln, of Effing ham, will he declared the nominee of the Democrats of the First sen atorial district at the approaching convention. standpatters in the house and one Insurgent has displaced a regular for senator. The Democrats have arrested two congressmen displacing Republicans, with two more claimed in Maine. Shaffroth Nominated In Colorado Denver, Sept 16—Governor Shaf froth was nominated by a close mar gin by tho Democrats yesterday. Louisville, Sept. 15—A heavy vote la being polled In the primaries today. Most of the Interest the Eleventh districts where Powers, convicted ot the murder jpf< Governor Goebel and pardoned. It waging a strong fight against Rep- Atlanta, Ga., September 15.—Prac tically all the banker* and business man in Atlanta are heartily In fa vor of the plan of Secretary Mac- Veagb, of the United 8tates treasury to systematize the designs of "pa per money’ 'and reduce the also of the Mill. The 81 bills in the United States are two or three times bigger than the paper currency of most other civilized countrlez, for the tame de nomination, The t-Frano note in France, which is equal to about $1 is about the size of «n ordinary bus iness visiting card. Those of Italy and the European countries are ap proximately the same size. Secrefaly MacVeagh’i plan con templates only the redaction ot the resentatlve Edwards for the Re(ffiTs)ze bnt. a systematization of the llcan nomination for congress. design* so that, for Inztanee, the en graved picture of Washington would always appear on bills of tho samo denomination, that of U. S. Grant on others, that of Lincoln on others, can state convention yesterday and ,., r . f etr.Tlin no». engraved plates tojjiakp the propose^chantes wouI“ t of Hadley won in Missouri Jefferson, Mo„ Sept. 15—Ooverffi j or Hadley won out In tho Repubti- tho platform Is distinctively grcsslvo. Taft’s admin] ondorsed. Tho tariff la cdly appa'ved and Roosevel' praised, f ... Democratic convention dorsed Governor Joseph Folk president Wilson May ft* Nominated | Trenton. N. J.,‘ Sept. 15—The (Democratic state convention met to day with the Indications that Pres ident Woodrow Wilson, of Prince ton University, will be nominated for Governor. , tie Sum. New York, Sept. 15—The street railways ot this state paid more thau 822,000 for leglslatire graft In 1005. This was brought out at today’s les ion ot the legislative investigation committee at the city ball. The money was In two assessments by, the State Railway Association and was collected by Tracy Rogers, the lobbyist The Metropolitan alone was assessed 88,000. These fact* were brought out by the testimony of W. W, Cole, the former treasurer of the State Rail way Association. ALL FACTIONS SAMETO TAFT The President Will Draw no Distinction Between Insur gents and Regulars. NEW BAIL AND WATER SERVICE Steamship Passenger Service Be tween Brunswick and N. Y. The passenger department of the A. B. nnd A. Railroad announoo the opening of the route via. Brunswick to New York, commencing Tuesday. September 20. 19i0. Th'a service will be Inaugurated with the sailing of the steamship Algonquin on the date named, to be followed by tho sailing of tho steamship Rio Grande. Saturday. CANNOT REVOKE A LICENSE. Cant Acting Mayor of Savannah Close Near-Beer Place. Savannah, Oa., September 15.—IV has been found that the acting may or of the city of Savannah cannot revoko the license of a nearbeer sa loon keeper for violating tho state and municipal laws by selling his product on Sundays. A man named Jacobson was convlced of this of fense and as Is the habit of the may or, acting Mayor' Guckenhelmer de termine to take his license from him. Jacobson’s lawyer made the point that the ordinance conferred the authority to revoke a license only upon the mayor and not upon the acting mayor. The city attorney upheld this opln- Ion and acting Mayor Guckenhelmer has been compelled to let Jacob- on's place remain open. It ls‘ ex- cted, however, that when Mayor Tledeman returns to the city there will be something doing for Jacob son. Rncker for Another Term Denver, Colo., Sept 16—At the Democratic congressional conven tion of the First • Colorado district here today Congressman A. W. Rucker was nominated to succeed himself. . oval of the public, tflefehang- .os will likely be made. Tho present 2 1ar bill measures 8.04x7.48 Inch- Tie new ones would be 2 1-1x8. ROTHBARTH HIDES MONEY Bankers Believe he has Salted If Down and Will go to Pen New York, Sept 15—It Is report ed today that Adolph Rothbarth has Ident of the Oeorelft Law Company |«3ted a large portion of the half million dollars which he Is supposed to have secured from New York bankers on worthiest collateral. District Attorney Whitman today examined every detail of Rote, berth's crime. The merchant Is In the Toombs today In default ot 820,- 1)00 ball. Bank officials believe that Rothbarth Is anxious to serve a prison term and afterwards depart for Germany with his stolen wealtn. and was twenty-eight years of age. She leaves three little girls. Sn# was rushed to the hospital and died on the operating table. She had been In 111 health for more than a year and this Is sup posed to have caused the rash act. British Exhibit Reopened Brussels. Sept. 15—The British section of the Brussels Exhibition, which was almost totally destroyed in the great fire which swept the ex position grounds a month ago, was reopened today with appropriate ceremonies. Practically si) of the exhibits In tbe section have been re placed. There Is always the right kind ot weather In some parts ot the United BUtes. according to the weather map. I distant parts of the country. Reunion of First Iron Brigade. Syracuse, N. Y„ September 15.— Survivors of the First Iron Brigade one of the famous organisations of the Army of the Potomac, assem bled In eighth dnnnal reunion to day at the SUte Fair Grounds In this city. The reunion was stMid- er by » number of veterans from CALEB POWERS IN RACE. Man Who Spent Years Under Shad, off of Gallows for Murder. Louisville, Ky„ September 16.— One of the bitterest political battles Kentucky has seen In years Is be ing fought out In the Elovnth con gressional district of this State to day, tbe prize being tbe Republican nomination for Congress RepresenUtlves Don C. Edawrds, who Is a candidate for renomlnatloa, has as his opponent In the primar ies Caleb Powers, who was several times tried and convicted of com plicity In the murder of Governor Goe’el and subsequently given his freedom by Governor Willson. The campaign has been an extrem ely exciting one and many bitter words have been exchanged on the ■tump. AUTO TAGS HAVE ARRIVED Hereafter the State Will Ilave Furnish Tags to Owners COTTON IN CALIFORNIA. New England Spinners Will Dlsepss That Subject at Meeting. Portsmouth, N. H., September 15.—A majority of the one thousand members of tha National Associa tion of Cotton Manufacturers were gathered la the large assembly hall of the Hotel Weatworth this morn ing at the opening ef the Stth meet ing or the association. The cotton manufacturing sectlone of tbe South as well as the New England Staten were pell represented. A greeting by Mayor Adams, of Portsmouth and ths address of the president, Franklin W. Hobbs, of Brookline, Mass., were the principal features of tbe opening session. At tiia subsequent sessions, lasting ov- e|r Friday and Saturday, many Im portant papers ffh the cotton Indus- tlry will be presented. The raising dt cotton In California will be one of tbe moat Interesting subject! of 'sc union. Though no official action In the ijnatter Is to be taken by tbe eon- ntlon, the prevslllag • opinion i mong the members assembled here s that there will be a general re- i umptton of activity among the eot- ; on mills all over tbe country early rest month. SH8 TOBACCO MODERATELY. few Jersey Man 100 Veers Old and Still Hal* and Hearty, Summit, N. J„ September 15.— "Use tobacco In moderation, only Tho afford seng: r accommodation. They carry three classes of passengers, vis: first, second and steerage. Ik la announced that tha rates from Brunswick to New York will bs: One Way. R’nd Trip. First-class ...A.8*2.00 887.80 Second-class ....818.00 888-*® Steerage 811.26. Through rates will he announced at sn early date from the stations rn tbe A. B. and A. to Wow York vl, Brnaswlck. The route vie. Brunt- wiek to the Best Is very attractive and doubtless the route will beeom® quite popular. Atlanta. Sept. 15—They're come A, eT6r fet the habit enslavo you.” Is at last, those automobile tags f° r rths maxim suggested for those who registration with the secretary of jj g , plr# | 0nKeTlty by william Ran- state, along with the aeal which will k|n who ceI * brated b1t moth blrth- be placed on every automobile op- , t h(l hom( , bere to day. iur . erated In the state. Tbe auto *»**• Lourfded by about 50 of his deecen- whlch will hang on the tack of the ^ ^ ^ re „ t , Tet machine like the municipal regis tration numbera, will simply bare the registration number and tbe let ters Oa. Secretary of" State Phil Cook Is already busy sending out batches of the tsgs to different parts of the stste. from which applications have stacked up. There sre 10.000 tags In the box, and they were msde In Philadelphia. They sre of slum! num. light and nest. The tags sre serially numbered from 1 to 10,' BISTERS MARRY BROTHERS. Misses Marsh, of Brooklyn, Become Brides of Bustln Boys. New York, September 15.—T*e Rev. Dr. 8. Parkes, Cndman, rector of tho Central Congregational Church In Brooklyn, Is to officiate at a unique double wedding this ■evening, when two sisters, the Misses Harriett Marsh and Mnrgu- rlte Marrfh, will become the brides of two brothers, Bernard F. Dustin and Guy Klag Dustin, both of Hart ford, Conn. The brldes-elect are the daugh ters of Mrs. Andrew KunF.er Marsh and both sre prominent In Brooklyn society. The brlde-grooms-to-bn are both graduates of Yale University. Beaver Lick, Moss., Sepember IS, —President Taft hereafter will draw no distinction between -the Insur gent and Regular Republicans in the distribution of- federal patronage. In a letter to certain Iowa Insurgent leaders, which waa made public to day, tbe Prosident said: "While Icg's'.atlon waa pending in Congress, opposed/ by certain 'Re publicans, the President felt it his duty to withhold patronage In cer tain cases In the effort to. carry out promises made in the party plat form. That attitude ended with the primary election and the nominat ing convention! which have been held. The people have spoken and as the party faces the fall elections tbe questions must be settled by Re publicans of every shade and opin ion, whether tbe difference* of tbe last session shall be perpstuated or /forgotten. The President Is conn- dent that you will yourself get your local and state situation In this spirit and that you will ask your friends to do likewise." GREEK Foreigner Who Persisted *i» Kiss’ Ing Unwilling Women Is Fined Atlanta, Ga, September 14.—One Oreek masher in'Atlanta wishes he hadn’t now. Patel’ Syrakson, propri etor of an tatery, tried to get fresh with a young married woman, bnt the promptly reported .Pete to her hubby. Hubby looked fbr Pete with a club for several daya, but the son of Oreeoe made bftaself scarce. Fi nally the matter was reported to the police and Peter was taken In tow. When Judge Brllea heard of his doings he fined him 825.7S, and bound him over to the state court for living In adultery with another young woman. Atlanta Is finding many of these Greek citizens tough propositions. Mnny young girls ar* being lured to ruin In tnelr places. There has been some talk of a gen eral Investigation of tbetr restau rants and fruit stands. NEGRO WENT TO SLEEP. he A South American of prominence thinks his section of the earth ought to get In extensively for wheat raU-jf In*. Raizing wheat beats raising Cain. ’ ■' 7-17” Mr. Rsnkfn was horn In Elisabeth 1 N. J., September 15, 1810, and one of bis earliest recollections Is of tbe general illuminations celebrating the declaration of peace after the War of 1812. He waa gradnatud from Williams College In 1821, anJ he Is The oldest living alumnus of any American college. For many years he practiced law In Cincinnati and New York and for forty yeara be was treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church. At 100 years of. age be Is enjoying excellent tb and the use of all his facul- • I -\ hrl tl 1 Her Hustand Deserted Her. Lilly Corhett, thirty years of age, left Macon yesterday for Columbia, H. C.. afer telling a pitiful story of tramping from Alanta to Macon In an effort to get home. 8he said that she had been deserted by her bus- band a week ago In Atlanta and started hack to her old home, fall ing to hear from her husband. In Macon her feet showed painful blisters and two of the patrolmen there secured a purse and the Ladles Aid Society saw her on her way home, happy but worn out and suf- ferlng. BOTH DIED OF WOUNDS Louisville, Ky„ Sept. 15—Police man Conrsey attempted to arrest Thomas Hanks this morning on one ef the principal atreets of White Plains. Hanks skot Coursey and after the policeman fell he shot four bullets Into Hank* and both died within a few minutes Pedestrians were endangered by ths flying bullets. Accused of Burglary Because Broke in Place to Rest. Savannah. Ga, September 15.— Albert Jackson, n negro, owes his arrest on the charge of burglary to the fact that he went Into a Chinese laundry probably with tbe Intention of robbing It, fell asleep under the counter and snored. It wav his snor ing that awoke Jung I*e, the China man In whose laundry he was found. After his arrest It was found that bn had been Implicated In the rob bery of a clothing store. BACK FROM VACATION. Savannah Preacher Thinks Tennes see, Will go RepnhHcan. Savannah, Oa., September 15.— Rev. W. L. Pickard, pastor of tho First Baptlat anarch has returned from his vacation. A part of It waa (pent In Tennessee. Dr. Pickard Is a very obee event map and says there Is no donht that Teanmace will go Republican this lalL The independent Democrats and tha Republicans have formed a combi nation for Governor that cannot ta beaten,’’ says the minister. Try to Recover his Hon. Savannah Oa„ September 15.— In the ordinary’s court tomorrow C. H. Stubbs will endeavor to recover his son, C. H. Stubbs, Jr., from hia mother who ha cia'ms Is not a fit per son to raise the boy.

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The Valdosta times. (Valdosta, Ga.) 1874-194?, September 17, 1910, Image 1