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THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE. THERE IS NO PAPER LIKE THE HOME PAPER TO HOME PEOPLE. VOLUME XVII. (’LAYTON, RABUN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 00, 1014. NTMJJEIl 1. HUERTA FILLS JAILS WITH HIS ENEMIES ALLEGED PLOT TO OVERTHROW THE DICTATOR DISCOVERED IN MEXICO CITY. REBELS ATTACK 7 TOWNS Many Prominent Mexicans Arrested. Money Sent to El Paso to Pay Soldiers. UNCLE IS STILL ON THE JOB Mexico City.—The police authorities eay 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 Robies, are among those arrested, it is alleged that Gen. Eugene Rasoon, military governor of Oaxaca, and Gen. I-’ernado Gonzales were in some way involved in the plot. They, however, have not been placed under arrest. Tiie 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 the conversations. El Paso, Texas.—Although they are to he 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 tiie pay due them for fighting before they crossed tiie Rio Grande. Each Mexican soldier received $5, his first pay for months, and-, accord ing to Gen. Salvador Mercado, the commander, the last. None of the for eign soldiers were permitted to leave tiie reservation to spend the money. An official census just completed by Col. Frederick Perkins, shows there. • are now 5,295 soldiers and refugees to he provided for by this government. Besides the six generals there are thir teen field officers of the regular Mexi can army and fifteen volunteer field officers. Other officers total 201. The women number 1,237 and the children 562. Bandit •• operating in western Chi huahua state under Maximo Castillo again an.- creating terror among tiie 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. \ i GOVERNOR WOULD MAKE JUS TICE EASIER FOR THE POOR TO OBTAIN. TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS In His Message to the Legislature Governor Slaton Will Probably Urge Needed Change in Court Procedure. JAPANESE MAKE PROTEST COTTON CUING REPORT JAPAN IS STILL GROWLING AT THE UNITED STATES ABOUT CALIFORNIA. Japanese Foreign Minister Says Amer ican Attitude on Alien Land Laws Is Unsatisfactory. 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 $8,- 000,000, some of which was pocketed by the road’s own officers, are cited as among the underlying causes for the insolvency of tiie St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad company, in a report, fo the senate by the inter state commerce commission on the Frisco line’s receivership. No recom mendations are made liy the commis sion, E. E. Clark, tiie chairman, stating in a letter of transmittals addressed to tiie president, that they were not call ed for in tiio resolution adopted by tiie senate last summer, directing the in vestigation. The report shows that tiie funded debt of the railroad May 27, 19X3, when the receivership was ordered, amount ed to 82.63 per cent., of the total capi tal liability, the total capital at that time amounting to $295,633,933.72, of which only $51,364,100 was capital stock and $244,269,833.72 was fuuded debt including equipment trust notes. That the interest-bearing liabilities ■ of the Frisco system exceeded the stock liability by 375 per cent, “and were wholly disproportionate when compared with tho capitalization of other carriers, including those in tiie territory west of the Mississippi riv er,” is asserted by the commission. 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 tiie Jap anese government "had come to see tiie necessity of considering some oth er ways for solution of the question,” because tiie replies of tiie United States had not been found satisfactory, was cabled in full from Tokio to the Japanese embassy here. Tiie 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 Cliitida on August IS remain ed unanswered. It also revealed the fact that tiie ambassador, under in structions from Tokio, saw President Wilson on March 5, the day after the president’s inauguration, and asked that lie make an effort to stop tiie 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 tiie United States government and thanks also to proper steps opportunely taken by tho people and government of Japan, noth ing of serious moment did fortunately j occur, hut at the fortietli session of j the legislature which assembled last year a bill known as the Webb bill, j aiming at prohibition of ownership of! real property by Japanese was passed I by an overwhelming majority. 13,589,171 BALES GINNED PRIOR TO JANUARY 16—INCLUDED WERE 97,034 ROUND BALES. Half Million Bales Increase Over This Time Last Year — Ginningo by States and Comparisons. to secure and study Washington.—The ninth cotton gin- nnig report of the census bureau for the season announced that 13,589,171 hales of cotton counting round ur. 1: ' * 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: 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 lire at a moving picture siiow on a plantation in tiie Dutch residency of Surhbaya. Most of tiie 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., aged 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 of his household. Mrs. Clark fled. When her husband started to attack their 15- year old daughter, young Clark shot his father down. A wife and nine chil dren surviv HITS ‘PURER DEMOCRACY” Former President Attacks “Impractical Reformers” and “Demagogues.” Philadelphia. — Former President Taft called a halt in tiie movement toward ‘ purer democracy” and greater social and individual freedom. In a speech at the commencement exercis es of a iocal business college he ar raigned “impractical reformers” and “demagogues” who seek to arouse class consciousness. He took issue with tiie tendency to inject more democ racy into educational methods, and de- elarde tho spread of “lubricity” in lit erature and on the stage, and indi rectly in education, was a dauger to young men and women of the coun try. Job Landed for Roberts. Washington.—Judge W. T. Roberts of Douglas, Ga., former solicitor gener al of Tallapoosa circuit, has been nam ed by Secretary of Commerce Redfleld as special attoniey for the bureau of corporations. This important position was landed for Judge Roberts through the influence of William J. Harris, di rector of the census, who is very close to tiie secretary of commerce. Mr. Harris aud Judge Roberts served in the state senate together and occupied adjoining seats. Judge Roberts was —Atlanta. Governor Slaton will probably call attention, and may make recommen dations, in his annual message to i the legislature to one needed in court | procedure in the matter of defending 1 persons indicted for felony charges ; and who may not have means to cm- ' ploy counsel. Under long established custom, In ; a great many cases, counsel is ap- i pointed for such accused persons on the very day of tho trial. This rare- - ly gives lawyers a fair opportunity j to prepare their defense intelligently and with the care tiie state has had j ample opportunity for so doing in ! such cases. This practice undoubtedly often re sults in accused parties failing to have proper defense and adequate | preparation of their cases. Instances now and then arise in the matter of 1 pardons, commutations or paroles, ! where material facts, which might | have served to ameliorate the punish ment administered, were not brought out in the trial through this very : difficulty of counsel appointed not j having opportunity \ qhestion witnesses ■ pasp carefully, j Now and then it becomes rather i tho clear duty of the commission and : the governor to right some wrong I thus visited upon an accused and con- yvned person. This miscarriage of justice, 6t course, befalls negroes more frequently than others, because a very much larger percentage of that race, when indicted on felony charges, have no resources at hand to employ competent counsel in ad vance. Therefore, Governor Slaton be lieves it would often prevent such wrongs, and tend to strengthen the court decisions, and at tiie same time work to the end of preventing un necessary delays in the enforcement of merited punishment, if changes could he made to require judges in such cases to appoint counsel some weeks or days in advance, so cases could be prepared and justice held in even scale. Former Governor Brown is also of tho opinion that some change of this character would prove a good one. Governor Slaton has not yet start ed work on his annual message, but the above is one feature he will prob ably incorporate in it in some way, either by calling attention to the matter or by making a direct recom mendation. Many lawyers, with whom ho has discussed this idea, agree with tiie executive and say that it would he fairer both to tho lawyer so named and the party acused of crime. Experts to Be Put in Charge. Representatives of the United States government, the state highway departments and the American High way association, will arrive in Atlanta early in February, after making an inspection of tiie Washington-Atlanta national highway for tiie purpose of placing it under tiie supervision of three government engineers. This in formation comes to Fred Houser, sec retary of the Atlanta convention bu reau, in a letter from J. E. Pennypack- er, secretary of tiie American High way association. Mr. Pennypacker states that arrangements have been made between the American Highway association and tiie United States bu reau of public roads, whereby three ex perts will he placed upon continuous duty upon tills highway. Tiie object of the trip to Atlanta, which will be made in automobiles, will be to encourage the co-operation of tiie various counties through which tho highway passes. Fulton County Gets Girls' Home. The hoard of managers of tiie Geor gia Training School for Wayward Girls considered bids and propositions from Mrs. Wilson Gives $1,000 to School. I several counties and Georgia commun- Alabama ... . .1913 1,475,642 1912 1,307,73S 1911 1,638,699 Arkansas . . . .1913 967,729 1912 741,282 1911 797,597 Florida .... .1913 65,754 1912 57,324 1911 88,177 Georgia .... .1913 2,316,304 1912 1,781,232 1911 2,657,984 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 876,493 1911 696,9SS Oklahoma . . . .1913 825,112 1912 965,752 1911 915,563 South Carolina. .1913 1,369,434 1912 1,19'2,574 1911 1,536,085 Tennessee . . . .1913 358,297 1912 252,890 1911 386,293 Texas .1913 3,718,725 1912 4,509,220 1911 3,964,620 Other States . .1913 11,052 Georgia Bills Being Pushed. Washington.—Senator Bacon lias in troduced a bill for an experiment sta tion in southern Georgia to standard ize grades of table syrup made from sugar cane and to study tiie use and value of cane by-products. Senator Smith lias introduced a bill to author ize 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 $10,000 for tiie 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. Rome, Ga.—A feature of unusual in terest at the celebration of tiie twelfth anniversary of the famous Martha Berry school here was the announce ment of the endowment by Mrs. Wood- row Wilson of the Edward W. Ax- son scholarship of $1,000 from money obtained from the sale of her pictures. The scholarship was in honor of her brother, who was drowned near Rome, the old family home. Many alumni from Georgia and Alabama attended the exercises and most of them made chairmau of the judiciary committee, | interesting talkB praising the school. ities for the location of the school for delinquent and corrigible girls, at a meeting, acecpted tiie bid of Fulton county, which offered them the best proposition. Fulton county offered a cash consideration of $7,500 and 50 acres of land, extending the board of managers the option of two tracts— one on Stewart avenue, near Hape- vllle, known as the Harriet Hawkes Industrial school site, and the other tract near the Chattahoochee river, known as Baker’s Ferry, out the Ad- amsville road. Governor May Not Annul Act. Governor Slaton announced his de cision in tiie famous Nasb-Obear con troversy. Tiie decision was adverse to Adjutant General Val Holt Nash and retains Quartermaster General AYil- liam G. Obear in office. The chief ex ecutive holds that the office of quar termaster general was created by act of tho legislature and his duties pre scribed by such legislative act. it is not within the province of tiie gover nor to annul an act of the general as sembly, even if it should conflict with an order of the war department. It will be for the legislature next sum mer to decide whether tiie militia of Georgia shall continue to be subject to state regulation and control, or whether it shall he made a part of the United States army. So long as the adjutant general receives his pay from tiie state and not from tiie national government, the governor sees no rea son why lie should not continue in of fice and continue to perform tiie duties of his office. If the legislature sees fit it can abolish the office at its next meeting next summer. Book Commission Split. Developments so far in tiie investi gations of the McCrory school hook commission make it practically certain that there is not and cannot be any unanimity of sentiment in that body as to tiie plan for Georgia to enter the school book publishing business. Tes timony so far brought out make it al most certain that tiie overwhelming sentiment of tiie commission, as now composed, will be in opposition to the state going into the publishing busi ness. Representative McCrory, author of tiie resolution and one of the most persistent advocates of tiie state en gaging in tiie undertaking of publish ing its own school books, is certain to remain firm in his original position in this matter. Ho is not convinced that the state will not make a very mate rial saving in so doing, and all the tes timony in opposition so far developed has not changed him a hair’s breadth in that opinion. Famous Ante-Bellum Negro Dead. Jn tho death pt Roswell of William Jackson, one of the oldest of ante bellum negroes has passed away. Dad dy Williams, as he was known by ev ery one, wns supposed to be at least 95 years old. An a slave lie Vas owned by Major Bulloch, and was one of the servants present at tiie marriage of Miss Mittie Bulloch to Mr. Roose velt, father of Col. Theodore Roose velt. On the occasion of Colonel Roosevelt's visit to his mother’s home a few years ago. Daddy William was at Bulloch Hall to see his “Miss Mit- tie’s boy.” He was a member of the Roswell Presbyteria nchurch, of which he was for many years sexton. In lus seat in the gallery of the quaint church he was a familiar figure. His funeral will be conducted by Rev. Ralph Car- son, the pastor of tiie church. Carrying Weapon Sometimes Justified. In the case of Harirs vs. the State, from Laurens county, handed down, the court of appeals held that there are circumstances in which tiie carry ing of a concealed weapon is justifia ble, and that the law is not always to he strictly construed. Harris had rea son to believe that his home had been invaded and its sanctity violated. He accordingly procured a pistol and shot tho invader, who entered his home. He was tried and convicted of carry ing a concealed weapon. The court holds that he was acting within his rights and that it would have been too much to require him to have pro cured a license from tiie ordinary be fore proceeding to defend his home. The case against him was according ly, reversed. Atlanta Women's Fight on Miss Nesbit Homer George is chuckling gleeful chuckles these mid-January days. Tho reason? Sure, Mr. George is manager of the Atlanta Theater, and that play house has booked for February 26 and 27 Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, who is known more or less in tiie newspaper prints. Still that doesn’t supply sufficient reason for Mr. George’s chuckles. Eve lyn is billed to do some dancing, so some good women here are up in arms over tiie fact that she is to come to Atlanta, and are airing their objec tions in tiie local papers. Oh, no, that won’t help pack and jam the Atlanta Theater, Mr. George opines slyly be hind his hand! Commission Investigates Costs. Four lines of inquiry will be made by tiie legislature textbook commission as decided at a meeting held in State Superintendent M. L. Brittain's office. They are a3 follows: What a printing plant would cost the state; at what price Georgia can buy copyrights from authors: if copy rights cannot he bought outright, at what price can they be leased; how much it will cost the state to publish common school textbooks by contract provided the state furnishes the texts. Authors of a number of textbooks were examined to find out what the cost of the books were, and also what royalties they received. They were Lawton B. Evans, superintendent of schools in Augusta; S. B. Sanford, pro fessor at the state university, and G. T. Hunnicutt of Atlanta. A JOB FOR GOETHALS WILSON WANTS GOETHALS TO BUILD THE ALASKAN ROAD. DOES NOT WANT TO LOSE HIM Colonel to Be Made Civil Governor of Canal Zone—New York Move Opposed. Washington.—-Col. George W. Goe- tiials will be made civil governor of tiie canal zone, and when lie gets through with his work there an effort will be made to have him construct tiie proposed Alaskan railway. This was the opinion expressesd by several persons close to the administration. COL GEORGE W. GOETHALS #M«IS4£WI« As a reward for his service in Panama it is reported Colonel Goethals will be placed in charge of the construc tion of the Alaskan railway. commenting on reports that tiie chief engineer eventually would become the commissioner of police of New York City. j, Mayor Mitchell of New York is ex pected hero to speak at a banquet of tiie University Club, and it is likely that he will talk with President Wil son on the same day about the status of Colonel Goethals. It is believed the president will tell Mayor Mitchell that lie is desirous of keeping Colonel Goethals, that his engineering ability may not be lost to tiie United States URGES SCHOOLS IN SUMMER Commissioner Claxton So Urges—Prac tice of Closing Termed Primitive. Washington. — Characterizing the practice of closing public schools in summer as “primitive aud preposter ous” and declaring the most “import ant problem of today was to keep city hoys from three months' contam ination in tiie streets,” 1’. P. Claxton, commissioner of tiie United States bu reau of education, approved a plan which would mean continuous school sessions and through which two mil lion children might ho enlisted in voca tional work. A program for summer vocational work of public school children was submitted to tiie - commissioner by Clyde Alison Mann, secretary of the American Society for Thrift, "The teachers should teacii nature study and the principles of horticul ture,” said Mr. Claxton, “Public schools of the country rep resent an investment in buildings, grounds and equipment of nearly two billion dollars, and this investment stands idle about one-quarter of the time for no other reason than that in primitive days botli teachers and pupils were needed on the farms three or four months in tiie summer. Duehay Will Inspect Federal Prison. Washington.—Francis H. Duehay, tho newly appointed superintendent of prisons, will shortly visit Atlanta, Ga., to inspect the United States penitln- tiary tiiere. His appointment is a per sonal one of Attorney General McRey- riolds, and he does not have to ,be confirmed by the senate, so he will enter upon his new duties at once. Mr. Duehay declined to make an comment upon the charges of Julian Hawthorne and others affecting the conduct of Warden Moyer.