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i i /** $ PtIM VOLUME XII. ATLANTA. GA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1913. NO. 99. IE0HI is nor i cmite Huerta Wil! Eliminate Himself, Gamboa Told O'Sn'aughnes- sy, Who Toldiind, Who Told Bryan, Who Told Wilson BY RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 4.—Presi dent Wilson admits that he has had di rect assurance from Mr. Huerta, of Mexico, that the latter will not become a candidate for election as president of his country. It is asserted at the White House that Huerta has agreed to eliminate himself, yet it is flatly stated that the information does not come from Huer ta himself. The assertion is that Min ister Gamboa told Charge d’ Affairs O’Shaughnessy, who told John Lind, who told Secretary Bryan, who told Presi dent Wilson. Upon this the White House builds an atmosphere of opti mism that is cheerful and ^does credit to the White House nerve if this round about verbal statement from Gamboa is the sole foundation for it. And it is possible it is the sole foundation. For it is repeatedly al leged that Huerta himself has given no direct assurance of any kind. At the came time the administration professes itself entirely satisfied with the verbal Gamboa assurance. On the other hand, it is suspected by some of those who have given attention to this matter that - the administration is not frank, and that it has information not made public. This suspicion comes here by way of New York and apppears to em anate from financial circles there, where Mexicvan credit suddenly has risen several points. ^ Those who entertain this suspicion are thinking that President W r ilson is engaged in making his assertion in one df the John Lind letters to Huerta that he would* intercede with American fi nanciers in behalf of Mexico in case Huerta would agree to the Wilson plans for peace. This intercession, it is sus pected, is now going on. And if going on, direct assurances from Huerta nec essarily would have to be a part or it Bankers are not the people to * take chances on a transaction as big as this one would be. As tending to substantiate the theory that ^he administration is not frank, it Is pointed but that at no time, even in the face of the flippant and insoient jnotes written by Gamboa to John Lind, has there been admission at •the White^ House that the case was hopeless. Yet from the documents published here and In the City of Mexico, if these revealed the true situation, the case was closed with Huerta handing President Wilson a most finished and sarcastic defiance. The deduction of those thus dissecting the ihatter is of course, that the presi dent has been tarrying on two negotia tions : simultaneously—one for the re public of Mexico and the United States, and the other for results. It is claimed by those who say they have been conversant with the Wilson methods at Princeton, that this is ex actly the line of procedure the presi dent’s astute mind would advise for a problem of this kind, and that In the whole country over no greater artist in diplomacy of this kind could be found. William Bayard Hale Consults With Wilson (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—William Bayard Hale, who spent the last three months studying political conditions in Mexico, laid before President Wilson to day information he gathered about the Huerta government and also conferred with Secretary Bryan. He declined to discuss his visit with the administration officials, but it is Understood gave them an intimate de scription of the negotiations conducted by John Lind and the officials of the provisional president up to a week ago today when he left Mexico City. So far a? is known Mr. Hale’s connection with those negotiations was unofficial and in formal. Dispatches from Mexico City saying prominent Mexicans believed Huerta Would resign in favor of Geronimo Trovino, and thus make himself an eligi ble candidate for the presidency, lacked confirmation here, but the news was not surprising to administration officials. While they are still hoping for a definite assurance that Huerta will not be a candidate, they realize that a plan to Install him in the presidency has been underway for some time. No indication has been given as to the administration’s future policy should Mr. Lind*S efforts to obtain a definite as surance of Huerta’s elimination prove fruitless, but developments of either an affirmative or negative character are ex pected soon which will affect the United States government’s policy materially. ill ■M Accused of "Slavery, 1 ' He Ad mits Part In Trip, but Says it Was Not for the Purposes Alleged (By Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Sept. 4.— F. Drew Caminetti took the stand today to try to convince the jury that he had not contributed to “white slavery’’ as the government charges, in taking Lola Norris, in company with Maury I. Diggs and Marsha Warrington, from Sacramento to Reno. He freely admitted his part in the interstate escapade that has resulted in the conviction of Diggs, but he reiterated again and again that the trip was not made for the purposes charged. “I had to get out of Sacramento”, he said, as Diggs had said, and his at torneys tried in every possible way to impress this upon the jury. The only purpose that Caminetti nad in mind, he said, was to escape the public scandal all four participants believed was emi nent if they remained. What he did, according to the defense, was “accidental and incidental” not “wilful.” Attorney Marshall Woodworth, in outlining the defense yesterday, was summarily checked when he declared an effort would be made to show that Caminetti had not transgressed the sec tion of the Mann act having to do with contributing to commercialized vice. . “You must not criticize the law.” warned the court, and Woodworth was foced to abandon that tack. Caminetti was expected to conclude his testimony before noon and the de fense to rest soon afterward. The sum ming up probably will be brief, as it was in the Diggs trial, and the case likely will be in the jury's hands by tomorrow night. IL STARTLES IIIIILLEN, GA. Scene of Godbee Slaying in TOrmoil When Rufus Bryant Kills Divorcee and Self Selling Is 13 Cents a Pound, and Prospects Are Great for Georgia’s Crop SAVANNAH, Ga.. Sept. 4.—The Sa vannah cotton exchange is one of the principal points of interest in Savan nah these September days. The price of cotton—the price of real cotton, not futures—is going up at such a rate as to make everybody sit up and take no tice. It smarted off today at 13 cents a potmd, with the tone very firm, and it is confidently expected that the high price of September, 1910, when it went to 14 3-8, will be eclipsed. The stock jn the west is short, while Georgia is ex pected to make a big crop. This is all going to be good for the Georgia plan ter. It looks like a return to the pros perous day of three years ago. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MILLKN.~-Ga. ( —-Sapt. -double tragedy equally as sensational as the Godbee slaying occurred near here last night, when Rufus Bryant, a former court bailiff, murdered Miss Isabell New ton, a pretty divorcee, formerly Mrs. Ira Clarke, and turning the revolver up on himself sent a bullet into his brain and a second one through the heart. The tragedy occurred at 9:30 o’clock last night, but Millen knew nothing of it un til this morning, when L. H. Bradham, a farmer, reported the gruesome affair to Sheriff Johnson. The town was thrown into a state of excitement that was not equalled by the Godbee slaying. Per sons left their places of business to con gregate around the sheriff’s office for the details and a large number went with the coroner to the scene, where an in quest was conducted.. There is less known motive than in the Godbee case. Three small children of Miss Newton heard Bryant ask her for a glass of water to take some medicine. “You will find one in the kitchen,” she is said to have replied. According to her eldest daughter, Winnie, Bryant went to the kitchen and returning a mo ment later, fired upon Miss Newton without saying a word the children could hear. He shot three times. All of the balls took effect and two of them would have produced instant death. Then running wildly from the house, he fired two shots. His body was found a .few feet from the front steps. Bradham, a farmer who lived near, heard the shots, and rushed to the scene. He found the two dead bodies and the children frantic with grief and fright. On account of the lateness of the hour, he took the children to his home and notified the coroner by tele phone. The coroner did not make any public announcement until this morn ing- Three small children survive Miss Newton—Winnie, aged twelve; Kather ine, aged eight, and Ben, aged five. They are being cared for at the homes of neighbors. Since Miss Newton obtained her divorce Bryant had been staying in the house as a protection to the de fenseless woman and her little children. He was regarded as of excellent charac ter and nothing had ever been said of Miss Newton’s character that was not the most complimentary. In 1899 she married Ira Clarke, a young farmer, and for several years they fared very well at the farm. In 1909 Clarke deserted, her. She waited until the next year, when she filed a divorce on statutory grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. She was awarded the custody of the children and her maiden name. Since that time she had conducted the farm. Clarke was last heard from at Albany, Ore. At one time he was said to be in Savannah, but friends stated em phatically he went direct to the Pacific coast and had never returned east. An effort is being made to locate him to advise him of the tragedy. CONVICTS TAKE OATH TO PUNISH ERRING MATES (By Associated Press.) JOLIET, 111., Sept. 4.—Forty-five con victs picked for the open-air road work ing gang in Lee county, took a solemn oath, unknown to officials of the Illinois state prison, to deal summarily with any man who violates the trust imposed on them. The whispered ceremony was overheard by one of the convicts in the cell house. “I would hate to be the man who breaks that pledge given to the other boys,” he said, “for he will be terribly punished before he is trned back to the authorities.” According to the pledge, any convict making his escape will be hunted down by his fellows and delivered over to the authorities. SAY MS BEING Board Meets to Deport Him if He Grossed Border "by Stealth" or Ever Lived in Asylum for Insane COATICOOK. Quebec, Sept. 4.—For two hours today Harry K. Thaw, fugi tive from Matteawan, faced a special board of inquiry seeking to deport him from the dominion under the immigra tion act, and pressed the point that he entered Canada as a tourist and as such was not amenable to deportation. The board agreed to “consider' his con tention and at noon adjourned until 2 o'clock. Thaw was sworn and took the stand shortly after 10 o’clock. He was fol lowed by II. Johnston, a farmer who drove him over the border and there j deserted him, and by Ben Cadiux, at ! whose inn at Bar ford he stopped late j at night. The questioning up to adjournment at' noon all bore on the clause involving j “entering Canada by stealth.” The point I of insanity was not touched upon. Expecting a quick decision and a dash to the Vermont border with Thaw. Wil liam Travers Jerome paced up and down the station platform below the immigra tion detention robm with his car ready, to start, on instant’s notice. Rumors flew about that Thaw’s lawyers were planning a coup by^applying for another writ of prohibition, but they were im possible of confirmation here. Idlers swarmed about the building but only now and then could they get a glimpse of Thaw through the windows. Council for New York state an-! nounced this afternoon that Judge Hutchinson at Sherbrooke had refused: to grant Laflamme, of Thaw’s counsel, j a writ of prohibition. The board convened again shortly after 2 o’clock. Up to 2:30 no word bad come as to th edecision on Thaw’s claim that he was a “tourist.” The scene of the secret hearing was a tiny office just off the immigration de tention room, where Thaw 'spent the night under guard. E. Blake Robert son, assistant superintendent of immi gration, was the presiding officer. Drs. Gurd and Beauchamp were on hand to examine the prisoner and Dr. Raymond Kieb superintendent of the Matteawan asylum, was held in readiness to testify as to Thaw's confinement there as the insane slayer of Stanford White. Thaw’s lawyers, somewhat demoral ized after yesterday’s rapid develop ments, spent the night, exhausted as they were, in conference. All gave it as their opinion that an attempt was be ing made to “railroad” their client across? the line. In the unexplained ab sence of J. N. Greenshields, of Montreal, recognized as chief counsel. N. K. La flamme, of Montreal, assumed leader ship of Thaw’s forces. Thaw was indignant this morning when he learned that reports of his breaking down under the strain had been circulated. Although no reporters were allowed to se$ him, he sent this word by a guard, adding that he had received early today a message from his mother saying she was on her way here in response to his appeal. William Travers Jerome, whose coup pried Thaw out of the Sherbrooke jail where he threatened to remain until the king’s bench passed in October, said he would not come to. the hearing today unless it was necessary. He has with him the almost unmentionable Thaw trial exhibits, together with transcripts of Thaw’s erratic testimony at the ha beas corpus proceedings in New York state. If called upon, he was ready to submit these as evidence that Thaw is not a sane man, or if sane, not a man who should be allowed to enter the Do minion. the be;st steam roller of them all / SECRET WRECK PROBE BY CORONER BEGINS Public Inquiry by Interstate Commerce Commission Starts Friday NEW HAVEN. Conp., Sept. 4.—Formal inquest into the wreck of the Bar Har bor express, which cost the lives of twenty-one passengers, began behind closed doors today in the office of Cor oner Mix. The facts adduced will be turned over to the state’s attorney. That premature publication of these facts might prejudice the state’s case and the interests of justice was the reason given by the coroner for the se crecy of the hearing. H. W. Belnap, chief inspector of the interstate commerce commission, which will start a public inquiry here tomoA row, was present at the inquest. A. B. Miller, engineer of the White Mountain express, which crashed into the Bar Harbor train. and Flagman Charles H. Murray, of the doomed ex press, star witnesses, were the first called. Both have been locked up since Tuesday night without bail, chiefly be cause the coroner wished to make cer tain that neither talked about the case for publication until after testifying. The condition of five of the injured, who were last night hovering between death and life, was described by the hospital surgeons this morning as crit ical. Pull t/mE 5 Bus^ps :~ Purs O' OEATH PI FORMS ANOTHER MYSTERY ’OPE REFUSES TO REST AS PHYSICIANS ADVISE Found Dead in a Hoboken Boarding House-Accident, Murder or Suicide? (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—A mystery at taches to the death of Carl Schoete, 43 years old, supposed to be a Hamburg banker, on his way to the Pacific coast, who was found dead from poison in a Hoboken boarding house last night. It may have been a case of accident, mur der or suicide. The Hoboken police have locked up a comely young woman of 24, giivng her name as Adele Schimmel, who came from Germany with the man reently, and who had been with him at the boarding house. What she has been able to tell about Schoete indicates that e had lost or had been rob bed of a a letter of credit for $32,000 and according to. her story, he had talked of suicide. Schoete bore the stamp of wealth and refinement. At a Hoboken hotel at which he had stopped just after his ar rival he had eaten unusually expensive meals and ordered the best vintages money could buy. His companion, who said she first met him on the steam ship coming from Germany, told the po lice that Schoete was planning a trip to California on banking business and that he had pleaded with her to go with him. In one of Schoete's trunks four kinds of deadly poison were found. An autopsy will be performed. His Holiness Again III—Indis position Thought to Be Only Slight (By Associated Pres«.) ROME. Sept. 4.—Pope Pius X again is suffering an indisposition, recalling the serious illness through which the aged pontiff passed last spring. At the Vatican it is said that his present trou ble is slight, due to a cold, but it has brought on hoarseness, headache and slightly rising temperature, and the Vatican physicians have suggested, a complete rest. His holiness, however, insisted upon keeping engagements he had made for today. The general condition of the pope is good, according to the doctor’s today. They think that although he is troubled by an occasional cough and some ca tarrh he will be able easily to over come the affection and will be assisted in this by the favorable climatic condi tions now prevailing. ANOTHER EFFORT MADE TO FREE JAILED Army Aviator I? Killed in Practice NEW TURKISH WARSHIP ONE OF WORLD’S BIGGEST Displaces 23,000 Tons; Car ries Ten 13,5-Inch Guns; Has Speed of 21 Knots BARROW-IN-FURNESS, England, Sept. 4.—One of the most formidable battleships in the worlcf, the Reshad-I- Hamis, was launched here yesterday as the first unit in the rejuvenated Turkish navy. She displaces over 23,000 tons and possesses an armament of ten 13.5-inch guns, thus exceeding in gunpower any vessel in commission in the British navy. Her contraact calls for a speed of 21 knots and her turbine engines de velop 31,000 horsepower. (By Associated Press.) SAN DIEGO. Cal., Sept. 4.—First Lieutenant Moss L. Love, signal corps, U. S. A., was instantly killed today when his aeroplane plunged 300 feet to the ground at the army aviation school near here. Shortly before the accident he began to descend from an altitude of approxi mately 2,000 feet. When 300 feet from the ground, watchers say they saw a puff of smoke on the machine and it dropped like a shot. Lieutenant Love Was Native of Virginia (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Lieutenant Moss L. Love was a native of Virginia, was born in 1879, and appointed to the United States military academy at large from Virginia. After graduation from West Point he was assigned to the cavalry, serving in that branch of the service until detailed to the signal corps in 1911, after a course in the graduate army signal school. Eleven Have Met Death In Work of Government (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Eleven avia tors have been killed in army and navy service since experiments were started With heavier than air machines in 1908 —ten in the army and one in the navy. In aviation the world over, 333 per sons have been killed since 1908, 112 in 1913. EX-KING OF PORTUGAL WEDS HOHENZOLLERN Manuel Is Married to Princess Augustine Victoria by Cardinal Netto (By Associated Press.) SIGMARINGEN, Germany, Sept. 4.— Manuel, former king of Portugal, was married here today to Princess Augus tine Victoria, daughter of Prince Wil liam of Hohenzollern. Cardinal Netto, former archbishop pa triarch of Lisbon, conducted the relig ious ceremony. Count August Zu Eulen- burg, grand marshal of the Prussian court, presided over the civil function. Observation of the religious rites be gan immediately before noon in the Ro man Catholic church near the palace. The road along which the bridal pair passed from the palace to the church was spanned with flower-covered arch es. On both sides of the street were lines of soldiers and school children. The little capital of the principality of Hohenzollern had made every effort to render itself attractive, although it was understood that the marriage ws%s to be celebrated in as quiet a manner as possible owing to the political situa tion. COTTON IN ROME IS BRINGING 13 CENTS NOW ROME. Ga.. Sept. 4.—The new crop of cotton continues to pour into Rome by wagon from all parts of the county, and indications are that the crop will almost equal the record-breaker of 1911. The local market is 13 cents, and every one is highly pleased at the prospect for a good crop and good business* “AMERICAN BEEF CHEAPER IN EUROPE THAN HERE” (By Associated Press ) WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Represen tative Kinkead, of New Jersey, by way of proving bis assertion that American beef is sold cheaper in Europe than in this country, read a letter to the house today from a Binghamton minister, say ing that in England recently he bought both American and Argentine beef at prices almost 50 per cent lower than the prevailing American prices. MOTHER AND SON SLAIN, HUSBAND IS SOUGHT (By Associated Press.) FREMONT. Neb., Sept. 4.—After the murdered bodies of Mrs. Rasmus Peter sen and her two-year-old son were found in their home this morning, authorities began a search for the husband. The Petersens separated several weeks ago. Four Governors Have Failed to Set Day for Her Execu tion for Murder (By Associated Press.) READING. Pa., Sept. 4.—Another ef fort is to be made to free Mrs. Kate Edwards, who has been in the Berks county jail for twelve years, under sen tence of death for the murder of her husband, John Edwards. Four gover nors have failed to set a day for her execution. She was sentenced to death in 1901, during the term of Governor Stone, who left the case for his suc cessor to dispose of. Governor Penny- packer left the fixing of a date to Gov ernor Stuart, and the latter passed it up to Governor Tener, who has made no move. The trial has been through all the state courts and has several times come before the board of pardons without suc cess and now aother attempt Is to be made to free her. Lawyers have drawn up a petition^ which will be presented to the board of pardons at its next meet ing on September 17. Mrs. Edwards was convicted of first degree murder along with a negro. The negro worked in a nearby stone quarry with her husband. Five days after Ed wards was found beaten to death, both Mrs. Edwards and the negro were ar rested. After her conviction Mrs. Ed wards confessed and exonerated her al leged accomplice and he was later by special act of the legislature given a new trial and acquitted. Would Limit Smokes of Those Who Make Cigars ... i.i .i. « (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Regula tions to govern the grant of “free smokes” to employes of cigar factories were issued today by Secretary McAdoo. The cigars, which are to be exempted from taxation under the laws passed last February must not exceed twenty- one a week for each individual, and furthermore, must be smoked by the employe to whom they are issued. ARM STRIPPED OF FLESH IN WHIRLING MACHINERY Superintendent of Oil Company Narrowly Escapes Death in Mill Accident DUBLIN. Ga., Sept. 4.—W. R. Arnold, superintendent of the Empire Cotton Oil company, of this city, had his right arm horribly mangled in a gin upon which he was working yesterday. The arm was amputated later, as it was found the bone in the joint of the elbow was crushed and broken so badly that it could not be saved. The flesh was stripped from the wrist to the el bow'. Mr. Arnold was making some repairs on the gin whil eit was running. The sleeve of his overall jumper was caught in th ©machine, pulling him arm into it. He had great difficulty in keeping his entire body from being drawn in. Mr. Arnold is resting well and it is hoped that he will soon recover from the shock of th ©accident and operation. THOMAS A. EDISON HAS RECOVERED FROM COLD LOWELL, Mass.. Sept. 4.—Seemingly in his usual health, Thomas A Edison proceeded today by automobile to Lake Sunapee, N. H. Mr. Edison said he had recovered from the effects of a severe cold. Senator Weeks Offers Resolu tion Directing Banking Com mittee to yVithhold Action Until December Session (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—A resolution to direct the senate banking committee to withhold final action on the adminis tration currency bill until the December r- session of congress was introduced by Senator Weeks, of Masachusetts, Re- Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts, Re- Suggestions by Senators Reed, Owen and other Democrats on the committee that they would like to discuss the res olution resutled in Senator Weeks agree ing that it should go over until tomor row without action. He said he would then endeavor to force the senate td decide whether it wants to proceed now on currency revision or allow the bank ing committee to conduct hearings until December. “There is no emergency at the present time that has not existed in an equal degree for the past two years which would necessitate banking and currency legislation.” he said. Festus J. Wade, of the Mercantile Trust company of St. Louis, one of the representatives of the Chicago confer ence of bankers, told the senate banking committee today that the administra tion currency bill would put the whole burden of organization on the “commer cial banks of the country.” “The national banks are simply the commercial banks moving the merchan dise and the commerce of the nation.’’ he said. “This bill. In its principles ignores the great banking strength that has really developed the country—-the state banks and trust companies that have financed building, land develop ment, farming and internal improve ments. Inducements necessary to draw in the state and national banks have ap parently been lost sight of.” Wade declared the issue of currency and the handling of the bank reserves should be divided and not joined as now in the bill. “It would be a fatal economic mistake for the government to issue the cur rency of the nation,” he said, “because it would put the government In debt just that much more than is neces sary.” He declared the bankers appeared not as bankers, but as public-spirited citi zens in urging the change. Wade said a central bank v^th branches in the large cities would be the nucleus of an ideal federal banking sys tem; the power of note issues should be left to banks, under government con trol, the banks to have representatioli on the federal board of control. These notes should be obligations of the banks and not of the government, said Mr. Wade; they should be redeemable in gold with a 50 per cent gold reserve. The federal reserve board should have the power to increase or diminish this percentage of reserve in time of flan- cial distress. The law would then pro vide that national and State banks and trust companies could do business un der the system provided jthey became, members o ffhe central bank. Mr. Wade’s plan provided for the retirement of the present government bond-secured national bank currency and the refund ing of the bonds. ' Mr. Wade said he did not expect the central national bank plan to be adopt ed, however, and he favored building up as perfect a system as possible on a small number of regional reserve banks, preferably five. Mr. Wade thought national banks should be permitted to own or loah upon real estate, up to a certain definite limit. SULZER’S TRIAL IS BUT TWO WEEKS OFF Investigating Committee Fin ishes Probe and Turns Ev idence Over to Managers (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—The legislative committee investigating Governor Sulzer expected to finish its work today so far as public inquiry was concerned. The Sulzer impeachment trial is now but two weeks off and the committee will turn over its evidence and its task to the board of impeachment managers of the state assembly. The impeachment managers have opened headquarters in an office build ing at 39 Wall street. Today their law yers were at work on plans for the prosecution. The legal staff already in- clueds Alton B. Parker, Edgar T. Brackett, Eugene Lamb Richards' and others. TWO GERMAN AVIATORS CRUSHED UNDER MACHINE Both Were Officers of Army's Flying Corps-Were Test ing Aeroplane (By Associated Press.) BRIEG. Germany, Sept. 4.—Two more officers of the German army’s flying corps were killed in an aeroplane acci dent here today. Lieutenant Von Ecken- brecker and Lieutenant Prinz, both young men, were testing a new aero plane over the military aerodrome when the left wing collapsed. The aviators were crushed to death. LIFERS CAPTURED AFTER ESCAPE IN EARLY AUGUST MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 4.—Floyd' Brown aLnd Ddn Bell, negroes serving time for murder, who escaped from the state penitentiary August 9, were re captured in Birmingham and returned to prison yesterday. Brown was sen tenced to life imprisonment by a Bir mingham court and Bell was convicted in Mobile and given fifteen years.