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IIEAHST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATI, A N'T A, GA.. SUNDAY. MAY 4. 1013.
United States to Buy Large Part of Mexico !0 ^Jt s .^®“?i
PEdCEPLANS Land Purchase Will Include Magdalena Bay
ON THIS WEEK!
Gives Fire Warning
Young Carried Out Into Yard.
Owner Investigates and Finds
Blaze in Attic.
TfSE
CW/te&aSTjzzWiJ
International Conference Com-j
mittee Will Meet in New
York To-morrow.
GHENT DELEGATE PRESIDES
Visitors Will Be Entertained by j
Prominent Americans Dur
ing Their Stay.
\'KW YuRK. -May .1.- Arrang
merits for the fitting and adequate
« elebratlon of the centenary of ’he
■tuning of the treats of Ghent win • i
hi ought to a t lose the svar of 18 1 2
between the United States and Kny-
and will be completed with!*) the
next few days. The International
< onference Committee, which has *hc
ompletion of these arrangements In
hand, will meet In this city on Mon
day. According to the program the
■ ommittee will assemble at the City
Hall at 10 o'clock In the morning
where an address of welcome will b*
made by Mayor Gaynor. after which.
.» « haiiman for the first day will *«•
chosen. In accordance with prece
dent this chairman will be chosen
from one of the two delegates from
Ghent. These are l’Kchevln de
Hruyne and Alphonse \’an Wervek
Thi» courtesy is extended to Ghent
because a Burgomaster of Ghent pr *-
sided at the opening session of the
Joint High Commission which met in
Ghent in August. 1814.
The address of welcome will be re
sponded to by Lord Weardale, he id
<>f the British delegation and Presi
dent of the Intel-parliamentary Un
ion. The formal address of the dry
will be delivered by ex-President
Taft. After these opening exercises
the conferees will take luncheon it
the Waldorf Astoria as the guests *>f
ihe Pilgrim's Society.
While most of the work of the eon-
fi-fence will be done by sub-commlt-
the delegates will meet as a
committee *f the whole every af’r-
i.won at 4 o’clock.
t Hi Friday at 11 o'clock the Amer
ican committee will hold its annual
meeting at the Hotel Plaza. Andrew
Carnegie will preside and speeches
a\ ill be made by Congressman Floo i.
• •t Virginia and Profeasor XV. A
Gunning of Columbia University.
On Friday afternoon the American
committee end tlie Conference com
mittee wfll hold a joint meeting at
which the i<*port of the conference
will be read.
<>n the evening of May 9 the Amc*-
ii an Conference will give a banquet
at the Hotel Avtor in honor of the
\ laltors. Prominent men (i on U
the states in the Union will attend
tills banquet.
During the course »*f the confer
ence the foreign guests "ill be enter
tained pel aonully by Andrew Carne
gie, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. Jr.. I)r. Louis Liv
ingston Seaman and others.
Other feature.*# that have been nr-
i a nget] for the entertainment of ' e
visitors include a trip up the Hudson.
m visit to Boston. Philadelphia an l
Chicago, where the visitors will be
welcomed by he respective mayo *
• »f those cities.
There "ill also be >i visit made *>
Washington on the 12th where the
• onferees will be received by
ant Wilton, Secretary Bryan
The shaded. sec
tion of Do limit
mIioics thr nett: lands
tf) hr arifltiifd. The
States of No nont,
Chihuahua and loit
er California arr in
cluded.
WIXNTKD, CONN.. May 3.—Mr.
Andrew NVeigold this morning saw
the family cat run through the room
and outdoors wi:!i a kitten. A few
moments later da cat shot through
the room again with another kitten,
and presf ntly appeared with the third,
leaving all three in‘the dooryard.
Her curiosity aroused, Mrs. Wei-
gold started for the attic, where the
i at had kept her young, and discov
ered the upper part of the house
ablaze. She telephoned for help. A
defective chimney had caused th<*
lire.
jPAC/E/C ocewa**?
Quarter Million Square Miles of IJn
I.mid to Ik* Bought Short I v.
NEW YORK, May 3. Financial In
terests in Nov. York to-day learned
that negotiations are in progress by
which the Republic of Mexico plans
to cede to the United States Lower
California and all of that portion of
Mexico lying north of the twenty-
sixth parallel of North latitude and
between the i»sth and 116th meridians
of West longltudp In consideration of
$30,000,000.
This VH. tf t deal. Involving approxi
mately 250,b0 square miles of terri
tory utd sons 4,0o0,000 of population,
is reported to be under the direction
of Spey-r «V Cu., bankers, “f New
York city, who have for a long time
had extensive interests In Mexico, and
which firm has previously financed a
number of Important matters pertain
ing to thut country
It is stated that the plan of action
Is not for tin United States to recog
nize the Huerta Government and then
(leal with it. but for the Mexican au
thorities to deal primarily with Spey
er A- Co , wiio will, in turn, deal with
the United States. No recognition of
the lluetta Government, it i« asserted,
will be made pending the deal.
The territory In question takes with
it the ownership of the Magdalena
Bay region, considered so important
ternational bankers shall present to
the Fnlted States Government the
reported plan for cession, acting as
agents for the United States and for
the Mexican interests which now
have large matters in the hands of
the bankers.
Vast railway interests, the major j
portion of which are now held in the
Unite*! Stati s, are affected by the j
deal. The newest line on the map.
sweeps through from the Texas l>nr- J
der to the Pacific, almost entirely in i
the region proposed to be ceded. The
other railroads, leading from the Rio J
Grande into Mexico, have a mu bat an-|
tial part of their holdings in the re
gion.
Military Aspect.
One of the most important consid
erations presented in the negotiations'
is the military aiofect. In the terri
tory are many conflicting divisions of
Mexican politics and many races, i
ranging from the native Indian to tin I
American citizen. The country i*
mountainous and presents u difficult
task for the military police.
In the event of the occupation of
the territory under a treaty of cession i
the Government would be required lc
put into Mexico a large armed force
for the restoration of peace and for
,\Ih|i showing territory in Mexico to become United States soil.
as a naval base after thu completion O'*' protection of the vast Intcr-
of the Panama ('anal, nml the vn-1 that are Involved. Among; these
mining properties in the Mexican Interests are extensive Engirt
States that skirt the States of .-all-; these Interests are extensive Kngll.sti
font I a, Arizona. ,\V« Mexico and Tex I hohiimrs. to which the American Oov-
as to the south of the Rio ftrnmle.! eminent would have to guarantee pro-
D/VT IT TT?Y Market a Big Help to
A VULilV Producer and Consumer, as It
Cuts Out Profit of Middleman--Personal Patron
age Better Than Any Other Method, of Course,
hut Goods Should Be Kept Up to High Standard.
By JUDGE F. J. MARSHALL
The peculiar geography of the coun
try makes the cession, in the event of
11« consummation, take with It both
banks of the Rio Grande, us the 26th
parallel slices off just enough of all
th© Mexican nation to place the entire
river undar the American 11 ig
Follow Precedent,
Not since the Louisiana Purchase
of May, 1803. has any such interna
tional real estate deal been suggested.
And to that purchase the reader must
look for \ i’ii’■•rmation as may tie
used as i precedent by which the
course of the negotiations may be fol
low cd.
Whatever constitutional objections
might **xist to the acquisition of for
tection and enforce the guarantee.
The number of troops required for
In Germany and France, and in fact
In many of the large cities of this
country, flic market place is ‘the great
rendezvous for all classes to trade in
the products of the farm. It is spe
cially the place for the farmer and
market gardener and the poultry rais
er to dispose of their goods. A good
market place full -of good market
goods is* a godsend to any communi-
Jh 1 >• duty \vf>ul«l lie large ami the st rv- , v , IS jt urines the producer and the
consumer together.
If the poultryman puts hie eggs and
dressed poultry into his market stall
in tHe best possible condition h© can
ice would be hard.
But the mountains of the territory
that is now being held up as a possi
ble acquisition to the nation?
sources is H veritable mine it holds m „uiy command the top of the mar-
tores of copper, gold, silver, lead
cobalt, sulphur and other deposits
The agricultural poralblllth s. while
never as yet developed, are consider
able. Oil wells have already been
found to produce a wonderfully prom
ket. Buyers, as a rule, are looking
for the nicest and m<tet attractive
things they can find for the money
they have to spend. In this way, you
see, the producer and the consumer
are brought together and they do
Ishig output, and the Kngllsh Pearson | a „a> with the middleman s profits,
ami Standard ()ii < ompanles have There are, however, many of our best
'oiig fought for ’he mastery of the oil Southern cities in which there are no
situation.
Authoritative denial was made to
public street market places, nor the
prices. Customers will not stand for
scrawny, Ill-kept looking specimens
of this class.
Chicks weighing 2 1-2 to 3 pounds
are not much in demand in the best
city markets for the simple reason
that they are neither broilers, fries
nor roasters. Quick-growing, young,
tender cockerels weighing from 3 to
1 pounds usually sell pretty well dur
ing July and August and bring fair
ly good prices. Then there is a de
mand for prime roasters weighing
from 1 to 6 pounds at almost any sea
son of the year. They must, however,
be well fattened and in the pink of
condition.
As a rule, the best time to dispose
of old liens and cocks is during the
Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays.
There is usually at this time an enor
mous demand for all classes of roast
ers, consuming everything in sight.
Fine Goods; Best Prices.
The fine ones bring the best prices, |
so that it stand one in hand to have
eign territory on, this continent were day of n report that had been placed
I r . .I t 1 . . ! lx,. fix., I , ,11 1 ul rt ,, n nWAAA. i ..n l it, . 'I **> >, t 1 n t li.t, « fix.. .. rf ... . » . 1. . - . . A.
V i ‘ , , ,i.z.A settled by the Louisiana precedent
•' !h £ r « i vh0 »>e prominently .tie . HU 11 , „ , istorlan*. speaking th.
v.P i the zdn.h.lw Milo. vmnm IP., ^ „ r f |erla V ,| Hint "the
\>:th a banquet m the evening "hr.. *
tlie officially and socially elect of
Washington will gather to do lion >r
to the cause represented by the visi
tors. The principal address at this
banquet will be delivered by Secre
tary of State William J. Bryan.
The main body of the visitors will
sail for Ungland on May 21.
AVIATOR DRAWS MAP AS
HE FLIES OVER COUNTRY
WASHINGTON, May 3. —Secon 1
Lieut. Milling ha- been designated bv
Major-Gen. Carter as “one of the
right *if territorial expansion, coupled
I with the equal participation of the
annexed people in fundamental Amer
ican rights, has since been firmly
l grafted on the Constitution in prac
tice as Incidental to the original pow
ers.’’
At the very threshold of the con
sideration of the Mexican case this
step must be crossed, and it is re
called that President Jefferson, at the
outset of the Louisiana proposition,
had grave doubts about the right of
the Government to make such a pur
chase. and that he proposed-a Con
stitutional amendment granting such
right, which amendment, upon the ad
vice of Gallatin and his other ad
visers, was allowed to drop under the
foremost aviator- of the world.” suggestion “the least said about a
'I’his high praise followed a fight j Constitutional proposition the better.”
from Texas City in San Antonio. 224 | Therefore the right of t lie Govern-
miles, and retu rn, in which Lieut.) ment to take such a step is not now
In circulation to the effect that th.
Mexican Government had been able to
place a loan for *7.500,000. duo In on**
year, with Coutts & Brothers, of Lon-
other method of allowing all produ- his product at the head of the list,
ers to back up and stand upon cor- Stock usually firings the best prices
tain streets two or three days of th<
week, for a limited time during the
morning hours.
Cities' of the South owe it not only
don. I he report had it that this loan to themselves as a purchasing body of
"as secured by the* pledge of the Gov. people to maintain a good public mar-
eminent s interest in the Tehuantepec £ P t. but also they owe it to the com-
Railroad, and that the basis of the niunity of farmers and producers sur-
denl was 88 1-.. with interest at the i rounding them. You need them and
rate of 5 per cent. I they need you. Supplies will be much
it war not only stated that this loan more satisfactory, both quality and
had not been negotiated, but that ef- variety. Freshness is half the value
v;!' 1 * J- 0 make a loan in Paris for 20,- j n considering nil kinds of green gar-
M francs had failed. The Mexl- den etuff, as it is in the line of poultry
can agent In 1 aris cabled that he had products. The next best thing for the
found it impossible to place the loan, poultryman to do in the absence of
these market places is to use a small
when nicely dressed and furnished in
tin* -pink of condition.
A fowl may be rather old, but if
nicely handled will not show it so
much when dressed as it does in its
old scragglj plumage.
In fact, a good healthy fat fowl
roasted to a turn is pretty good eat
ing at any time during cold weather.
As already indicated, where the poul
tryman raises stock in considerable
numbers, it pays to look up markets
for himself. It does not pay to deal in
proxies. It requires personal effort
Inspired by personal interest to make
it a go. A Retail business of this kind
is usually started with two or three
Milling guided i!ie aeroplane and
Second lJcut Sherman was pa sen-
ger and observer. Sherman it\ade a
rough map of i • country passed
over on the return trip. Thli
has been pronounced a positive
• •nitration of the possibiliti
afronlanes for scouting.
COW PLAYS PIANO FOR
CALVES TO DANCE BY
questioned in any direction.
The territory included in the pro
posed cession takes in:
All nf Lower California, with the
mapi pearl fisheries In the bay and tin*
lem- valuable concessions on the peninsula,
of| All of UhihuahUa, "hich Is the
j most valuable mining State in the
republic, and which includes gold,
silver and copper mines, where Amer
ican smelters have long been inter
ested.
All of Sonora, which is of a piece
with Uhlhuahua. as a matter of burl
iness Interest.
Three-fourths of Uoahullu.
Half of Nuevo Leon.
A small strip of Ta maul I pa a. tak-
UNITED STATES SENATOR'S Unlit delivery wagon, making regular j good cuetomerK who. being well satis-
nA 11P HTFR IQ A QftPlAI IQT runii certain .days, getting In touch, tied with the goods delivered, make
UnUUn I til lo n oUUIALIo I with the best hotels, restaurants and i good trade pullers for you. There must
private families where they know a hy all means he regularity in the de-
PORTLAXD, ORE, May 3. Friends good thing when they see It and are , livery of the goods, as customers
of TTnlted State* Senator Hnrrv Lane w,,,in K to pay for It soon tire of an irresponsible party
Cleanliness Keynote.
shocked at the conduct of his daugh-j rieanlincss. which means
attrac-
who fails to keep his word aa to time
of delivery. When the housewife is
Mrs | tlveness. is the keynote to success, depending upon two dozen eggs at a
as a l- 4 '* every **gg be spick and span, not a certain time to do her cooking with
ter. to-day sent him word that Mrs
Nina McBride had blossomed out .... .. .
Socialist! - „.X .rator on on., of a ,".- v k, 1 ml l'«*v , *nt thorn front-; »h* will not be in a very pleasant
.. . .. looking mo they were surely intended mood toward you if you fail to show
1 ; * r , s 1 ,,rt ■ i, “L to **at People "ill stay with you on until the next day and then with per-
riendu <tf the w ealthy young iV -- * ^ J .. *
3pf r ai Cable to The Aminoin.
LONDON. May 3.—An amusing joi
by a Portland <Dom*t) dairy farm
"as perpetrated on the m»mix is
the ** nitary ominittee When the ling in tlx* control of the Hi<» Gtnndc
committee arrived to inspect the farm The top section of Durango
they found tin- * ow house sumptuou.*- I The top section of Sinaloa,
b furrlshed. including a piano, and Mexico Bankrupt,
with picture? on the wall. The farm- ' -
er explained that the piano was for
the eow to play while the calves
danced. The committee wa? «o amused
by the farmer’s satirical humor that
they departed without making an of
ficial inspection.
let
| woman, whose fatl>er whs recently
i elected to the United States Senate,
were astonished at the ‘unheard-of”
conduct of Mrs. McBride. •
"You whh *• -. o ,ir»»l f*> ow>:
j shouted Mrs. M*jtrui< from her p*>s -
tion on the -up box. "get w >so to
whHt is going on in sm*i*»t> to-day.
Wake up and vo « t:i* Sccinlist
ticket.”
MAGNIFICENT VENUS IS
FOUND IN OLD CELLAR
Details of the financing of the gi
gantic deal ere not known. It is
known that the Huerta Government
is absolutely bankrupt, and that in
the absence of funds from aome
source the entire organized govern
ment of Mexico must shortly fail.
There is no attempt to conceal the
fact that all « fforts at getting funds
have been without avail, and that no
banking group in the world will ad-
that class of gtiodu, in spite of the fact haps but one dozen for her in the
that they think they want to buy as place of the tw r o promised.
heMY ns they can Let everything go along like cloek-
lu tin* leading - itie** and larger I work, with precision and system. Pro-
- Plump broilers weighing vide yourself with neat litUe package?
*’ mm * *- to - p"unds are in good <if some kind holding one, two and
D.i i from January to June and three dozen that your delivery may
• ounnand fancy prices. The bulk of not only be businesslike hut mota
ya h trade "i’l usually be at the best j promptly executed, saving your own
C'.tels. although a good retail market time and that of your customer,
can be worked up by perseverance it will insure confidence at the start
>in, a little patience in canvassing the if you will take the trouble to stamp
residents. Often those a little larger each egg as fresh and guaranteed by
" take better with private fami- “yours truly.” telling y r our proposed
11's \ igor. health and quick growth customers that you will replace all
*u*e the essentials for putting this | eggs that are not strictly fresh and
KATTLK. May ?. -There is not a j product upon the market at top good.
NO CASES OF SMALLPOX
NOW EXIST IN ALASKA
case of smallpox in Alaska so far as
known by steamship company offi
cers and the Federal Public Health
Service.
It is said at the Public Health Serv
ice here that the Washington
UNCLE SAM WANTS TO
RENT FARM 15 MILES LONG
ROME.
May 3. The ground Hoor •
in the Via Santa Sofia, at :
suddenly, revealing j
cellar «*ontaiitinu a mag - •
iiut- of Venus.
Spina vr/.oia dirt ou m
- Museum lutH e\;tmin««!
wiiirh is of 1'ariatfoi* mm - '
vine*
It is
Mon
Unite
It
ioney without
guarar
It
PALISADE. COLO., May 3.—Your
i r* quirlng vaccination i f steer-j Uncle Samuel has 200 acres full pro
passengers and crews of vessels , , , . . . , , ,
IT-.. :. r \ isk I is intended to gate. ,lucln8 ln a frult farm *» ‘he heart
trd Alaska. A similar order two of the famous Grand Valley orchard
ir> ago was enfon*ed so rigidly j district that he doesn't know what to
t' < summer tourist I do with. The chances are that he
*• i r*-h!p companies. 1 will soon advertise for a renter, but
no wade person over! if he cannot find a satisfactory ten-
iipox in Alaska and ant. he may have to operate the piace
np - J himself.
The fruit ram h is 150 feet w ide
Hhd fifteen miles long, and some day | been
"ill l»t* the site oi ili«* biK High Un< j gine?
ruined
of the
aid that
1 of sm
e>\ I ml l
HATPINS TOO LONG: ARRESTED.
BERLiN May In accordance
CONDUCTORS ON THIS LINE
MUST SAY “THANK YOU”
1
here ; Canal, which "ill Iv part
cd in, rmuent's big ’eclrtnatlon >
trad- : n* Grand Valley. The hub
h!fu mmoii more ilitui *2"
xhe Oo\-
cost the
I (Mill
DULUTH, May' 3—If you are on
a Soo Line train, do not be surprised
if the conductor asks you if you
would care for some chilled grape
Juice, or whether your back is com
fortable. Should he say “Thank you”
when you hand him ytwr ticket don’t
be alarmed. He is just carrying out
the new order to be polite
Engineers and firemen also have
nutioned not to allow their en-
to “pop” "idle at n station
Rough stn.s and strti;> ;«> . i«»
S.. is loud whistling.
Conductor^ must say. "Thank
vy hen they are hand* d ticket*
Get College Pennants
Old Gold and White.
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Hearst’s Sunday American Pennant Coupons:
•IA( ’KSON-WESSEL DRUG CO., .Marietta and Broad Streets.
MARSHALL PHARMACY, Peachtree and Ivy Streets.
PALMER BRANCH, 389 Peachtree Street.
CRT ICKSHANK CIGAR CO., Peachtree and Pryor Streets.
CRUICKSHANK CIGAR CO., Mitchell and Whitehall Streets.
HARBOUR'S SMOKE HOUSE, 41 X. Pryor Street.
WEINBERGER BROS. CIGAR STORE, Alabama and Pryor Streets.
BROWN & ALLEN. Alabama and Whitehall Streets.
STAR NEWS CO., Marietta and Broad Streets.
STAR NEWS CO.. Peachtree and Walton Streets.
W T ORLD NEWS CO., Peachtree and Marietta Streets.
HAMES DRUG CO.. 380 Whitehall Street.
ARAGON HOTEL NEWS STAND.
ATLANTA SODA CO., Broad and Marietta Streets.
ATLANTA SODA CO., Mitchell and Whitehall Streets.
MEDLOCK PHARMACY, Lee and (Jordon Streets.
WEST END PHARMACY, Lee and Gordon Streets.
JOHNSON SODA CO.. 441 Whitehall Street.
WHITEHALL ICE CREAM CO.. 284 Whitehall Street.
T. .1. STEWART, Cooper and Whitehall Streets.
GREATER ATLANTA SODA CO., 209 Peachtree Street.
ADAMS & WISE DRUG STORE. Peachtree and Linden Streets.
TAYLOR BROS. DRUG CO., Peachtree and Tenth Streets.
TAYLOR BROS. DRUG CO.. West Peachtree and Howard Streets.
CRYSTAL SODA CO., Luckie and Broad Streets.
ELKIN DRUG 00., Peachtree and Marietta Streets.
ELKIN DRUG CO., Grand Theater Building.
JACOBS' PHARMACY, Alabama and Whitehall Streets.
Out-of- Town Dealers:
BENNETT BROS., 1400 Newcastle Street, Brunswick, Ga.
JOE X. BURNETT. 413-A King Street, Charleston, S. C.
THE GEORGIAN CAFE. East Clayton Street, Athens, Ga.
M. & W. CIGAR COMPANY, East Clayton Street, Athens, Ga.
COLLEGE CAFE, Broad and College Streets, Athens, Ga.
ORR DRUG CO., East Clayton Street, Athens, Ga.
BOSTON CAFE. North College Avenue, Athens, Ga.
ST NDA\ AMERICAN BRANCH OFFICE, 165 East Clayton Street, Athens. Ga.
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