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CIRCULATION BREWSTER HELD
U.S.INPEBIL
Growth of The Georgian
and Hearst’s Sunday
American.
Rebel Forces Swarm Seven States
and Problem of Deporting
Americans Faces Government
Powers Call for Protection
Madero's Brother Takes Field,
While Huerta Is Unable to
1 Send Aid to Disease Stricken
Torreon—Communication Cut.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Official
information has reached the State
Department that rebel activities
throughout Mexico are increasing, and
that the Constitutionalists are gain
ing ground every 24 hours.
Rebel campaigns are strong in sev
en States—Sonora, Coahuilla, Chihua
hua, Tabasco, Aguas Callentes, Za
catecas and Yucatan.
This has brought increased peril to
the United States citizens. There are
in Mexico at the present time 8,000
Americans. Officials of the Latin-
American Bureau stated to-day that
it would require at least $100 each to
remove all the Americans from the
zone of warfare in Mexico, or a total
Of $800,000.
3,200 Americans to Stay.
According to information received
at the bureau, it is believed that about
3.200 Americans have decided to stay
in Mexico, leaving 4,800 to be re
moved.
According to these officials, this
country will have to expend nearly
$600,000 to rescue i*s citizens.
Official reports have been received
showing that the rebels are siowiy
closing in on Mexico City, and it is
probable that at the time set for the
national “election" on October 26
Huerta will be in control of only the
territory surrounding his capital.
Other striking developments of the
Mexican situation to-day were:
News that an epidemic of disease
had broken out in Torreon, where
there are many Americans.
About 100 American^ and 18 other
foreigners are marching overland
from Torreon to Tampico and Mon
terey. All these Americans would be
practically helpless if any attack
were made upon them by the rebel
forces.
Spain and a few other foreign Gov
ernments, as well as the Chinese Gov
ernment, have requested the State
Department to protect their citizens
in Mexico.
Madero Leading Revolt.
Raoul Madero, brother of Francisco
I. Madero. late President of Mexico,
has organized a new revolt and has
taken the field as the head of 1,500
men and is marching on Aguas Cal-
ientes, the chief city of the State of
the same name.
The sanitary and other vital con
ditions at plague stricken Torreon, as
reported to the State Department by
Consul Silliman, at Caltillo, reveal a
shocking state of affairs. The city
is isolated from Mexico. General
Bravo, the Federal officer in com
mand, is unable to have serum, anti
toxin or even food brought into fhe
city.
Mexican Smugglers
Taken in U. S. in Battle.
CARRIZO SPRINGS, TEXAS, Sept.
33.—After a short but terrific fight,
the band of Mexican ammunition
smugglers which killed Deputy Sher
iff M. Ortiz were captured near here
to-day by a detachment of United
States troops. One Mexican was kill
ed and two badly wounded during the
engagement.
Members of the band which num
bered fourteen and which was led by
an American were brought to Wind
Mill Ranch, where they are being held
to-night pending orders from Colonel
Sibley, in command of the post here.
For 48 hours the American troops
rode through the thorny brush after
the smugglers. They were finally
located near the Wind Mill Ranch
and the soldiers closed in on them.
Lieutenant McLane ordered his troop
ers to fire. At the first volley one of
the fugitives fell dead. Two more
threw up their hands and toppled
from their horses.
Realizing escape was cut off, the
American leader hoisted a white
handkerchief upon the end of a rifle
while his companions threw their fire
arms to the ground and held their
arms in the air.
Below is given the circulation fig
ures of Hearst’s Sunday American
and Atlanta Georgian so that read
ers mag see the remarkable growth
of the two leading newspapers of the
South.
Circulation of
The Sunday
American
The circulation of The Sunday
American follows, from the date of
first publication, April 6, to the last
Sunday in August:
April 6
11
18
26
1
April 13
April 20
April 27
May 4
May
May
May
June
June 8 ..
June 15 ..
June 22 ..
June 29 ..
July 6 ...
July 13 ...
July 20 ...
July 27 ..
August 3
August 10
August 17
August 24
August 31
87,828
80.612
79,300
77,305
77,729
78,061
78,379
76,914
74,363
76,107
80,683
86,309
82,478
87,699
85,851
86,175
86,864
88,836
95,827
95,841
101,259
102,487
CIRCULATION OF THE GEORGIAN
FOR JUNE
2 ..
3 ..
4 ..
5 ..
June
June
June
June
June 6
June 7
June 9
June 10
June 11
June 12
June IS
June 14
June 16
June 17
June 18
June 19
June 20
June 21
June 23
June 24
June 25
June 26
June 27
June 38
June 30
49,725
62,609
63.494
62,692
61,811
49,114
48,862
48,007
49,540
49,228
49,691
49,535
65.119
60,141
49,083
48,860
48,934
47,490
60,127
61,065
60,774
60,877
61,487
60,349
53,806
‘Professor’ Beavers
To Teach Etiquette
Chief to Preelde at School Where
Patrolmen Will Learn Rules
of Propriety.
Pi OF SHOES
Son of Prominent Atlanta Attor
ney Is Charged With Striking
Marietta Street Merchant.
IS RELEASED ON BOND
Law Student Takes Part of Cook,
Who Had Made Purchase
of Footwear,
W. E. Brewster, son of Colonel P.
H. Brewster, of the law firm of Dor
sey, Brewster, Howell & Heyman, was
arrested Saturday night on a charge
of disorderly conduct growing out of
an altercation with Abraham Flesh-
ner, a merchant at No. 220 Marietta
street. Young Brewster was taken
to police headquarters in the patrol
wagon and later released on a 115.76
bond.
The difficulty arose over the pur
chase of a pair of shoes by Brew
ster’s negro oook.
Brewster, according to the mer
chant’s story to the police, came into
his store about 8 o'clock Saturday
night and began to argue about the
shoes which the negro cook had pur
chased, and which she later returned
on the grounds that they were not
satisfactory. In the trouble which
followed Brewster is said to have
struck the merchant in the face. He
was placed under arrest by policemen,
who were called to the scene.
Young Brewster at the present time
is taking a course in law at the uni
versity preparatory to entering the
firm with which his father is con
nected.
Dog Is Principal
Beneficiary in Will
Wealthy Wisconaln Man Leaves Pel
to Friend, but Forgets Him
Otherwise.
LACROSSE, WIS., Sept 13.—A dog
—Just a mangy animal with no pedl-
Atlanta police are going to school
following an official call Saturday
night by Chief Beavers, who de
clared that, although his men were
fine fellows, he was not fully satis
fied with their "etiquette.” The first
session will be held next Tuesday
night.
Tentative rules adopted by the
Chief Indicate such instruction as the
"proper care of the nails,” the "how
and when to say 'pardon'"—in fact,
everything which comes in the cate
gory of proper "etiquette.”
School will be divided into three
divisions of three platoons each, ac
cording to the Chief.
Princess Calls ‘Trot’
Dances Beauty Foes
‘American Girls Arc Losing Their
Freshness and Sweetness a6
Result of Revels.’
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.—Princess
Lowenstein, the widow of a Russian
nobleman and soldier who fell in the
Philippines at the time Agulnaldo was
captured, warns American girls
against turkey trotting as a foe to
beauty.
“These wild new dances,” the
Princess said, ‘‘which your girls are
doing day in and day out, are show
ing their effects. The dancers get to
look like old, haggard women. The
American girl is noted for her looks,
and justly, too.
“But she will certainly lose all her
freshness and sweetness if she per
sists in keeping up this everlasting
bacchanalian dancing.”
Hill Gets New Atlanta Judgeship
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Roan Goes to Appellate Bench
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Changes Likely Effective Oct. 6
In center is Judge Benjamin II. Hill, named to the judge-
ship of the newly created Atlanta circuit. This picture was
taken Saturday at the Georgian Terrace Hotel.’ Below are
Judge L. S. Roan, on right, and Charles S. Reid, snapped at the
barbecue given court officials and attaches Saturday by Depu
ty Sheriff Plennie Miner.
CIRCULATION OF THE GEORGIAN
FOR JULY
July
July
July
July
July
July
July
July
July 10
July 11
July 1$
July 14
July 15
July 16
July 17
July 18
July 19
July 21
July 22
July 23
July 24
July 25
July 26
July 28
July 29
July 30
July 31
51,671
51,401
51,063
49,988
51,308
49,956
51,326
50.823
52,761
50,778
60,948
61.867
54,077
51,980
52,077
51,419
50,997
62,750
53,748
62.828
51,608
64,596
54,378
64,567
63,113
64,340
63,864
CIRCULATION OF THE GEORGIAN
FOR AUGUST
August 1 64.397
August 2 85,453
August 4 74,244
August 5 74,857
August 6 76.297
August 7 75,002
August 8 77,387
August 9 73,523
August 11 73,742
August 12 72,743
August 13 73,455
August 14 70,709
August 15 72,139
August 16 71,534
August 18 75,623
August 19 74,669
August 20 75,403
August 21 76,208
August 22 77,306
August 23 79,372
August 25 131,203
August 26 98,950
August 27 82,502
August 28 77.831
August 29 76,681
August 30 ... ... . . ... ... 74.761
14-CENT COTTON AND
REIGN OF PROSPERITY
THROUGHOUT
Fine Yield of Corn, Oats and Hay,
With Top Prices for Staple’s By-
Products, Is Expected to Give the
State Its Banner Year.
gree at all, but known as the best
friend of his owner, the late John
Hanson, of Hamilton—is mentioned
as the principal bequest in the will
of Hanson, which was filed for pro
bate to-day
Hanson left much other property—
fine farms and a strongbox filled with
mortgages—but before disposing of
anything else he bequeathed the dog,
with much detail as to the way he
should be treated, to his friend, Lars
FJedstad, of Lacrosse.
The dog is all Fjedstad receives
from the estate, which is distributed
among the relatives in Wisconsin and
Norway.
Golf Holds' Wilson Marshall at Last
In Vermont Hills Finds $2,000 House
President's Summer Home Has
Greatest Number of Guest*
of This Season.
WINDSOR, VT„ Sept. 13.—Golf and
automoblling were on President Wil
son's program to-day. The bracing;
air of Cornish has had such an ex
hilarating effect on him that he may
stay here several days longer than
he planned when he left Washington.
Harlakenden House now has the
greatest number of house guests it
has had this summer. The Misses
Lucy and Marion Smith, of New Or
leans, and Miss Katherine Minahan,
of Orange, N. J., are among them.
The latter, who is a member of the
cast of "The Good Little Devil,” par
ticipated in the performance of "The
Sanctuary” Friday evening by whis
tling the music of "The Hermit
Trash,” which Miss Margaret Wilson
sang.
GOVERNOR DENIES NEGRO
CHILD SLAYER A PARDON
Will Varner, a negro, of Newton
County, must go to the gallows In
spite of the appeal made to Governor
Slaton. Varner shot and killed his
young stepchild while trying to shoot
hip wife because she refused to re
turn to him.
Vice President Keeps Location Se
cret Fearing a Raise in Rent
by Landlord.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—After
long months of weary house hunting.
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
have found a house which comes well
within the |2,000 the Vice President
feels he can afford for house rent out
of his $12,000 salary.
Lest some envious person see their
house and try to raise the bid on it,
the Vice President and Mrs Marshall
are refusing to tell its exact loca
tion.
It Is admitted, however, that It is
on the fashionable Avenue of the
President*.
Vincent Astor Buys
Hydro-Aeroplane
Turns Deaf Ear to Friends Who
Would Dissuade Him From
Flights.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Sept. 13 —
Vincent Astor arrived at Rhlnebeck
to-day on hiB yacht, the Noma, an1
brought along a hydro-aeroplane, In
which he plans to make some trial
flights In the next few days.
His friends are trying to dissuade
him from the project, but he is deter
mined to make a trial of the air and
water craft by flying up and down the
Hudson. The machine is a Curtiss
model.
Washington Society
Hears of Wylie Suit
Reported She Will at Last Seek Free
dom From Her Eloping
Husband.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Socie
ty Is discussing with great interest
a rumor that Mrs. Horace Wylie If
about to begin proceedings to obtain
a divorce from her eloping husband
which will enable him to marry the
companion of his flight, Mrs. Philip
Hlchborn.
Should Mrs. Wylie take the step
which friends have been urging her
to take it will probably end one of
the most distressing chapters in the
social history of the capital.
The 400 here had hardly recovered
from the shock of the elopment of
Wylie and Mrs. Hlchborn when it was
again startled by the suicide of Philip
Hlchborn, the deserted husband. Wy
lie and Mrs. Hlchborn were living in
France at the time of the suicide and
it Is said that the shock nearly pros
trated Mrs. Hoyt, mother of Mrs.
Hlchborn.
Reid Is Given Stone Mountain
Place—Napier Succeeds
Him as Solicitor.
CHINA COMPLIES WITH
DEMANDS OF JAPANESE
Special Cable to The American.
PEKIN, Sept. 13.—Japan's de
mands, presented to China two daya
ago In connection with the killing of
Japanese subjects and the trampling
of the Japanese flag by Chinese, W3re
accepted in thjelr entirety to-day by
the Pekin Gov; nmenL
Benjamin H. Hill, ranking Judge of
the appellate court bench, widely
known as a jurist of notable accom
plishments, and member of a family
distinguished In Georgia's history,
was appointed Saturday by Governor
J. M. Slaton to the judgeship of the
new Atlanta circuit created by the
last session of the State Legislature.
Four appointments making impor
tant changes on the Georgia bench
were announced rtmultaneously by
the Governor. They were:
Benjamin H. Hill, from the
State Court of Appeals to the
new division of the Atlanta cir
cuit.
L. S. Roan, from the Judgeship
of the Stone Mountain circuit to
Judge Hill's place on the appel
late court bench.
Charles S. Reid, Solicitor Gen
eral of the Stone Mountain clr-
ouit, to the Judgeship of the same
circuit.
George M. Napier, of DecatuT,
as Solicitor Oeneral of the Stone
Mountain circuit to succeed Reid.
All of the appointments probably
will go into effect October 6, the date
upon which the new docket of the
Court of Appeals will be called.
Continued on peso 9, column 8«
FEELING OF OPTIMISM IS
EVIDENT IN ALL BUSINESS
■#«hA
Strict Economy Practiced by Farmers
Makes Margin of Profit Tremen
dous—Bankers Are Jubilant, While
Merchants Predict Great Season.
By M. A. ROSE.
Georgia, the whole Southeast, and Atlanta—because it is the
commercial and financial center of the Southeast—will enter upon
one of the most prosperous eras any section of the nation ever has
enjoyed when the cotton crop is moving in earnest this fall—by
October 1 at the latest.
In 1911, all seasons put their heads together in kindly con
spiracy, and Georgia grew 2,768,627 bales of cottton, the greatest
crop the historic State ever knew. It is the fashion to quote 1911
as the most wonderful year the State could expect. Unmistakabla
signs show 1918 will overtop 1911.
Here is the proof:
In 1911 Oeorgia grew, or let us say gathered—for it grew
thousands of bales which never were ginned or even picked—.
2,768,627 bales of cotton. But the whole South grew 15,622,701
bales, excluding linters. Prices were correspondingly low. Georgia
got about $124,500,000 for its 1911 crop.
Almost ready for the gins to-day are 2,250,000 bales. Indie*~>
tions are that this crop will bring Georgia $155,500,000, for 14.
cent middling cotton is a probability, not a possibility.
Of this $156,000,000 a much greater proportion will be profhi
than accrued from the banner crop. Four reasons are apparent!
This is a yield produced at less cost than any previous crop; drouth
in the West will make the total yield short of the world’s actual
needs, particularly as the left-over supply ts abnormally small;
Georgia will spend less for com, hay and oats than ever before,
having record-breaking crops of all three food stuffs; the shortage
of com, hay and oats will mean good prices for that most impor*
tant by-product of cottton, cotton seed.
SHORT CORN CROP INEVITABLE
Consider the last first, because it has been overlooked gen*
erally.
Drouth in Kansas and the other great agricultural States of
the West and Southwest makes a short crop of com inevitable.
Corn is selling at an abnormally high price—around 77 cents at
Chicago and St. Louis for the actual stuff.
Seventy-seven cent com means high beef and pork. It’s pret
ty expensive to fatten hogs or cattle for market on that sort of
diet. High pork spells high lard. High lard means greater de->
mand for cotton seed oil products, so much so that the cotton seed
oil speculator watches the lard market as closely as he does the
oil quotations. Expensive feed, too, means a shortage of cattle for
slaughter and a shortage of blood and bone fertilizer, the packers’
by-product, which is just where cotton seed meal fertilizers may
reap a harvest. Expensive com, again, insures greater demand
for cotton seed hulls as cattle feed.
No one wants to go on record as saying that cotton seed will
sell at a record price. But it is evident it will not be a drug on
the market. Already cotton seed is selling for $20 a ton and bet
ter in South Georgia.
Crushers say Oeorgia will send 900,000 tons of seed to oil mills
this fall. At $20 a ton that is $180,000,000. Add that to $155,000,000
for the lint—it makes one dizzy 1
Back to the first reason for Georgia's enormous prospective
profits. Everyone recognizes that economy has been the watch
word for the year. The farmer has bought as little as possible at
the Btore. He has borrowed as little money as possible. He has
cut down his supply of fertilizer. The old harness, the old wagon,
the same old mule, the same overalls, have served another season,
Small expense and good selling price make excellent profits.
LITTLE COTTON IN WEST.
Texas and Oklahoma, experts say, will produce not more than
4,000,000 bales this year, as against 5,278,500 in 1911. Alabama;
and Mississippi show severe deterioration through the combined
malevolence of bad weather and insects. Louisiana never has bees
a factor in the cotton world since the boll weevil invaded the Cre*
ole State. The Southeast will make, in proportion, the beat crop
of all the belt.
All this would be pf little avail if the Georgia farmer had foi
spend all the money he got for pom, hay and oats to y.ed