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VOLUME XIL ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1913. NO. 65. In All Except Three States of the Mexican Republic Revo lution Rages With Gun and Torch BY RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON. D. C., May 5.—“Only three states in all the republic of Mex ico are partly free from the ravages of bands of revolutionists and murderers. The people, generally, wherever .you go, regard President Huerta as a mur derer, and. it has become apparent, even to his supporters, that he can never pacify the country. Pelix Diaz, who made Huerta president, has turned against him, and is proving the most formidable enemy the present adminis tration has. At no previous time since Porlirio Daiz was exiled was the sit uation as bad as it is now.” This is the gloomy picture that was painted before the foreign relations committe of the senate by Charles Hine, a former Virginian, who is now presi dent of the West Shore railroad in Mexico. Hine appeared before the com mittee at the request of Senator Marx Smith, of Arizona, who feels an espe cial interest iri the Mexican situation, because his state borders on the south ern republic. OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED. The advices of the state department from its representatives throughout Mexico confirm Hine’s information in every essential detail. Almost no where in tne republic is there respect for either life or property. Only the strong arm affords protection. In most ’ of the states there is no law and no authority. ' Americans everywhere have armed mutual protection, their sole remaining business being to save their lives. President Huerta has made not the slightest headway toward the suppres sion of the rebellion. He is oompelied to keep practically all of his military forces in the City of Mexico and its immediate vicinity to save himself from death. His personal movements about the Mexican capital are made under a guard so heavy that no person can ap is: oach within gunshot of him. In three of the states there remains i semblance of government, but every where else the country is seething with tssassination, robbery and rapine. No body can predict the future, except in the certainty that the Huerta regime .s doomed. REVOLUTIONISTS ORGANIZED. Venustiana Carranza, the most active rebel in a military way, Is said to be the best organizer developed in all the igiiting with which the country has been afflicted. Under the direction of Felix Diaz, he is basing the present revolution upon organized government. \a fast as he seizes a section of terri tory he forms a military government, restores order and makes the inhabit ants pay for* it by a heavy tax levy. His progress is slow because it is meth odical. but whether he is to be the in strument for the redemption of Mexico s something the state department still doubts. The taxes levied by .Carranza are so heavy -that in many instances they ruin the already impoverished people, and it is said there is no foreign merchant in 'any territory touched by this latest revolutionary movement who has not closed his placfe of business, taken his rifle afnd his family and joined tvith other foreigners in organizing a camp for mutual protection. The taxes are levied in the form of oaper money, and it means instant im prisonment to decline to receive this money, or even to discount it. And imprisonment in Mexico at this time is equivalent to death. Secretary of Commerce Will Probe Any Cut in Wages Following Tariff Changes BACON SEES A LONG SESSION OF CONGRESS •(By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May. 5.—An attempt to pass a resolution authorizing the sen ate banking* and currency committee to hold hearings preliminary to currency reform legislation precipitated a sharp debate in the senate today, and on ob jection of Senator Clarke went over until tomorrow. Senator Gallinger inquired directly of Chairman Owen if it was the intention of the committee to pass currency legisla tion at the extra session. “I am unable to make a definite re ply,” said Mr. Owen. “Personally I am 3trongly in favor of this legislation at this session.” Senator Bacon declared senators might as well make up their minds that the day of the short session was over, and that th$y would have to spend most of the year in Washington. Engineer Falls From Cab, But Train Runs On Without Its Pilot (By Associated Press.) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. May 5.—As Union Pacific train No. 2, eastbound, the Overland limited, was nearing Church Buttes. Wyo., .last night. Fire man Hurley discovered that Engineer Alfred Nelson was missing from his post. The train was stopped and then run back over the road for several miles, bjit no trace of the missing en gineer could be found. It is not known how long the train had l*een running wtihout an engineer, but it was believed that Nelson was knocked from his seat ’as the train passed over a bridge which spans Blacksmith Fork creek, about ten miles from Church Buttes. After searching for two hours, the train proceeded to Granger, where an other engineer was supplied. A search ing party dragged the creek for Nel son’s body. BOY BURNED TO DEATH; FIRE DESTROYS HOME WAYNESVILLE, N. C., May 5.—Last night shortly after midnight the home of R. L. Noland, of Fines Creek, near this city, was destroyed by fire, togeth er with Its contents. The twelve-year- old son of Mr. Noland was unable to make his escape and vfas cremated in the fire. The balance of the family had a nar row escape from being burned to death. There was no insurance on either the building or contents and the origin of til*? fire has not been learned. I TO JAIL. BUT Court of Appeals of District of Columbia Sustains Lower Court, but Cuts Sentences to Almost Minimum (By Associated Press.) W ASHINGTON, May 5.—The con tempt of court judgments upon Samuel Gampers, Frank Morrison and John Mitchell, officials of the American Fed eration of Labor, were sustained today by the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, which, however, revised the sentence to give Gompers thirty days' imprisonment and fine Mitchell and Morrison $500 each, with no jail term. The chief justice of the court dissent ing, held that the entire judgment should be reversed. The lower court gave Gompers one year, Mitchell nine months and Morrison six months, with out option of fine. All were convicted of violating a court injunction in the noted Buck’s Stove and Range case ANOTHER APPEAL. An appeal from the decision today will be taken to the supreme court of the United States, if attorneys for the labor leaders can find ground upon which to ask the highest court to review the judgment. On a previous appeal to the supreme court the judgment was effectually dis missed and the contempt proceedings were brought all over again. In the previous action the decision of the court below holding the men in con tempt was unanimous. The dissenting opinion of the chief justice today prob ably will present one avenue of further appeal. The case has been a hard fought one and attracted wide attention because of the prominence of the men involved. The contempt was alleged to have been the publication of the name of the Buck Stove and Range company in a so- called “boycott list” in the American Federation of Labor’s official magazine after it had been forbidden b^ the court. TOE When Russia Failed to Come to Aid of Little Kingdom, Montenegrins Realized Re- sistence Would Be Futile (By Associated Press.) CETTINJE, Montenegro, May 5.— King Nicholas, ol' Montenegro, decided today to evacuate tiie fortress of Scu tari in response to the demands of the European powers. When he took possession of Scutari on April 23, after a six monthd’ siege which cost the lives of thousands of Montenegrins and Turks, King Nicholas declared that he would hold the city until the last drop of Montenegrin blood h d been shed. As the European pow ers had decided previously that Scutari was to form part of the future automp- mous state of Albania, a crisis was brought about and the powers imme diately brought strong pressure to bear to force him and his troops tc evacuate the place., In the meanwhile Austria took en ergetic steps to enforce the powers’ de cision, and concentrated large bodies of troops in Bosnia, Herzegovina and Dal matia. The powers, in the interim, in stituted a blockade of the Montenegro coast. All these demonstrations, how ever, seemed not to affect the deter mination of King Nicholas. Some of the Montenegrin troops were withdrawn from Scutari, in order, it was said, to resist a possible Austrian advance. Then word came that Austria and Italy had entered into an agreement to solve the Albanian problem by a military expedition,, and it was known that the Austrian army was preparing to march forward. The attitude of Russia under these circumstances was a matter of great concern to Europe and when she joined in the pressure exercised on Montenegro, great relief was felt, as it had been thought she would resist any attempt by Austria to order her army southward. It was suggested during the negotia tions that the king of Montenegro was to receive territorial compensation In some other direction if he would give up Scutari and that his majesjty was preparing to accept this offer. Factory Superintendent Was Expected to Be the Chief Witness, Though 200 Others Had Been Subpenaed The Jury empannelled a week ago by Coroner Paul Donehoo resumed its probe Into the mystery of the murder of «it-j tie Mary Phaagn on Monday afternooil shortly after 2:30 o’clock. The delay In resuming the inquest vas due to the fact that Coroner Don ehoo did not get back from Marietta until 2:30 o’clock. Although police headquarters wa^ crowded by nearly 200 witnesses, most ly employes at th© National Pencil fao-: tory, where Mary Phagan met her death. It was said at the opening of the sesJ sion that only a few witnesses would be called upon to testify. The coroner, the chief of detectives, and the solid,or general held a short conference Just before the Inquest was resumed. It is said that the conference was held 1 in order that the officials might reach a decision as to Just what witnesses it will be necessary/to bring before the, Inquest. It Is said to b e the desire o< Solicitor Dorsey that the inquest may; proceed without disclosing any more 08 the ’’state’s hand" than is absolutely, necessary THE NEW BIG STICK HEDFIELO WILL CULL BLUFF OP THE TRUSTS (By Associated Pres,s.) WASHINGTON, May 5.—If reduction in wages of working men follow enact ment of the Democratic tariff bill, the investigating powers of the department of commerce will be called in to estab lish whether they are of a bona fide na ture ' according to Secretary Redfielo. President Wilson has said he would try to learn the cause of any reduction of pay after passage of the bill and o callers today he indicated a general approval of Mr. Redfield’s ideas. Mr. Redfield declared at the White' House that probably the first inquiry would be into the pottery industry for which, he said; representations had been made that a reduction in wages would follow changes in duties. “We want to see,” said Secretary Red- field, “whether any changes in business, particularly those that affect wages, are directly necessary in the industries af fected or whether some business men are just bluffing. “In other words, we don’t feel dis posed to accept at par, statements of the Interests themselves as to the ef fects of the tariff bill but will make a through investigation through the bu reau of domestic and foreign commerce.” The secretary indicated that his de partment would observe business in gen eral after the tariff bill had gone into effect and if changes in the tariff seemed necessary, the data collected would be a basis for discussion in congress at later sessions. FRANCE PREPARES TO GREET KING OF SPAIN Much Preparation Made for Visit of King Alphonso to Capital of France PARIS, May 5.—The approaching visit to the French capital of King Alphonso, of Spain, is regarded as of consider able significance for Europe. It is said that the visit may mean the entrance of Spain into the friendly understand ing known as the triple entente betwen France, Great Britain and Russia. Al- pnoso arrives here on Wednesday. The French government is making elaborate preparations for the reception of the king. The rooms which he is to occupy at- the Palis d’Orsay have been decorated with objects of art. and the ambassadors’ ball, where he will hold a reception, has been hung with tapestry from Louis XlV’s favorite sitting room at Versailles palace. After a stay of two days, crowded with innumerable entertainments, the king will leave on Friday, witnessing a review of military drills and aeraoplanes just before his departure. ANDREWS RE-CAPTURED AFTER JAIL ESCAPE JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 5.—E. F. Andrews, who made a sensational es cape from the Hillsborough county jail by sawing his way through his cell and climbing over the wall of the jail en closure, was arrested on a Seaboard Air Line train by Conductor W. T. McKean, the man being recognized as the fugi tive by State’s Attorney Phillips, of Tampa. He was turned over to the local authorities upon the arrival of the train here. TARIFF BILL REACHES FINAL STAGES IN HOUSE Underwood Bill Will Be Ready to Be Sent to the Senate by Wednesday WASHINGTON, May 5.—The end of the tariff debate was in sight today so far as the house was concerned. With a few odds and ends of the sundries schedule left over, the house stood ready to dispose of the free list, the complex administrative features and the income tax, all that remained of the new tariff law. “All the fight’s about over now,” said Mr. Underwood, the Democratic leader, as he surveyed the situation. The debate has been the most good-na- tnured in the recollection of the Demo cratic leaders. The Republicans have avoided filibustering or demand for recorded votes. Only a few minor changes are now to be expected and they will be to clarify language. Democratic leaders expected today would clear the path fer consideration of the income tax alone tomorrow to be followed by the read ing o'f the bill for the formal passage of the whole measure, a formality counted upon to take less than an hour. A brief relating to the income tax provision of the Underwood bill was led with the senate finance committee today by the Investment Bankers’ Asso ciation of America. The association favors the general purpose to collect the tax at the source, but urges that the tax should follow the general plan of the English act with respect to in terest on corporate bonds. The brief sets forth that the bill overlooks the fact that nine-tenths of this interest is payable on coupons to bearer, making no provision by which this interest can be deducted by the corporation. * G. O. P.-MOOSE FEUD. The Republican-Progressive feud broke out anew when Representative Murdock referred to Representative Humphreys as the “dyspeptic gentleman from Washington, understudy of the Republican leader, Mr. Mann.” “The members of the Progressive par ty have no rings in their noses,” he shouted. “They are not led around as the gentleman from Washington lias been for years in this body.” Mr. Murdock read a printed letter from a Progressive county chairman in Wisconsin reading Representative Ben- root into the Democratic party and then caused some consternation by declaring that several members sitting on the floor as Republicans had been elected as Progressives by Progressive votes. Representative Mann replied to Mr. Murdock, whom he characterized as “free trader for everything not ‘ pro duced in his district.” HARRIS-DURAND CONTEST POSTPONED BY SENATE Absence of Chairman Chilton Causes Fight for Georgian’s Confirmation Delay BY RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, May 5.—The absence from the city of Senator Chilton, of West Virginia, will delay consideration by the senate of Colonel William J. Har ris’ nomination for director of the cen sus. Chilton is chairman of the census committee, which favorably reported the' Harrison nomination ,and as such he will be nominally in charge of the fight in the executive session. Ordinarily, the nomination would have been called up this afternoon. Colonel Harris passed through Wash ington today cn route to Baltimore, where he will place Mrs. Harris in Johns Hopkins sanitarium for treatment. SUPREME COURT EXTENDS TIME TO UNION PACIFIC Road Is Allowed Until July 1 to Dispose of Holdings in Southern Pacific (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 5.—The supreme court today extended the time in which the Union Pacific Railroad company must dispose of its 46 per cent in the Southern' Pacific stock from May 12 to July 1, thus only partially complying with the request of Union Pacific attor neys for an indefinite extension of time. The general effect of the decision is a victory for the federal government. Attorney General McReynolds opposed an extension longer than July 1. / The request for extension was made by the railroad attorneys when it be came apparent that the circuit judges would not be able in* the allotted time to pass upon the dissolution plan recent ly submitted. The attorneys requested an indefinite extension. Sale of the stock by the Union Pacific was made necessary on December 2, 1912, when the supreme court decided that its ownership by the Union Pacific effected a combination with the South ern Pacific, a competing road, in viola tion of the Sherman anti-trust law. The court gave the Union Pacific until May 12 to dispose of its holdings. N. Y. POLICE STIRRED BY GANGSTER MURDERS Gangsters Slay Two Policemen and Beat Up Two Others .in Last Two Days (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, May 5.—New York po lice here today declared war on the gang men who killed two of their num ber and bc^at up two others during the past thirty hours on the Lower East Side. One gangster also has been killed and another probably fatally injured in shooting affrays. Seventy-five detec tives were detailed to the case today, and when the patrolmen on duty at the Mulberry street station went off duty this morning every one of them donned civilian clothes and volunteered to help the detectives. The police believe that back of the shooting lies a struggle for the leader ship of the Jack Sierocco gang, whose chief recently dropped out of sight. The two policemen were killed Satur day night by a gangster who had fatally wounded one of his rivals. Yes terday morning a policeman was badly beaten, and a few hours later another policeman, trying to disperse a crowd of toughs, was knocked down, hurled through a store window, then kicked into unconsciousness. MICHEL 0RESTE NAMED PRESIDENT OF HAITI GHENT PEACE DELEGATES MEETING IN NEW YORK Conference Arranging for Cen tenary of Treaty of Ghent December 24, 1914 (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, May 5.—Delegates to the conference which is arranging for the centenary of the treaty of Ghent, signalizing a hundred years of peace among English-speaking peoples, jour neyed, from their hotels to the city hall today to receive the city’s formal welcome. The program included ad dresses by Mayor Gaynor, Lord Wear- dale, head of the British delegation; Al ton B. Parker and others. Although the centenary of the treaty of Ghent will not be reached until De cember 24, 1014, it is the purpose of the conferees to make elaborate plans in advance for a suitable celebration, which will include ceremonies at Ghent and in churches and schools and by legislative bodies and other organizations through out the English-speaking world. Plans also are to be made for the erection of various monuments commemorative of the event. Aside from the work of the visiting delegates there are to be many social gatherings in their honor during the week, the chief of w’hich will be a banquet on Friday night at which Joseph H. Choate will preside. On Thursday the delegates will be enter tained at luncheon by Colonel Roosevelt at Sagamore and by Andrew Carnegie at a garden party. “As close in hearts, so close lie Can ada and the United States geograph ically,” said Mr. Parker in welcoming the delegates. “There are 3,800 miles of opportunity for trouble, the longest international boundary in the world, not fortified nor guarded nor watched with sus picion since 1817, when the British and American governments informally agreed to the disarmament of the great lakes and the whole borderland. With such a record as this, wh'o dar^ say that nations may not well live peace fully side by side?” COAL STRIKE LOOKS SUSPICIOUS TO KERN Senate Leader Replies to Gov ernor Halfield, of West Vir ginia, Regarding Probe (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 5.—After read ing a statement by Governor Hatfield, of West Virginia, denying allegations of peonage and a reign of terror in the Paint Creek *ind Cabin Creek coal dis tricts, Senator Kern today reiterated his intention to press his resolution for a federal inquiry into the West Virginia coal field situation. “I have never pretended,” declared Senator Kern, “to have had personal knowledge of conditions in West Vir ginia. I have stated facts as they have been presented to me. Opposition to investigation which has come from va rious quarters has done more than any thing else to arouse my suspicions as to the conditions existing there.” PORT A UPRINCE, Haiti, May 5.- Michel Oreste, new president of Haiti, lected yesterday, already has displayed great energy in the suppression of dis order. He declares he will maitnain peace with a strong hand. General Defly, governor of the city, who attacked the parliamentary building during the voting for the Presidency yes terday, was repulsed by the regular troops commanded by Geenral Poite- vien. General Defly took refuge iri tne Cuban legation. CONGRESSMAN MARTIN DROPS DEAD IN DEPOT Democratic Member of House From New Jersey Dies in Washington Station (By Associated Tress.) WASHINGTON, May 5.—Representa tive Lewis J. Martin, of Newton, N. J., dropped dead in the union station here today. ERNMENT GARES FOR 49100 FLOOD REFUGEES Rations Are Given Thousands Along Mississippi Each Day by U, S, Government (By Associated Press.) VICKSBURG, Miss., May 5.—There •are now about 45,000 persons receiving government rations issued under author ity of the United States army flood re lief corps in the Vicksburg district, ac cording to Captain Bankhead, who re turned this morning from an inspection of the refugee camp at Natchez. He said there are about 1,500 refugees in the Natchez camp and as many more scattered through the city of Natchez who are being supplied with rations by the government. Captain Bankhead said that the sani tary conditions are very good at Natchez, Mayersville, Erwin and Vicksburg, all of which places are now caring for flood sufferers. Captain Bankhead expects to leave Tuesday for New Orleans, where he will hold a conference with the standing flood relief committee of that city. Major J. A. Woodruff, engineer in charge of th^ third district, received re ports from Lake Providence, La., that the river fell there today about four- enths of a foot. The fall at Salem has been very slight. Levee working forces are being stead ily reduced and the general situation is considered very satisfactory in the dis trict from Natchez north. George Hawkins, a well known farmer, says he has reliable information from a friend who lives on Steel’s Bayou that a canoe turned over with two negroes the early part of the week and both men we^e drowned. FREE OCHRE HITS ONLY THE MINES IN GEORGIA Bartow County Has- the Only Mines in U, S,-Satterfield, at Capital, Asks Duty BY RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, May 5.—The action of the house in placing ochre on the free list has brought to Washington W. C. Satterfield, of Cartersville, who is in terested in the ochre mines of Bartow county. Satterfield is anxious to have a small duty placed on this product, which is used principally $n the manu facture of linoleum. The Bartow coun ty ochre mines are the only ones in the United States. IS SHOT TO DEATH WHEN COAT FALLS OFF GREENVILLE, S. C., May 5.—Augus tus C. Tribble, of Seneca, died Saturday at the Greenville city hospital from bul let wounds received in a most unusual manner. He was drivng a party of four men from Seneca to Wesminster when something went wrong with his car. He got out of the car to make an ex amination, throwing his coat on the dqor of the tonneau. In the pocket oi his coat was a .32 calibre revolver. After making repairs to his machine Mr. Tribble caught hold of the door oi the car, and in doing so threw his coat to the running board, with the result that the pistol in his pocket was dis charged, sending a bullet through his windpipe, coursing upward in his neck. The injured man was hurried here for medical attention, but he only lived about six hours. Name on Egg Leads To Romantic Ending (By Associated Press.) MOBERLY, Mo., May 6.—Frederic!© Kelley, of New London, Conn., twenty-1 four years old, arrived here today to claim the hand of Miss Ava Mercer,! seventeen years old, whose name and ad*! dress he found on an egg last December.,’ “O Christmas eve I wrote Miss Mer cer a love letter,” Kelley said, “and Jan-< uary 8 I received a reply in which she/ told me she had written on the egg more( than a year before. “Her father sent me a substantial money order the other day and said he would give me a fine position and a good home, so we’re going to get marl ried.” J L M. Frank, superintendent of the; factory, who is held in connection with the case, was expected to be among the! first witnesses examined by the coro ner’s Jury. It was also considered prob-| able that Newt Lee, the negro watoh* man, who is also under arrest In the! case, would be recalled to the stand ii* order that the Jury might ask him ad dition questions. There was a possibility, however, of Mr. Frank being the only witness. Luther Z. Rosser, attorney for Mr* Frank, said he would make no objection 1 to Mr. Frank appearing before the cor oner’s Jury and answering any ques- 1 tlcns that the Jurors might wish to ask. Should the Inquest be concluded Mon-I day afternoon, it is highly probable that the grand Jury, which was empan- neled Monday morning, will take up the Phagan case Tuesday, although no defl-j nite announcement has been made by the' officials. The detectives are said to have locat ed another important witness, a woman who is said to have seen Mary Phagan at the factory last Saturday. It Is said to be improbable, however, that this wit-’ ness will be called Monday, and the of ficials are anxious to keep her identity; a secret. In his charge to the new grand Jury,! Judge W. D. Ellis, of the superior court, Monday mornin gcalled upon the Jury to* 1 make an immediate and searching in- 1 vestigation of Mary Phagan’s murder.] He declared that a thousand violations of the law against vice would not equal- in crime the mistreatment and death of this fourteen-year-old child, and that the case demanded the prompt attention of the grand Jury. Judge Ellis’ reference to the Phagan 1 case, taken verbatim from his charge to the Jury, was: “The Mary Phagan case calls for your immediate and vig orous attention. The power of the state is behind you. What appears to be an awful crime has been committed, and the welfare of the community, the good name of Atlanta, public Justice and the majesty of the law demand at the hands of this grand jury and of all> officers of the law the most searching’ investigation and the prompt bringing to trial of the guilty party.” .Solicitor Dorsey was seen after the judge’s charge had been concluded andl stated that in his opinion the Phagan, case could hardly be taken up Monday.' He thought it would probably be sev eral ’days before the grand jury began! its investigation, although he said it was possible for the jury to take thej matter up at once if it saw fit to do so*! LANFORD’S STATEMENT. “We have sufficient evidence to Justify the coroner’s jury in holding L. M„ Frank and Newt Lee for further inves-l tigatlon by the grand jury,” declared' Chief of Detectives Newport A. Lanford Monday morning. The detectives are still searching forj the mysterious “Girl in the Red Dress,** who stated in a store in Marietta lastj Wednesday that she was with Mary Pha gan, when she went to the National! Pencil company’s factory on Forsyth! street Saturday a week ago to collect; her wages for two days’ labor. Detectives Starnes and Campbell wenfcj to Marietta early in the morning Sun-; day, responding to telephone informa-j fion given the officers as the result of The Journal’s story Sunday. Many people, who believed that they.! might be of assistance in locating thej girl called at detective headquarters after; reading The Journal’s story, and as a result Chief of Police J. L. Beavers' joined the detectives In his auto about 11 o’clock Sunday morning. Chief Beavers stated on his return that the efforts to find the girl of thei red dress had proved futile. This girl is supposed to have stated that she went' to the factory with Mary Phagan and waited outside, while she went to get 1 her money. Soon she was notified by two girls! who came down the steps, that Mhry woul$ be down in a few minutes. Later! according to the story, a man came down and told her that Mary said noti to wait as she would be busy half an hour or more.