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l T1TF ATLANTA (1EOKUIAN AND NEWS. WORLD’S BIGGEST SHIP WHICH WAS SWEPT BY FLAMES AT HOBOKEN At top is the Imperator under full steam, and below, the 1 giant turbine of the great liner. Continued from Pag* 1. Department official* In It a clev erly devised trap by which the United States would recognize the present dc facto administration of Mexico. If It assented to Huerta's view and as sumed that he vaj con*tltutio#Ally th« Provisional IT« eident of , Mexico ad Interim the United States would have swept the ground from beneath Its feet In its refusal to recognize tHe Huerta regime in Mexico as more than a de facto administration. Unusual activity was noticed In the White House, and In the Btate and War Departments. Secretary of 8tate Bryan expressed belief that ht« message of the day previous to the United States Embassy and to all oonsular agsnta. Instructing them to render every possible aid to Amer icans departing from Mexico, would prevent any Americans from suffer ing at the hands of the Mexicans The consular agents have been In struoted to provide with funds every American not able financially to buy passage to the United States, and a number of ships are riding in every Mexican harbor, ready to aid in the exodus Following a long conference between President Wilson and Assistant Se< ret ary of War Brecker.ridge. it was expected that a movement of troops would be Immediately ordered to the Mexican border. It is the President s plan, not only to strengthen the bor der patrol, but he desires the strictest vigilance by troops already guarding the international line. The full text of the answer of Fred eric Gamboa. Mexican Foreign Min ister. to the note sent to him by Spe cial Envoy John Hind, under date of August 2F.. characterized by Minister Gamboa as Mr. Idnd’s second note, follov' «■ “Yesterday I had the honor of re ceivin'* from your hands a note in which you are pleased to state that al though you have no Instructions from the President of the United States of America In the scope of your instruc tions. you reply to the note of this Government, given to >*>u through me, of the 16t6h Instant You are pleaaeo to repeat from those same Instructions the paragraph, which, translated, say literally: " ‘We wish to art in the present cir cumstances under the Inspiration of the most lively and disinterested friendship. W r e propose, In all that we do or say by reason of this serious and Intricate situation, not only to main tain the most scrupulous respect for the sovereignty and Independence “f Mexico, and we consider ourselves ob ligated to that respect by all the con siderations of honor and right, but an well to give all possible proofs that we are working onlv In the Interest of Mexico and not for any person oi group of persons who might have claims relating to themselves or to their properties In this country and who might consider themselves with a right to demand their settlement. “ 'What we intend la to counsel Mexico for her own good and in the interest of her own peace and with no other object of any kind. The Gov ernment of the United States would consider Itself discredited If It had in mind any selfish or ulterior motive, considering that the negotiations In hand concern the peace, welfare ami prosperity of a w hole people • ‘We are working, not with selfish Interest, but In accordance with the dictates of our friendship toward Mexico.’ Denies De Facto Government. "In spite of the fact that at the beginning of the note which 1 now- answer you state that you lack in structions from the President of the United States of America lifter the statement which I reproduced above, you state In the name of that same President that the method indicated In my note of the 16th lnstnat In so far as it concerns the recognition of the present Government (which l may say in passing is Quite far from be ing a de facto Government, as you have chosen to qualify it), or o any other future Government of Mexico— this you add is something which only the United States of America may de cide. which in the exercise of its sov ereign rights In this respect, will not hesitate. especially In times of serious domestic trouble, to consummate in the manner in which, in the Judg ment of the United States of America and not in that of Mexico, may be best for this latter "You add that the President of the United States of America sincerely and ardently believes that my Gov ernment will see in the suggestion of his excellency Mr Woodrow- Wilson the most feasible plan for serving our vital interests and for Insuring the speedy re-establishment of our do mestic tranquillity Quotes Conditions for Peace. "And always in the name of the President of the United States you submit to the consideration of my In the same spirit and to the same end as the original proposition, but In ( a more restricted form, to the end | that my Government may act within its faculties without the co-operation or aid of any other outside factor. "It appears at once, Mr. Confiden tial Agent, that In till* rase the pro posal of hie excellency, Mr Woodrow Wilson, h noi r.o remove himself an lota from the position originally as sumed by him for, notwithstanding the tint consumed tinea the 16th, the date of my reply, to the 26th, In whlcn you delivered to me your second note, which I am here answering, the es sence and even the form of his origi nal instructions sre the ^arne with the aggravating feature well qualified by you as more restricted 'For my part It would have been sufficient to answer this note in its totality by reproducing the whole of my note of the 16th instant as nega tive as cateforloal, as i hays tht honor to reproduce it in this present note Huerta Extremely Patient. "But the President ad Interim wrishea to carry his forbearance to j the last point, ana to the end that Mexican public opinion, which Is so Justly disturbed by the present ten sion In the diplomatic relations bo- tween the two countries, and to the end that the various foreign govern ments, which have offered their good offices in the most delicate possible manner I om glad to repeat that tnls has been their attitude, and not less pleased to express grateful acknowl edgment thereof—may be duly In formed. has authorized me to reply to you In the following terms: “It will begin by taking notice of a highly significant fact. Between the night of the 14th Instant, when I re ceived the sheets containing your in struction—not directed to anyone an 1 calling the present administration - the persons who at the present time have authority or exercise Influence In .1 nd )ssterday some prog ress has been .made, In that now the constitutional President ad Interim (see paragraph 2 of the new propo sitions) is called ‘President Huerta,’ and In the whole course of the note the personnel of hls administration U referred to as the ’de facto’ govern ment “But Inasmuch as this or that qual ification Is of no importance upon the ground that all the representations of your Government have not been Initiated except with ourselves, which gives us, upon the supposition that we have not been dispossessed of It* a perfect political and moral personali ty to clear up the present divergence, I Intentionally limit myself solely to point out the facts. “If your original proposals were not to be admitted, they are now-, in the more restricted form In which they are reproduced, even more inadmis sible. and one's attention is called to the fact that they are Insistent upon, If It be noticed, tha* which the first proposals had already defined. "Precisely because we comprehend the Immense value which is possessed by the principle of sovereignty which the Government of the United States so opportunely invokes in the ques tion of our recognition, and precisely for this reason, we believed that it would never be- proposed to us that we should forget our own sovereignty by permitting that a foreign govern ment should modify the line of con duct which we have to follow- In our public and Independent life. Would Compromise Future. "If even once we were to permit the counsels and advice (let us call them thus) of the United State* of America, not only would we, as 1 sav above, forego our sovereignty, but w# would as well compromise for an In definite future our destinies as r sov erelgn entity, and all the future elec tions for President would be submit ted to the veto of any President of the United States of America. "And such an enormity, Mr. Confi dential Agent, no government will ever attempt to perpetrate, and this I am sure of, unless some monstrous and almost Impossible cataclysm should occur in the conscience of the Mexican people. "We believed, taking Into consid eration the disproportionate interest that the President of the United States of America has shown con cerning our Internal affairs, that fie. as well as his Government, would know perfectly well the provisions of our constitution In the matter of ele - tions. “Unfortunately, and In view of the insistence with which his excellency Mr. Wilson, sustains his first ideas, we are compelled to acknowledge we have made a mistake. “The reform of constitutional arti cles Nos. 47 and 109, put into effect bv the Congress of the Union on Novem ber 7. 1911, provides among other requirements that which is contained In the final part of article 78: ‘The retary of State in charge of the IMPERATOR EXCELLED TITANIC The Imperator was launched at Hamburg, Germany, May 13, 1912, in the presence of Em peror William, who stood sponsor for the giantess. The Imperator has been in commission less than three months, having left Hamburg on her maiden voyage to New York on June 11 last. Disaster to the great ship so soon after her construction instantly brings to mind the fate of the great Titanic, which sank on her initial voyage. In comparison, however, the specifica tions of the Imperator are more imposing than those of the Titaiic. The dimensions of the Hamburg-American liner follow: Length 919 feet. Beam (width) 98 feet. Gross tonnage 50,000. The Imperator’s bridge is 90 feet above the water, and her three gigantic funnels extend 69 feet above the upper deck. Her masts extend 246 feet from keel to truck. Wireless apparatus sufficiently powerful to trarsrait messages 1,500 miles was installed on the liner, and she carries three wireless operators on every voyage. She is equipped with five mighty anchors, one weighing 26,445 pounds, two weighing 17,636, and one 11,463. Her kedge anchor weighs 4,960 pounds. 100 COUNTIES baths, 220 in number. A photographic dark room. Largest Floating Ballroom. The largest' floating ballroom in the world—100 by 60 by 18 feet. A rudder that weighs 90 tona. A winter garden, filled with rich tropical vegetation. A Rltz-Carlton restaurant, with a veranda cafe. A roof garden. A gymnasium, with electrically driven Zander apparatus. A millionaire’s apartment, the size of a twelve-room New York fiat. It has a private garden and deck, and would bring perhaps $30,000 a year on Manhattan. A public stenographer. A florist. Six barbers. A manicurist. A gardener. A tailor. A printing department, with three printers. A hospital, with five physicians. A cabinetmaker. Four elevators, running through five decks. Vessel Can Carry 6,000. The Imperator is nearly one-fifth of a mile long. She can carry 6,000 persons. She has five captains. She carries 83 lifeboats. Her wireless Is powerful enough to reach land when she Is in mid-ocean She has eight kitchens. Two chief chefs and 116 assistant chefs. For a seven-day voyage the follow ing quantities of food are carried: 48.500 pounds of fresh meats. 48,000 eggs. 121,000 pounds of potatoes 27.500 pounds of fresh vegetables. 10.500 pounds of fowi and game. 9,000 pounds of fish and shellfish. 12.500 quarts of milk and cream. 900 pounds of tea. 500 pounds of chocolate and cocoa. 7,000 pounds of coffee. BRESK ILL President Wilson’s ultimatum to Mexico has been interpreted by many In the South as a rumbling of war drums, according to Lieutenant J.» A. Gallogly, U. S. A., who is in charge of the Atlanta district of the recruit ing service, and there has been a sudden influx of enlistments in Atlan ta, Birmingham, Macon, Augusta and Columbus. One hundred and nine men already have enlisted during the month of August, smashing all records. During July there were more than 300 appli cants and 101 acceptances. The larg est number for any one month before that was 42. The average per month for the last six years has been nine teen. .VriVrWiVr ■ »Wv m >YvV« «VVt«W)rW«Wi' »VtV -5 Rich’s Economy Basement s- government .he three fol.ow.ng pm- ^{T^oeTf 'eml'er" Pr^/enf'o? ositions: •• ‘i. That the election called for the 16th of October of tHe present year (the note sent to the Foreign Office by Mr. Lind stated October 26. and not 16) shall be held In accordance with the constitutional laws of Mexico. " ‘2. That President Huerta, in the manner originally indicated by the President of the United States of America, give the Assurance called for In Paragraph C of the original in structions. a paragraph which says literally. "The consent of General Huerta to agree not to be a candi date in the coming election for Pres ident of the republic.’’ "‘3. That the remaining proposi tions contained in your original In structions shall be taken up later, but speedily, and resolved as circum stances permit and in the spirit of their proposal.’ "You add furthermore. Mr Confi dential Agent, that the President of the United States of America has au thorized you to t*ay that if my gov ernment ‘acts Immediately and fa vorably upon the foregoing sugges tions,’ that same President w ill express to American bankers and their associ ates assurances that the government of the United States of America will then look with favor upon the ex tension of an immediate loan suffi cient in amount to meet the tempo rary requirements of the present Mexican administration. Says Wilson Hasn’t Changed. "At the end of >our note. Mr. Con fidential Agent, you express the hope of your Government that my Govern ment will Jrudge it consistent w ith the ***** and Highest interests of Mexico klmmediatA.1 to accept such proposd- fC34-ns, e--atr£ig that they are gubmitted Vice President when the election shall take place.’ Makes Huerta Ineligible. "This inscription, which I take the liberty of making, Mr Confidential Agent, in order that the Government of the United State* of America may take due notice of it, prevents the constitutional ad interim President of the republic from being a candidate of the forthcoming elections, and if hls excellency. President Wilson, had taken into consideration that para graph before venturing to impose on us the conditions In question ami which we may not admit, the present state of affairs between you and our selves would have been avoided, leav ing out of the discussion our decorum and the personal pride of the Presi dent of the United States, wrong!v Interested in this discussion without foundation. It should be well understood that the ad interim constitutional Presideni could not be elected President or Vice- President at the forthcoming elec tions. already called for October, be cause our own laws prohibit him from being a •-undidate, and these laws are the sole arbitrators of our destinies, but never through the imposition, al though friendly and disinterested, of the President of the United States of America or of any other ruler, power ful or weak (this does not mutter in the case) who would be equally re spected by us • I beg to inform you. Mr Confiden tial Agent, that up to the present time, at least, only the President of the United States of America has spoken of the candidacy of the consti tutional afk interim President at the forthcomli,J| elections. “Neither the solemn declaration of this high functionary nor the moot In- algniflcant of hia acts -all of which have been done with a view of ob taining a complete pacification of the country, which is the supreme na tional aim, and which he has decided to bring about In spite of every thing—has authorized any one even to suspect that such are not his ulti mate intentions. "It is perfectly well known that there does not exist in the whole country a single newspaper, a sin gle club, a single corporation or group of Individuals who have launched his candidacy or even dis cussed it. "On what, then, is the gratuitous suspicion of the President of the Unit ed States of America based and his demand, which is absolutely inadmis sible, that in order to comply with the suggestion of the President of the United States the ad interim President of the Mexican republic should enter into agreements and con tract obligations which have never heretofore been imposed upon the rul er of any sovereign nation? “The question having been set forth, as 1 have had the honor of doing in tins reply, his excellency Mr. Wilson will’ have to withdraw definitely from his present attitude at the risk that hls motives, which I take pleasure in acknowleding are. as he himself quotes them, friendly and disinterested, altruistic and with out ulterior ends -at the risk. 1 re peat. that they may be wrongly and differently interpreted by all the other nations which -look upon our present internal conflict with more or less in terest. Demand U»o of "De Facto" Stopped. “And although the President of the United States of America should take an altogether different stand from the universal standpoint which con siders differently an administration under the conditions In which our own is at present (the best proof of my assertion is the unconditional recognition of the foremost powers of the world, among which the United States of America occupies such a prominent and legitimately acquired rank), he will have to cease to call us a de facto Government and will give us the title of ad interim con stitutional Government, which is the only one to which we are rightly entitled. "Permit me. Mr. Confidential Agent, not to reply for the time being to the significant offer in which the Government of the United States of America insinuates that it will recom mend to American bankers th,» im mediate* extension of a loan which will permit us, among other things, to cover the innumerable urgent ex penses. required by the progressive pacification of the country: for. in the terms In which it is couched, it appears more to be an attractive antecedent proposal to the end that, moved by petty interests. w e should renounce h right which incontro- vertibly upholds us nr a period when the dignity of the nation is at stake “1 believe that there are not loans enough to induce those charged by the law to maintain that dignity to permit it to be lessened. "On the other hand. 1 have seen with great pleasure that the Presi dent of the United States of America proposes for a later date, and ac cording to what the circumstances permit, the solution which was mark ed with the letter A in the original instructions and in the not** to which this is a reply, with the No. 3. for this reveals that we are really in the way of arriving at an arrange ment equally dignified for both sides. Renounces Ambassadorial Demand. "In view of this, Mr. Confidential Agent, to-day more than ever we profoundly hope for an immediate so lution c? the conflict which unfortu- nately has separated us. I could go even further. 1 would renounce on our part the demand that our re spective Ambassadors be received Im mediately. since for the end In view the present personnel of oul* recipro cal embassies is sufficient as it re mains as it has been heretofore until the elections of October have taken place, but I always stand on the un avoidable condition which declares that we are in reality the ad interim constitutional government of the Mex ican Republic. "In my turn. M. Confidential Agent, I beg again to repeat to you the pleasing impression which you leave with me as a citizen of the United States of America, as an able, right eous and well-intentioned personal representative of his excellency, Mr. Woodrow Wilson. I esteem greatly the gratitude which you say you pro fess for the well-deserved treatment which you have received In Mexico at the hands of the ad interim consti- tional President of mo republic, from private Individuals and from myself, and I reiterate to you, as In my pre vious note, my present consideration. "F. GAMBOA. "The Secretary of Foreign Affairs ot the MeTfcan Republic. "To Mr John Lind, Confidential Agent of the President of the United States of America, etc., etc. “A true copy of the original, to which I certify. "For the Sub-treasury of Foreign Relations, the chief clerk: . "PENAYRES.” , Ambassador Wilson To Quit Next Week. INDIANAPOLIS. IND., Aug. 28.— From a source close to Henry Lane Wilson, Ambassador to Mexico, it was learned to-day that Ambassador Wil son will demand either next Monday or Tuesday that he be immediately relieved of his position. The demand will be made on Secretary of State Bryan. Ambassador Wilson has al ready tendered his resignation as Ambassador to Mexico, effective Oc tober 1. but is anxious to be relieved of hls diplomatic duties because of the dissonance that exists because of President Wilson and Secretary Bry an on the one hand and himself on the other over the Mexican situation. Commenting to-day on President j Wilson’s message to Congress, Am- j baasador Wilson said that he pre ferred to refrain from criticism until next Monday or Tuesday. “1 will then talk.’’ said Ambassador Wilson, “for i 1 will be In a position to do so." This I is taken to mean that he will wlth- : draw permanently and peremptorily , from the diplomatic service on one of these two days. Blease Says Wilson Too Easy on Mexico. CHARLESTON. Aug. 28.—Governor I Cole L. Blease thinks Americans llv- | ing in Mexico and having property ! there should be allowed to stay, and if Huerta gets fresh with them the United States ought to go down and hand him a thrashing. He believes j the President is too cautious. Governor Blease. who is here to-day. I reiterated his stateme^tA that he will go to the United State* Senate. who were working these pumps de serted their posts in a panic of fear. Gerbracht might have staggeied to safety, but he clung to hls task until he dropped and was roasted to death. Many firemen were burned by being swept off their feet by a back draft. All the freight which had been brought over on the voyage ending here last night was in the ship’s hold, and the efforts of the ship’s officers were redoubled by knowledge that loss of the cargo would add at least $1,- 000,000 more to the damage. Origin of Fire Mystery. The origin of the fire is a mys tery. Captain Ruser expressed belief that the flames had been burning for some time before discovered. It was possible that they had ignited about 4 o’clock or sooner. The Hamburg-Amerlcan Company ordered a rigid investigation. In telling the experiences of his men. Fire Chief Gavin, of Hoboken, exclaimed: "It Is a wonder any of us are alive That ship is the most complicated thing inside we ever saw.” Fire boats bringing firemen from New York City were rushed to the scene, not only to fight the blaze upon the Imperator. but to prevent the fire from spreading to the crowded ship ping in the district. The loss of life probably would have been heavier but for Chief Ga vin Captain Ruser ordered a num ber of seamen into the seething pro vision room to search for bodies, but Gavin would not let them go. "You are sailors, not firemen, and you don’t know* how* to protect your selves," said the Hoboken chief. "I’ll send some experienced men." He did. Here Are Some of Imperator’s Wonders. The Imperator. which was the greatest ship ever built, had been in service only a few months. It com pleted its maiden trip across the At lantic on Jitne 21 last. It was a ver itable floating palace, excelling in comfort and luxury' even the Titanic. Following are some of the wonders of the giant liner: A flower garden with a large mint bed. A candy and toy store for children. A notion store. A running track. An elaborate Roman bath. two sto ries high, 65 by' 41 feet, made of bronze and marble. A swimming tank 31 by* 21 feet, with a maximum depth of nine feet. Turkish, Russian and mineral j — ■ ■■■-» - Funeral Designs and Flowers FOR ALL OCCASIONS. Atlanta Floral Company 465 EAST FAIR STREET. MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN. MACON, Aug. 28.—The Macon Chamber of Commerce will put on a special membership campaign here during the month of October. Sev eral* rallies, at which secretaries of other commercial bodies will illus trate the advantages of affiliating with the trades body, will be held. MASONIC CONVENTION. DALTON, Aug. 28.—The Tri-Coun ty Masonic Convention is in session at Eton to-day. Among the visitors are two of the Gran-7 Lodge officers— Robert L. Colding of Savannah, grand master of Georgia, and F. F. Baker, of this city, grand marshal of the State Grand Lodge White Canvas Pumps 76 pairs, 3 styles. For mer prices $2.50 and $3. EXPENSE State Tax Assessor Hart Shows Forty-nine Pay Georgia’s Expenses. That 100 counties of Georgia’s 149 are drawing out more money annual ly than they actually pay into the State treasury 'was the startling information revealed to State Tax Assessor Hart Thursday. Judge Hart wished to know Just how much each county paid in and withdrew from the treasury. Accord ingly, he requested Secretary Har rison of the Comptroller General** de partment to compile a Hat of the counties, with the amounts expended as well as withdrawn. The list show ed about 100 counties withdrew more money annually than they paid in, and that the deficit is made up by the larger counties, Including Fulton and Bibb. Judge Hart is conducting the most minute investigation of the entire taxing system, with the view of over hauling it to meet the demands of the new law which was passed by the recent Legislature. TWO BLIND TIGERS CAPTURED T1FTON, Aug. 28.—Two more blind tigers were led into Recorder's Court Wednesday morning. Charley Rut land, white, was fined $75 or five months; John Crawford, a negro, was fined $60 or five months. Fall season is the when Girls’ White One-Strap Slippers 38 pairs. Sizes 8 to 2. Original price $2 pair. Special price 95c HOT WEATHER DRINK. Hemwd'a Acid Phoaphate A teaapoonful added to a glass of cold tee or water, with sugar, in delightfully refreshing. Ad?. R i c s j Economy Basement | - - uu luuiu »*)» you want to see your busi ness pick up. Nothing can give it greater impetus than theinstallation of an Atlanta phone. ATLANTA TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. EISEMAN BROS., Inc. Men’s and Young Men’s NORFOLKS! 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