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CASE
NEARS ITS END
'BoatPD. Feb. 17.—After four yean
of the strangest litigation, the Rus-
•ell cue, famoua In foresalc history
as the longest trial ever recorded, la
approaching lta end and It I* believed
that ft will reach lta conclusion
•within another week. The history of
the case may be said to date from the
year 1907, when Daniel Russell, a
wealthy resident of Melrose, Mass
TURK LEADER
IS STABBED IN
SULTAN’S HAREM
Constantinople, Feb. 17.—Enver
Bey, the commander In chief of the
Turkish army, is reported to have
been seriously stabbed while lying
JUDGE SPEER
TO GO AFTER
BEEF TRUST
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 17.—Federal
Judge Emory Speer, upon conven
ing of the United States court here
tomorrow, will call and assign for
m the sultan’s harem. Enver shot | tri » «>• cases against live packing
and killed his assailant with a re . ‘house corporations indicted by a fed-
volver.
eral grand Jury here in 1903 for
Despite the emphatic decluatio., r l0, “ tl0 " ° f «>» 8bermaa
of the powers that the Balkans I' aw ' Jolnt Indictments ns returned
should coniine their war to Ellr0pe , charge that the corporations consplr-
died. He bad two sons, William C.,Greece is reported to have landed i®d between Juno 10 and August I,
and Daniel Blake Russell. In 18SB,1 troops In Asia, at the west end of the 190 ®’ tbc " Bt,fl8d by J 8 '
however, Daniel Blake Ruseell mys Dardanelles, nnd Is attacking Tur- “ traln,n K trad *’ aad that durln *
furiously disappeared. Daniel Rus- klsh forts on the south side. ; Ba '" 8 i> erlod they formed nnd carried
sell had requested In his will that. • The Turks tried to land 16,000 j out an agreement to regulate prices
If Daniel Blake Russell should re- Asiatics, and, 15,000 were killed or |°" m8at " and doln * 80 ~ n ‘ r0 "* d
1 90 per cent of the trade In Sevan-
Turkish Cruiser at Malta.. “ah.
Malta. Feb .17.—The Turkish U alle * 8d by tTnlted Statea Dl »-
cruiser Hamed'eVi sailed from hero
today.
Austrians and Hussinns Clash.
Vienna. Feb 17.—It is reported
turn within twenty yearn of the tes-j captured, while the others fled back,
tator’s death, William C. Russell' Turkish Cruiser at Multa..
should shore equally with him tn the
estate.
In 1909 "Dakota Dan" appeared
as a claimant, saying he was the long-
lost Daniel Blake Russell. The trie
of his claim took 123 court days he- that a clash has occurred between
fore Judge Lawton In tbe Middlesex the Austrian and Russian troops on
County Probate Court. During the
trial a great many persons In Mel
rose testified that "Dakota Dan" was
the person they remembered as Dan-
the Gallon frontier near Rudnlc.
Wholesale Merchant a Suicide.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 17.—Ambrose
iel Blake Ruseell; others could not Hodnett, a wholesale grain dealer,
so remembe#. 9red a shot through bio brain at
William Cti Russell, who opposed ‘ residence early Cals morning,
tbe claims >of "Dakota Dan-^and re- Bunins™ troubles are given as the
fused to acknowledge him as hie.cause.
brother, brought forward Mr. and
Mn. James Rousseau and some of
tbetr children from northern New! ITI IklTl nilfflnnr
York, who said that the claimant war ; Q I I DN I 11 IJ! VUKLlf
not Daniel Blake Russell, but their n 1 1 "
son nnd brother, respectively. Tho|
court decided that "Dakota Dan”j
was not Daniel Blake Russell. There-1
RECORDS GROWING
upon the claimant appealed^to thoj
Court against tho decision
Supremo Court
given by the; lower court In 1910 I Atlanta> Fcb 17 ._ Atlanta
Shortly after that "Fresno Dan I rea,.),,,, her llmlt yet wten R comes
made his appearance in Melrose and t0 rlvall Rono „ , dlvorce center .
was recognised by William C Rus- A new record was Ht Prlday whca
soil as his long-lost brother. The s P - 200 dlTorco BUlta wero fllod , n
pearance of this rival claimant great- 8tlp0rl0r court |n one day Th|g waa
!y complicated matters and the fact the , ast „ ay on wMch could
that he was endorsed snd accepted „ >d tlme t0 „„ heard at thfi n9xt
as the true claimant by 1 Ham O. ae sslon of the court Hence tho co.n-
RubscII, who was most vitally inter-
Only about a folrd of the cases are
trlct Attorney Alexander Ackerman
that th© agents and managers of tha
packing houses operating In Savan
nah formed a combination to drive
out of business the South Atlantic
Packing and Provision Company,
In Evansville, In*!.. and that by cut
ting the prices and ot*.ier methods
this combination successfully forced
the concern to quit business.
The prosecution of the cases has
been deferred because tho points at
Issue were, In many instances, sim
ilar to those Involved In tha trial of
the meat packers at Chicago, recent
ly resulting in a victory for the de
fendants. The corpoartlona and Indi
viduals under foe indictment hero
are: Cudahy Packing - ‘-Company:
Sclwrarzchild ft Sulzberger; 8wift'ft
Co., E. B. Adams, manager; Admour
Packing Company, W. D. Cooper,
manager; Morris ft Co., F. M. Hull,
Jr, manager.
All tho defendants havo been no
tified nnd will be represented by lo
cal attorneys when tho enses are
called.
ested In the outcome of the litlga
tlon. made matters a great deal more
difficult for "Dakota Dan".
The second trial began before Utl-
tafiairs In whlcn the wedding took
puce In Atlanta. It scema that the
| "undefended divorce suit" procedure,
belt A. A. Percy, of Cambridge. »P- !wblcfc prBTalIa here |n aI) othor
| pointed master by the Slate supreme ; partg of ^ , g proT|ng attran .
| Court, on July 16, 1912. and has
I continued without material Interrupt
|tlon over since. The master bns held
•Ion* on more than 150 court
|days and considerably more than
hundred witnesses have been
While the former trial was r.
ord-breaker in length, it Is
;llpsed by the present hearing. The
ets of tirpewrltten testimony of
i former trial, piled sheet on sheet,
de a pile more than six feet high
) present hearing has far exceed?ri j
ibat record. Tinder Massachusetts j pour
lrocedure, it Is stated, there can be
(o appeal from tbe decision soon to
ire to people from other States who
urant an easy separation without too
many questions asked.
Local Judges have over and over
again protested against the present
form of this law, and have urged tho
necessity of changing it, so that it
•will not be so easy to procure an
undefended divorce.
RIOTS AT LUMBER CAMPS.
SOLDIERS Will NOT
GO TO CHARLESTON
MEXICANS ARE
STILL KILLING
ONE ANOTHER
Mexico City, Feb. 17.—Fighting
was'resumed at 7 o'clock this morn
lng by the bombardment of tho na
tional palace by Dias* artillery ami
the cannonade against the arsenal hy
Madero's guns.
The bombardment was heavy from
both aides, but neither are able *o
gain any advantage.
An Armistice On 8unday.
President Madoro and General Diaz
agreed to an armistice Sunday mor.i
lng at}2 o’clock to suspend opera
ting for twenty-four hours, but tho
agreement was broken before noon
and there was heavy cannonading and
the rattlo of machine guns through
out the day.
DU* Did Not Want It.
Gensral Dint did not appear to bo
in favgr of the armistice, but con
sents
efforts 3ot the American ambassador
and tl4 representatives of the pow
ers to bring about a cessation of hos
tilities > until foreigners and other
non-codibatants might get ont of tbs
zone of fighting and secure places
of safety.
General Dias regarded the truce
as merely a delay In his purpose to
drive Madero out of the presidency.
8,000 KILLED
IN MEXICO UP
TO THE PRESENT
Mexico City, Feb. 17.—The fighting
■was resumed today with heavy guns
on both sides, but machine guns and
small arms were soon heard and
street fighting was also resumed.
No End In 81ght Yet.
There Is no Indication of a cessa
tion of the hostilities.
The loss of life today is heavy.
THE DELEGATES
TO THE PEACE
E
St. Louis, Feb. 17.—Governor
Brown, of Georgia, has appointed
ten delegates from that state to the
fourth American peace congress, to
be held In Ht. Louis May 1, 2 and 3.
The list of Georgians honored by
Governor Brown with the duty of
representing that commonwealth was
Estimates of the loss to dato place!made public in St. Louis by James
the number as high os 8,000 killed
and wounded.
Why Madero Broke Armistice.
President Madero toeay declared
E. Smith, chairman of the executive
committee for tho congress, upon
whose invitation the appointments
were made. Tbe list follows: Prof.
that the reason the armistice was R. c. White, Athens; Hon. Clark
broken yesterday wbb that the rebels
were taking advantage of it to place
the artillery in advantageous posi
tions.
Madoro says that he received a
I. cablegram from Washington, atatlng
JLj a great majority of the mom-
hers of the United States Congress
are convinced that conditions In Mex
ico do not warrant Intervention.
Rebels nave National Railway.
. Taft’s Message to Madero.
Washington, Feb. 17.—"Your par
amount duty Is the prompt relief of
the situation." '
This is the ultimatum
idetot of* ■“-^
President Taft
It is a repl^ to Madero’s appa&I
for non-intervention by the United
States.
No Chang© In Our Relations.
At the same time the note assuroH
the Mexican executive that this gov
ernment’s attitude towards Mexico Is
unchanged, and that the naval and
other measures which havo been
taken are merely "measures of nat
ural precaution”. *
Atlanta, Feb. 18.—Rather than
face the possibility of getting into
an undignified squabble wit’J Gov
ernor Cole L. Blcase, of South Car
olina, tho Old Guard of Atlantai
which Is planning a trip to the
cities of the North and East, has do-
elded to forego the pleasure of a visit
to Charleston on the return trip.
Thereby bangs an interesting
story. W*Jen the peace monument
was unveiled here, a special Invita
tion was sent to one of Charleston’s
distinguished and historic military
organizations. The Charleston war
riors were planning to come to At
lanta, when summary orders wero
issued by Governor Blenso that tho
Hilled and Many Others
Wounded in Louisiana.
Baton Rouge, Feb. 17—Troops wero
expected, there being no higher ; hurried to Maryville in the south- [( |g , f ano , her RU( ,„ or -.
ere may he arguments, however, wretern^rt oMhe S^ ^ere four| der h „ d hoen Issued since tho Civil
war, but the Charleston troops did
BOTHIES IN MEXI
CO RESPECT AMERICANS
Howell, Atlanta; Hon. Emory Speer,
Macon; Hon. E. H .Callaway, Angua-
ta; Hon. J. Tdndsay Johnson, Rome;
Rev. John E. White, D. D., Atlanta:
Hon. Peter W. Moldrtm, Savannah;
Hon. Henry R. Ooctchlus, Colombo.;
Hon. W S. West. Valdosta, and Col.
Bamuel C. Dunlap, Gainesville.
Accoptances of officials posts for
tho peneo conference are pouring In
from all sections of the United
The National Rallwaya to Monterey Slates and Canada, and present In-
Is In the hands of the rebels.
The foreign envoys turn afternoon
are trying to arrange another armis
tice.
The Mexican Herald, one ot the
dicatlons are that most. If not alt.
of the other countries or the western
hemisphere will he represented.
, President William Howard Taft
has accepted the office of honorarr
leading papers of Mexico, ha. been; vice president of tho congress, and
anppreswed on account of lta out- one of the active vice presidencies
spoken, utterances.
ilMMff’BSBtfggSSB
AFTER ATTORNEYSHIP
has been accepted hy Andrew Car-
neste.
Atlnnla, Fob. 13.—A lotter from
a Georglnn residing In tho City of
Mexico c»mo through to Atlanta thl«t
morning, having been mailed Just
nn the outbreak against Madero was
coming to a head.
Tho letter was in some respects
reassuring to pooplo who havo
relatives and friends In tho Mexican
cnpltnl. for it lnid stress on t’Je fact,
that neither regulars nor rebels hnd
any idea of fntentlonallv destroying
Atlanta, Feb. 17.—Friends of G.
R. Hutchens, of Rome, who managed
the Underwood campaign in this
state last spring, are booming hltn
for appointment as district attorney
for North Georgia under'foe new
administration. This places throe
nsplrnnts in tho field—Hutchens,
Hooper Alexander and T. J. Schaklo-
ford, of Athens. It Is said herea
bouts that Mr Alexander hns been
promised the support of Senator
Hoke Smith for tho place.
While Hutchens was an Under
wood supporter, ’.ne, with the Geor
gia delegation At Baltimore, swung
in for Wilson as soon ns Underwood
was withdrawn and voted for the
winner on the call of the roll on tho
forty-sixth ballot, beforo Wilson had
received enough votes to nominate
him.
Returning home, he took the stump
In this state for Wilson and did
good work in rounding up the big
gest majority for tbe nominee since
foe election of Grover Cleveland
hejng urged to arrive sufficiently
early also to attend tho dedication
ceremonies of the Jefferson memo
rial, April 30. This memorial, erec
ted at the ndgn of Forest Park at a
cost of $500,000, celebrates tbe
grenfest poacoftble acquisition of
territory In tbe world, viz; that
known as the Louisiana Purchase,
extending from tho western bank of
the Mississippi river to the Rockv
mountains’ summit. It happens
that tho dato chosen for the dedi
cation will he the 1lMh anniversary
of the signing, nt Paris, by Monroe
and Livingston, of the troaty by
which foe United States came Into
possession of tho Louisiana Purchase
territory. Among the distinguished
porsonnges expected to be present at
the dedication exercises Is President
elect Wooodrow Wilson, who has
boon chosen as honorary president
of the Fourth American Peace Con
gress, Just as President William H.
Taft was honorary president of tho
last peaco congress.
THE TOjlACXtt "CttAWERS. r
Atlanta Is Trying to Pnt a Curb oir
the Territory They Claim.
Atlanta, Fob. 17.—The ancient
nnd noble order of tabacco eheweri
Amoriran pro pPr ty or harming " WIN
Amorlrnn citizen.. i“ n -
The d ringer, so said the writer of'"./* 1 *. nmoc ™ t * ° r ,h " ” rnt " W J 10 J *« about to get In.to trouble In Atan
Carolina troops must not cross tho|the letter, lay not In International!* . n happen to support him In the- tn j f tho prft(lon t plans of the city
state line into Georgia. hostility toward Americans In the', mftry ' In faCt 1 B known f bat hoath department are consummated,
. .. .t. .... . . Persons near to Governor Wilson
exceptions as to the rul'ngs o'
(he Master, whlfo may materially add
the length of the trial.
The easy ha* aroused a great deal
f Interest, and public opinion, from
the very^fifffaolna of the trial, has
ibeen divided JbV two factions, one
believing In tie |Wlro of "Dakota
'Dan's” clqlms nbd sympatnizmg w’th
him. tbe other "Fresno
Dan” to ho the trui
titled to a share in
tate.
men were killed In a labor riot th
morning. Twenty-four others wero
injured.
The trouble occurred at a lumber
camp.
SFVO SOME TO
not come, and the Old Guard, though
an "armed force" only In figurative
sense, has decided not to enter
South Carolina at all,
SUFFRAGETTES ROOTED PIERPONT MORGAN
IN PHILADELPHIA TODAY
Fresh Eggs .Retailing; at
Cents Per Dozen at Chit
Chicago. Fd)>. 17—rFresh egt
selling fo- 19' cents per dozen
Chicago fndsy. a figure lower
that for any time m twenty
this sen son. Th$ v * markets were
swamped .with thobsands of case*
yerterdav .which resulted In a foree-
rent Tmeak in the tirlca-
R-ta"erp in mqny • Inutanee, sold
ther- S1 rents, altVongll most of
th«l,l ont for 23 nnd it tints.
Storage rggi were qnoted at from 12
to 13 renta wholesale.
Philadelphia, Fcb. 17.—The «u:
•agetto band, which is marching •
hington, were Jeered, hooted and
ted aa It pawed through th
* 1 thta city this morning.
Sntptte* were starting for
lea out from the
1 atop tonight,
ned thatn here,
taow constate of
nine 1 wow IveVten.
V,
Today.
17.—Turpentine is
steady at 46 cen'r. fioeln ateady a’
WAS REPORTED HI
iNiew York; Feb. 17.—Conflicting
reports received today state that J
Pierpont Morgan Is seriously III
aboard tho Caronia, from Alexandria,
Egypt, bound for Naples.
Morgan’s office here denies the re
port, stating that the head of the
house sent a cablegram this morn
ing that he Is In the best of health
and spirits.
city. l>..f In the fact that ahot and ; < J 0 *f Pnnr . wn " on every man who chews tobacco will
shell would soon bo flying so thick * M ‘ d ‘ hat * nrom *n« have to carry his spittoon around
president has determined not fo
recognize factions In Georgia. It in
believed that Hutchens will have n
strong hacking and a big pull .
thnt nobody’s Bafety could be guar
anteed.
CENTRAL WAREHOUSE
HAS ANOTHER EIRE
Savannah, Feb. 17.—Fire started
at noon in tho cotton warehouse of Cincinnati, Fcb. 17.—John Pat’er-
the Georgia Central Railway and waa * on ' president of tho National Canli
eprcadfng rapidly. | Reglater Company, »ad, twenty-eight
It was feared that the loss won! i * ofllcials and forme# officials wore
JAIL SENTENCES
FOR CASH REGISTER
•with Mm, slung ovor his chonlder,
or propelled on wheels In front of
'Jim.
Tho department is planning to
print a lot of posters, too, with tho
design of "shaming” tobacco chew-
ers, to keep from vicing with th*
sprinkling carts.
The department doesn't care how
much a man chows tobacco In his
home. If his wife Is willing to stand
for It, but they don’t like ra» guy
who rambles along the street chow-
lng It.
he very heavy, but the Ore was finally
gotten under control, when only 100
bales of cotton were burned.
Cotton AVer Veak Today. *
Now York Fell 17,—Cotton was
weak tod:-y n‘ ’* lo 1 ■ lower on liqui
dation and w ‘ak -pot markets in the
l eouth. Mare:
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1
land Knud Case Called for Trial.
Chicago, Feb. 17.—Tho cue of the
Government against Albert C. Frost
end r hers, under indictment for all
leged ronaplraey to defraud the gjr-
ernment of real lands In Alaska rai
ned n* 110.00ft,00(7, was ' -rfed for
trial K 'ere Judge fmndfs today and
la C '
convicted of violation of tho anti
trust law today.
They wero all giveh Jail sentences
and ordered to pay fines, Patterson 1
aentence wan a year In Jail and a fine
of 16,000. ' ,
SCOUTS SEE READ
Atlanta Boys Hear Old W^TlOy Tell
nd May 11.98. of the 'turt forievo: wc-ks.
Rockefeller Foundation BPli
Washington, Feb. 77.e^T^
ate Judiciary commit:
ported the bfTl Int
jr-l to oeeuny the attention j Rockefeller found
uendment
of Other Dus. , ,
Atlanta, Feb. 18,—-Tlh Roy|onnt<
of Atlanta (Will never forget ,wh*
happened to then^ Saturday. They'
“ Ote feet teg real Ind|#h ehjef,
Vho was nresent A a/alM jtf
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