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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA„ FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1913.
TO EO TO MEXICO
FROM THE STATES
President Wilson and Mem
bers of Congress Are Con
sidering This as Next Step
in Handling the Situation
SAYS HE
L INDICT
WASHINGTON, July 24.—Repeal of
the neutrality proclamation prohibiting
the exportation of arms to Mexico is
being- considered by the administration
as the next step in the Mexican situa
tion. Conferences between President
Wilson and congressional leaders were
planned today for a discussion of the
proposal, to which many leaders have
given their approval.
While official statements were lacking
today as to what support President
Wilson had given to the project, a par
tial canvas of the house and senate for
eign affairs committees led those inter
ested in the move to believe that the
prohibition against the shipment of
arms could be appealed with little de-
\ lay.
"LET ’EM FIGHT IT OUT."
It is understood to be the belief of
administration officials that should free
exportation of arms be permitted to all
factions in Mexico, the present situation
might adjust itself. The constitution
alists repeatedly have claimed that lack
of arms is their only bar to quick vic
tory.
The repeal is proposed on the ground
that there is no recognized government
in Mexico and that when the prohibition
was enacted a regularly constituted
government, recognized officially by the
United States, was in existence.
Mexicans Hold American
For Ransom, Says Report
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 24.—Acting sec
iretary Roosevelt of the navy today
called upon Rear Admiral Cowles at
Guaymas to investigate the report that
Thomas Hind, assistant general super
intendent of the Southern Pacific rail
road in Mexico, is held for ransom by
Mexican federals there. The state de
partment was without information on
the matter.
The supply ship Buffalo, which sailed
from Guaymas to Topolobampo, has re
ported conditions quiet there. The bat
tleship Louisiana, which went .to Tux-
pan, has returned to Vera Cruz. This lat
ter movement leads navy department of
ficials to conclude that a measure of
order has been restored at Tuxpkn, re
lieving Americans of. the danger they
were in when the battleship was sent
there under rush orders.
State department reports today stated
that . while the activities of American
cowbodys, at Madera had strained rela
tions at that place, there was said to
be little danger except to the persons
responsible for the killing of two of
"El Mocho’s" bandits. General Pancho
Villa, of the constitutionalist forces, is
reported to be taking an interest in the
safety of Americans at Madera, the fed
erals having no force in the vicinity.
Suspension of communication between
Saltillo and Monterey and Torreon is
reported from Saltillo with no com
munication over the National railway
to the south.
Congressman Denies State
ment That He Was Retain
ed While in the House .
WASHINGTON, July 24.—Martin M.
Mulhall today retracted his charge
against Representative Watson, of In
diana.
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—
"When Martin Mulhall, or by whatever
name he is known, and I understand he
has been known by many names, swears
that he or any other man paid me $500
while I was a member of congress to
represent the national manufacturers or
any other organization, he lies, and I
will have him indicted for it if I can
accomplish that result," said former
Representative James E. Watson, of
Indiana, today.
The former representative was today
in consultation with one of the ablest
Washington lawyers to retain him to
prosecute Mulhall. This was the result
of the testimony given by Mulhall yes
terday that he hired former Congress
man Watson by paying him a retainer
ol' $500, while he was still in congress.
The former congressman said today
that he was retained in April after his
term in congress had expired. He said
that a committee of one hundred of the
National Association of Manufacturers,
created by a national convention in In
dianapolis, wired to him asking him to
come to Washington, and engaged him
to take up the work for them. Mulhall,
he declares, had nothing to do with his
retention. He claims he has witnesses
waiting in Washington who will im
peach Mulhall on other vital points in
his testimony. He is mad clear through.
The former representative has retain
ed lawyers and intends to proceed
against newspapers for libel that at
tribute to him conduct unworthy or cor
rupt as the result of his work, which
he claims is above criticism. He named
a prominent western publisher who in
editorials had referred to him in what
he contends ij libelous phrase, whom he
says he will proceed against, both crim
inally and, civilly without delay.
It was learned today authoritatively
that Mulhall was under investigation
following his dismissal from the United
States secret service, where he served
under the name of "Michael," not Mar
tin Mulhall, in the a<fministration of
president Harrison. Three investiga
tions were held and each report was ad
verse to him and he w r as refused Re
instatement.
The secret service has sent to the
senate lobby committee, at the commit
tee's request, the report of these inves
tigations, which the committee has not
yet made public. The report shows
that Mulhall v^as twice an enlisted man
in the navy. He has had a most re
markable career. Governor Levi P. Mor
ton was once asked to appoint him as
factory inspector in New York, but,
learning of the record in the treasury
department of investigation of Mulhal’s
conduct, asked for a certification of the
record from the treasury department.
On receiving it Governor Morton refused
to appoint him.
STATE Cl PAT ITS
TEAM ONCE
Attorney General, Answering
Governor Slaton’s Inquiry,
Says State Can Borrow
Funds Up to $500,000
FEW REPUBLICANS WANT
TO DEBATE TABIFF BILL
BRYAN IS RETURNING
TO NATIONAL CAPITAL
(By Associated Press.)
ADEL, Iowa, July 24.—William J.
Bryan, secretary of state, will start on
his journey to Washington tonight. He
expects to reach the capital Friday
morning. He arrived here shortly be
fore noon and delivered a lecture. This
afternoon he went to Panora, where he
will make his farthest west lecture on
his present trip.
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FOUR U. S. SAILORS ARE
PRAISED FOR BRAVERY
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 24.—Acting sec
retary Roosevelt today wrote to four
sailors commending them for gallantry
and disregard of personal safety in aid
ing comrades in distress.
Henry E. Blease, coxswain, and Rich
ard E. Arnold, ordinary seaman, of the
battleship New Jersey, leaped over
board July 3 and saved a shipmate who
had fallen into the sea.
Frederick T. Wilson and George S.
McKee, water tenders on the cruiser
Birmingham, at grave risk, dragged a
fireman out of the steam drum of a
boiler into which steam had been sud
denly admitted by a broken valve, and
prevented a boiler explosion, June 13.
Apparently They Have Decid
ed That Further Opposition
Is Useless
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 24.—Senator*
Democrats declared today that few set
tariff speeches would come from their
side of the chamber. Senator Gallinger,
leader of the Republicans, was in dif
ficulty finding Republican senators
ready to speak in opposition of the bill
after Senator Smoot was through.
"We are not going to take up time
debating this bill,” said Chairman Sim
mons, of the finance committee. "If the
bill proves not to be for the benefit of
the country, it will demonstrate that
our ideas of the tariff are wrong; if it
proves to be well for the country, it
will demonstrate that the opposition is
wrong. That is all there is to this
proposition, and we are ready and
anxious now to pass the bill. It is
going to pass."
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD
LAD GIVEN TEN YEARS
(By Associated Press.)
LAKE CHARLES, La., July 24.—
Herschel Pierce, the seventeen-year-old
boy who confessed to stealing almost
$22,000 from the Wells-Fargo Express
company's chest in the railroad sta
tion here, pleaded guilty today and
was sentenced to ten years’ imprison
ment. His brother-in-law, A. E. Amy,
with whom he divided the spoils,
pleaded guilty to the charge of Receiv
ing stolen goods and was sentenced to
two years’ imprisonment.
FORTUNE TO HOUSEKEEPER
JOHN M. BURKE LEFT BIG
Aged Banker Speculated in
Stocks Until He Was 91
Years Old
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, July 24.—Testimony in
connection with the appraisal of the
estate of John Masterson Burke, who
died in December, 1909, has brought out
the fact that a few years before he died
the aged banker made his housekeeper
and companion, Vincenta M. Fensley, a
present of 2,500 shares of Union Pa
cific stock valued at $450,000.
Mr. Burke was ninety-seven years old
when he died and his housekeeper died
less than a year later at the age of
seventy-two. Th testimony in connec
tion with the appraisal also showed that
at the age of ninety-one Mr. Burke, was
still speculating in stock to add to his
fortune.
In 1902 Mr. Burke put $4,000,000 worth
of real estate in trust to establish the
Winifred Masterson Burke Relief
foundation for a home for convalescents
and by his will gave the foundation $2,-
435,000 additional. He left only $39,-
243 in his will to his housekeeper, but
the testimony brought out the previous
large gift.
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LARGE LICENSE TAX
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COLUMBIA, S. C., July 24.—One
hundrde and thity-three thousand, eight
hundred and sixteen dollars and forty-
seven cents was collected from the cor-
poartion license taxfor the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1913, according to a
[report made public today by Comptrol-
1 ler General A. W. Jones. This is an in-
Jcrease of over $11,000 for the previous
(year, and more than double the amount
jwhich was collected in 1905. The first
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AMERICAN PILGRIMS
SEE THE HOLY FATHER
(By Associated Press.)
ROME, July 24.—A group of sixty-
four Canadian and American pilgrims
were received in private audience to
day by the pope. They were conducted
by the Right. Rv. Michael F. Fallon
bishop of London, Ontario, who pre
sented Peter’s pence amounting to $2,
,000. *
As the result of an opinion rendered
Governor Slaton by Attorney Geneial T.
S. Felder Tuesday morning, the school
teachers of the state stand a good
chance to obtain a portion of their un
paid 1913 salaries within the next sixty
days. *
Replying to a series of questions pro
pounded to him by the governor, Attor
ney General T. S. Felder rules that
since the adoption last year of a con
stitutional amendment increasing the
borrowing power of the state from $200,-
000 to $500,000 to supply temporary de
ficits the state "can unquestionably bor
row for the purpose of meeting a defi
ciency arising because the appropria
tions exceed the revnues, provided, of
course, the deficiency is cai^sed by the
necessary delay in collecting the taxes
of the year, and that the loan made
for the purpose of meeting the defi
ciency is repaid out of the taxes levied
for the year in which the loan is made.
"Prior to the adoption of the amend
ment it was very questionable whether
a borrow could be made for the pur
pose of supplying a deficiency of the
character you mention. We know, of
course, that it was done, and while this
was the executive construction of the
constitution, it is extremely : doubtful
if the judicial department of our gov
ernment would have followed such con
struction had the question been present
ed to it.”
After receiving the attorney general’s
letter Tuesday morning, Governor Slaton
said that he would transmit to the gen
eral assembly both his own letter to
the attorney general and the latter’s
construction of the law.
Several resolutions have been intro
duced at this session designed to au
thorize the governor to borrow money
with which to pay the school teachers
and to meet other anticipated deficits.
In the event the legislature authorizes
a borrow Governor Slaton says he will
go into the money market and negotiate
a loan provided one can be obtained
at a reasonable rate of interest.
Answering another one of the ques
tions put to him by the governor, At
torney General Felder says:
"Under the constitution as amended I
think money can be borrowed to meet
appropriations which have been made
for the institutions of the state, if at
the time there is a deficit in the treas
ury caused from the necessary delay
in the collection of the taxes of the
particular year in which it is proposed
to make the borrow, and that the loan
so made can be repaid out of said taxes
when collected. In other words, if it
would be legal at the time to pay a
particular appropriation were the funds
then actually in the treasury from the
collection of the taxes levied for the
particular year, then the collection of
the taxes may be anticipated and the
money borrowed to meet the deficit. Un
der the constitution as it stood before
\he # amendment the, loan could not be
made for any purpose except to meet
a casual deficiency."
39 GAGED CONVICTS BOHN
T
MR. WILSON’S CANDIDATE
FOR CONGRESS ELECTED
Archibold C, Hart Carries
Sixth New Jersey District
Over S, Woods McClave
(By Associated 2Tesso
SUSSEX, N. J., July 24.—Archibold C.
Hart, Democrat, was elected to the
house from the Sixth congressional dis
trict of New Jersey today to succeed
the late James Martin. Hart had the
support of President Wilson.
The Republican candidate, S. Woods
McCave, who was mentioned in the
Mulhall testimony before the senate
lobby investigators, ran second, and
Herbert M. Bailey, Progressive, third.
The returns were incomplete tonight,
but indications were that Hart ran
ahead of McCave by more than 5,000
Progressives of New Jersey will have
a complete ticket in the field at the
coming state election.
Falls i io Feet, Then
Walks to FI is Home
(By Associated Press.)
ST. LOUIS, July 24.-After falling 110
feet from the top of a smokestack to a
steel roof, and after stopping with his
head a bucket of tar which followed
him in the plunge, Edward Horner, a
steeplejack at the Granite City, 111.,
steel works, today waved aside hospital
attendants, then walked half a mile to
his home.
There a physician said that, although
Horner's head and shoulders were bad
ly bruised, and that he probably was
internally injured, he might recover
Horner had been hoisted to the top pf
the stack preparatory to painting it
when the rope broke.
Savannahian of 73
Must Go to Prison
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
SAVANNAH, Ga., July 24.—A. J.
Stansel, alias A. J. Stokes, a man sev
enty-three years of age, must serve a
year in the Georgia penitentiary on the
charge of forgery. He was convicted
yesterday in the superior court. There
were three charges against him, but
after his conviction two of them were
withdrawn.
The old man protested his inno
cence. but the evidence was too strong
against him. He probably will be
sent to the state farm at Milledge-
ville in a short time.
Were Trapped on Second Sto
ry When Stacks of Hay
Caught Beneath Them
(By Associated Press.)
JACKSON, Miss., July 24.—Trapped
by flames in the second story of an an
tiquated convict case, the first floor of
which was used to store hay, grain and
molasses, thirty-five negro prisoners
were burned to death at the Oakley
convict farm, twenty miles from here,
late last night.
With the flames rapidly eating away
on the only stairway leading to the sec
ond floor, the entrapped prisoners fran
tically tore at the heavy bars that cov
ered the windows, but to no avail.
Their screams brought the two night
guards to the scene before they had
seen the flames, and soon other prison
attaches huried to the “cage.”
Their efforts were futile, however, as
the flames drove them back each time
they attempted to liberate the men. At
last they tsood aghast when slowly the
frantic screams of the burning con
victs died away as one after another
succumbed to the flames. Finally all
was quiet, and the smell of burned
human flesh permeated the air as the
flames devoured the last of the build
ing.
BUILDING OLD STRUCTURE.
The building was constructed ten
years ago of lumber taken from a dis
carded penitentiary; there is no fire
fighting apparatus at the farm and the
first floor of the building was filled with
inflammable material. Farmers living
nearby hurried to the scene to help
the two guards—all that are on duty
at night—and other prison attaches, but
they were of no assistance, as the fire
burned too rapidly. It was only a few
minutes from the time the fire started
until it had claimed its awful toll.
The convicts all were worked In the
cotton fields of the state far mand were
housed in the "cage” at night. Among
them were some desperate criminals
serving long sentences.
The Oakley farm Is one of the most
important in the state, the state prison
hospital being located there. No other
building was in danger, however, as the
destroyed "cage” was some distance
from other buildings.
The Are started under the stairway
on the first floor. The origin has not
been determined.
FIRE'S 0 E11TH LIST
US RUIME RAKED
Six of Those Who Perished
at Binghamton identified,
but Many Bodies Charred
Beyond Recognition \
NO SENATOB YET READY
TO DEBATE ON TABIFF
Senate Takes Up Measure
Section by Section, for Pur
pose of Amending It
(By Associated Press.)
WASHNIGTON, July 24.—With no
senator ready to speak on the tariff
bill, the senate today took up the meas
ure section by section for amendment.
No Democratic speeches have been
made since the debate opened last Fri
day, except Senator Simmons’ formal
statement in behalf of the Democrats
of the finance committee.
Many short Democratic speeches are
expected during the consideration of the
bill under formal reading for amend
ments.
The reading clerk had not read four
lines before the first conflict between
Democrats and Republicans arose over
rates.
The committee amendment reducing
the house rate on oxalic acid was
adopted by 50 to 26 on the first roll call
of the senate ght. Senators Borah,
Bristow, Crawford, Cummins, Jones,
Norris, Poindexter, LaFollette and
Works voted with the Democrats.
Denizens of “Flops"
*Testify in Chicago
To Election Frauds
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, July 24.—A barrelful of
half dollars, which helped cheer dere
licts who occupied cheap lodging houses
in the First ward on the night of the
last election, was to be the subject ol
today’s investigation of the special
grand jury probing the November elec
tion frauds. More than 200 denizens of
the "flops” have been subpoenaed to
give their version of the "horn of
plenty.”
State’s Attorney Northup will en
deavor to learn from what bank tht
large amount of silver money was ob
tained. Evidence was said to have
been unearthed that new voting ma
chines played an important part in a
well-laid plan. Hundreds of illegal
votes were alleged to have been regis
tered by election judges, who entered
the booths with voters ostensibly to
show them how to operate the devices
Legislative inquiry into the purchase
of $1,000,000 worth of voting machines
by the county was begun today, when
the Butts committee had its first ses
sion.
BOY NEARLY DROWNS
ON ROME, GA., STREET
ROME, Ga., July 24.—Albert Frank
lin Wyatt, the three-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wyatt, was al
most drowned when he fell into a deep
hole filled with water on Borad street.
The city had been moving the fire hy
drants, and a cavity had ben left where
one of them had been removed. A
passerby discovered the child in a dy
ing condition, and after considerable
work he was resuscitated.
HUMAN TYPHOID GERM
TO BE RELEASED AGAIN
SACRAMENTO, Cal., July 24.—-Harry
Olsen, whose widespread dissemination
of the deathly typhoid baccillus has re
sulted in the death of eighteen of his
fellow seamen, is to be turned out of
the federal marine hospital at San Fran
cisco because the state of California
won’t pay his board bill, it became
known today.
Olsen has been kept isolated for more
than a year at the expense of the na
tional health department, but now the
government authorities refuse to bear
the cost of his maintenance any longer
What to do with Olsen, who is de
clared to be a menace to the health of
society, is puzzling the state board ol
health. Under the fund at its disposal
there is no money availaole for taking
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BINGHAMTON, N. Y„ July 24.—The
exact number of persona who perished
in the fire in the Binghamton Clothing
company’s overall factory yesterday
may never be knowrf. The list of em
ployes is in the ruins. Only a half
dozen of the bodies recovered have
been identified. A careful estimate
today places the number of those in the
building at the time the fire started
at 111. of these only fifty-three are
known to have been saved. Six dead
have been identified.
Fifteen bodies, charred beyond rec
ognition, are at the morgue; seven in
jured are in the hospitals; forty-six,
several slightly injured, are safe at
their homes. Eleven have been re
ported by relatives as missing, and
twenty-six others are unaccounted for.
Mrs. Ida Prentiss, who suffered ter
rible burns about the head, died today,
and Mrs. Mary Benny, another of the
injured, is not expected - to recover.
City physicians estimated the death
toll at fifty, but admit it may reach
sixty. Bodies of several girls lost in
the center of the building may never be
found.
_ Crowds gathered about the scene of
the disaster today and silently watched
the men at work in the debris. Charred
bits of human flesh were picked up
here and there. At noon a body was
recovered, burned beyond recognition.
District Attorney Meager announced
that a thorough investigation would be
made to ascertain the cause of the ac-
dident.
ONE FUNERAL FOR UNIDENTIFIED.
As many of the bodies are unrecog
nizable. a public funeral will be con
ducted by the city, and the unknown
dead will be buried in a plot upon
which a shaft will be erected.
Frank S. Ash, of Binghamton, an in
spector for the state labor department,
said today the fire escapes on the build
ing were of a type approved by the
state regulations.
DEAD AND MISSING.
A revised list of the dead and miss
ing reported up to noon was as fol
lows:
MART PRIOR, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
JOHN E. SCHOEMAKER, Philadel
phia.
MARGUERETA DIAMOND.
MRS. THOMAS DORAN.
IDA GOLDEN.
NELLIE GLEASON.
MRS. ANNA GLEASON.
LOUISE HARTMAN.
LENA KENNEDY. •
LOUISE SCHELPF.
CATHERINE SULLIVAN.
MRS. FILLMORE.
LOUISE HARTWELL.
MARY SMITH.
NELLIE CONNERS.
MRS. IDA PRENTISS.
SIDNEY DIMMORICK.
BESSIE RAY.
MARY SULLIVAN.
MISS GREEGAN.
CATHERINE CROW.
JOHN SCHERMERHORN.
HATTIE FREEMAN.
HELEN WESTLER.
MRS. SARAH DORAN.
Miss BUTTON.
MRS. T. R. LAKEY.
The injured include:
Esther Raskin.
Mrs. May Leighton.
Ruth Crotty.
Edna Crotty.
Mrs. Mary Bennett.
Charles Contesse.
Mrs. Ida Houghtaling.
Jared Orr.
Mrs. Ida Prentice.
Mrs. Margaret Quick.
The list of the 134 employes of the
company who were on the pay roll Sat
urday, some of whom were on vacation,
is in the safe under the ruins, making
the task of compiling the list of dead
a difficult one.
FINANCIAL LOSS $200,000.
The loss by fire and water to the
buildings and stock of five concerns is
estimated at more than $200,000. largely
covered by insurance.
The postofflee, built about twenty
years ago. was badly damaged, but the
mails were saved. A temporary office
has been established In a nearby gar
age.
The loss of the Binghamton Clothing
company was estimated at about $40,-
000, all covered by insurance. This
does not include the building, which
was rented.
The heavy loss of life is believed to
have been largely due to the fact that
the employes, believing that the alarm
was intended for a fire drill, were slow
in leaving the building
Even when it became known that the
building was on fire many returned to
the dressing rooms on the upper-floor
for clothes and valuables
The flames spread with lightning-like
rapidity, and the, intensity of the heat
prevented the firemen from getting
within fighting range of the overall fac
tory until rescue was Impossible.
ARE ROASTED TO DEATH.
Women and girls, too weak to go
farther, dropped, exhausted, on the sin
gle fire escape in the rear of the build
ing and literally roasted to death, por
tions of the bodies dropping into the
streets. Others jumped and were
killed.
Half a dozen of the panic-stricken
girls rushed Into the elevator, which
was standing on the fourth floor. A
moment later all dropped to their death.
Only the efficiency of the fire depart
ment prevented the spread of the flames
to business blocks lining Water street,
between Court and Henry streets.
Volunteer firemen employed in shops
along the line of the Erie railroad, who
were in the city for their annual tour-
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oliday clothes, they assisted In run-
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BY SENATE
Howard Thompson, of Gaines
ville, Becomes N, Ga, Mar-
shal—Davis for S, Ga,
VIISS. CONVICT SERGEANT
ADMITS LARCENY CHARGE
Another Sensation Develops
in Prison Scandal by Confes
sion of State Farm Official
(By Assoor’ated Press.)
JACKSON. Miss., July 24.—Reports
rom Brandon. Miss., are to the effect
hat another chapter was written in the
vlississippl prison scandal today, when
f. L. McLendon pleaded guilty to grand
arceny and was sentenced to six
•ionths’ imprisonment.
McLendon formerly was a sergeant on
he state farm, and confessed, it is said
o Governor Brewer that he entered
nto a conspiracy to haul products of
rhe state farm away at night and sell
them on his own account.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WASHINGTON, July 24.—Howard
Thompson, of Gainesville .and Joseph
S. Davis, of Albany, were confirmed
yesterday afternoon by the senate to be
United States marshals for the northern
and southern districts of Georgia re
spectively.
Both Mr. Thompson and Mr. Davis
will be 1 equired to execute bonds to the
government and will then be commis
sioned. They will probably not take
office for a week or ten days.
No action has yet been taken by the
treasury department on the nomination
of David C. Barrow to be collector of
the port of Savannah.
Postmasters appointed today are:
Canoochee, Emanuel county, D. M. Clark,
new office: Mee.-s,, Johnson county, J.
W. Thompson, vice M. T. Riner, resig
ned.
Carriers: Tlfton, Route 2, R. C. Dell,
vice B. H. Horn; West Point, route 2,
L. L. Blanton, vice H. Smith.
Three Georgia postoffice nominations
were sent to the senate today by the
president as follows:
Cedartown, Mrs. Annie K. Bunn; Rock-
mart, George Dansby; Canton, Joseph
M. McAfee.
Mrs. Bunn, who is the widow of the
late W. C. Bunn, and Dansby were rec
ommended to the department by Repre
sentative Gordon Lee, of the Seventh
district. Captain McAfee, at Canton,
was recommended by Congressman
Thomas M. Bell, of the Ninth district.
Mrs. Bunn and Dansby wefe accepted by
Senator Hoke Smith, but such was not
the case at the Canton office, where Sen
ator Smith had recommended the nom
ination of uJdge W. J. Webb, ordinary
of Cherokee county, who is the son-in-
law of the man nominated.
GERMANS WILL OPPOSE
J0NES-W0RKS EXCISE LAW
German Societies in United
States Call on Members to
Demand Repeal
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 24.—An appeal
to Germans throughout the United
States to aid in repealing the Jones-
Works excise law will be sent today
by the United German societies of the
District of Columbia and the German-
American National Alliance, the head
quarters of which is in Philadelphia.
The alliance has a membership of
more than 2,000,000 German voters
scattered throughout the country, and
these will be urged to use their Influ
ence and votes in the coming fight on
the law. ,
The decision to appeal to the alli
ance was reached at a meeting of the
local society last night. Speeches were
made in which the drastic nature of
the law was denounced and officers of
the several societies said its provisions
menaced the existence of their organi
zations. It was said today that the
campaign, provided the alliance lent its
powerful aid, will be vigorously prose
cuted.
ARE 3-YEAR-OLD EGGS
FIT FOR PEOPLE TO EAT?
New Jersey Courts and Health
Officers Trying to
Decide
(By Associated Press.)
TRENTON, N. J., July 24.—After
listening to the story of how eggs are
broken, frozen and kept for years by P.
J. Keith, owner of the eggs seized in this
state, the state board of health yester
day partook of the product and laid de
cision over a week.
Experts in the laboratory prepared
ice cream, custard pie and cakes from
these eggs and the members of the
board ate heartily of the product. The
eggs had been in cold storage more than
three years. All of the viands were pro
nounced excellent.
The eggs were seized and held as
"unfit for food under the pure food
laws." United States Judge Gross ren
dered a verdict of acquittal. He was
reversed by the United States circuit
court of appeals in the Third circuit and
the United States supreme court.
Then Mr. Keith applied for the re
lease of the eggs. The New Jersey
state board said that while the egg
product might have been all right at the
time of the trial two years ago, they
wanted to test the eggs now.
Syrian Leper Takes
Up Whole Ward in
Cleveland Hospital
(By Associated Press.)
CLEVELAND, O., July 24.-In spite of
numerous appeals to immigration au
thorities, railroad officials and steam
ship companies, Dehad * sain, a Syrian
leper, still occupies a ward intended to
accommodate twenty-five persons in a
local hospital.
Immigration Inspector Fluckey stated
that he believes he will be able to find
some means of getting Hsain to New
York within two weeks, but admits rail
road and steamship companies have re
fused to take him as a passenger.
HOKE SMITH URGES HIS
BILL BEFORE COMMITTEE
Georgia Senator Before House
Body for Vocational Educa
tion Measure
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—Sena
tor Hoke Smith appeared today before
the education committee of the house
in support of his resolution providing
for the creation of a commission to
study vocational education.
Senator Page, of Vermont, joined the
Georgian in urging a favorable report
on the resolution, which has already
passed the senate.
Congressman Hughes, of Georgia, is
chairman of the education committee,
and is himself in favor of the commis
sion. His committee will report favor
ably the resolution provided the house
caucus will agree to its consideration
at the special session of congress.
Georgia Brass Band
To March From Here
To Frisco Exposition
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ROME, Ga., July 24.—Members of the
Lindale Concert band are contemplating
a trip on foot across country from
Lindale to San Francisco to attend the
Panama-Pacific exposition in 1915.
The band purposes to start ten
months in advance of the exposition
date, and to defray the expenses of the
trip by giving concerts in the various
towns through which they will pass on
the line of march.
They figure that they can hike from
ten to fifteen miles a day, and believe
that the proposition is a feasible one,
and that they will arrive in San Fran
cisco in time for the opening of the
exposition with money in their pocket*
and in fine health.
CORONER EXONERATES
ENGINEER AND ROAD
(By Associated Press.)
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July »4.-Nelth-
er Engineer Dougherty, nor the New
York, New Haven and Hartford railroad
was guilty of criminal negligence in
connection with the wreck at Stamford,
on June 12, according to the finding of
Coroner Phelan of this city today.
The finding is based on the death of
Ada Pearl Kelley, of Chicago, one of
the six passengers killed in he Pullman
car, "Skylark,” which was telescoped.
Her death is classed as ‘‘accidental.’’
FIVE GRAND AND GREAT
GRANDMOTHERS PRESENT
FORD CITY, Pa., July 24.—W!tlt
two grandmothers, two great-grand
mothers and one great-great-grandmoth
er present, the stork visited th» home
of Mr. and Mrs. William Mansi.eld last
night.
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