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10 THE GEORGIAN'S NEWS BRIEFS AMERICANS ARE ORDERED TO LEAVE CHIHUAHUA BY THEIR PROTEST Code Messages of U. S, Consul Destroyed by Order of the Mexican General. EL PASO, TEXAS, Dec. 15.—All American residents of Chihuahua have been ordered to leave that city in live days, according to reliable ad vices received here to-day. This ac tion is said to have been taken by General Villa because citizens of the United States protested when all Spaniards and Germans were or dered from Chihuahua. Marion Letcher, American Consul at Chihuahua, is expected to arrive here on a special train to-morrow to file a message of protest to the State Department at Washington. Refugees who came here from Jua rez to-day said that Letcher's code messages had been destroyed by Villa, anil that he had been prevented from sending a courier to the border with dispatches for the State Department. Reports reached here to-day that Vila has arrested a number of wealthy German residents of Chihua hua and is holding them ft- unsom. Stories told by refugees who ar rived here to-day show that Villa is conducting a relentless warfare against both old and young whom he regards as foes. He ordered the exe cution of a young Italian boy who was arrested as he was fleeing from Chihuahua, but the lad was saved by Consul Camalin, who warned Villa that international complications would follow the death of any for eigners. Chief of Police Davis to-day placed extra policemen along South El Paso street because of the riot which oc curred here yesterday between the Chihuahua refugees and rebel sym pathizers. No crowds are allowed to gather. A special "refugee train,” bearing a number of fugitives, including mem bers of the family of Marion Letcher, United States Consul at Chihuahua City, reached Juarez over the Na tional Railways line to-day. There were a number of Germans, French and Italians on the train. Senor Luis Terrazas, the rich Mex ican, who fled to Presidio when Gen eral Villa captured Chihuahua City and later came here, interviewed members of the party in a vain at tempt to learn the fate of his son, Luis Terrazas, Jr., who was arrested by Villa and held for ransom. NEW SUN SPOT. SAN JOSE, CAL., Deo. 15.—A sun spot covering an area of 409,936,709,- 169 square miles has been discovered by Father Rlcard, of San Clara Uni versity. This is the largest spot discovered in two years, and is believed to fore cast great atmospheric disturbances. CHANGES HIS NAME. NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Morris Pot ash has had his name changed by Supreme Court Justice Cohalan to Morris Fine. Potash said life had been made mis erable for him since the advent of "Potash and Perlmutter.” SAFE BLOWERS GET $17,000. WALLACE, IDAHO, Dec. 15.— Safeblowers who obtained $17,000 in stamps and cash from the local post- ofllce were being sought to-day by several armed posses. Three pack ages of registered mail, each contain ing $5,000, W'ere included in the loot. LEAPS TO DEATH. NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Bevier Hall, a lawyer of Bay City, Mich., commit ted suicide to-day by leaping from the window of his room on the sev enth floor of the Hotel Marie An toinette. His son w r as sleeping in the room. CHAIR BRINGS $4,725. LONDON, Dec. 15.—'The highest price ever known to have been paid in England for a single piece of furni ture, $4,725, was paid for a chair of the Masters of Fruiterers Company at Christie’s. It was a magnificent Chippendale with wonderful carvings. “DOING NICELY.” WASHINGTON. Dee. 15.—“The Presi dent is doing very nicely,” was the in formation at the White House to-dav. Almost the last trace of fever has dis appeared. The President has canceled all his en gagements for to-day, however, and probably will for to-morrow also. JAG MAY DO GOOD! PITTSBURG, Dec. 15.—An occa sional “jag” may do good, according to Dr. Carl H. Homberg. It has been known to relieve the nervous strain of men working under hi^\ pressure says the nhysician. MUST WED TO WIN. CADILLAC, MICH.. Dec. 15.—Chai- letta Hall, aged 19. will receive the $500,000 estate of her greatuncle, Jo seph Snyder, who died In San JYan- cisco, if she marriet for love within the next year. TUNNEL COLLAPSES. BERLIN, Dec. 15.—A railroad tun nel collapsed to-day while a train was passing through it near Chem nitz, Saxony. Seven passengers were crushed to death and 37 injured, seven fatally. W ILLIAM JENNINGS PRICE, C. S. Minister to Panama, whose job it is to see nothing happens to inter fere with the safety, stability or operation of the canal. Divorces Wife for Soft Drink Habit Because, among other things, his wife spent his money on soda foun tain drinks, ice cream and in other “foolish ways,” H. L. McConnell was granted a total divorce from Mrs. Bessie McConnell in Judge Ellis’ court Monday. McConnell charged that he gave his wife all of the salary he received as baggagemaster at the Southern Rail way Company. Mrs. McConnell de nied the charges. McConnell ex pressed a willingness to provide for and educate the children. RIOT TO SEE PICTURE. FLORENCE, ITALY, Dec. 15.—The famous painting “Mona Lisa,” which was stolen from the Louvre in Paris, and later discovered here in the pos session of Vicanzo Perugia, a deco rator, will be taken to Rome and turned over to the French Embassy Saturday. Thousands rioted outside the gal lery yesterday when they were un able to get inside to view the pic ture'. A number of American tourists came here from Rome in hope of seeing “La Gioconda.” DRESSED MEAT UP. WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.—Dressed meat increased 73.8 per cent in price from 1899 to 1909, notwithstanding that the producing kept pace with the in crease in population during that period, according to a report to-day by the Census Bureau. The total supply of all dressed meats for both 1909 and 1899 was 107 pounds per capita. Considering only beef, veal, mutton and pork, the supply was 105 pounds per capita in 1909, compared with 106 pounds in 1899. The figures are based on the returns of slaughtering houses only, which in clude only about 65 per cent of the to tal production of dressed meat. AUTHOR OF LAW ARRESTED. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 15.—Among the 65 men arrested at a cock fight in an old mill north of Milwaukee was State Representative Jacob Litza, author of the law which makes cockfighting a criminal offense. WOMAN WINS CASE. NEW YORK. Dec. 15.—After fifteen years of litigation over a building, Mrs. Helen Linder won her suit whin she hired Miss Winnifred Sullivan, a woman lawyer, after several male barristers had failed. HU AY SUCCEED SELF President Wilson Likely to Reap point Him on Interstate Com merce Commission. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—That the President has practically determined to re-appoint Judson C. Clements, of Georga, to the Interstate Commerce Commission became known at the White House to-day. Despite his advanced age, Commis sioner Clements still is vigorous and is one of the leading railroad experts of the national. Former Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, was a candidate for the place, but President Wilson has decided to appoint him to the International Boundary Commission. RAISULI A CAPTIVE. TANGIER, MOROCCO, Dec. 15.— Raisuli, the notorious Moroccan ban dit who kidnaped Ian Percardis, an American, in 1904 and got $70,000 ( ransom for him, is reported by tribes- 5 men in nearby mountains to have been captured by hostile mountain eers. • On several occasions Raisuli is re ported to have been captured or to have met violent death. RIVER STEAMER SINKS. MEMPHIS, TENN., Dec. 15.—The stedmer Shiloh, operated by the Delta Navigation Company, sank while tied to the Mempnis wharf this morning. All the passengers had left shortly after midnight, and those of the crew aboard reached the bank in »safety. Officials of the packet company are unable to assign a reason for the sinking of the boat. She was valued at approximately $45,000. CASE IS DISMISSED. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The Su preme Court to-day dismissed the criminal case of the Government against John H. Carter, indicted for bank fraud at Greensboro, N. C., and upheld Federal Judge Boyd, who sus tained a demurrer to the indictment against Carter, but refused to explain in what particular it was deficient. RECORD WINS PROPOSAL. WEST ORANGE, N. J., Dec. 15.— As the result of a note placed in a record of “Where the River Shannon Flows” Miss Jessie Cosgrove, for merly employed in the Edison Phon ograph Works here, has received a proposal of marriage from Dennis O’Finn, of West Meath, Ireland. O’Finn is a widower with eleven children. HAZERS DISMISSED. TERRE HAUTE, IND., Dec. 15.—A dozen Indiana State Normal students are to be suspended for forcibly shav ing off the mustaches of schoolmates. One student, who had been left "hold ing the bag for snipes” miles from town, retaliated by shaking hands the next day with those who tricked him, and in shaking hands pressed on them a tantalizing cow itch, which in due time appeared on the upper lip. LOWER STEPS. CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—The wearers of tight skirts have compelled the trac tion companies to order new cars with lower steps and obtained a promise that steps of the old cars will be lowered. The Chicago Railway has put on the first installment of lower-step cars. HEN IS BLAMED. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Attor ney General McReynolds’ investigat ors have decided there is no nation wide cold-storage trust—that there are some local combines which can be reached only if doing interstate busi ness, and that the hen is really much to blame for high prices. MISS PANKHURST FREE. LONDON, Dec. 15.—Sylvia Pankhurst, I daughter of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, who was arrested five days ago under the “cat and mouse bill,” was to-day released from Holloway jail because of weakness resulting from a hunger and thirst strike. Miss Pankhurst was on the verge of collapse when freed. FINED BY GRANDSON. HUNTINGTON, W. VA„ Dec. 15 — Samuel E. Null, arrested on a charge of drunkenness, was fined $5 by hie grandson, City Magistrate Null. Up-to-Date Jokes. An amusing story is told by Mr. R, G. Knowles about a keen temperance advocate who was one night address ing a public meeting on his pet sub ject. “I should like,” he declared, "to take every bottle of wine and every i t>ottle of beer and every bottle of spir its and sink them all to the bottom of the sea.” A man at the back of the hall jumped up excitedly, shooting: "Hear, hear! Hear, hear!” The lecturer paused In hi* remark* to beam delighted approval on the interrupter. “Ah, my friend,” he said, ‘T can *x» you are a good teetotaler ” “No, sir; T'm a diver," said the man Blacks Cut Woman’s Throat in Presence of Her Two Little Daughters. AUGUSTA, GA.. Dec. 15— New* reached here to-day of the murder of Mrs. Seth Irby, wife of a farmer near Wrens, Saturday night by three ne groes by the name of Hart. According to the report, the negroes went to the Irby home to collect 50 cents wnich they claimed Mr. Irby owed them. He was not at home, and his wife informed the negroes that she knew nothing about the money and they would have to wait until her husband returned. The negroes then became enraged and demanded the money of Mrs. Irby, and, when she refused to pay them, they seized her by her hair and cut her throat in the presence of her two little daughters. Sheriff James Smith arrested the negroes and took them to Louisville, over the protest of citizens who wished to lynch them. The Sheriff promised a speedy trial for the murderers. ROBBERS ATTACK SAFES. Two daring attempts on the safes in the offices of two of Randall Bros.’ coal yards resulted early Mon day morning in a small robbery in one case and in the other the cap ture of a negro burglar, after a scuf fle for a revolver that finally was set tled by a blow r from a hammer on tha head of the burglar. J. L. Chandler, manager of the Ran dall coal yard at No. 64 Krog street, entered his office at 6 o'clock Mon day morning. As he went in the front door there was a scramble in the rear of the office and a rush of steps through the rear entrance. In the main office room the flare of an electric light showed the safe in a somewhat disfigured condition. The knob had been chiseled away and the door of the safe otherwise damaged in an effort to get it open without ex plosives. On the floor lay a cap and scattered tools. TO PROBE BIG SWAMP. The entomological mysteries of the Great Okefenokee. Swamp are to be explored again and possibly revealed within the next three w*eeks, unless an expedition setting out from Cor nell University, and aided by F. L. Worsham, State Entomologist, shall go astray. “The expedition is going after in sects; mainly water insects not avail able in summer,” Mr. Worsham said Monday. “Dr. J. C. Bradley and Dr. J. G. 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