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U. S. TAKES LIST
Harrison as Governor of
the Philippines an Unfit
Appointment
Lind Leaves for Home as Wilson
Frames Decisive Peace Terms.
Break Believed Near.
WASHINGTON Aur. 26.—The
American proposals to General Huer
ta, as intimated at the White House
to-day, are the following:
First, a definite armistice.
Second, a free and early elec
tion in all parts of the country.
Third, General Huerta is not to
be a candidate at this election.
Fourth, both factions must
agree to abide by the result.
These fundamental preparations
formulated by the United States will
not be changed by any developments
in Mexico City to-day. President
Wilson ha? decided to make his stand
on them, and while they might be
modified in unessential details, their
vital features must remain in any ne-
intions to he conducted further.
The supplementary suggestions
s .>ken fif in Secretary Tumulty’s
statement to-day can not affect the
fundamental preparations. Envoy
Lind has left Mexico City, as appears
in Mexico City press dispatches to
day. The White House has no infor
mation that he has left Mexico City,
and is puzzled to understand how, in
view of the favorable reply sent by
the President to Lind’s message of
last night, he could have left the Mex
ican Capital.
The State Department denied that
Governor Lind was ordered out of
Mexico, and further claimed that the
Mexican situation remains un
changed.
It is understood that Governor Lind
will leave Vera Cruz on board an
American warship, probably the New
Hampshire, within a short time.'
There arc* at present four American
battleships at Vera Cruz—the New r
Hampshire, South Carolina, Michigan
and Louisiana. One of these will be
placed at Governor Lind’s disposal,
and the other three will remain in
Mexican waters to await develop
ments.
President Delays Message.
President Wilson to-day confirmed
reports that all hope of the success of
the Lind mission was not lo?*t when
he postponed reading his message to
Congress until 1 o’clock to-morrow.
If the negotiations continue over a
considerable period the message may
not go to Congress for some time; if
the American proposals are accepted
it. may not be read at all.
The relief. just as the crisis ap
proached was emphasized by the
semi-official announcement of the
American proposals made to Huerta
through Envoy Lind. That the White
House saw fit to Indicate their terms,
coupled with the facts that they were
fundamental propositions and would
not be changed, was regarded as ex
tremely significant.
Reports are current here that Hu
erta intends to resign the presidency
in favor of Travino, one of his lieu
tenants, but to be a candidate for the
presidency at the fall elections. He
will not announce himself as a can
didate. but his agents will work for
him surreptitiously and thereby ob
tain his election ostensibly against
his own will.
Bacon Sees Hope.
Another report is to th» effect that
Huerta now intends to accept the
American proposals, knowing that the
Carranza faction will refuse the ar
mistice stipulation and also the pro
posal binding It to accept the result
of the fall elections. He expects to
pave the way for the United States
to recognize him as the only govern
ment in Mexico that has met the
Lnited States on a friendly basis.
"It looks more hopeful for an
agreement between this country and
the Huerta administration,” was the
comment of Senator Bacon, chairman
of the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee. Senator Bacon said that he
had been informed by the Whitt
House that the President had received
messages from Mexican Foreign Min
ister Gamboa and Governor Lind that
a further conference would be held
and that possibly some basis of an
agreement might be reached.
We have waited several days to see if any valid reason or ex
planation could be given for President Wilson's appointment of
Francis Burton Harrison to be Governor-General of the Philip
pines.
No other foreign post under the government calls for higher
qualities of character and capacity, executive skill and experience
than that of Governor of eight million Filipinos.
What are these simple, saddle-colored souls to think and say
when we offer Mr. Harrison as the American Exhibit A? Where
there should be force we give them weakness. Where there should
be courage we give them timidity. Where there should be intelli
gence we give them mediocrity. Where there should be indepen
dence we give them a hand-picked product of the Tammany ma
chine. Where there should be a man of iniative and sagacity we
give them a merest messenger hoy of money.
Who and what is Mr. Harrison? Born in New York, he grew
up to ask and obtain admission to the bar. More familiar with
drawing rooms than courthouses, he has been eminently the sort of
lawyer of whom, when they fall ill or leave town, the papers chron
icle the interruption to their social engagements without saying
anything about their practice.
Tammany usually sends to Congress either obedient dummies
or very rich men. Mr. Harrison has been both.
A young lawyer, without many clients, but excellent cotillion
qualities and fine Virginia family, he married the California heiress,
Miss Crocker, who dowered him with great wealth. He became a
generous campaign contributor.
Tammany loves gold and sent him to Congress. By mere lapse
of time he has become second to Underwood in seniority on the
Ways and Means Committee. Mitchell Palmer, of Pennsylvania, the
President’s friend, is third. There is talk of sending Underwood to
the Senate, which would make Harrison next in line for the leader
ship of the House. Is President Wilson sending him to the Philip
pines to save the House or to remove one obstacle in Mitchell Palm
er’s path? This would explain the appointment. It would bo al
together laughable if it were not altogether lamentable.
President Wilson is supposed not to like Boss Murphy and
Tammany Hall. His Philippine preference for Mr. Harrison in no
wise supports this assumption. Since he took oath as a Represen
tative, Mr. Harrison has been docile to the Murphy order—tame to
the Murphy touch.
When in 1909 the House was in rebellion against the tyranny
of Speaker Cannon, Boss Murphy—for a consideration—came to
the rescue of that threatened despot. Boss Murphy “ordered” Mr.
Harrison to desert the Democrats and run to the aid and comfort
of the common enemy. Mr. Harrison ran. Thus do bosses vote their
dummies in aid of the criminal Standard Oil or Sugar or Tobacco.
Not poltitcs, but bib business, rules when criminal privilege is to be
Prisoner Rages as Old Foe Enters
Fight to Return Him to Mat-
teawan Asylum.
SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, Aug. 26.
Upon the advice of William T. Je
rome, former District Attorney ofj
New York, who i?i here In a special
capacity representing the State of
New York, orders were issued this
afternoon to H. La force. Governor of
the St Francis jail, to hold Thaw in
communicado.
Only a few designated lawyers and
alienists may see Thaw, but the
newspaper reporters may send notes
to him. Thaw raged at this order
and made a bitter verbal attack
against Jerome, who prosecuted the
fugitive for the murder of Stanford
White.
Thaw charged Mr. Jerome shield
ed the Identity of “vicious rich” men
during Thaw’s trial in New York for
the murder of Stanford White.
Mr. Jerome did not take Thaw’s at
tack seriously, but plunged into hi?
preparations for the part he will take
In the fight which will be launched
when arguments are heard to-morrow
morning before Judge Globensky in
Superior Court on Thaw’s petition for
liberty on a writ of habeas corpus.
“I am not worrying over Thaws
threat to test the constitutionality of
the immigration 1 .ws and attack the
United States treaty governing aliens
and deportation.” said Mr. Jerome
“Speed and economy are the watch
words of the Canadian courts. Thee
deal out justice that is not impeded
and tangled with technicalities ani
complications.
“Former Governor William Stone is
a mighty poor weather prophet if no
| predicted that Thaw would be on Ca
nadian soil when the new snow flies.
I never heard of it snowing 'n August
before. Thaw will be dumped over
the border and seized in Vermont or
New Hampshire without delay. Ex-
| tradition into New York will bs
speedy.”
Thaw’s interview attacking Mr. Je
rome was given under the same cir
cumstances as that yesterday on his
sanity. He insisted on writing all he
questions and answers and would
brook no interference from the re
porter.
Thaw, if Freed, to
Visit Mr. Chaloner
SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, Aug
26.—Harry Thaw was in better hu
mor to-day. He telegraphed a re
ply to John Armstrong Chaloner,
of Virginia, a fugitive from New
York, who once was pronounced
insane by the New York courts.
Thaw said he would visit Chal
oner if he got his release.
Chaloner is the author of the
celebrated query, "Who’s looney
now?” this being the question he
telegraphed to his relative, Rob
ert Chanler, after the latter lost
the bulk of his fortune to his fas
cinating wife, Lina Cavalieri, the
singer.
$5 Auto Fee Will Not
Be Charged on Cars
Bought This Year
Price Vindicates
Accused Oil Tester
Commissioner J. D. Price, of the
Georgia Department of Agriculture,
returned Tuesday morning from San-
dersville, Ga., where he went to
investigate charges against a Stale
oil Inspector. He said he had decid
ed to retain the inspector.
The Commissioner took a look at
crops In Washington County. Cot
ton, he said, although three week>
late. Is looking fine, with the possi
bilities of a big yield.
Wife Shot to Death
Kissing Her Husband
EDMONDTON, ALBERTA. Aug. 26.
E. W. Cox, well known here, acci
dentally killed his wife as he leaned
forward to kiss her.
Uox was cleaning an automatic re
volver when his wife ceme In. The
husband, still clutching the revolver,
put his arm around his wife’s neck
and the revolver was discharged.
McLoughlin Retains
U. S. Tennis Title in
Brilliant Match
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 26—Mau
rice E. McLoughlin. of San Francisco,
upheld his supremacy on the Amer
ican lawn tennis courts to-day by
winning the all-comers’ championship
for the second consecutive time. In
the final match of the tournament the
hero of the Davis cup matches de
feated Norris Williams, II, of Phila
delphia, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
In every respect it was a great bat
tle. Williams, also of the interna
tional team, handled the fiery speed of
the cnampion as no other players in
the tournament had done. In the sec
ond set Williams temporarily had Mc
Loughlin upon the defensive. But the
champion, who hns played throughout
one of the greatest tournaments in the
history of the game without the loss
of a set until to-day, simply swept
Williams before his assault in the last
games.
Stay-at-Homes Find
Atlanta Cool Spot
Starting out with a scorching week,
August Is winding up as a fairly cool
and pleasant month. The tempera
ture has risen above 85 on only a
few days, and the nights have been
uniformly comfortable. The mercury
dropped to 67 degrees Monday night,
and had climbed to 80 at 1 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon
Showers are predicted by the local
Weather Bureau Tuesday night or
Wednesday.
NEW SAVANNAH LIFEGUARD.
CHICAGO. Aug. 26.—Captain A. J.
Henderson, who until to-dav has been
Inspector of the United State Life-
Saving stations on the shores of Lako
Michigan, left this afternoon for Sa
vannah. Ga., to take command of the
revenue cutter Yamacraw.
MOONSHINE STILL DESTROYED.
ROME. Aug. 26—One of the big
gest stills ever discovered in this sec
tion was destroyed on Kincaid Moun
tain by revenue officers Monday. A
large quantity of whisky was burned.
Georgians who Intend to purchase
automobiles next Christmas need
have no fear over the prospect of be
ing comoelled to pay an additional
fee of $5 for the year 1913.
That was the “official” decision of
Secretary of State Phil Cook, handed
down ’unofficially” Tuesday morning
Mr. Cook, in other words, declartd
emphatically he was going to use his
discretion in regard to the new law
that re 4 lire* the payment of a $5 fee
for each year In which the automobile
is operated.
L. J. Cooper, Rei»re?«entative from
Waco, has the honor of being the
first applicant for one of the new
licenser.. He applied Mci.day, but
was turned down on the grounds that
he was just four months ahead of
time.
HJI
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Advance Sale
m Women’s and Misses’
Lind Leaves Capital
To Sail for Home.
Soecial Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY * Aug. 26.—Special
Envoy John Lind, sent here by Pres
ident Wilson on a mission of paeifi
cation to President Hut-rta, left tht
capita! ai 7 o’clock this morning foi
Vera Cruz.
The failure of his mission here is
causing considerable uneasiness.
Mr. Lind probably will sail for the
United States upon a warship on his
arrival at Vera Cruz, unless his de
parture is delayed by the State De
partment.
President Huerta had offered Mr.
and Mrs. Lind the use of his private
coach to make the trip across to
Vera Cruz, and Mr. Lind had ac
cepted, but this morning the private
car was not at the station. Conse
quently the Lind party had to travel
upon an ordinary day coach, as the
Vera Cruz train did not carry any
Pullmans.
Charge D’Affaires Nelson
O’Shaughnessy, of the United States
Embassv, was at the station to bid
Mr. and Mrs. Lind good-bye, but
there were no representatives of the
Mexican Government on hand. This
was regarded as significant, but not
Air. Harrison was eagorlv willing. He turned traitor at a
Murphy nod, and, abandoning his post as a doorkeeper in the House
of the Lord, raced across to the tents of the ungodly.
Mr. Harrison's vote against Democratic principles was and is
the only act to lift its head above the dead and desert level of his
House eareer.
If one except his being barred from the White House by the
particular Mr. Taft, that Cannon vote constitutes Mr. Harrison’s
entire Congressional record.
What powers, working through Mr. Wilson, have secured this
senseless promotion of Mr. Harrison? No question in a decade has
so wrung the withers of political Washington. The public wasn’t
clamoring for it. No Philippine interest asked it. Why, then, was
so much weakness required at the head of Filipino affairs.
True, the Philippines are a sugar preserve, just as they’re a fa
vorite hunting ground of tobacco. Also, the robbers, for obvious
causes, prefer the Polled Angus breed of governor. Was it a to
bacco hint or a sugar hunch that lias so boosted Mr. Harrison?
As against this come others wiio declare that the bug beneatli
the chi]) of the Harrison appointment is a bug, not of tariff, but of
social hue. They whisper of blue room, red room reasons, and in
form one that, having in view the gentleman’s feelings, Mr. Har
rison is sent to Manila only,to get him out of Washington.
To put an end to this conflict of harrowing surmise, Mr. Wil
son should take mankind into his confidence and give in full his
Filipino reasons for the Harrison hopes within him. A White
House silence at this crisis would be unfair to sugar, tobacco, the
railroads, the Filipinos, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Harrison
and society—to say nothing of the public at large.
Society Women in
Court Against Thief
So Sore Could Hardly Put Them in
Water. Pimples on Arms Itched
and Burned Badly. Cured by Cu-
ticura Soap and Ointment.
ROME, Aug. 26.—So crowded was
the Police Court Monday with fash
ionably droned women to witness the
trial of Rose Miller a negro woman,
that Mayor B. C. Yancey remarked:
"This is more like a 5 o’clock tea than
a police court.”
Rose was charged with being a
kleptomanic and stealing potted plants.
The police have been after the flower
thief for more than a year. The evi
dence was insufficient to bind the
woman over, but other warrants were
sworn out for her.
L. & N. VETERAN SUICIDE.
LOUISVILLE, KY„ Aug. 26.—GrW
j stricken because he had been dis
charged for drinking, Rufus Alexan-
der one of the oldest engineers on
the Louisville and Nashville, eommit-
, ted suicide to-day.
Bienville, I.a. — “I was troubled with
•czema in mv hands for several years. The
tkin would break and look like it had been
cut with a knife and my hands
were so sore 1 could hardly
l»ear to put them in water
and could hardly use them.
When I used them the blood
would run out. They would
heal a little and then they
- would get worse than ever
\ V \ \\ \ again. They were very pain-
\\ \ \ ful. The ersema got to
breaking out on my arms in
pimples which itched and burned very
badly.
1 used different remedies, also used all
kinds of facial creams and on my
hands and arms and I did not get any relief
until I used (’uticiira Soap and Ointment.
I cured my hands and eczema with C’uticura
Soap and Ointment. " (Signed) Miss Fannie
Mo.stiiler, Oct. 6, 1912.
TO REMOVE DANDRUFF
Prevent dry. thin and falling hair, allay
itching and irriiatiou. and promote the
growth and beauty of the hair, frequent
shampoos with Cuticura Soap, assisted by
occasional dressings with Cuticura oint
ment. afford a most effective and economical
treatment. Sold by druggists and dealers
everywhere. Liberal sample of each mailed
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. T, Boston."
*t*~Men who shave and shamptto with Cu
ticura Soap will firiil it best for skin and scalp.
I Men Wanted!
nearly so much so as the absence of
the presidential private car. after it
had been offered for the use of the
special envoy and his wife.
Called Direct Affront.
Americans looked upon this as a
direct affront The news that Presi
dent Wilson had postponed until
Wednesday the delivery of his mes
sage on Mexican affairs to Congress
was received with satisfaction by the
Embassy. It had been expected that
any utterance from President Wilson
construed here as hostile to Mexico
might give rise here to an anti-
American demonstration.
Belief was expressed that President
Huerta asked for a postponement of
the delivery of the w ilson message
until Mr. and Mrs. Lind are safe on
board a United States warship ai
Vera Cruz, that there could be no
possible attempt at assassination.
There was a rumor current aiming
diplomatic circles here that the
United States and Mexico may scv. r
all relations within 48 hours, unless
the tone of the Wilson message is
miWW than it is expected to be.
Charge D’Affaires O’Shaughnessy
and Foreign Minister Gamboa Insisl,
however, that there is still a chance
for both governments to get togeth
er In amity. This same belief is not
generally shared
President Huerta is said to ada
mant in his determination nrb t<»
accept any proposals whatsoever
from the United States, unless he is
recognized as the constitutional ex
ecutive of the Republic. His friends
declare that he will not entertain for
a minute the suggestion that he re
sign.
It is accepted here as true that both
Mr. Lind and William Bayard Hale,
the special investigator sent here
Secretary of State Bryan, have for
warded "inside” information to Wash
ington regarding the possibility of an
early coup on the part of Huerta a.eb
his immediate associates in th:- Gov-
ernment oligarchy.
Mr. Lind was askeo immediately
prior to his departure whether there
was i chance to patch up diplomatic
relations between Mexico and the
United States, but to this he replied:
"I can not talk of the situation now.
I can not comment even indirectlv.
Anything I might say might re
bound.”
Foreign Minister Gamboa insists
that no European Government is at
tempting to coerce Mexico to abide
by proposals put up to Huerta by
President Wilson.
A significant piece of Information
came to-day from Dr Urrutia. Mexi
can Minister of the Interior.
"Mexico is not so badly off flnar.-
cially as the outside world think?,”
said he. "This Government has Juj?1
concluded arrangements to secure a
loan of $20,000,000 from a group »f
British capitalists.”
To Attend This Extraor
dinary Sale of Men’s
Genuine $5.00
Silk Shirts
At
$2.69
DINING CARS
Men of Atlanta—you smart dress
ers—here’s bargain news that will in
terest you!
Our buyer returned from New
York Saturday, and brought with him
bv express on same train this lbt of
nifty silk shirts, genuine $5.00 styles,
in neat, effective little hairline pat
terns, that we shall put on sale, AS
LONG AS THEY LAST, for $2.69.
if we should tell you the manufac
turer of these shirts, there would be a
“howl” from Atlanta’s exclusive men’s
stores, because these same silk shirts
are in some of Atlanta’s best men’s
stores at $5 each. But we shall not tell
you the name of the manufacturer, as
this would he unfair to them.
BUT WE TELL YOU THAT NO
BARGAIN LIKE THIS HAS EVER
BEEN OFFERED BEFORE IN ANY
MEN’S STORE IN ATLANTA.
COME EARLY AND CHOOSE WHAT
YOU WANT, WHILE THEY LAST,
AT $2.89.
50cand 75c
Silk
Knit
Ties
At
29c
WITH A’LA CARTE SERVICE
TO CINCINNATI & LOUISVILLE
I M rim
o* i JLL1
New Fall Suits
At $14.75, $19.75, $25, $35
(iarments Absolutely Can’t Be Equaled
In Any Other Store at the Prices
Over two hundred of them, charming-
lv new and reflecting the smartest fea
tures for Fall; just arrived and go on
sale to-morrow. Such wonderfully at
tractive suits they make you glad that
the glorious days of Autumn are just
about here.
Of finest French and Men’s Wear Serges,
Poplins, Diagonals, Bedfords, “Sumar” Cloths
and Eponge. All new, spic-and-span. Every
fashionable color, including the mahogany and
brick-dust shades.
These models were created for immediate
wear, and the wise woman will buy her Fall
Suit now in this sale, and get the good of it.
And remember these Suits are worth one-fourth
more than the selling prices.
(Ready-to-Wear—Third Floor)
$3.50 Silk Petticoats
2"$1.98
Come early for these:
Just received by ex
press five hundred new,
fresh, satin-finish mes-
saline petticoats in all
colors to match Fall,
suits. The qaulities are
remarkable choice at
$3.50; while they last
$1.98
$4.00 Silk Jersey-l op
Petticoats at
$2.98
Every plump woman wants the jer
sey-top petticoat because it clings so
beautifully to her figure and does not
add one iota to her size. These are
lovely colors and each skirt is finished
with a deep messaline flounce. The
true value is $4; while they last
$2.98
CREPE KIMONOS
At $1.50 and $1.
Note the figure to the right and
you’ll see one of the pretty
styles in this unusually varied
collection of beautiful new ki
monos. We’ve never had finer
values at $2.00 and $2.50 be
fore. Special prices
$1.50 and $1.08
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