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HUERTA FILLS JAILS
WITH HIS ENEMIES
ALLEGED PLOT TO OVERTHROW
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THE DICTATOR DISCOVERED
IN MEXICO CITY.
REBELS ATTACK 7 TOWNS
Many Prominent Mexicans Arrested.
Money Sent to El Paso to Pay
Soldiers.
Mexico Cty.—Tlie ppltte'autlioriUes
say that they have broken up a con
spiracy which had as its object the.
overthrow of the administration. Sev
eral prominent Mexicans, including
Col. Vito Alessio Robles, are among
those arrested. It is alleged that Gen.
Eugene Rasoon, military - governor of
Oaxaca, and Gen. Fernado Gonzales
were in s« me way involved In the pi of.
They, however., have not. been placed*
under arrest.
The ex-minister of the interior, Je
sus Flores Magon, returned from his
conferences with John Lind at Vera
Cruz. He declined to discuss the na
ture of t!i< conversations.
El Paso, Texas—Although they are
to be sheltered and fed indefinitely by
the United States government, the
Mexican soldiers from Ojinaga who are
interned at Fort Bliss received from
their own government some of the
pay due them for fighting before they
crossed the Rio Grande.
Each Mexican soldier received $5,
his first pay for months, and, accord
ing to Gen. Salvador Mercado, the
commander, tin* last. Nope, of the for
eign soldiers were permitted to leave
the reservation to spend the money.
An official census just completed by
Col. Frederick Perkins, sLmw.s there
are now 5,295 soldiers anil refugees
to be provided for by this government.
Besides the six generals there are tliir
teen field officers of the regular Mexi
can army and fifteen volunteer field
officers. Other officers total 204. The
women number 1,237 and the children
552.
Bandits operating in western Chi
huahua state under Maximo Castillo
again are creating terror among the
American ranchmen, according to re
ports received in Juarez. Castillo, who
is operating independently of the reb
els, was said to have threatened all
Americans with death if they refused
to give him their property.
WRECKED FRISCO IS LESSON
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Shows How System Was Obliterated.
Washington. - Financial operations,
which included the acquirement Of
lines through syndicates which prof
ited to the extent of more than SB,-
000.000, some of which was pocketed
by the road’s own officers, are cited
as among the underlying causes for
the insolvency of the St. Louis and
San Francisco Railroad company, in
a report to the senate by the inter
state commerce commission on the
Frisco line's receivership. No recom
mendations are made by the commis
sion. E. E. Clark, the chairman, stating
in a letter of transmittals addressed to
the president, that they were not call
ed for in the resolution adopted by the
senate last summer, directing the in
vestigation.
The report shows that tile funded
debt of the railroad May 27, 1913, when
the receivership was ordered, amount
ed to 82.63 per cent., of the total capi
tal liability, the total capital at til iff
time amounting to $295,633,933.72, of
which only $51,364,100 was capital
stock and $244,269,833.72 was funded
debt, including equipment trust notes.
That the, iuteresLbearing liabilities
oi the Frisco system exceeded the
stock liability by 375 per cent, “and
were wholly disproportionate when
compared with the capitalization of
other carriers, including those in the
territory west of the Mississippi riv
er,” is asserted by the commission.
75 Lives Lost in "Movie” Panic.
Batavia, Dutch East Indies.—-Fifty -
eight children, sixteen women and one
man were killed during a panic caused
by a fire at a moving picture show
on a plantation in the Dutch residency
of Surabaya. Most of the victims were
trampled to death or suffocated.
Boy Kills His Father.
Natchitoches, La. —Fearing for the
lives of his mother and other members
of the family. John C. Clark, Jr., ng*d
13, shot and killed his father in their
home at Natchitoches, according to tes
timony before the coroner’s jury.’
Clark, Sr*it was testified,.came home
under the influence of intoxicants and
threatened to kill members , o£ his
household. Mrs. Clark "fled. When her
husband started to attack their 15-
year old daughter, young Clark shot
his father dow n A wife and nine chil
dren survive.
Beast Terrorized Whole Section.
Lyerly, Ga. —The weird wails of a
wild beast roaming the forests of
northwest Georgia, resembling the
screams of a terrific woman, has caus
ed many an unpleasant hour for per
sons traveling during the night hours
along the lonely roads through the
country. The animals, which no one
seems to recognize, has been seen sev
eral times, but still, after seeing it, no
one can give much of a description of
it, other than it is like a dog, raw
and lanky, and does not have any
particular place of abode.
UNCLE IS STILL QN! THE JOB
JAPANESE MAKE PROTEST
JAPAN IS STILL GROWLING AT
THE UNITED STATES ABOUT
CALIFORNIA.
Japanese Foreign Minister Says Amer
ican Attitude on Alien Land Laws
Is Unsatisfactory.
Washington.—An address by Baron
Nobuaki Makino, the Japanese for
eign minister, to the parliament of
Japan, outlining the status of negotia
tions over the California alien land
legislation and declaring that the Jap
anese government “had come to see
the necessity of considering some oth
er ways for solution of the question,”
because the replies of the United
States had not been found satisfactory,
was cabled in full from Tokio to the
Japanese embassy here;
The address, which was not com
mented upon in official circles, an
nounced that the third note of protest
presented to Secretary Bryan by Am
bassador Chin da on August 18 remain
ed unanswered. It, also revealed the
fact that the ambassador, under in
structions from Tokio, saw President
Wilson on March 5, the day after the
president’s inauguration, and asked
that lie ihake an effort to stop the
threatened legislation in California,
which since has been enacted. In
part he said:
“In the state legislature of Califor
nia the bills of anti-Japanese charac
ter regularly have been introduced at
its sessions for more than ten years
past. Thanks to the good offices
earnestly exercised by the United
dtntes government and thanks also to
proper steps opportunely taken by tlie
people and government of Japan, noth
ing of serious moment did fortunately
occur, hut at the fortieth session of
the legislature which assembled last
yehr n bill, known as the Wfbl) bill,
aiming at prohibition of ownership of
real property by Japanese was passed
by an overwhelming majority.
HITS ‘PURER DEMOCRACY”
Former President Attacks ‘‘lmpractical
Beformers” and "Demagogues.”
Philadelphia, former President
Tuff Called a halt in the movement
toward “purer democracy” and greater
social and individual freedom. In a
speech at the commencement exercis
es of a local business college he ar
raigned "impractical reformers” and
“demagogues” who seek to arouse
class consciousness. He took issue with
the tendency to inject more democ
racy into educational methods, and de
clarde the spread of “lubricity” in lit
erature and on the stage, and indi
rectly in education, was a danger to
young men and women of the coun
try.
Job Landed for Roberts.
Washington.—Judge W. T. Roberts
of Douglas; Ga., former solicitor gen-er
al of circuit, has bebh nain
ed by Secretary of Commerce Redfleld
as special attorney for the- bureau of
corporations. This important position
wasjaiided lor Judge Roberts through
the influence of William J. Harris, di
rector of the census, who is very close
to the secretary of Commerce. Mr.
Harris and Judge llQbcrts served in
the state senate together and occupied
adjoining seats. Judge Roberts was
chairman of the judiciary committee.
Relics of Davis Given to Heirs by U. S.
Washington. —Jefferson Davis’ two
dueling pistols, a double-barreled pis
tol and appurtenances, seized by Un
ion troops near the close of the Civil
war and which have been in the cus
tody of the war department nearly fif
ty years, will be turned over to Jo
seph A. Hayes, of Colorado, whose wife
is the eldest daughter of the former
president of the Confederacy. The
shawl and raglan, belonging to Mrs.
Davis, said to have been worn by Da
vis when he was captured, were not
included among the articles.
FEE toOLNlft. PllikiKE&S, DOI’GLAS, GEORGIA.
COTTON GINNING REPORT
tti f ja am >ii •
13,589,171 BALES GINNED PRIOR TO
JANUARY 16—INCLUDED WERE
97,034 ROUND BALES.
Half Million Bales Increase Over This
Time Last Year Ginnings by
States and Comparisons.
Washington.—The ninth cotton gin
nnig report of the census bureau for
the season announced that 13,589,171
bales of cotton counting round as half
bales, of the growth of 1913 had been
ginnned prior to January 16, to which
date during the past seven years the
ginning average 97.5 per cent, of the
entire crop.
Ginnings prior to January 16 by
states with comparisons' for last year
and other big crop years ginned prior
to the date in those years, follows:
States. Year. Giinnlngs.
Alabama 1913 1.475,642
1912 1,307,738
1911 1,638,699
Arkansas . . . .1913 967,729
1912 741,252
1911 797,597
Florida 1913 65,754
1912 57.324
1911 88,177
Georgia 1933 2,316,304
1912 1,781,232
1911 2,657,954
Louisiana . . . .1913 420,094
1912 369,076
1911 357,758
Mississiippi . . .1913 1,176,626
1912 952,520
1911 1,061,859
North Carolina. .1913 784,402
1912 576.493
1911 696,988
Oklahoma . . . .1913 825,112
1912 965,752
1911 915,563
South Carolina. .1913 1,369,4:14
1912 1,192.574
1911 1,536,085
Tennessee . . . .1913 358,297 1
1912 252,890
1911 386,293
Texas 1913 3J15.725
1912 4,509,220
1911 3,964,620
Other States . . 1913 11,052
Georgia Bills Being Pushed.
Washington. Senator Bacon has in
troduced a bill for an experiment sta
tion in southern Georgia to standard
ize grades of table syrup made from
!sugar cane and Lo study the use and
| value of cane by-products. Senator
j Smith has introduced a bill to author
! isre the secretary of state to invite oth
er nations to the fourth annual meet
ing of the National Drainage congress
at Savannah. Ga. The bill appropriates
SIO,OOO for the congress. Representa
tive Lee of Georgia has introduced a
bill authorizing a survey of Coosa riv
er between Rome, Ga., and dam No. 4
in Alabama.
Mrs. Wilson Gives SI,OOO to School,
Rome, Ga. —A feature of unusual In
terest at the celebration of,the twelfth
anniversary of the famous Martini
Berry school here, was the annqunce
; ment of the endowment by Mrs. Wood
row Wilsop of the Edward W. Ax-
J s.ou scholarship of SI,OOO from money
[obtained from the sale of her pictures.
I The scholarship was in honor of her
j brother, who was drowned near Rome,
1 the old family home. Many alumni
from Georgia and Alabama attended
the exercises and most of them made
interesting talks praising the school.
Captain Relieved of Command.
Washington.—Capt. llarry A. Field,
commanding the battleship Louisiana,
has been found guilty by a courtmar
tial of “hazarding his ship by navi
gating without a chart,” when the
Louisiana grounded on a reef off Vera
Cruz, Mexico, last August. Secretary
Daniels made public the findings of
the courtmartial held recently at Nor
folk with the announcement that be
cause four of the seven members of
the court had urged leniency, he had
modified the sentence by a reduction
from ten to five numbers.
LITTLE TTEHS OF GEORGIA CITIES
Tallapossa,—R, 8. Bonner. wbo .re.
eides at Heflin, produced and canned
last year 1,350 cans of tomatoes.
These fans are now being marketed,
for which Mr. Bonner expects to re
ceive $1,350. The work was done
entirely by -Mr. Bonner and his fam
ily.
Thomasville—'The Truckers’ asso
ciation, of Thomas county, was re
cently organized in this county, the
organization having been effected a.t
a meeting of truck farmers, who, by
this co-operative method, purpose to
bring tbeir products to a packing
house, have them packed for ship
ping in a proper way, and marketed
to the greatest advantage.
Griffin—A covered wagon with two
Socialists as passengers attracted con
siderable attention, when it stopped in
t'ropt of a bank here. On the canvas
sides were painted “For Socialism.
Socialism Caravan from Coast to
Coast. 2,000,000 Votes for Socialism
in 19X6.” The men left New York
City, May 18, 1913. Their destination
,is San Franciscc, they planning to
roach that city al out January 1, 1915.
Cedartown. —An effort is being
made to establish at Cedartown a
15,600 spindle mill. C, W. .Bateson
of New York, who.has the matter in
charge-.- proposes to transform the
Josephihe and Wahneta knitting
mills into a factory. A number of
local stock subsciiptions were recent
ly obtained for this purpose. It b*
■expected that the bulk of the money
will crime from New York. _
Liyeffy.—Not in many years ha,;
such a prolonged drouth occurred iu
January as compared with the pres
ent one. Not a drop of rain fal
len since the second of the present
month, and the weather is still fa r
arid moderately warm. Many of the
wells and cisterns are drying up and
the water supply is getting low. Ev
en the small creeks and branches
have stopped running and are as dry
as in the hot summer time.
Tallulah Park. —Tallulah Park, Hab
ersham county, Georgia, the station
on the Tallulah Falls railroad, estab
lished for the use of the Appalachian
apple orchards, has now been made
a postoffice, and Ruble E. Stockton
has been appointed postmaster. Mr.
Stockton states that his office will
he ready to open in the next few’
days. This postoffice was establish
ed at the solicitation of Louis B. Ma
gid and his employees and has about
150 patrons.
Gainesville. —The average price at
which Hall county land is returned
per acre is $8.51, according to some
recent figures made by the Hall coun
ty tax assessors. This step, taken
by the assessors, is in line with the
agitation for the equalization of the
tax rate, and affords an interesting
as well as necessary basis tor further
action. The average return per acre
for the Gainesville district, being the
highest was found to be SI.OB. The
next highest average return from the
twenty-one districts of the county is
that made by the Oakwood district,
which is sll.ll. Polksville comes
lowest with ah average of $5.38 per
acre.
Rome. —Citizens of Menlo, in Chat
tooga county, are planning to secure
the extension of the Rome and North
ern railroad to their city. A project
is already under way to extend the
road to Subligna. The people of
Menlo will ask that another exten
sion be built for 14 1-2 nniles gcrqss
the county from Gore, the present
northern terminus' of the railroad, to
Menlo, which is a thriving little town
of 1,200 people, has hut one railrbad.'
the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.
If this connecting link is built be-
I tween the Rome and Northern and
the T., A. 0. lihe, it will mean a ne\V
rail' route from Chattanooga to Rome,
and perhaps eventually, tq Atlanta.
Cot-dele.—The good housewives of
Cordele have started a movement for
a gas plant by taking the matter up
with the chamber of Commerce and
insisting that the mayor and city
council lend their assistance to the
movement. Summer weather is most
too hot, declare the women, for the
use of the common stove or range
for which wood or .coal ,is ugpd as
fuel, and they insist tin having gas
fOr cooking purposes. The moye
f ment has already taken on good
form, a committee having been ap
pointed from the chamber of com
merce and the city council to further
it, and it is understood that the city
fathers are prepared to consider a
good gas franchise-.
Lyxingtun.—W. P. \ViUonghby, a
farm overseerpr, Jiving four miles
from this place, who is partially par
was attacked by a mad dog
iri the yard of his home and severely
b)tten. In some way, while attempt
ing to defend himself as best he
cOUld. Mr.'Willoughby TfcS n’ fo
thg" ground and while prostrate and
helpless, on account of, pot having
f he complete use of his limbs, liis
arms were being chevved by the dog
when assistance arrived. So badly
was he bitten that doctors spent the
night at his home administering
treatment.
Rome. —Self defense will be the
plea of W. C. Baker, who shot
through the heart Ernest Richards, a
fellow workman in the Massachusetts
mills at Lindale. Baker is in the
Floyd county jail, having been cap
tured as he ran from the scene of
the tragedy with a smoking revolver
in his hand by Deputy Sheriff Henry
Donahoo, who happened to be pass
ing. Baker declares that Richards,
who was a younger and larger man
than he is, had been worrying him
for weeks, had fought with him last
Saturday and that last night barred
his homeward path
AGAINST FREE TOLLS
V • -T ' y
PRESIDENT -HO LOS EXEMPTION
TO AMERICAN COASTWISE VES
SELS VIOLATES TREATY.
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THREE COURSES ARE OPEN
Question of Panama Canal Tolls Is
Subject Discussed About Cap -
tol in Washington.
Washington. —How to dispose of tk£
Panama cafial tolls question was the
subject uppermost in discussion about
the capital when the attitude of Pres,
ident Wilson, outlined to the senate
foreign relations committee, became
public The president’s position was
asserted to be that tile provision of
the Panama canal act granting toil
exemption to American vessels is in
violation of the Hay-Pauncefote trea
ty, which proclaims that the canal
shall be free and open to all nations
“on terms of entire equality,’’ and
that "charges of traffic should be just
ami equitable.’’
Before definite action is taken in
congress, it was said administration
leaders will await the public state-’
raent from the president dn the ques
tion. President, Wilson himself, after
the conference with.the senators, said
lie would proclaim Ills view's “at a
future time.’’
Three courses are open to Congress.
Great Britain, which persistently has
opposed the toll exemption for Ameri
can ships, has offered to arbitrate the
question as to its being a violation of
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The ma
jority in congress, it is believed, oppos
es this, maintaining that the United
States should settle the issue for itself.
Another course is to carry into effect a
resolution submitted by Representative
Adamson, which would suspend, for
two years, the operation of the pro
vision exempting American ships from
the payment of tolls. Should this be
adopted, diplomatic negotiations could
continue in the meantime. The third
proposal is that congress repeal the
free toll provision.
Representative Adamson said that
the committee on interstate and for
eign commerce undoubtedly would re
port the free tolls suspension bill to
the house favorably, but that this ac
tion would be held up pending defi
nite word from President Wilson. Mr.
Adamson expects the president to com
municate his views to congress soon
in a special message
WHITE TEACHERS BARRED
By Measure Passed by South Carolina
House of Representatives.
Columbia, S. C.—The lower house
of the South Carolina general assem
bly passed to third reading a hill pro
hibiting white people from teaching
in negro schools or negroes in white
schools under penalty of a fine of not
more than SSOO or imprisonment for
not exceeding twelve months. The
passage of the measure was recom
mended by Governor Blease in a mes
sage to the general assembly.
The bill was amended to include the
“intimacy of the races in houses of
ill repute.”
Another amendment provides that
the bill shall not be regarded as pro
hibiting the teaching of the Bible to
negroes.
The measure was passed to third
reading after a bitter fight in which
the chief issue was whether negroes
would be more liable to be taught so
cial equality by teachers of their own
race or by white people. A strenuous
effort was made to exempt Charleston
| county from the provisions of the bill,
j In Charleston, it was stated, about
i fifty white women teach negroes in
I tjie public schools.
Sensational speeches were made,
| and at times the discussion became
most bitter.
In urging the passage of the bill Mr.
’ Fortner of Spartanburg declared:
“The negroes have their Booker T.
; Washington. Let the negroes run
their own business and their schools.”
$25,000 for Cancer Work.
New York.—The New York Homeo
pathic Medical College has been given
! $25,000 for research work in cancer,
! it was announced. The donor is Lam
bert Suydam, who for many years has
j been interested in furthering scien
tific investigation along this line.
Probe of Strikes Ordered.
Washington.^A -sweeping Anvestiga-.-
tion of jitrike cojk] it am s in Urn coal
| fields oLCoiofhgo jmd tlife iopier
trict of Michigan was author feed by*
r )he house. By a vote of 151 to 15
! the House adopted the resolution of
Representative Keating of Colorado,
! ethpowering the mines and mining
' committee to make inquiry as to con
j ditions in Colorado and Michigan in
which the federal government might
!be concerned. Hearings will be con
ducted in’ the strike regions by a sub
committee, or sub-committees.
Comber Leaped 380 Feet.
San Francisco, Cal.—The highest
seas known on the Pacific coast since
it was charted by the United States
government were recorded. The light
on Trinidad Head, near Eureka, Cal.,
was put out last week by surf that
smashed the thick protecting panes
of glass surrounding it. Trinidad
, Head rises 380 feet above the sea level.
The light is perched on a shelf of
rock about half way up, and the lens
is 200 feet above the margin of the
surf.
STpP°tD TRAFFIC FOR FUBSY
Business on New York Thoroughfare
Interrupted While Mother Cat
-< Crossed the Street.
It was a busy day in Fulton street.
Lines of trucks were bucking each oth
er east and west, when out from a
produce store came a cat, and dang
ling from her mouth was a kitten,
with which she essayed to cross the
street. Each time she started she had
to turn back because of a truck, and
her efforts soon attracted a c.:evd of
idlers.
Down from the corner came a po
liceman. He soon saw what was the
matter, and while there was nothing
in. the traffic regulations to cover
point, it took the bluecoat only a mo
' ment to decide what to do.
Gofng into the street he raised his
hands in the way that truckmen have
learned means “Stop.” They stopped.
The cat. sedlng her opportunity, took
a firmer hold on the nape of her prod
igy, and then, holding it high to keep
its curved tail out of the mud, she
slowly and deliberately picked her way
across and disappeared in a cellar.
PROBABLY BET WASN’T PAID
1 Youngster Undoubtedly Had Won It*
but There Were Other Circum
stances to Consider.
It was the day after the party. Njne
year-old Robert came to his mother
and said:
“Mamma, how many of those nice
cut-glass ice cream dishes of yours are
there exactly?”'
“Twenty-four, my son.”
"Will you bet me that you have
more than 23?”
“No, darling. Grandmother Brown
gave me one dozen and Grandmother
Sullivan another dozen. That makes
exactly two dozen.”
“All the same,” persisted young
Robert, “please bet me!”
“Very well, I’ll bet.”
“Then you’ve lost. ’Cause I’ve brok
en one of ’em.” —New York Evening
Post.
Deserved His Tip.
A gentleman who frequently visited
Ireland generally stopped and dined
at the same hotel in Cork.
On Iris arrival one day he perceived
a written notice on the looking glass
in the luncheon-room, which ran as
follows:
"Strangers are particularly request
ed not to give any money to the wait
ers as attendance is charged for in
the bill.”
The waiter who had attended on
him at dinner, seeing him reading this
notice, said:
“Oh. mister, sure that don’t concern,
you in any way. Your honor was
never made a stranger of in this ho
tel.”
One kind of a nuisanco is always
telling you that “you ought to take
something for that before it is too
late.”
Probably.
Bix—l see that someone is getting
up a “Woman's Dictionary.”
Dix —More words in it, I suppose.
Sore Eyes, Granulated Eyelids and Stie*>
promptly healed with Roman Eye Bal
sam. Adv
Overheard.
"Katherine has such a taking way.”
“I wish she had a way of bringing
hack.”—Boston Evening Transcript.
An opportunity is a good bit like a
wasp. It takes a lot of experience to
know how to grasp it without getting
stung.
Many a man who marries for money
is a poor collector.
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