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-Hi; BW- VOLUME XIII. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1913. NO. 16. DICTATOR TO STEP DOWN AND OUT ON 120,000 IN GOLD INGOTS STOLEN ON PIS TOSIN Report Is Revived in Mexico City That Provisional Presi dent Huerta Will Resign His Place This Week European Robber Band Lands Another Big Haul From Bank Messengers * Associated Prs:;$ MR;... . CITY, Nov. 17.—'llu- report was revived today that General Huerta intends to resign on the convening of congress in regular session on Thurs day. It was based on the alleged dec laration of a member of the new cham ber of deputies. The El Imparcial today refers editorial ly to the organization f the Mexican congress: “It appears,” says the El Imparcial, “that this congress displeases the mighty personage of the White House. He takes us for slaves, whereas we belong to the noble and tierce race of Cuauntemoe, the last Aztec sovereign of Mexico, crossed with the blood of that other indomitable and proud people whose monuments or glory rear themselves on the heights oi the Andes. “A people which loses its independence and dignity without a supreme effort is worse than dead and merits eternal ig nominy.” The article continues by saying that the writer cannot believe the Yankees will launch upon such an insane adven ture as a war with Mexico. Whether the United States embassy is to remain or be immediately with drawn appears to be a matter of which Nelson O’Shaughnessy, the American charge, himself is uncertain. The staff ‘of the embassy is ready to leave at a moment’s notice and little surprise would be felt here, although much aiarm would be caused in case Mr. O’Shaughnessy and his establishment should take the evening train to Vera Cruz. American Embassy Remain in Mexic Capital WASHINGTON. Nov. 17.—President Wilson does not regard the Mexican sit uation as having reached any such crit ical stage as to require the closing of the American embassy in Mexico City. Dis cussing reports to that effect today he said charge O’Shaugnessy neither had been given his passports nor been told to come back. - While details as to persons had changed, yet the main circumstances remained substantially the same as when the president previously expressed a fa- ' vorable view of the situation. Summing 1 up the status of affairs, the president indicated that while the per sonal atitude of General Huerta might have changed, the circumstances upon which the American government bases its conviction that Huerta’s elimination is inevitable, have not changed at all. “The mills of the gods grind slowly,” express es the slow and steady purposes being pursued. Secretary Bryan has ordered investiga tion of the executions at Juarez, but thus far has been- unable to reconcile conflict ing reports. Severance of Relations Is Expected in Mexico City MEXICO CITY, Nov. 17.—An early severance of relations between the United States and Mexico is regarded here as inevitable. None of the news papers, whether printed in English or "Spanish, published more than the brief est despatches today referring to rela tions between the two countries and no indication was given in these of the in tention of Washington toward Mexico. PARIS, Nov. 17.—Thieves took ingots of gold valued at $20,000 from a con signment of $1,000,000 whie it was on the way from Constantinople to Paris last week. The gold was sent by the Imperial Ottoman bank at Constantino- l*lc to the Ottoman bank here in forty cases, iron bound and sealed. The cases when they reached their destina tion looked from the outside as though they had never been touched, but on be ing checked at the bank the $20,000 was missing. Each of the cases had been freshly sealed at each frontier it had crossed. French police insist that the gold could not have been stolen in French terri tory. Several robberies of gold similar to that reported from Paris today have been under police investigation in Eu ropean capitals for some time. In No vember, 1912, $25,000 in English sov ereigns was extracted from a large con signment sent from London to Alexan dria. Egypt, and in January, this year, another $25,000 was stolen while on the way from Hamburg to Rio Janeiro. The police believe the robberies have been committed by the same band of thieves, which has ramifications all over Europe. mmm '■7 aV yAo (sA^ X: fvTi Tl CHINESE QUESTION Stores and Laundries Closed Protest Against New Regis tration Law *- V "V \ 11 ///; Editor of Birmingham News and President of Mont gomery Advertiser BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 17.—Hon. Frank P. Glass, editor of the Birming ham News and president of the Mont gomery Advertiser, was today appointed United States senator by Governor O’eal to succeed the late Senator Joseph F. Johnston. Mr. Glass is one of the oldest and best known newspaper men in the state and south. (By Associated Press.) PANAMA, Sov. 17.—The Chiense question assumed a serious turn in the republic of Panama today. All the Chi nese merchants, wholesale and retail in this city, in Colon and at points in the interior, numbering more than 1,500 acting according to a prearranged plan, closed their places of business after posting notices stating the doors had been shut for the purpose of taking an inventory. The demonstration was an effort to compel the Panama government to re cede from its program relative to the new registration law. This law com pels Chinese residents to take out new certificates of registration and pay an additional fee or render themselves li able to deportation. , HARDSHIP ON POOR. The closing of tfce stores has already entailed considerable hardship on the poorer classes to whom the Chinese sell butter, lard, rice and other articles in small quantities valued as low as 2 1-2 cents, a trade the native merchant does not care to handle. Much annoyance has also been caused by the non-de livery of laundry. If the laundries are not reopened with in a reasonable time the police have been authorized to take atcion. The Panama government today an nounced its decision to stand firm. Or ders were issued to all provincial gov ernments to proceed with the arrest of Chinese not complying with the regis tration law before November 25. Chi nese shoe keepers in the canal zone have not been affected. ENOS HIS LIFE AS LEAVES HI I.JUU Miss Elizabeth Todd, of Har- ralson, Ga., Says She Does Not Know Why Carl Davis Ended Life Early ,Threw Human Ashes From Bridge in Park; Arrested, Set Free CHICAGO. Nov. 17.—Five men were released from custody last night after having been arrested for scattering the ashes of a dead friend from a high bridge in Lincoln park. George E. Mendun, said to be the son of a wealthy Boston man, died two weeks ago. His friends were obeying his last wish* that his body be cremated and the ashes scattered, when arrested. There was nothing in city statutes re lating to the subject. Director of Prussian Royal Theaters Defends Character in Court (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, Nov. 14.-—Count George Von Huelsen-Haeseler, director of the Prussian royal theaters, made a vigor ous defense of his moral character be fore the law courts here today. The occasion was the opening session of a suit for libel brought by him against Herr Steinthal and Herr Wilde, editors of the Montags Zeitung. The newspaper published earl 7 in Au- ist an article connecting the name of Count Huelsen-Haeseler with the alle gations made several years ago against Prince Philipp Zu Eulenburg ang other members of Emperor William’s suite, asserting he had narrowly missed being involved in the great court scandal. When the crown prosecutor proposed t:> have the suit tried behind closed doors in the interest of public morality, Count Huelsen-Haeseler emphatically and successfully objected. The count then read under oath sweeping declaration th?t. he had no perverse inclinations or thoughts and that such ideas were mDst repulsive to him. The case was quickly disposed of. Steinthal was sentenced to a year’s im prisonment. Wilde was acquitted on the ground that he was only nominally re- sponsible for the libelous article. GEORGIA’S GREATEST PROQUCT. Women Hurl Hammers At Judge Who Sentenced Militant Suffragette LONDON, Nov. 1*.—Women hurled hammers at the judge of the London sessions in OldBailey today when rie sentenced Miss Rachael Peace, a mili tant suffragette, to eighteen months’ imprisonment after she had been found guilty by a jury of setting fire to a mansion at Hampton-Thomas. Women who had gathered in the court room frequently interrupted proceed ings. On the pronouncement of the sen tence they threw hamers at the judge and smashed windows and glass doors. Four of the disturbers were arrested Not Even Scratched When Thrown Under Fast Moving Train WAYCROSS, Ga., Nov. 17.—Thrown under a moving passenger train of tne Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic this morning, J. A. Moore, of Blacksnear, had a close call from death on Plant avenue here. With Willilam Aspinwall he was seated in a wagon and when the crossing watchman warned them of the approach of the Atlanta train the wag on was stopped near the track. The mule started turning, and when held backed the wagon into the train. The wagon was overturned, Moore being thrown under one of the moving cars. His rapid recovery and the immediate application of emergency brakes saved his life. GIVING TIME TO SON BERLIN. Nov. 17.—King Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, who arrived today in Co burg, is passing through such a crisis, according to well informed circles in Coburg and Berlin, that his abdication of the throne in favor of his son is possibly and even probable. The king is.presiding incognito at the palace in Coburg. He spent this^ morn ing in prayer at the graves of his an cestors. Austrian statesmen are doing their utmost to discourage his proposed sur render of the throne, because they con sider the young Crown Prince Boris likely to be influenced by the element friendly to Russia. King Ferdinand at the same time is receiving little encouragement in Ger many. Emperor William and the Ger man government have expressed them selves openly as friendly to Greece. It is understood that when King Ferdi nand expressed a desire to come to Ber lin he was given an intimation that such a visit would be useless. Ferdinand is the youngest son of the late Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha. ,He declared himself king in 1908 and was recognized by the powers. HIQHB EXPERTS MEET IN JACKSONVILLE URGES MORE FORESTS (By Associated Press.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 17.— United States senators, governors, may ors and noted waterways experts are assembling here for the Atlantic deeper waterways convention, which opens to morrow. J. Hampton Moore, of Phila delphia, the president, arrived today. Governor Blease, of South Carolina, is expected this evening, and by morning the other leaders, among whom are Governor Charles R. Miller, of Dela ware; Governor Park Trammell, of Flor ida; Lieutenant Governor Frank E. Howe, of Vermont; Sigo Meyers, of Sa vannah, Ga.; Representative J. Charles Linthicum, of Maryland; Senator D. U. Fletcher, of Florida, and the Florida delegation in congress, led by Stephen Sparkman, chairman of the rivers and harbors committee of the house, former Representative Bennett, of New York. The first meeting convenes at 3 o’clock tomorrow. Mayor Swearingen will wel- Ph>\1Qirinn F vnn ornioQ come the guests for the city, and Gov- 1 ILyai'CLUIL LjAUIICI ULtZ (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—From one- fifth to one-third of the United States must be devoted to forests if proper streamflow and the prevention of the “washing” of the soil is to be brought about, is the report of a special com mittee on forestry which is to report to the fifth annual convention of the National Conservatibn congress tomor row. This announcement was made to day by the federal forest service. The committee will advance the the ory that, as forests give off much more moisture than water surfaces of equal area, the prevention of arable land being rendered impossible of cultivation lies with the retention of wooded land. Planting of trees around, cultivated fields will be recommended as aiding in advancing their agricultural possibil ities. Baseball by Wireless Breaks All Records; Message 4,700 Miles Seeks Mail Route SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17.— that is said to be a new wireless record for ships at sea was made by the United States transport Thomas, which arrived from Manila yesterday. On September 24, when the Thomas was near Guam, it received all the scores of the Pacific Coast league baseball games from San Francisco, 4,700 miles distant. This is T* rfh/yQ-f Alrhfih to have increased the distance for I QiT ilCoZ IN UrLn direct communication by 300 miles. ernor Trammell for the state. Besides the speeches and the resolutions to be considered, there will be several enter tainments, including a trip on the St. Johns river, visits to the ostrich farm, a river trip and luncheon for the wom en, when fort launches and yachts will convey them to the Yacht club, and a Shown in New York luncheon at the board of trade - First Painting Done By Mrs. Wilson Is WILSON URGED TO SAVE FROM GALL! Fairhaven Union Begs Him to Interfere in Case of Mrs, Wakefield NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 17.—Th* Fairhaven Women’s Political union sent a letter to President Wilson today re questing him to use his influence to save Mrs. Bessie J. Wakefield from hanging next March for the murder of her husband. A mass meeting to protest 1 agains’t the hanging will be held here Wednes day night under ‘ auspices of the Wom en’s Political union. Similar meetings are being planned throughout the state by women. If Mrs. Wakefield’s sentence is car ried out she will be the first woman to be hanged in Conecticut since colo nial days. Quitman Women Want To Keep “Sis Cow” Behind Her Bars (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—The first paintings by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson to be seen ifi New York were placed on ex hibition today by the Association of Women Painters and Sculptors. There are five oils done by Mrs. Wilson while she was at the president’s summer home in Cornish, N. H., the past summer. Mrs* Wilson will be here next week to view her work with that of the other women artists. Self-Emptying Boxes For City Mails Soon• Will Save Much Time Infuriated Cow Gores WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 17.— Charles D. Brower, the only white in habitant of Point Barrow. Alaska, the northernmost postoffice, has filed a bid for carrying the mails 3,000 miles in the depth of an Arctic winter. Brower wants to carry the mail from Point Barrow 500 miles to Kotzebue Sound. If h-e gets the contract he must make the trip three times in the winter over snow so deep that there is scarcely any bottom. Man Crawls 15 Miles With a Broken Ankle MILTON, Pa., Nov. 17.—Orvin Flinn, MILTON, Pa., Nov. 13.—Orvin Flinn, of Sha'mokin, fell off a wall and broke his right ankle. He lay unable to move for several hours. Without fufids to pay car fare, he then hobbled and crawled for fifteen miles to the Mary M. Packer hospital, Sunbury. There the surgeans and nurses found two bones in the ankle broken. Dog Has to See the Moving Picture Shows BUSHVILLE, Ind., Nov. 17.—Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thomas have a dog named No- ley that displays as much interest in moving pictures as most persons. He had the habit of following Mr. and Mrs- Thomas downtown each evening and into a moving picture show. He became a nuisance, and they drove him back sev eral evenings, only to find him in the show later on. Finally they thwarted him by locking him up. But this scheme was soon fath omed by Noisy, and Mrs. Thomas search ed vainly for the dog. When they arriv ed at the show they were told that their pet had preceded them and he was found setting on a chair in the front row. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have given up the idea of keeping Noisy at home and he is now to be found well down in the front at the “movies” every night The doorman charges him nothing. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Utility and beauty combined will mark the new letter boxes which Postmaster General Burleson has just ordered for use in cities when demand arises. The postmaster general today ordered ten thousand of the boxes, which are self emptying and so constructed as to economize time in collection of mail. Mr. Burleson in casting about for some A (Ted Wnmnn in Dpnih method of speeding up the collection VV Uitiun I'U LJVUIII discovered that the hand-picking method of extracting letters from the boxes was costly. “The principal feature of the new boxes” he explained, “is the facility with which they can be emptied by mail collectors, which is accomplished through curved slides and drop bottom attachments into the open mail bag held underneath. One model of the drop bottom pattern is especially adapted for collectors using automobiles.” (By Associated Press.) RALEIGH, N. C., Nov. 17.—Gored through the head by an infuriated cow, her clothes nearly torn from her body, Mrs. J. D. Fletcher, sixty years of age, wife of the United States farm demon strator, met a horrible death late yes terday afternoon at her home six miles from Durham. Mrs. Fletcher was found lying in the door of a stable by her son and neph ew, who stopped to visit her on their way home, her bonnet on the inside of the cow’s stall. She was in the agonies of death and died a few minutes later. Her husband was away from home and the supposition is that Mrs. Fletcher went to the stable to do the evening milking. Gnat Accused of Carrying Pellagra SPARTANBURG, S. C., Nov. 17.—The Buffalo gnat, described as a carrier of pellagra, has been accused falsely, ac cording to Dr. J. F. Siler, of the Thompson-McFadden Pellagra commis sion, who returned today from an in vestigation tour in Panama. Dr. Siler was accompanied on his trip by A. H. Jennings, government entomologist, and Dr. Louis Sambon, head of the London School of Tropical Medicine, who origi nated the insect theory. The trio found much pellagra but, were unable to connect it with the pres ence of the gnat. Squeals on Son; Keeps Half Fine Right in Family (By Associated Press.) LEWISTOWN, Pa., Nov. 17.—A mon ster elk weighing 700 pounds was killed at the borders of Seven Mountains, near Siglerville, yesterday afternoon by Payton Aikens. He claims he mistook it for a deer. Aikens went before a justice of peace today and furnished bond for the $200 fine he will have to pay for killing protected game. His father was the informant, thus keeping half the fine in the family. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) QUITMAN, Ui-a., Nov. 17.—At a meet ing of the civic department of the Quit- man Woman’s club, a campaign was launched to get the cows off the streets. The civic club had mapped out a program of street improvements which included tree planting, park beau tifying and gardening. It became ap parent that none of these things could even be started as long as live stock was allowed to run on the streets. In the space of an hour a resolution was passed asking council to call an election to determine the state of public senti ment on the subject; two petitions were started, one for the voters to sign and one for the women of the town; com mittees were appointed from the club to see that these petitions were carried to everybody in the town. Some of the most prominent women in town gave up two days to the work and the petitions were presented at the meeting of coun cil signed by two thirds of the voters. As a result the council has called an election for Monday, November 24. The women are getting up lists of the voters and intend seeing every one of them an^ urging them to vote. Some of the men have volunteered to work on election day at the polls and the women will do none of thiswork but they will furnish their 10^*o7voters and will provide automobiles for the use of the election workers. An in teresting feature of the campaign is the fact that some of the most ardent workers among the women are those whose husbands favor the cows on the streets. Miss Mary Elizabeth Todd, of Haral son, Ga., stoutly denied to The Journal, over long distance telephone Monday afternoon, that she knew of any reason why Carl Davis, agent of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railway at Haralson, should have committed sui cide. Davis blew out his brains in a baggage car on the A. B. and A., train Sunday evening, soon after he had left Gay, Ga., one mile from Haralson, and only a few minutes after he had talked with Miss Todd. Miss Todd declares she did not know of the suicide until after she had reach ed Senoia, when the news was circulat ed at the hotel at which she was stop ping. Her conversation with Davis was only casual, she said, declaring she merely chatted with film for a few min utes where they happened to meet on the train. The handbag found on Davis’ body belonged to her, Miss Todd said. Davis had jokingly slipped it into his pocket a s they chatted on the train, she said, and failed to return it. MISS TODD’S STORY. Here Is Miss Todd’s story as told to The Journal: \ “I.got on the train at Gay, Ga., on my way to Atlanta to find work. Mr. DaVls happened to be on the same train and soon after the train started he passed through the car, spoke to me pleasantly, and asked if he could help me in arranging several pacakges that were on the seat beside me. He left and a few minutes later returned and we talked about ten minutes. “Mr. Davis seemed greatly depressed and I recall that he mentioned the re cent burning of the depot at Harralson, and the fact that the office at present is in a box car. He said, in effect, ‘It looks like if it isn’t one thing wrong, it’s an other. I never thought I would come to working in a box car.’ “I asked him where he was going and he said to LaGrange. He didn’t say why nor when he was to return. M^ hand- * bag was lying on the seat and as the conductor passed through Mr. Davis picked it up, opened it and took out a dime. ‘Let's spend this,’ he said to the conductor. “When he left me he must have ped the bag and my gloves into his pocket. He did not talk to me more than te n minutes in all, but it was enougn for me to se'e that he was depressed. “At Senoia my cousin, Frank Estes, asked me not to go to Atlanta and per suaded me to get off there and return home. I followed his advice and went to a hotel at Senoia until he could get a conveyance for me to go home in. 1 mentioned to Mr. Estes that Mr. Davis had my handbag, and must have forgot ten to givje it back. At the hotel J heard about the suioide. “I had known Mr. Davis casually for about three years. The idea that I was thinking of eloping wtih him is absurd. I merely happened to meet him on the train.” According to the report made by Con ductor T. J. D. Lamar after Davis left Miss Todd he walked about the passen ger coach nervously a few minutes and then went to the baggage car, where, ac cording to a report, he approached the negro porter, the only occupant of the coach at the time, and said: Waycross Friends Ask Gov. Slaton to Attend Two Dinners at Once Blow Safe; Save Fish and Flowers EAST ROCHESTER, . Y., Ndv. 17.— yeggmen who robbed the local postof fice of a large quantity of stamps were careful to avoid harming a bowl of gold fish and a pot of flowers which were on a desk next to the office safe. Be fore blowing the safe, an operation in which they used four charges of nitron- glycerine. they went to the trouble of putting the fish and flowers on the floor. The force of the explosion shook the neighborhood and brought at least. 1 a hundred citizens out of bed. They saw- five yeggs fleeing. PRESIDENT WILSON APPLIES FOR MEMBERSHIP IN GEORGIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The White House, Washington, D. C., Nov. 17, 1913. C. J. Haden, Pres. Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Hurt Building, Atlanta, Ga. I wish the Georgia chamber of commerce every suc cess. Your organization has a great opportunity to do constructive work in the development of the agricultural resources - of Georgia. The farmer has not been served as lie might and should be. Let Georgia set an example in this truly great and intelligent work for relaying the foundations of wealth and prosperity in the United States. I take pleasure in applying for membership in the Georgia chamber of com merce. WOODROW WILSON. Big Winan Fortune Is Gone to the Dogs: Cats Get Share, Too NEW* YORK. Nov. 17.—By her will Mrs. Helen D. Winans, who died in Hol land last September, has left practical ly all of her estate, valued at more than $50,000 to the Bide-a-Wee home for dogs and cats in this city. Mr. Winans died before his wife, so the bequest be comes payable at once to the home and constitutes one of the most generous donations the institution has ever had. Now They’re Growing Lemons in Quitman (Special Dispatch to The' Journal.) WAYCROSS, Ga., Nov. 17.—Two sep arate entertainment programs for Gov ernor J. M. Slaton have been arranged for his visit to Waycross, November 20, and today there is much speculation as to which program will be carried out. Before the board of trade entertaih ment committee decided to have a ban quet in honor of the governor. Repre sentative J. L. Cooper requested that he be allowed to entertain the governor at dinner. This was granted. Now the entertainment committee proposes to have the governor at a public recep tion during the Cooper dinner and will take him to the banquet at 9 o’clock. The governors of the board of trade have been called in special session to endeavor to settle the question. The affair is the topic of conversation all over the city today. Surgeon Overates On Man in Midair SPRINGFIELD. Mass^. Nov. 17.—With one shoulder dislocated and the other arm so badly bruised that he could not move it, as the result of an acci dent while he was working on a tall theater building here, Frank Armbrew- ster, a structural iron worker, was help less at a dizzy height, as there was no means of descent, except by ladders. Dr. E. C. Collins climbed to the top of the building, and sitting astride of a steel beam, chloroformed Armbrewster and snapped into position the dislocated bones. After the operation the man was able to make his way down the ladders. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) QUITMAN, Ga., Nov. 17.—Quite by accident it has been discovered that lemons grow and mature to perfection in Brooks county. Mr. J. W. Oglesby bought a Ponderosa lemon shrub as an ornamental plant for her conservatory. # H got too large for potting and she ¥{yg OJl CHeeSC CLtld planted it in her garden and left it to take its chances out of doors. It flour ished there and this fall it has nearly thirty full grown lemons on it. The little tree is four years old and had a few lemons last year. Mrs. Oglesby finds the fruit of excellent flavor and available for all the uses the commer cial lemon is put to. A great many farmers are raising fine grape fruit now and there are also a number of sweet orange trees in Brooks county which produce a good crop ev ery year. It is certain that with proper attention to horticulture the county would produce an abundance of fruits. Peaches and every variety of berry grow perfectly here, as well as the semi- tropical fruits. Kisses, in Box Cars HAMMOND. ind., Nov. 17.—After spending their month’s honeymoon in box cars, Thomas Gross and his comely bride, from Cincinnati, O., were ar rested for trespassing on the Erie rail way, near Marion. The couple, nest-' ling in a straw pile to keep warm, were found by police in a box car. Gross declared he had eloped with Iht girl because her brother objected to the marriage, and had just enough money to get the marriage license at Jeffersonville. The couple said they had lived four days on cheese and kisses.