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\ 1 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: ^ ’3 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 Custer mdusere, sna.OiAird the *rlnktaB jld r.“ to % v; 1 mt finest, lore ke^with /eelffig I* With, wrte- > at*. '