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TTTE ATLANTA CEORC.TAN AND NEWS.
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President Requested by Huerta’s
Aide to Postpone Address to
Congress Till Wednesday.
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Harrison as Governor of
the Philippines an Unfit
Appointment
presidency at the fall elections. He
"ill 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 the 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
United 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 White
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.
Lind Leaves Capital
To Sail for Home.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 26.—Special
Envoy John Lind, sent here by Pres
ident Wilson on a mission of pacifi
cation to President Huerta, left the
capital at 7 o’clock this morning for
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
Embassy, 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 signiiicant, but not
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 Wilson message
until Mr. and Mrs. Lind are safe on
board a United States warship at
Vera Cruz, that there could he no
possible attempt at assassination.
There was a rutnor current among
diplomatic circles here that the
United States and Mexico may sever
all relations within 48 hours, unless
the tone of the Wilson message is
milder than it is expected to be.
Charge D’Affaires O’Shaughnessy
and Foreign Minister Gamboa insist,
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 be ada
mant in his determination not to
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 by
Secretary of State Bryan, have for
warded "inside” information to Wash
ington regarding the possibility of an
early coup on the part of Huerta and
his immediate associates in the Gov
ernment oligarchy.
Floats Loan in England.
Mr. Lind was asked immediately
prior to his departure whether there
was a 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 indirectly.
Anything l 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 inf6rmatlon
came to-day from Dr. Urrutla, Mexi
can .Minister of the Interior.
“Mexico is not so badly off finan
cially as the outside world thinks.”
said he. This Government has just
concluded arrangements-to secure a
i. 0 f 06X000 from a group of
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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 tifne 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 be 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, hut bib business, rules when criminal privilege is to be
saved.
Mr. Harrison was eagerly 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
Honse career.
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 bps
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 has so boosted Mr. Harrison?
As against this come others who declare that the hug beneath
the chip 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.
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Prisoner Rages as Old Foe Enters
Fight to Return Him to Mat-
teawan Asylum.
SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, Aus. 26.
Upon the advice of William T. Je
rome, former District Attorney of
New York, who 1m here in a special
capacity representing: the State of
New York, orders were issued this
afternoon to H. I/aforce. 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 f:>r
the murder of Stanford White.
Mr. Jerome did not take Thaw’s at
tack seriously, but plunged into his
preparations for the part he will take
ifi the fight which will be launched
when arguments stre 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 Thaw’s
threat to test the constitutionality of
the immigration laws and attack the
United States treaty governing aliens
and deportation,” said Mr. Jerome
“Speed and economy are the watch
words of the Canadian courts. They
deal out justice that is not impeded
and tangled with technicalities and
complications.
“Former Governor William Stone is
a mighty poor weather prophet Tf 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 b3
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 wouiJ
brook no interference from the re
porter.
Society Women in
Court Against Thief
ROME, Aug. 26.—So crowded was
the Police Court Monday with fash
ionably dressed 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.—Grief
stricken because he had been dis
charged for drinking, Rufus Alexan
der one, of the oldest enginaers cm
the Louisville and Nashville, commit
ted suicide to-day.
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.
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-
ron, he said, although three weeks
late, is looking fine, with the possi
bilities of a big yield.
$5 Auto Fee Will Not
Be Charged on Cars
Bought This Year
Georgians who intend to purchase
automobiles next Christmas need
have no fear over the prospect of be
ing compelled 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, declared
emphatically he was going to use his
discretion in regard to the new law
that rei tires the payment of a $5 fee
for each year In which, the automobile
is operated.
L. J. Cooper, Representative from
Waco, has the honor of being the
first applicant for one of the new
licenses. He applied Monday, but
was turned down on the grounds that
he was just four months ahead of
time.
Wife Shot to Death
Kissing Her Husband
EDMONDTON, ALBERTA. Aug. 26.
E. W. Cox, w’ell known here, acci
dentally killed his wife as he leaned
forward to kiss her.
(’ox was cleaning an automatic re
volver when his wife came in. The
husband, still clutching the revolver,
put his arm around his wife’s neck
and the revolver was discharged.
Battles With Man
He Finds With Wife
FORSYTH, Aug. 26.—Returning
home unexpectedly last night. Will
Ellis found John Chokas, a Greek res
taurant proprietor, in the room with
his wife. Procuring a pistol, he
opei\ed fire at Chokas and the latter
returned the fire, but in the mele«
nobody was shot. Chokas was ar
rested and lodged in the Monroe
County jail.
McLoughlin Retains
U. S, Tennis Title
NEWPORT, R. I.. Aug. 26.—Mau
rice E. McLoughlin, of San Francisco,
defeated R. Norris Williams. 2d, of
Philadelphia, in the final match for
the national championship to-day by
by the scores of 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
The match was brilliant, both play
ers putting up a thrilling battle.
Stay-at-Homes Find
Atlanta Cool Spot
Starting out with a scorching week,
August is winding up as a fairly coo!
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, whd until to-day has been
inspector of the United State Life-
Saving stations on the shores of Lak5
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.
So Sore Could Hardly Put Them in
Water. Pimples on Arms Itched
and Burned Badly. Cured by Cu-
ticura Soap and Ointment.
Bienville. La.—“I was troubled with
sezema in my hands for several years The
skin would bf'eak and look like it had been
cut with a knife and my hands
were so sore I could hardly
bear to put them in water
ami 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
again. They were very pain
ful. The eczema got to
breaking out on my arms in
plrppieR which itched and burned very
badly.
“ I 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 Cutlcura Soap and Ointment.
I cured my hands and eczema with Outirura
Soap and Ointment.'' (Signed) Miss Fannie
Mostiller, Oct. 5, 1912.
TO REMOVE DANDRUFF ^
Prevent dry. tliin and falling hair, allay
itching and irritation, and promote the
growth and l>eauty of the hair, frequent
shampoos with Cuticura Soap, assisted by
occasional dressings with Cuticura Oint
ment. afford a most effective aud economical
treatment. Sold by druggists and dealers
everywhere. Liberal sample of ea-~h mailed
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card “Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston.”
W*Men who shave and shampoo with Cu-
ticura tfoap will find it best for skin aud scalp.
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Militants Disregard
Pankhnrst's Truce
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Aug. 26.—Disregarding
the plea of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst
for a recess in the campaign of vio
lence long waged by the Women’s So
cial and Political Union, militant suf
fragettes continued their depreda
tions to-day.
Members of the arson squad burned
a $20,000 mansion at Finchley,
northern suburb of London, leaving
placards about the ruins, eliminating
doubt as to the identity of the per
petrators.
Klnemacolor Films.
Nature, in colors true to life, is being
portrayed In the famous Kinemacolor
pictures at the Brand this week. Scenes
from all over the globe are shown. In
addition to the Kinemacolor pictures,
first run Biograph. Lubin. Vitagraph,
Pathe, Selig and other first-class films
are shown, the program changing every
other day. There was a good crowd In
attendance Monday night, and all ex
pressed wonder at the truth to nature
of the Kinemacolors. They will be
shown at the Grand for an indefinite
time.
Ohio Cities Granted
Home Rule Right
COLUMBUS. OHIO. Aug. 26.—The
city of Cfeveland won a complete vic
tory in its charter fight to-day when
the Supreme Court decided that the
home rule provision of the constitu
tion gives cities the right to have
non-partisan nominations and non
partisan elections.
This was an affirmation of the low
er court’s decision in the case. Jus
tices Yv’anamaker, Johnson and Wil
kins voted in the affirmative.
The decision affects all cities of
the State that have adopted a new
charter.
Baby Under Knife
For Appendicitis
CHICAGO, Aug. 26.—Robert Seer-
zino. aged 11 months, is recovering
to-day from an operation for appen
dicitis performed last night.
The child was the youngest person
ever operated on for appendicitis, ac
cording to the hospital authorities.
| Men Wanted!
M To Attend This Extraor
dinary Sale of Men’s
Genuine $5.00
Silk Shirts
i At
$2.69
ers-
Men of Atlanta—you smart dress-
-here’s bargain news that will in-
== terest you!
EE Our buyer returned from New
EE York Saturday, and brought with him
== by express on same train this lot of
EE nifty silk shirts, .genuine $5.00 styles,
— in neat, effective little hairline pat-
EE terns, that we shall put on sale, AS
EE LONG AS THEY LAST, for $2.69.
If we should tell you the manufac-
~ turer of these shirts, there would be a
EE “howl” from Atlanta’s exclusive men's
— stores, because these same silk shirts
E= 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
EE this would be 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 $2.69.
50cand 75c
Silk
knit
Ties
WITH A’LA CARTE SERVICE
TO CINCINNATI & LOUISVILLE
= VJf®.
Advance Sale
Women’s and Misses’ §
New Fall Suits I
I At $14.75, $19.75, $25, $35 I
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Garments Absolutely Can’t Be Equaled
In Any Other Store at the Prices
Over two hundred of them, charming
ly 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
While They
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
remarkably choice at
$3.50; while they last
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$4.00 Silk Jersey-Top
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 inessaline flounce. The
true value is $4; while they last
$2.98
CREPE KIMONOS
At $1.50 and $1.98 H
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
$!.50 and $1.98 m
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