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VOLUME XVII. CLAYTO xtT i«gg s&jggpa gjAig ''•1 I-"’- - , ■ ^MllEli «. -'• LITERACY TEST OPPOSED PRESIDENT WILSON—ATTI TUDE NOT VOLUNTEERED. HAS DISCUSSED THE MATTER His Views Communicated to the Sen ate Committee on Immigration Who Solicited Them. Washington.—Trepidant Wilson's op position ,to tljo literacy test ^s a / atrictlyo measure on immigration has been communicated to the senate com , '.-lnittee on immigration, which has be . lore it the Burnett bill as passed by • the house. The president's attitude . was not volunteered, but solicited by A .direction of the committee which au thorized its chairman. Senator Ellison. RUSSELL F. GREINER TRAIN ■ HULLED CHARRED BtJNES -GREET RE80U - : ERS WHO PENETRATED 1 . TUNNEL, NO ONE KNOWN TO BE ALwlf 1). Smith of -South Carblina to confer with the chief executive. Senator Smith has discussed the matter with the president several times, and m.*le a Tl 'ort to I'.ia col leaguea. He had another conference at the white house, and he will dis cuss it at a meeting of the immlgra tJon committee. The senator would not talft about his Visit to the white bouse, hut emphasized his own deter- mlnation to steer carefully the bark of Immigration legislation as launched by .the house. “Id ray, judgment," said Senator Smith, "and it Ip a judgment held also by'.many Democratic and Republican Senators, there la no more important ^ legislation before cougreas than this ImrafonMioa * bill. What we do to- Wfi refonnipj? <mr Immigration laws Vj»*AUmo*t'Importance dot only to oyfn natlmn- but ttx the. whole ■orlrt - 'The world looks to America with particular interest on legislation of ' this character. Every foreign nation ’L~,ibtluijytatMjfcjij>, this subject. Every -'.ji /g.auLV-ffi'lin./1 era t lo n reform mill gjjj^Ked.-4jar«funjr By thlp Rus»ell F. Greiner, president of the International Association of Rotary Clubs, has been making a tour of the east in the interests of those or ganizations of business and profes sional men. He invited President Wil son tQ attend the annual convention of the clubs at Houston, Tex., next June. Mr. Greiner is head of a bank noto concern In Kansas City.. SAKS EXEMPTION MISTAKE ONLY MONOPOLY- WOULD BENEFITED, WRITES MR. WILSON. ItiftlfilcUhjr^T u*[fufaiiooft 4 luf olVed *tn the subject must be considered from a non-partisau standpoint. Pollttctana cannot be substituted for diplomats In tho making of an immigration law, and It Is my purpose to see to It that this law Is thoroughly deliberated be fore the senate is asked to pass it." Ag to the literacy test in the house ■bill Senator Smith would make no statement, either concerning his own ■or the president's; views. Other mem bers of the committee have let it he known, however, that President Wilson favors some other form of Immigration restriction. Senatof Lodge of Massa chusetts, a member of the committee and staunch advocate for many years of a literacy teat for li^mlgrhnta. in tends to fight vigorously for retentlou of this provision in the bill. Baltimore. Md.—President Wood- row Wilson, in a letter to William ,£m Mv.-vUty. RAINE'S SHORTAGE $788,804 Bond Fixed at $250,000, and Man It Sent to Cell in Jail. Memphis, Tenn.—"I am guilty. 1 want to go to Jail." This was the re ply of IT. Hunter Raine, president of (he Mercantile bank, which closed Us doors, when he was arraigned o bench warrant charging embezzlement, growing out of Raino’s alleged defalca tlon of $788,804 of the bank's funds, Over his protest that he didn't want to make bond. Criminal Judge Palmer fixed tho amount of the security at $250,000, but Mr. Raine went directly to a cell In the county jail. The hear ing lasted only a few minutes. J. L. Hutton, state superintendent of banks, took charge of the Mercantile bank's affairs as receiver. An Inves tigation of tho present.resources of the bank was immediately begun. Mr. Ralno so far has refused to make any statement Made and Lost Hit- Life. Saa Diego., Cal.—Lieut. Henry II Post of the first aero corps, consld ered one of the rdost skillful United States army aviators, plunged to his ■death In San Diego bay. when the right wing of his hydroaeroplane crumjled. Post died' after establish ing an American altitude record of 12,* 120*feet He fell 600 feet ipto shal low water, and was dead when Francis Wlldman. another aviator, reached the - -scone In a flying boaL - 4 Think* Nation'* Honor IV at Stake In R»gard to Panama Canal Tolls. .All People,on Train Which Mexican Bandit Tolled Into Death Trap," k Periahed. •’ V'% Cunibre, Chihuahua, Mexico.— ing but charred bones pnd buttons were found by the rescuing ;partv •which, -with the aid 6t oxygon helmets and pulraotors, pCaietratod.the CuniWe tunnel from the south portal, fts • far as the locomotive and firqt two cars of the passenger train which entered the burning cavern. ,• 'V , These are supposed to be the re mains of the engineer and fireman of the ill-fated paasengor train. They were probably killed’when their.en gine crashed Into the burning freight train, which had been pushed into the tunnel by Castillo's bandits several hours before, it is said. Now, It is believed that every one of the fifty or more passengers, Including the crew, aboard the train when It dashed Into the tunnel are dead, but whether the train was hurried Into the tuuhel to escape beieng captured by Castillo’s bandits or sent headlong .to Its de struction by the bandits may never bo known. .The wreckage is covored by from 3 mrora? .THERE WILL BE A i ntnt w. — VVlidEFitIT -0F ABOUT $40,000 N THE FUND; , i t dolertnipc l fevfci*. / ...... .... v , A month ego Seuatbr Bacon fell and suffered a, broken'rib. This hah united, but for-the past ten days .he . • has'bad 'fever tanging as 'high bs j0ir»-. The kidneys ■were'found to bo effet^-e ed, snd TbU physician, Dr/dames Uktf.- jyB iNEW NAMEstRE TAKEN OFF AUGUSTUS 0.; BACON ; SL'/fei:—....i..: /- Will Try .to Vay Half the Ccuntlea'Jh' ! the -Staid in a Very % ' 8hort Time,'- . .. v ---Atlanta. jfj ,-A conference,.was .‘held between Governor Slaton and: Penglon iGo.nl- t^jBsinnor iLindfley'.'Ejtffardtng -the jpay- pient of penalorfs’iSrithlB year. nor^kpowland, daught^-of V amU Mr*. Joseph' 1 . R. lAIWyneda, Cali mad*, bar uhlngtori' becledyi a. few cle of the woodwork of ali tho cars bdrned was found. 'The only recog. nizable body thus far recovered ta that of Juan Fernandez, rear brakenian of the passenger train, who had escaped, to within 200 feel of the north portal, when he Anally sucr.umbed, dying in "V Bitting posture,-with a hwrailuhcbbWf i^u ’ U VJ ■ Y-'l - ' bl 1144**1 JlUptUI ty, net* «* e dipt ion of American coastwise ship- tied about hi* nose and mouth, in a ping from* Panama canat tolls "con stitute* a vere ymlstaken policy from everey point of view," and “benefits, foe the present, at any rate, only a monopoly." The president also pays a high tribute to Secretary of State Bryan, who, ho' says* deservos “not only our confideneco, but our affection ate admiration." “With regard L> the question of ca nal tolls," says the letter, "my oplnlob is very clear. The exemption consti- stltutea a very mistaken policy from every pointy of view," and “benefits, unjust; as a matter of fact, it bene fits. for the present, at auy rate, only a monopoly; and it seems to me in clear violation of the terms of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty^ "There is, of course, much honest difference of opinion as to the last point, as there is, no doubt, as to the others; but it la at least debatable, and if the promises we make In such matters are debatable, I, for one, do not care to debate them. I think the country would prefer to let no ques tion ariao as to its whole-hearted pur pose to redeem its promise* in the light of any reasonable construction of them, rather than debate, a point of honor. vain endeavor to save himself from be ing smothered by the smoko and gas. It Is believed thnt all others in the train, who were not maimed or killed', when tho passenger train hit the wreckage of the freight, attempted to escape £*s did Fernandez, but were overcome. Washington.—AH those aboard the Ill-fated passenger train which collld* ed with seven burning freight cars in Cumbra tunnel appear to havo perish ed. They Included at leant eight Americans and thirty Mexicans ac cording to a dispatch from American consuL Letcher, at Chihuahua. U. S. MARINES LAND IN HAYTI Barker Kill*, Hlmaelf. Haxtehurst, Ga.—G. F. Armstrong, cashier of the Fannors' State bank, which closed its door* January 31, shot himself through the - head and died shortly afterward. Investigation, of the hank's affairs disclosed a. short age of approximately $12,000 and' a warrant waa. Issued charging' Arm strong with responsibility tor the die- nppearance of this sum. Ha ffas giv en until three o’clock to make good the shortage and shot himself just before-officers called to serve the ear- rant. ' - Rioting and Pillaging to an Alarming Extent Breaks OuL Washintgon.—Rioting and pillaging broke out In Cape Haitlen to Buch extent that Commander Bostwtck of the gunboat Nashville landed eighty men to protect lives and property of foreign residents. Commander Bostwtck took action at the request of foretgn consuls, strocttons to hie landing force were to protect Americans, all foreigners and theler property. E ' DavLlmar. Theofidore, who had pro claimed himself provisional (.resident before, hts defeat at Gonaivea at the hands of the Zamor brothers, is trying to set up a government at Cape Hal- tten, where ho retreated after the bat- tte. He has appotnted a cabinet, hut, according to Commander Bostwtck's report, appears to be losing control of hie forces. -* Man Kills Woman and Self. Atlanta.—The curtain, of tragedy dropped upon another mysterious “eternal triangle” when A. J. Amer- aoa of New Orleans pumped two but lets Into the body of a young woman who passed Id Atlanta aa hts wife, then drilled a hole' through his. own heart, la front of No. 52 Trinity ave nue. Both were slain instantly. She toppled Into a heap across the curb* lag. His body crumpled cross-wise over hers, the blood from four bul let holes streaming into tho muddy flow of the street gutter. .vansiutr nyBlU.INGHVr.wr. j' EXILED. J rReform Finances Caused th* i JWafeUoa Uvth# rwpubli* r i.T'^K.v.'Mf; Porai*v *vj^i ^ ***?' • Lima, Peru.—-Tho president of thft republic of Peru, Guillermo Billlntf- hurst, waa taken prisoner by the mil tary revolutionists. . t President Bllllnghurst was later taken, by the rebels aa a prisoner to i allac, from wMch port he will bq Bent into exile in & foreign country. The .rebels suddenly attacked the presidential palace under the leader ship of ColoneT Benavldds. Gen. En rique Varela, premier and minister of war, was killed in the fight which en sued. Dr. Augusto Durand, a former revo lutionary leader whose arrest was sought by tho police, took possession pient -of penalmftrjer *his year;. - i, • AfterCanvassing tkesituation fully l It was determined 'jtp leave off bf the. 'Tolls now the 796 bow tirtow added t6 the 1914 rolls for paymhpt, requir ing some -$40,600,'Inasmuch as'll Ap peared from the compiled ..figures of the commissioner/ that n deficit of pomething like that amount would oc cur After all the appropriation'and wvra Both Governor Slaton and Captain Lindsey took the position that pen sioners who had been on the rolls for a long period were entitled to first consideration in the distribution of tho appropriation, and that new pensioner* must take their chances wlthr the. legislature. Ilf; la, poyl: 'hoped thnt sufficient mofiby/Wllf ha In the treasury to pay approximateji.,halt of the counties In a tett-'dajfj? Of two weeks, depending largely btf’itow' titf electors remit. A- rather general,' impression has gained .currency, .apnyarenUy that Governor glat'on- sit t&i precedent of -Bret-avail- Hart'bou P* ae Mloww “No one person la responsible for (lie financial condition of the stat,e at >hla time. > The legislature tnado the lary creatlngT the teacher, amt pnn- *hSi..T*j,(jbj.ftxpd.tly? .'roafiacr and the- tithe of their leapeeiive 'pachlenU. These payments are dependent upon the' collection of the taxes- annually from tie people and every. other source of/revenup provided by'the law and luring those years gone by the genernt assembly created more debts'- and appropriated more money than they provided sources of reve nue to pay them. I am told, and It is true. that, the state ts In debt more than; |1,000,000. Neither Governor Slaton, myself nor the state treasurer Individually or-'Jointly are responsi ble'for this condition. “If there had been sufficient funds In the treasury as there used to be on the first day of January three or four years ago, both the teachere and the pensioners would have been paid, without any dispute as to who should be paid first. When the time came to January, 1911 to pay teacher and pensioner; It was developed that there was Insufficient funds in the ' •’■•vT r ■ iqff 5*n*te* jtrerw. Georgia wh* Wv trlougfy. Iff. W.k*hlngt»n phy»lol«ng tv*. iSk’Vi.abii- fa *(Urt»lf,. fegr-fj?, caut* Of th* senator** Ifthexx. ley Morgan, has > *enn puxzled the exact cause qr^he malady. lUO 04HW[ '.JtMffB luamwj. t _ ' ("£• Dei to tbe bd^ j Ditw* tOvrar'iiH k’by'’ Tbcu k was thought betted • catk could be given him at tho ^bOipitAl^ tthan in hla a part merit. t Owing to Sector JIacon'* age,, ba .> ^ will be 75 on October 20, next, grow r ; ln» rnnfpm 1h felt ks tfl hi* C0nd$-. v ' tfi Ing concern is felt k» tn his condW; tlon. Forming Boys* Plfl Club*.' PERKINS WINS LONG FIGHT government. Georgian Who Wa* Removed by , a , The attack on the palace began' at Military Cabal to Be Relocated. ' | ^:30 a. m. Thousands of Inhabitants . , 0 , ... 1 of Lima dashed Into the streets alarm- Washington.—Secretary of tho Navy “ ~ . . Daniels has definitely advised Geor- | ; d J* of so , di#ra were orde red (o state treasury to pay both. Then gla friends of Lieut. Col. Constantine I t , Ule a)r in orde r to the question arose as to who should Marrast Ferklns that lie will send'to ^ ^ f „ rmatl[m 0 f crowds tn the I P“‘d the teacher or the pen- congress within a few days a letter - P thls raet hod they kept s‘°ner. This was a Question of law approving that officer's reinstatement lha Danlc . atrtcke n people moving from j and Governor Brown at that time to remedy the Injury inflicted by a ^P ^ ^ In th0 vicinity of 8an submitted it to the then attorney gen- military cabal. P p(lro c J rch a elvlllan bystander was j eral. Hewlett Hall, lie being the legal In conversattlon with Senator Hoke , . h . advisor of the governor and of the Smith and Representative William Wtl- | Kmoa Dy * ' | heads of all of the departments of Ham Schley Howard, who have act- forming ooys rig viuu*. ^ . Georgia la the third state tn then South In which tho United States psrtment of agriculture Is organizing^ ■ boys' pig clubs. These clubs are the' -j naxf step In the corn club work by which the boy la taught,how to market hla crop on four legs Instead of four wheels. The clubs are somewhat lar. eachi boy raising a pure bred acccordlng to tnatructlona afn. exhibit--- r \, tng It next fall at the,. faIra'\Where.V.o prizes will be given, - \ t , - The objecU of the boys’ pig clubs In Georgia are: \',i( 1. To Stimulate an. Interest In swine production and to teach how to raise cheaper and better hogs by the use of:.. Improved blood and the growing of for- age crops. - ' I f 11am Schley Howard, who have acl '| co lflccc cCATi tho Btate go Te rnment, and clothed ively Interested themselves tn behalf l FRANK GLAob LUoto atfll W j t |j n,e authority-to Interpret the of tardy justice for this brave offl cer, the secretary declared that he convinced that Lieutenant Colo nel Perkins waa unjustly treated. He likened his case to that of Dreyfus in France. Of course In this persecution racial prejudice did not enter. Lieutenant C.olonel Perkin3 was appointed to the naval academy from Rome, Go., by President Grant. Hl3 father had served In the Mexican war. His two sisters are now living in Georgia—Mrs. W. L. Hunt at Rome, and Mrs. Richard W. Cubbedge at Macon.'. Two brothers are prominent business men in West Virginia. For six years Lieutenant Colonel Per kins has waged his fight, being many times In sight of hla. goal, only to have his hopes dashed to pieces. Senator Clay and Colonel Livingston both sought to have him reinstated, but could not convince the officers of the navy department of what they felt was rank injustice... ' ' , ’ Husband Shot Down by Wife. GalneavUle, Ga.—tn a desperate duel enacted before the frantic gaxe of their four joong children, Mrs. Fence Carter,' the pretty young wife , of a wealthy planter of the upper section of Half , county shot down her hus band as he sdvsnced upon her.'with a aharp-bladed ax. Reeling to a bed; upon which he Hoppled in aa uncon scious state, the wounded, man lay prostrate while the wfiman^ sobbing hysterically, unclothed him abd dress ed hie Injury with the tender care of a wite.- Senate Decide,, 32 to 31, Not to Seat Alabamian. Washington.—By a majority of one vote, 32 to 31, Frank P. Glass of Ala bama, lost bis fight for a seat in the United States senate. The senate sus tained the recommendation of the com mittee on privileges and elections, which held that Mr. Glass was not entitled to be seated because his ap pointment by Governor O'Neal to suc ceed the late Senator Joseph F. John- stoh\was made after tho seventeenth constitutional amendment directing the election of senators by the people had been proclaimed In full effect.. . In the face of determined opposition from the majority members of the committee, headed by Senator Korn, the champion of the Alabamian, pro ceeding from a forlorn hope, made re markable progress in gaining votes and tlia, narrow margin by which they lost the fight created groat surprise. Literacy Te,t for Immigrant*. Washington.-—The-Burnett Immigra tion bill, prescribing a literacy test for applicants tor admission td the United States, was passed by the house, by a vote of 241 to 128. As the bill passed. It provides that every immigrant ad mitted to the United States must be able to read "the English language or some other language or* dialect, in cluding Hebrew or Yiddish." It pre scribes-the/method of testing Immi grants, providing that each applicant for admission must read between thlr ty and forty words. with the authority-to Interpret the law and to declare It« meaning aB the guide to those whose duty it was to execute the law. ' After a careful Investigation, tho attorney general declared the law to bo that tho teach er had the right to be paid first out of the taxes collected tn the year that the teaching waa done. “That settled tho dispute, and this course has been followed in 1911, 1912, 1913 and will he followed for I91'4. Therefore, you see and well understand that. Governor Slaton nor myself are at all responsible for the existing conditions, and should not be censured for It under the interpre tation of the law. Wade Appointed Judge. The' vacancy In the state court of appeals caused by the resig nation of Judge J. R. Pottle has been filled by Governor Slaton by the ap pointment of Hon. Peyton U Wade of Dublin. Judge Wade's appointment meet* with the approval of the state Bar association, which body unanl- Inously endorsed him for tho posi tion. - Prior to hi* admission to the bar, Judge Wade was the editor of the Dublin Post, since consolidated with other Dublin papers, and was present at the organization of the Georgia Weekly Press association. at MU- ledge tJfuety-eigUt year's ago., He has not beep active In the newspaper profession for a numer of years, but always takes a great deal of Interest In newspaper affairs. Judge Wade took the oath of of fice on Monday, Fohnisry 9lh, and ncHumed hi* duties. ». To increase the number of hoga raised op the farm In order that the meat for the home and that required to feed the extra farm labor may be pro- /£. duced instead of being bought. It is ea- timated that Georgia spends $40,000,-',- c/V 000 a year for meat, In addition to ,-q what is raised tn the state. 3. To compliment the work of tho ^ xS boys' corn club by showing the boy*^ /,..J. how they can profitably market theler' corn In the form of live atock. VY/fi] 4. To teach the boy how to judge y j bogs, and to select them tor breeding. /J and market purposes. ‘'1-1x1 5. To encourage the growing of for-^C ;£• age crops and discourage the use of. V, high-priced feeds. 6. To Instruct the boys In a practf-s-w* cal Way tn the management, feeding, sanitation and* prevention of. diseaaest.fwtsj of swine, all of which Information-//,^ proves valuable with respect to othet^tr^^ forms of live stock work. ' 1 v 'fjW 7. To give the boya some means of/ LXt earning some money for iboraBolvea--Avi, while at home. •>;' •. JvfiR The following are the rules that will; govern the clubs.- r 1. Any boy between the sages of-10 and 18 may become a 'member of club. >' 2. Each boy must secure at least dpij purebred pig It he becomes a map ber of the club. > ,. / 1 „ , 3. Each hoi must care for hts pfg tn| person anu keep a record of the fq~® given and pasture grazed. He must l cord the wolght of the ptg when., comes fnto hts possession and at ptaV ed Interval*, so as-to determine* the gains. The dele tlfe pig wa* farrowt should also be recorded. 4. Record blanks which will* .be- ] niehed, should, be filled out and' ce fied by two disinterested personage. 5. Each member must hive owo. , and kept a~ record of hfo pig or bl?*;! for at !*»st four months In order t»i nom nof a frvr a nrlyp.