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the ATLANTA GFEORGIAN AND NEWS WEDNESDAY, MAY 21. 191?,
I, Wylie Smith’s Own Story
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Stirring Episodes in Long Flight
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Career iniMexican Army Thrilling
Southerner Heads
Sons of Revolution
This is the third installment of
the story of J. Wylie Smith, the
refugee president of the defunct
Commercial Loan and Discount
Company, who. after evading ex
tradition during two years of
service in the msurrecto army of
General Orozco, in Mexico, re
turned to Atlanta to stand trial
because he is dying with tuber-
eulosis—a phantom of his former
self.
By J. WYLIE SMITH.
(Continued from Yesterday.)
rapidly after that.
Events moved
Ofozco resigned as rommander of th«-
Federal force* In Chihuahua on March
1. Just as Rojas had told me he
would. He loafed around Chihuahua
until Saturday, shaking hands with
his friends like a politician at the
gathering of a convention. He seemed
very peaceful and onlv a few of us
knew what was* going to happen.*
Saturday Orosco came to the prison
and demanded of the warden that in*
release the 75 revolutionary leaders.
The. warden refused. Orozco re
turned to his old regiment and stand
ing in frorr. of the line declared:
I am the leader of a new revolu
tion. I promise you good treatment
if. vou will fallow me. If you don't
there will be a fight All who want
to follow me step two paces forward.
The regiment moved forward as one
man. 4 .
Orazee’s first act was to rout a de
tachment of his old army under Pan-
oho Villa, whom he had purposely iso
lated Villa was loyal to the Gov
ernment.
Given Pardon and Troop.
Hojap and Mendoza Joined Orozco
The Goverror of Chihuahua had fled
to El Paso Before men with I lie
magnetism of moat of the revolution
leaders the ordinary officials had no
chance The fighters all followed t Il
men of magnetism.
Orozco took the Governors rhajr
and wrote out pardons for the 75
revolution leaders. Roja# was giv*m
a larger command. On Tuesday
release carre f< r m<*
•You can Join the troops or not.
just as you like.” fa id Rojas.
•Til Join.’* I replied. I felt that It
was mv only chance to escape my
pursuers, but what prompted me most
was the spirit of adventure. And l
tell you 1 didn’t fail to find excite
ment. 1 was given command of a
company of 87 cavalrymen. Mendoza,
my colonel, said to me:
• You’ve got an awfully tough set
to deal with. The reason the place
is vacant is that no one has been
able to get along with that crewV
They were -a motley crew, indeed.
All cow punchers, they were made up
of Mexican peons. Yftqul Indians and
half-breeds.
•Men.” I -cried, as I surveyed that
hellish band of dark, scowling faces
J had learned to speak Spanish in
prison, it being very easy to learn,
as no letter has more than one sound
—"I want to be your friend as well
as leader '
I did not speak long, but they
cheered me
That night about 15 of them got
beastly drunk They raiwed a rough
house right, except as they were out
doors they raised it with the Arma
ment. I did not imprison them, as
was the custom. hut had them
wrapped In their blankets.
When they awoke the next morn
ing. ffee. I was their hero. They
cheered me as "K\ (’apitan Ameri
cano.” and within a week any man
In the bunch was ready to die for
me.
Orozco ordered us south to Jimi-
nez to meet General Salazar with
the main army, about 4,500 men.
There were 825 in our regiment. W.
started and soon the battle cry was:
"On to Mexico City."
1 had two friends whose affection
was the most remarkable of any I
have ever known. One was my dog.
strapped onto my saddle blanket. The
other was my first corporal, Pedro
Rodriguez, an attendant whose faith
fulness a king might envy.
Dog Saves His Life.
While lying resting on the ground,
my dog. always near me. gave that
same gruff bark with which he had
greeted me nt our first meeting. I
had learned that that bark meant
danger. Turning. 1 saw a huge rattle
snake. coiled ready to strike 1
jumped up just in time to save my
self
Pedro was as hig and strong and
active as a gorilla, thank God. else
1 would not he here to-day to tell
my story
We-reached Jtminez before General
Salazar arrived. The* fortiAcations
were held by a number about equal to
our regiment Our ambitious leaders
decided to charge the place at dawn
the nt*xt day Now comes a part I
hate to tell It sounds too much liki
bragging and boaHing.
We had made our charge and beci
fighting fiercely for several hour?
We were insid* the cuartel (barracks)
and too close to each other to reload
Fought Like Wild Beasts.
It was the most savage fighting om
could imagine Men were striking
each other over the heads with the
butts of their guns, slashing in ever
direction with their sabers and blind
!y kicking at any form before them
with their bayonets. The firing, had
almost ceased but the shrieks and
yells dinned my ears like the gloat-
>ng of devils ever death
I had not been in the thickest of
the fighting Standing at the right o
my company I .was ordered to charg
at full speed to the relief of a regi
ment that was about to be over-
ome.
We plunged forward with the zea
of maniacs. And as I ran shouting
for my men to follow I gained a lea
of about 30 feet on them When
just about to alow up one of my feet
became entangled in a vine and
fell headforemost. Rising on my
knees I could get no further. Five
federal* arose from an entrench
with machetes (bayonets) drawn and
! knew my time had come. Out of
ammunition. 1 had thrown away my
pistol and my gun.
1 shut my eyes and buried my fa
in my hands. I felt rather than sa
a dark shadow sweep over me.
was pounding away on the five fed
ora Is. In le.“>s thin than it takes to
tell it lie had knocked them all in
sensible.
Before he could turn to see me 1
heard that warning little hark of
my dog. I had forgotten him. I
thought lie had been lost In the bat
tle. Jumping to my feet as quick
ly as f could I confronted a noth
federal, crouching and aiming his gun
at Pedro just as Pedro was making
a giant swing at the fifth federal.
All I had was my saber. I real
ized that If I struck down the gun of
the federal It would merely ward off
the blow and my end would come
next. Htill bending over I drew my
sword and slashed at the under side
of his arm with all my force.
The barrel of the gun swayed to
ward the ground and the dim-barge
only kicked dust at Pedro's legs. P •
dro, wheeling, took In the situation
at a glance. Another of his famous
swings landed the butt of his gun on
the head of the federal. It smashed
like an egg shell, the blood and hrairt
splashing in my face.
Reported Killed in Battle.
The fighting raged on. lasting eight
hours altogether. Rut Pedro’s va
llant work had saved the day. It
was easy to see that we were going
to win. We let them flee without
pursuit and went into camp. That
seemed foolish 'military tactics to
me but it was impossible to get the
Mexicans out after night and all they
seemed to care for was to dislodge
the enemy.
The federal* reported me killed in
that battle. The* news reached At
lanta. I thought it Just as well.
I was promoted to the rank of
major and transferred to the* Infan
try.
General Salazar Joined Us next day
anti we resumed our march to Mexi
co City. At Escalon we learned that
the federals were strongly entrenched
and waiting for us.
They had entrenched themselves on
a mountain aide in the eastern side
of the Conchas River. About ^,000
strong under General Vlctoriana
Huerta, now provisional President of
Mexico, and General Trudy Albert.
They had good artillery, but we had
but one cannon and a few old ma
chine guns.
Fought for Three Days.
We took a position on the oppo
site side of the river. We fought
for three days there. It was more
like an American battle than any
I have ever heard of In Mexico. At
the end of the third day the federals
took to flight. Out of about 12,000
men engaged 800 were killed and 1,300
wounded. Again we let them go.
1 gu\l little hard military service
after that but soon afterwards the
most humorous and effective ruse in
military history was worked on us.
In Chihuahua there are three towns
that form a triangle. At Torrenn
General Tellez was stationed with
15,000 federals. At Conejos General
Salazar had 5,000 rebels. At Mopemi
there was a small detachment of fed
eral.* holding a fortification.
CHICAGO, May 21 The following
officers were elected by the National
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution:
President general, Ron r« Clark
Ballard. Thurston. Ky.; vice presi
dents general, W. W. Kirby, Colorado:
Laverne Noyes. Illinois; Wallace M< -
Carnant, Oregon. Rear Admiral
George W. Baird. United Htatcs Navy,
retired, Washington. U, c., and James-
I». Baxter. Portland, Me. secretary
general and register general, A. How
ard Clark, of th« Smithsonian Insti
tute. Washington, I) c . treasurer
general. John II Burroughs New
York; historian general, David I*
Pierson, East Orange. N J ; chap
lain general, the Rev Wm. F. Whit
aker New* Jersey.
BEGIN LIFE (EL
No Billboard Ads
for Fritzi Scheff
NEW YORK. May 21.—Fritzi
Scheff, who* will begin a revival of
"Mile Modiste" next week ha* fol
lowed the example of Richard Mans
field and come out against the bill
board as a means of advertising her
self.
Richard Mansfield recognized the
lack of dignity In the billboard.” said I
Miss Scheff "I will not have my
picture mutilated by boys any lon
ger. The other day I saw a picture
of Madame Bernhardt that had been
added to by youngsters. That set
tler! the matter for me
Convinced Only Way to Escape
Ruin Is To Be Reborn—Denies
Stories of Misconduct.
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STORIES
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STRICT CENSORS
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Patent
Remedies Used in 'Ll
WASHINGTON. May 21. That
nearly $180,000,000 worth of patent
remedies were consumed by the peo
ple of this country during 1011 was
the assertion of Frank J Cheney, of
Toledo, Ohio, president of the pro
prietary Association of America who
delivered the opening address to-day
to the 300 delegates assembled In
convention at the New Willard.
He said that no matter what th©
price, if patent medicines afforded re
lief for the patient’s suffering, they
were worth the money.
Vice President, Too,
A Precedent Breaker
(Continued In To-morrow’s Georgian.)
WASHINGTON. May 21. Vie
President Marshall made his deblit
as a precedent breaker yesterday.
A flood of hills and resolutions was
offered shortly after the Senate con
vened, and Vice President Marshall,
ignoring the clerk, proceeded to read
the measures himself
This Is the first time within the
memory of the oldest newspaper cor
respondent that the President of the
Senate has acted ns his own clerk.
The Sunday American goes every
where aTI over the South. If you have
anything to sell The Sunday Amer
ican is “The Market Place of the
South.” The Sunday American is the
best advertising medium.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 21. Evelyn Thaw,
wife of Harry K. Thaw, who is going
back to the stage here, it* going to
begin life all over again.
In a most remarkable interview
published in The Sketch, she declares
she has been making a study of the
lives of women who had figured in
such tragedies as the Thaw trial and
she became convinced she would have
to be born again to escape utter ruin
and degredation.
According to The Sketch. Mrs.
Thaw says:
"f found that of all those women
who had gone out some sank from
sheer humiliation and some found
snatches of happiness in some excess
some drank, some took drugs, but
they all went down. down. down. That
was the lesson I learned from reading
about these trial and after learning
said:
No Bad Habits.
“ Evelyn Thaw, there must be an
other way,’ and what all these wom
en did 1 determined not to do. I have
no had habits. I have no habits
which have a weakening tendency on
my will. I wanted to know all that
was worst. And the woman who can
say I know the worst’ has her feet
on the first rung of the ladder which
leads upward and to happiness. I am
going to begin a new career a new
life.
"1 begin fair to this extent, that I
am fortified with the knowledge that
a pretty woman who want* work is
offered love and a plain woman who
wants love gets the darning.”
Mrs. Thaw says the lurid stories
circulated about her conduct were
untrue. One young woman, she de
clared. lived for two weeks in Salt
I*ake City. Utah, painting the town
red with the most scandalizing be
havior and posing meanwhile as Eve
lyn Thaw.
Stories Are Untrue.
Upon another occasion, she -paid, a
friend of hers heard of a story about
her which was so bad she could find
no words to describe it. This story
also was untrue, said Mrs. Thaw, al
though the person who told it de
clared he had witnessed the incident.
"Some well-meaning persons have
described me as a victim of passion,
but victim is a word 1 loathe." said
Mrs. Thaw.
Singing for Help
Is the Very Latest.
Mrs Newlywed is mistress of a
harming new bungalow In West End.
She is simply wrapped up In her lit
tle home, her baby and her young unJ
handsome husband. Hubby is a stu
dious chap when he isn't busy at the
fflee making money, and when he’s
home of an evening nothing pleads
him more than to get out a volume
of his favorite author and go to it
till bedtime.
Of course, when wifey feels In a
talkative humor, hubby lays aside his
book and converses just as animated
ly as in the old courting days. Rut
after the evening meal Mrs. Newly
wed 1* usually kept busy putting baby
to sleep so that conversation is mor* 1
less of a to-be-continued-in-our-
next affair.
Mrs. Newlywed is dreadfully afraid
of thunder and lightning—principally
the former. As a girl, she used to
run and hide her head under the mat
tress when a thunderstorm raged, and
she hasn't gotten over the feeling
that she is a perfect target for the
jovial lightning’s holt.
The other evening Mrs. Newlyw J
had retired to the nursery to put baby
to sleep. Mr. Newlywed was f, n--
grossed in one of his favorite books.
A storm suddenly arose. Probably
you remember how suddenly it came
up. First there was a quick blast of
wind. . Then a whirling shower of
rain. Next a vivid flash, and. follow
ing it, the rumble of thunder.
At the first sound Mrs. Newlywed
became frightened. She was alone,
except for baby, in the nursery. She
wanted somebody to talk to.; som-*-
one to fend off the lightning. So sh«
began to sing. It was a plaintive lit
tle song, containing a (’. D. Q. mes
sage for help. It was sung to the
tune of "On the Trail of the Lone
some Pine,” and went something like
this:
"I'm so seated of the thunder and
I’m all alone in this back room. WUo
somebody would come back here an 1
keep me company."
Mr. Newlywed went right on read
ing. He didn’t hear the song; he
didn’t even hear the storm. His wife
sang louder. No result. Then she
got angry. She. too, forgot to be
frightened.
"Bert." she yelled, "can’t you see
I’m scared to death? Why don’t you
Library Board, Authorized by City
Council, Names Special Com-
rrMttee to Inspect Films.
Strict censorship of motion pictures
shown in Atlanta will be inaugurated
by the board of trustees of the Car-
negie Library under authority of an
ordinance recently passed by Council.
A special committee has been ap
pointed and Chairman WilUs Everett
said Wednesday he would call a meet
ing within a few days, when plans
for visiting all the movie theaters in
the city would be arranged.
The other members of the commit
tee are George H. Boynton, chairman
of the Council library committee;
Hafrison Jones, A. W Tindall, of the
County Ju\enile Court; E. G. Everett,
one of the leaxlers in the Boy Scout
movement, and* Philip Weltner, of the
Prison Reform Association.
"We are not at all apprehensive of
the sorts of pictures being shown in
the better theater*." said Councilman
Boynton, "but there has been com
plaint about the cheaper theaters,
particularly those for the negroes.
"There is a city ordinance prohibit
ing the appearance of a girl under 18
years of age on the stage of an\ the
ater in the city. This law has been
ignored by some motion picture-
vaudeville houses We are going to
see that it is enforced.
"I believe that we should prohibit
any picture being shown which has
not been approved by the National
Board of Censorship of New York.
John Collier, who was reared in
Atlanta, is in charge of thin censor
ship in New York and is doing a great
work. I understand that all the films
shown here are sent out from New
York, and it would be a simple matter
to .demand the approval of the Na
tional Board.
"However, we can’t tell just what
we will do until we have made an in
spection of all the theaters in the
city.”
YOUR HOBBY STAMPS?
HERE’S JOB FOR YOU
WASHINGTON. May 21.—Are you
a philatelist? If so and are anxious
to work at your profession, the Unit
ed States civil service commission
has a place open which pays $1,200
a year. ,
The duties of this position will con
sist of overhauling and arranging, ac
cording to countries and issues, the
collection of stamps now in storage
in the museum.
POLICEMAN KILLS DOG
AFTER THREE ARE BITTEN
SAVANNAH. GA„ May 21.—A dog
which may have been suffering with
rabies was killed by a policeman
after having bitten Mrs. Abraham
I.ease and two children.
The head of the dog is now in the
hands of the city bacteriologist. Mrs.
Lease had her wound cauterized im
mediately by a physician. The dog
was shot after the officer had chased
it several blocks on a bicycle.
Profitable Summer
For Your Boy
Riverside Naval Academy, in the
* Ridge foothills, on placid Lake War-
solves the long-vacation question,
on tjie water, learning to swim, dive, man a
boat, etc., under direction of a
•graduate naval instructor.
Expert coaching in sports of ev
ery kind,
overcome
advanced
r
Enough serious study to
deficiencies or to insure
standing. Cadets live in
floored water - proof
tents or in perfectly
appointed dormitories,
as preferred. Magnifi
cently equipped dining
hall.
Eight weeks session
begins June 26th.
Charges $100. Uni
forms, $20. No extras.
For catalog, address
RIVERSIDE
NAVAL ACADEMY
Box 23 Gainesville, Ga.
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR ad
vertisement in the next issue will sell
goods. Try it!
come back here when I call you?”
Mr. Newlywed leaped about two
feet in the air. It was the first time
in an hour that he realized there was
anybody else on earth but himself.
He rushed back to the nursery ex
pecting to discover a tragedy. Mrs.
Newlywed’s anger and fright had dis
solved into tears. There was a re
conciliation and Mr. Newlywed prom
ised never, no never, to be absent
when it thundered.
Nature's Gift foodie Sunny South
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D O YOU know the difference between Cottolene and lard? Cottolene is
a vegetable product; lard is an animal product. Cottolene is made from
purest and choicest cotton oil, a product of Nature.
Lard-cooked foods tend to heat the system unduly, and cause discomfort and
indigestion; Cottolene makes food rich but never greasy, and food which any stomach
can digest with ease.
Cottolene
The better class of housewives often use butter instead of lard for cooking
purposes. It’s a mighty expensive and needless habit. Cottolene is every
bit as good as butter for shortening; it is better than butter for frying.
And Cottolene costs much less than butter.
Cottolene will-not bum nearly as easily as butter or lard, and with its
use the strong, irritating and indigestible acids found in foods fried in
animal fats are avoided. •
Two-thirds of a pound of Cottolene will go as far as a full pound
of butter or lard.
Just think these facts over and let them sink in.
pail of Cottolene of your grocer.
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Made only by
THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY
Jety
waited—it seemed ages—to be struck
dead and when 1 could bear ihe anx-
no longer I raised my head and
my eyes.
kwas Pedro Mho had swept r
I Pedro had come to my rescue,
ding o» the edge of the entrench-'
his giant arms extended over
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An Interesting Sale of
Embroideries and Laces
$1.25 and $1.50
Embroidery Flouncings at
Answering Fashion’s call for dainty white summer dresses
mcP 2
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leads you to these beautiful Embroidery Flouncings which you
may buy to-morrow at this reduction in price. They are so pretty
no bands are needed as a further trimming; 45 inches wide, only
two yards required for a dress. Instead of $1.25, and $1.50, as
usual, you may buy them to-morrow at 89c yd.
25c and 35c
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Lace Bands at
19
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yd.
Pretty trimming bands of linen, cotton and Venise in the
popular widths; a number of patterns to select from. They are
all regular 25c and 35c Bands—priced for Thursday at 19c yard.
New Long Gloves for $1.00
The ideal Summer Glove—Chamoisette, 16-button length;
white and natural; priced at $1.00 pair.
A Little Sale of Silk
for Women
Hose
100 pairs of $1.26 Silk Hose at 98c pair for quick selling Thursday—
they have extra high-spliced heels, double hem silk garter top — b 1 a c k,
white, pink and tan.
ALSO
A few pairs of extra good Silk Hose for special selling at 50c pair.
High spliced heel—black, white and tan.
Children s Socks in a Sale at 15c pair
White Socks with plaid tops-—an assortment of colors and kinds to se
lect from.
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for Women’s cool, gauze Summer Vests; bodice style, with tape over
shoulder.
Extra size Vests—for stout women, priced at 15c each.
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