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THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS 5 1913 COTTON CROP 13,677,000 BALES ECZAR Fits Gowns by Absent Treatment *{•• »J* *I***I* •}•••{• ^••4' BK ms CONGRESS Mrs. Marshall Has Novel Plan Mexican Dictator Is Given Extra ordinary Powers by the Repub- Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, ivife of the Vice President, who has devised a means of avoiding the fatigue incident upon calling at the dressmaker’s. Government Figures Over Half Million Short of What Trad- lie’s Lawmaking Body. MEXICO CITY, Dee. 12.—General Huerta's authority as dictator of Mex ico has been strengthened by extraor dinary powers conferred upon him by the Chamber of Deputies, which ad journed early to-day after a stormy session. Huerta's power was made absolute during the recess which the Cham ber will take from next Monday until April 1. The legislative and execu tive branches of the Government will be under the absolute domination of Huerta, and he will .lave authority to change the 1914 budget at will. Several of the Deputies protested against the action of the Chamber be cause of the affront it gives to the United States Government, but they were shouted down. A committee was appointed to call upon General Huerta at the National Palace to-day and inform him of the action taken by the Chamber. General Huerta is allowed to sell Government property at his own dis cretion, as the result of the sweeping privileges conferred upon him. The Chamber also ap'proved the electoral law calling for another Pres idential election next July, and grant ed a concession to a British group of capitalists to build a railroad from Ameca to Porta Pena on the west coast FIGHTING AT TAMPICO. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Terrific fighting continues at Tampico, ac cording to wireless dispatches from Rear Admiral Fletcher received at the Navy Department to-day. The wireless, dated last night, stated that 150 British refugees had sought refuge on board the steamer gunboat Wheeling and the cruiser Cecilie and 150 Americans on the gunboat Wheelin gand the cruiser Chester. Five hundred more for eigners have sought refuge in the neutral zone, which is guarded by the guns of the foreign warships. The Federal gunboat Bravo shelled the Constitutionalist position all day yesterday, Admiral Fletcher reported, but apparently did little damage to the rebel stronghold. No Americans or other foreigners have been injured and their property has been re spected by both sides. WOOD TO TRAVEL. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—When Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff of the United States Army, retires from active service on April 22 next h§ will make a tour of the world, it was learned to-day. General Wood will make a study of the armies of the great powers. Secretary of War Garrison served notice to-day that friends of armj officers had better not attempt to use political influence when a successol to General Wood is picked, saying: "I consider it just as much of an impertinence for anyone to try' to in fluence me in my selection of a per sonal military aide, which is the function of the chief of staff, as it would be to try to influence my selec tion of a wife.” RALLY FOR CAMPAIGN. PRESIDIO, TEXAS (By United States Army Telephone to Marfa). Dec. i2._The Federal army, which fled to the border and is now occupy ing Ojinaga, has been ordered by General Huerta to try to retake Chi huahua City from the Constitutional ists, under General Villa. General Pascual Orozco, command er of the Federals in Ojinaga, said to-day that a council of war would be held upon the arrival of General Mer cado, Military Governor of the State of Chihuahua, and plans will then be made for a campaign. It is probable that the Federals will try to get between Juarez and Chihuahua City in an effort to take both cities. vember she stopped off in Chicago, had Wife of Vice President Has Plan to Avoid Tiresome Calls Upon Dressmaker. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Mrs. Thom as R. Marshall, wife of the Vice Presi dent, who is as original in her ideas as her distinguished husband, has to day evolved a way of fitting clothes by absent treatment. Like other women, Mrs. Marshall was greatly bored by long hours of fitting. So when she went West early in No- her measure taken and a form made to represent her figure. Then she bought silks and satins for new gowns and went gayly off to Arizona to visit her mother. Meanwhile, in Chicago, her winter wardrobe was rearing completion. On the return trip to the National Capital Mrs. Marshall visited Chicago, tried on her absent-fitted clothes and found them satisfactory. Wives or the Cabinet members and leaders of Washington society are great ly impressed by her innovation, and indications to-day, judging from com ment, are that in the future her plan will have many disciples. Man Jealous of Son Is Slain by Woman Sees Mother Dead in Vision; Kills Himself WIFE ELECTS HIM. WOBURN. MASS., Dec. 12.—“Hand some Jack” Geraghty, husband of Julia French and related by his marriage to many wealthy families #f New York city, has been elected to the Board of Aldermen here. He is an automobile dealer and the principal plank of his platform was bet ter roads. Mrs. Geraghty campaigned for him and was largely responsible for his victory. __ WILSON MUCH BETTER. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Presi dent Wilson was much better to-day, and White House officials are confi dent the mild attack of gTip and fever from which he is suffering, will not entail a prolonged suspension of THEIR 21 ST CHILD [PORI A, KANS., Dec. 12.—The ty-first child, a son, was born to and Mi-s. Alpheus P. Moslander. of city, to-day Mrs. Moslander is 40 i old. LANCASTER, PA., Dec. 12.—Joseph Anderson was shot and killed here to-day bv Mamie Lindsey at her home. . . . It is said Anderson was jealous of his son, who had eclipsed him In wan ning the affections of the woman. She was arrested. UPPERS WE BUY FOR CASH And pay highest prices for Caen. Mink. Skunk. P*»*nia, nmakrat. and all other F«r», Bl4«a and Ginseng. Best facilities m America. Send for Free Price List Ship ping Tags. No commission charged. neccns fu«« company, o«pt. tee **• 244 LIVES WERE LOST. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Two hundred and forty-four lives were lost in the storm that swept the Great Lakes November 8 to 11, ac cording to a report by Secretary o. Commerce Redfleld. No ships tvith wireless were lost, but nineteen not so protected went down. Application from 50 owners of lake vessels have been received sine* the storm for permission to outfit their ships with wireless. BEDBUG IS DANGEROUS. NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—The Cimex lec-tularius. less elegantly but more familiarly known as the bedbug, is a still more dangerous insect than Is | generally supposed. It is a potent 1 factor in the transmission of tubercu losis according to Dr. J. Walling Beveridge, who presented a paper on the subject to the conference on safe- tv and sanitation in this city. * It has been discovered the bug is able to live 229 days without food. STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, Dec. 12. “There is no use going home for mother is dead; I have had a vision.” After startling a crowd of his fel low countrymen with the above state ment in a coach on a fast train near here early to-day, W. D. Frederick- sen, aged 19, en route from Red Oak, Iowa, to his old home in Sweden, jumped from his seat and dashed through a window', carrying the glass and frame with him. He was killed. AUTOPSY PERFORMED. NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—Coroner’s physicians to-day informed an au topsy over Mrs. Donald Sage Mack- ay, widow of the famous New York militant clergyman, who died under mysterious circumstances in a -- -i- tarium. Mrs. Mackay gave the name of Mrs. J. H. Stone, of Boston, when she entered the institution to undergo an operation. BOMB IN MAIL KILLS. EW YORK, Dec. 12.—A bomb de livered to-day in the office of the O. K. Bottling Company exploded and killed an 18-year-olJ girl, Ida Anuse- witz, Thomas McCabe, the office manager, was fatally hurt. The bomb was delivered by an ex pressman and w'hen the girl opened It her head was blown almost to pieces. Nearly every window in the building was shattered. ers Had Expected. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12,—Cotton grown this season will equal 13,677,- 000 bales, accorindg to the official estimate of the crop reporting board of the ^Department of Agriculture, is sued at roon to-day The figures are exclusive of linters. The estimated crop is 6,542,850,000 pounds. It compares with 14,070,430 bales last season, 15,692,701 in 1911, and 1 1,608.016 in 1910. Estimate To Yield 1913-1l 1912-13. STATES. Season. Georgia . . 2.2 75,000 1,849,303 Virginia 25,000 24,385 North Carolina 765.000 891,880 South Carolina.... . . 1,333.000 1.215.1.17 Florida 68,000 53,874 Alabama .. 1,510,000 1,380,756 Mississippi .. 1,105,000 1.092,55 j Louisiana . . 400,000 393,31 1 Texas . . 3,930.000 5,120.252 Tennessee 395.000 299,583 Arkansas 900.000 825.319 Missouri 60 000 58.119 Oklahoma . . 820,000 California 18.000 Vi. 036 AH others . .13,677,000 14,076,430 Market Goes Up $1 Per Bale. NEW YORK, Dec. 12—The cotton market was taken completely by sur prise when the official estimate of the crop wag issued from Washington at noon to-day. Hardly any traders had expected anything less than 14,000,000 bales, and the bears had predicted all the way up to 14,500,000. The bulls, who hav»—been arguing all along that the hug., ginning fig ures to December were not to ha taken as meaning a big crop, but merely as showing phenomenally ea.'- ly movement, seized upo . th~ ammu nition thus provided them and made a raid. The whole list jumped 20 points, or $1 a bale, on the news. The market had been seesawing for ten days, awaiting the important es timate. As soon as the figures were flashed to the floor of the exchange pand'- monium broke loose and the gain was accomplished in a very few' minutes. GREAT CRUSADE ON “SLAVERY.” WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—A great crusade against the white slave traf fic has been inaugurated by the Gov ernment in all the principal cities of the United States as the result of the poisoned “needle exposures in New York and the frequent disappearance of girls there. Chief Bielaski, of the Bureau of In vestigation, said to-day that the cru sade has forced more work upon his department than ever before. A resolution introduced by Senator Jones asking for information as to the activity of the Department of Justice against the traffic in women has been received by the department. WANTS PROBE MADE. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Declar ing that a deep and searching probe should be made into the financial fancy work that has culminated in the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad passing its dici- dend, Senator^ Norris asserted to-day that if the Department of Justice failed to keep its pledges to begin criminal proceedings he should take the matter in hand. JAIL NOT SAFE. COLUMBUS, Dec. 12— J. E. Melton, who Is in Muscogee County jail, charged with killing Mans Teal, at Jackson’s Mill, in Harris County, will not be taken to Hamilton for the pres ent. The jail at Hamilton is undergoing repairs and is not considered safe. Melton still maintains that he had to kill Teal in self-defense. BIG SUM FOR ROADS. TOKIO. Dec. 12.—The new naVal program of the Japanese Government, announced by the Minister of Ma rine, calls for the construction of three more powerful battlecruisers. Work has been commence,] n one of them. — — JiyniA. SENT “DUMMY” PACKAGE. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 12.—For send ing a receipted bill for »4.50 in a “dummy” package C. O. D. by parcel post, E. C. Debruton, a shoe dealer, was fined $25. Cured His RUPTURE I was badly ruptured while lifting a trunk several years ago. Doctors said my only hope of cure was an operation. . Trusses did me no good. Finally I got hold of something that quickly and com pletely cured me. Years have passed and the rupture has never returned, although I am doing bard work as a carpenter. There was no operation, no lo3t time, no trouble. I have nothing to sell, but will give full information about how you may find a complete cure without operation, if you write to me, Eugene M. F’ullen, Carpenter, 821 Mar- cellus avenue, Manasquan, N. J. Bet ter cut out this notice and show it to any others who are ruptured—you may save a life or at least stop the misery of rupture and the worry and danger of an operation. - vT € • *