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IIP, I LA,\ 1 tJl-OUUIAA -A.M' M*. V\ S. JUAREZ EXECUTIONS #5 ACCUSED WIDOW WHO WILL TELL HOW AGED CAPITALIST WOOED HER RELIEF SENT TO TEXflSFLOCD PHuEMX, ARJZ. Dec. 9 The • * r*. utlonft by soldiers tin<b*r General Villt* of Mexican KcdvaJ oftireholdet s in Juarez xx hen the city whs f*Hptund by Const iutionalisti* is defended n a otter written b\ ORiiera) Venustian > farranaa t" Governor Geor(t< w P Hunt, of Arl/ona. and made puMh «>- da> l>y the Executive «'n runv.a savs that ihroufth a lack of a full and. r- standi** of Mexican problems an out sider nintht place a wrong ■•onetrux- Hun on ih* acts of the Constitutional* ietfr Toaf is » ue. t!ie letter a \ s ‘ ' i be fa- t that criminal acta with which ihi* struggle was begun and tile « rtiel no “in- o maintain it are forgo. General < tnajr/.a relates that a <<>rrupt minority »f the d*f«.»t*.l 'awCons*’ lias Httempted to control 11 (»ovennment by violence. rnurd'o toxime neopertx and forun* peaceful men anti obvs tr* enter the armv to oppose the Constitutionalists ultm ior l ae liberties of Men Given Clemency Before. W ith strict i.l< fifeu r," saxs <*«u • ra ij/a - letter. “tin Huerta nHIcci- x civ trier! and executed at -loan \tin.ng them were some \x ho Lad 1m* m • apttired at. Torn-on by ihi* i*n General Villa who. after pardoning them, agreed that they should be en listed bx our forms. Thereafter th y iiad emle.'i vorecJ. though unsuccessful- Ui create a defection of the men I bad intrusted to their command :ina 11 > deserting to re-engage in ■ rime. It is true that the established principles observed in international wars extend to prisoners the prlvil r* of pardon or immunity from bodily harm, but in civil struggles the m«>*i ivilized nations in all ages have • i»v ployed more rigorous and bloods means even than xve have been com pelled to adopt.” Carranza saxs that the power of tiiemeiH x possessed l»\ the Mexi'-in people has been exhausted, but 0 it lie by moans of definite reparation of tile national organizations wishes m insure permanent uanquilUty in Mc\- •ign oi <lone t eet ion • nd hai sis pc a! V Of fo a fo! in' lt» mil v if i n t t < •at ion reigr lie* border with hi* military din pat die* iia in Cliihu/thua. -Icknesw there. 'Hie \ e i ge nt sta rx a t lorv sanitary measure* General V illa ex- tion th Red Cross uals He does not, r recognize any for- of relief has promised pro- lix’ea and property. : Hr.O < 'oust ii tit Iona I linahua C&) Mrs. J. B. Crawford, who will go on the witness stand in the battle for the $250,000 estate of her aged hus band to refute charges of other heirs that she forced him to marry her. Huerta Helds Train Ready for Flight. Stories Overdrawn. •He si»x- that in Juarez* the occur rence# were "far from being invented with the numerical importance which our enemies, in th»*ir intemperate frame of mind, desired to give them.” The same is true. Carranza says. *f the report* that 40 women and girls i ommitted suicide In the fear that c\ • -esses might be indulged in by 1 he Constiutionalists. He declares thit the Constfcuionalist soldiers in every victory have been “dl*et|*l tried and . onsidetate.” Concluding his letter. General Car ranza says that he m ’“animated l»V the Maine humane sentiments” that possess Governor Hunt and assert* that in the future he wl’l apply the law giving him authority to execute <<nl> “when the limitations are fixed by the most absolute need." The laxv," he say*, "shall be en forced against the willful enemies with the privilege of safety and par don extended always to the guUtless and misguided.'' Villa Prepares to March on Capital. Jl'AKKZ. I)e< <• Cavalrv patrols were on duty in Hie streets here to- .a> and other troops were sent to reinforce the outposts east and south of the citx Tliis section was takefi by General Benevides. the Constitutionalist com mander here, in response to orders transmitted from the city of Chi huahua bx General Villa, who fears hat the Federal troop* •lurching north max be planning a sudden at tack on Junto:'.. Many civilians croaaed over to FT Paso during the night. They fear Hurt another bnttl^ is going to take place *here. V message w as received from Gen <.<. I Villa sav ing he will begin hi • nun’ll on Mexico City as soon ft* hr cceix cs reinforcements fnxin Sonora, -hualoa and Nuevo 1 eon \g far as can be judged here. Villa accepting no orders from General .u atv/.a the < 'oustitutionalist President, but is working for his own aggrandizement. * During the nighl Villa transferred is headquarters in Chihuahua City into tlte palace of the Military Gov- ’nor. General Mercado, who lias fled Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MEXICO CITY Dec. ‘i Following the flight of General Huerta s family i to Manzanillo, on the Pacific roast, it ■ was m ported lt»*re to-da that a tra i was bring hold iri readiness to car- rv ih»* <li( tutor him** If w urn Ins po*i- i ion becomes untenable. I'nder orders from Huerta the a i cumulated mail of the H3 deputies who jhave hren held in Helem prison for a j number of weeks was opened to-d iv, { This-act Ion was r< garried as a ele - # move on the pari of the dictator to secure luerimiruiting evidence against ;rmc of the prisoners According ' » I political i’i)i ml' of Huer ta, letters I compromising certain of the prison- las negotiators vvitli the Const Itutior. - I jilist rebels were slipped into the m.’.l ' ina ’ I O' || is I Mal’g' d t ‘at General HueCa plans to make thesi letters puh'i • land llien order the trial of the re- i • ipien, s as traitors. General Gil. the Federal comma ml- l< r in chi'f has telegraphed io the War Ministry that lie lias defeat i jilie li bels operating in that d'Ztrict. Federal Cknerals and Refugees Reach Line. | PRESIDIO. TEXAS (By United j States \rmy Telephone to Marla. I Tf»\as i I >e< !». Throughout the night I straggling bands of refugees who came north with the caravan from Chihuahua City filtered into OJina- ga. immediatelv over the line The evacuufion of Ojlnaga by the | rebel garrison under Colonel Cliuara | eliminated proapecta of a battle on the line and vigilance of the United States Army patrol vvas relaxed. Strict watch was kept, however, to prevent any Mexican soldiers from crossing with arms in their hand*. Tlo Arrival of General Caravco and General Salazar, who brought ^ipw .- of the approach of General Met • •ado and General Orozco, also put an end to the circulation of reports that the Fed era Is were trying to execute a coup to entrap and destroy the Con stitutionalist army under General c&) In the picture below is the late J. B. Crawford, the wealthy Atlan tan whose sud den death now is attributed to poison plot which heirs contesting his 10RSYTH mmvs 'o oi- ? 30 Husir.1 Ut,lift 10 RIGHT I 30 THE WHIRLWIND VIOLINIST. YVETTE! Direct From Folics Bergeie Australian Boy Scouts. Goldsmith & Hcppe. Hickey Bro* Nichol Sister*, the Resaires. Eldrldge &. Barlow. ] Villa. iiiu/ni, who is commanding the j rear guard of the caravan, is expected in i ijinaga to-thu Vi.-cntg lwtra, Chihuahua merchant > ’•» way the fii#t « ivilian to arrive in • Mtnaga. came to Presidio to buy sup- I plies. "It was a march of death," lie said j Thoughts uf privations we passed through arc like a terrible night mare.” Straight Phosphate’ Powders Real Waste in ,<li the Baking Powder "Wars" that have been intermittently waged in the last twenty year*, one point has be< n overlooked. The question o f keeping quality, and therefore elli- denev in raising bread, the only pur pose for which baking powder is used, appears to have been generally ig noted. There are many powders wnuii, when fresh, and the can is first uncovered, will do fairly good work but after standing for some time on the pantry shelf the powder becomes so weak as to be almost worthless so far as raising bread is concerned. Tills iv especially true in » iso of the so-called "Straight Phos phato" powders. The housewife to whom economy is ;•!! object will avoid the«e •'Straight Phosphate” powder*. New Furniture House Soon Open for Trade Known Dead Now Reaches 150. Serious Conditions Still Exist in Stricken Section. Pastors in Savannah To Start Liquor War SAVANNAH. Dec. 9 —Following a strong address by the Rev. Rockwell S. Frank, at a meeting of the Protes tant Ministers' Union, a crusade on a large scale to stamp out the loquor traffic in Savannah will be inaugu rated. No definite plans were announced, nor would the ministers make any definite statement, hut they left lit tle room for doubt that they would actively begin a campaign that they had very reason to believe would be successful. DALLAS, TEXAS, Dec. 9—Wild several thousand refugees marooned in half-flooded cotton ginhouaew and dwellings, flood conditions in Central and Southern Texas still were unre lieved to-day. Civic organizations in the largest cities in the Slate have organized relief expeditions which will get into action as soon as the waters recede enough to permit the penetra tion of the devastated country. Th® total known dead was in creased to-day to 150, and reports which have not been confirmed indi cate a much larger death list. In it« appeals for money to relieve the sufferers the Bryan Commercial Club .^ent out circulars estimating the total dead at 500. A large shipment of motorboats from Houston was delivered in Aus tin County, but little work could be done by them while the flood still was high. Ex-Slave Saves Old Master From Thugs SAVANNAH, Dec. 9.—The story of how an old slaverv-tlbe negro saved his master's life when he ,»a? at tacked by four yeggmen. was reveal ed by the county police to-day. ^ It happened about four miles from Sa vannah at a store owned by a veter an, William Dorsey. When themen forced an entrance to his place and attacked him. the old darkey rushed to his aid with an army musket and put them to flight. Actress to Address Savannah Boosters SAVANNAH, Dec. 9.—Mme. Lea Less! Munthe. one time actress-im- pressarior. who has recently moved to Savannah for her health, will ad dress a rally of the Boosters’ Club on the evening of December 19. Jt will be the first time a woman has addressed such a meeting in this city. $50,000 Xmas Tree Is Burned in Store BOSTON. Dec. 9. A Christmas tree loaded with pretty gifts and $50,000 worth of toys and general stock were burned to-day in a fire in a local store. OBITUARY. Mrs. I. F. McPherson, fifty years old. died at her home, No. 95 Central avenue, Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Her only surviving rela tive. Miss Jessie Nells, a niece, is expected to arrive in Atlanta from Knoxville Tuesday, and the body probably will be taken to Knoxville for interment. The body of Mias Minnie Williams. who died at a private sanitarium Monday, has been sent to her for mer home in Lawrenceville. Ga,. for intermenr. She was 25 year* old. Miss Williams is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wil liams*: two sisters and seven broth ers. among them Drs. P. A. and A D. Williams, of Atlanta. The body of Mrs. Nellie Lola Yar brough, a palmist, who for years went under the name of Madame LeRoy has been sent to her former 'home at White Pond, S. C., for fu neral and interment. She was 38 years old. This is The Can that holds the finest syrup you’ve ever mouthed. There’s no just - as - good in flavor or quality. It’s always the same. VeIva ought to be on your table to spread on biscuits, waffles and muffins. Try it on batter cakes and you’ll say, “That's fine”— you can’t help It. Red and green cans—your grocer’s. PENICK & FORD, Ltd. New Orleans Send for booklet of conking and candy recipas. Pankhurst Goes to " Paris for Health; Will Renew Battle Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Dec. 9. Declaring that she v*ould return to fight for ; the cause when her health is regained. Mrs. Em. meline, Pankhurst. the militant suffra gette leader, was removed from London to-day It was Mrs. nankhur*t's ^lafi ] to go to Paris and join her daughter, I Chriatobel. When Mrs, Pankhurst was carried from the headquarters of the Women s ! Social and Political Union and placed in an automobile ambulance she was so weak she could barely stand, but sh* \| continued to cheer her followers with words of hope. “The government will not interfere with my leaving the country," she sale “They want me to get out and stay out, but I am coming back to lead the flgh when I get better.” MEAT CAUSE OP KIDNEY TROUBLE Take Salts to Flush Kidneys if Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers. If you must have your meat every day. eat it, hut flush your kidneys with salts occasionally, says a noted authoi ity who tells us that meat forms uric acid which almost paralyses the kio neys in their efforts to expel it from the blood. They become sluggish and weaken.- then you suffer with a dull misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, dizzfnesf your stomach sours, tongue is coated and when the weather is had you have rheumatic twinges. The urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, the channels often get sore a.ncl irritated, pbliging vou to seek relief two or three time? during the night. To neutralize these irritating acids, to cleanse the kidneys and flush off the body's urinous waste get four ounces of Jad Salts from any phar macy here; take a tablespoonful In \ glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will ther act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with llthia, and ha? beer, used for generations to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neu tralize the acids 1n urine, so ii no longer irritates, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive: can not in jure. and makes a delightful efferves cent lithia-water drink.—Advt. It Is Not Too Late to have your order for Engraved Cards or Stationery exe cuted by J. P. Stevens Engraving Co., Atlanta. A magnificent, new five-story plant has greatly increased their facilities, which enable them to fill orders promptly up to the last minute. The new firm chael Furniture Whitehall street, bu-inoi of Knot, & <’Hrmi- P'lmpaiiy, No. 135 will be ready for LyricTheater With ELEANOR MONTELL ATLANTA T0 £'® HT Klaw &. Erlanger Present Robert HILLIARD In the Great Detective Play. “THE ARGYLE CASE” Also Toes.. Wed. Mat and Night Nights 25c to $2; Mat 25c to st 50. THURS..FRI..SAT., H H Frazee Present* , Famous All-Star Cast MINE FEATHERS By Eugene Walter Robert Edeson Rose Coghlan Wllten Lackaye Lydia Dickson Ma* Kigman Lolita Robertson SEATS NOW SELLING Niqhts. 25e to $2: Mat. 26c to $1.50 simultaneously with the re- I opening of Whitehall street. Ite- building began when regrading was begun on Whitehall street and the | ■ entire building of three floors will be! oeeupied b\ them This firm is composed of George F. ' Knott, formerly of the Knott & Awtix | Shoe Gompany and recently with the ■ Martin iV. Knott Furniture Gompany. and Hugh Uurmichael. t'ormerlx of I the Uarmiohael-Talman Furniture Gompany and recently with the Gold- ' smith-Acton-Witherspoon Gompany. Sayres Guests of iU. S'. Envoy in London Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Dec L Mrs Fiain is B. : Sa> o. daughter of President Wilson, \Vho is here on her honeymoon, wits I the guest of honor to-day at a lunch eon given bx Miss Dago, daughter of j \\ H Page. United States Am bassador to Kngland. Mr. S ix re this afternoon accom- j panied Ambassador Page to Cam bridge t" attend the commemoration j feast of Trinity College U. S. Navy's Enlisted Force Passes 50,000 WASHINGTON. Dec. 9 For the first } time sine* the «'t\il War the enlistM strength of the Navy has passed the | 50.boa mark, the total to-day being | ML136. | Continued From Page 1. worth of diamonds and other jewel*. The steps had been entirely burned away and the two men had to get into tiie room by means of a ladder. Gems in Hiding Place. Mr. Winecoff poked about the ashes and < harred timbers with a stick ami flnaiiy located the fireplace It was in here mat Mr*. Winecoff had Kent the valuable gems secreted, and they were found practically undamaged hv the scorching through which they had passed. About $3,000 worth of silver plate also wps recovered Tueadav. but some of this was considersh)> damaged. Most of it can be restored Alon rr with the burning of the horn \xith its luxurious furnishings the on- tire wardrobe of Mrs. Winecoff. con sisting of many costly gowns, was consumed in the ,.ames. Not a single piece of furniture was left by the fire So far as known, no one was in the house at the time tiie fire started. The blaze first was noticed 1»> K. D. UraiV' of No. 102 Peachtree circle He soun 1 ed the alarm at about 8:30 o’clock. The nearest fire station i* 5 on North avenue. By the time the lone com pany had arrived at the Winecm’i home the flames had leaped through the rooms, igniting tiie costly tap s tries and other furnishings, and were beyond all control, Firemen Powerless. The flames raged unchecked, th' firemen being powerless to make an> impression on them. The disastrous conflagration brought o tiie atten tion of the residents in that section of the city more forcihlx than an' other circumstance their woeful lactv of adequate fire protection. Frank Harrell, manager of the Winecoff Hotel, where Mr Winee .iff was expected to dine later In Hp' evening, was telephoned and asked 1c inform Mr. Winecoff of his loss. The latter, however, could n t be found ar the moment, and Mr. Harrell went to tiie Forsyth Ther.ter and took Mrs. Winecoff In an automobile to her home, which wai® still wrapped In flames when the\ arrived there. Mr. Winecoff. arriving a fexx min utes later was stunned momentari v by the devastation he saw When he had recovered from the first shock < f his great loss, he said that not mere than half the cost of the reaWeiue \xas covered bv insurance. He stood in the biting cold for some time watching V ** firemen futllelv trying to check the flames, which were fanned by a gale. Scores of p r- sons gathered about tiie ruins of rh* magnificent building Tuesda>. drawn ther«> bv curiosity. ONLY ONF. “Bromo Quinine” that is [ Laxative Bromo Quinine Cure* a Cold in 1 Dav, Grip in 2 Days : on box. 'fartnr 25e | Wedding Twice Is Delayed as Shock Overcomes Fiance ST LOUIS. Doc. 9. Adam Euler, who for years has had a desire to marry Miss Alma Oberrneyer. 20. years old and pretty, is being nursed for a recurrent case «>f “cold feet” at the home of the bride-to-be. after Kuler twice had nervous* prostration. Induced by the imminence of mar riage. The wedding originally was sched uled to take place in Miss obermey- er’s home Sunday'. Instead of the fiance, a note arrived Informing the fiancee that Filler had suffered an attack of nervous profit ration. Yesterdax morning F.uler had al most recovered • nd it was decided to have the delayed ceremony. Again j the bride-elect was disappointed. Euler was found and taken to tiie Oberrneyer home, where liis fiancee, after diagnosing hi* case. ordered him put to boo. She then laid aside her wedding raiment and set to work to nurse Kuler through his attack. KHORASSAN CEREMONIAL. COLUMBUS. Dec. 9. The Dramat ic Order Knights of Ivhorassan is preparing for a big ceremonial and initiation in Columbus Fridax night. Cures a Cold in 1 Dav, mA Mother Stanislaus Tells of Recovery Throat Trouble*, lik* I'onMnuad rough* and I'olds, often Mrtously affect the lungs If you have not found an> lmpitovement from the treatment you have tried. Investigate the many rot*ort* showing heneflis, and. 1n numerous raws, complete recoveries, brought about by the use of Kokman’s Alterative This is a rufdh'tne for Throat and Lung Troubles, fav orably known for more than fifteen years Read this rase Convent of Si. Anne, Sanford. Fla tJentlemen In February, 1911. our doctors ■examine'I my throat and prnnounred the neres ally of an operation Ha'Ing heard at Peeks kill. \ X Motherlunise of the Staters of Si Francis wheie 1 was vtsirlns. ;>r F>-kmai«’s Alterative. I determined a« a last resort to try It Xfier taking four or ftv*' bottles large ple'-ea of diseased tisane name away 1 ron tinued ihe Alterative, to my grateful and dally re!lei In ten months I «a.» reM..red to j»er feet health I would he glad to write or talk to any person who may have a doubt a1>mit It, 1 would like them to «*e and hear from my own lips, If they so de-nA. all 1 would say (Signedi MOTHER M STAXISI.At S (Above abbreviated: more on request i IVkman’s Alterative has l*een proven by ms!,\ 'ears' tej*' to he ’'tost edV*‘i<>w- for severe Throat and l.utie Xff.'tjon-. Beonrhttl*. Bron <’hiat Asthma. StuhK»rn < old* and in upbuild Ing the system Contains no narcotlrs. pntsor.x or habit forming drugs Sold by all Jaroi* r*rug Store* an i other leading druggist* Write thf Kokman Laboratory, Philadelphia, p* . f.q- booklet telling of recoveries and additional evl dance Continued From Page 1. represent Mrs. Crawford, and from the first have been confident of the charges against Mrs. Crawford falling flat. Battle of Experts. Tiie present hearing which has been pending in the court for many months has been featured by many days of questioning of physicians, who expressed their expert opinion as to whether “Uncle Josfi” Crawford died from poison. The defense introduced many doc tors who declared that an opinion ex pressed on the death of a man after the body had been buried for four years could not be regarded as other than worthless. The post-mortem examination was held by Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of the State Board of Health, who re ported that he had found traces of opium poisoning. County Physician Dr. J. \Y. Hurt, who attended Mr. Crawford, asserted that he had given him a cough syrup which contained opium, and also had given him a morphine hypodermic. • i INDIGESTION, GAS Time It ! Pape’s Diapepsin Ends All Stomach Misery in Five Minutes. Do some foods you rai hit back- taste good, but work badly, ferment Into stubborn .lumr» and cause a sick sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr or Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down: Pape's Diapepsin digests everylhing. leaying nothing to sour and upset you. There ne\cr n as an? thing so safely quick, so certainly effective. No difference how badly >ottr stomach ts disordered \ou sill get happj relief In five minutes but what pleases you most is that it strengthens and regulates vour stone ach so you can eat your favorite foods without fear Most remedies give you rffllef some times they are slow, but not sure 'Papes Diapepsin" is nulck. positive and ruts your stomach in a healthy condition so the misery won't come bach. 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