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THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS
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HUNDREDS OF BODES LEFT ON MEXICAN BATTLEFELD
National Committee Likely to Call
Special Convention to Reor
ganize Methods of Party.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 14.—Leading
members of the Republican National
Committee, here to attend the com
mittee meeting, expressed the belief
that a special convention of the Re
publican party would be called to re
organize the methods, change the
basis of delegate apportionment and
to consider the preparation of a par
ty platform that would unite its
broken ranks.
Among nearly a dozen committee
men who arrived to-day several were
of “open mind’’ as to the convention
plan and one or two were outspoken
against it. Conferences were held
to-day, however, and the statements
of committee members who have been
In communication with a majority of
that body indicated that plans have
been tentatively made looking toward
the calling of the convention and that
advocates of the plan believe they
have a majority of the committee
behind them.
Majority for Convention.
Charles B. Warren, of Michigan,
chairman of the law committee of the
Republican organization, said he
thought a majority of the committee
members would favor the holding of a
convention. Chairman Charles D.
Hilles has not yet indicated his own
opinion as to the wisdom of a special
party gathering. John T. Adams, of
Iowa, and P. W. Eastabrook, of New
Hampshire, declared they had “open
minds’’ on the plan. H. B. Maxson, of
Nevada, was openly opposed to tfhe
convention.
The plan now in contemplation, if
the committee decides to summon a
convention, is to provide in the call
that the various State committees
shall control the method of selecting
delegates, except where there are
State primary laws covering the sub
ject.
This plan, if adopted, would be the
first step toward one of the changes
in rules demanded by the so-called
progressive faction of the party, that
the "district unit” system of scatter
ing delegates be abandoned and the
primary laws of various States be
recognized as final by the national
committee.
BRYAN TO SPEAK.
KANSAS CITY, MO., Dec. 14.—The
three young women secretaries of the
Student Volunteer Movement for For
eign Missions, which will hold ints quad-
rienniai meeting here beginning Decem
ber 31, arrived to-day. They are Miss
Katherine Duffield, of Wellesley Col
lege; Miss Eleanor L. Cory, of Smith
College, and Miss Maude Kelsey, of
Vassar College.
Five thousand delegates are expected.
William J. Bryan, Secretary of State,
and scores of other speakers prominent
In religious and educational affairs will
deliver addresses. Eighty foreign coun
tries will be represented.
39 PASSENGERS VACCINATED.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14—Thirty-
nine passengers in the smoking car of a
train which arrived here from Pitts
burg early to-day were quarantined un
til they had all been vaccinated by city
pliysiciajis. The car door was locked
when the conductor was notified by
telegraph that a passenger who had
left the train at Huntington was suf
fering from smallpox.
CASTRO IN GERMANY.
TENERIFFE, CANARY ISLANDS,
Dec 14.—Intimate friends here of for
mer President Cipriano Castro, of Ven
ezuela. say that Castro now is in Ger
many. They declare his health ahs
been perfectly restored and that he is
about to address a proclamation to his
partisans in the South American re
public.
ZELIE EMERSON ARRESTED.
jONDON, Dec. 14.—The American
Tragette, Miss Zelie Emerson, of
:kson, Mich., was the central figure
a furious scrimmage this evening
iween the police and suffragettes and
»ir supporters in the Row District,
ss Emerson and three men were ar-
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day. Miss Helen Goudy, of
Chicago. Her wedding was a
brilliant affair in London.
American Girl Has
Notable Wedding
LONDON, Dec. 13.—All of London’s
smart set attended the wedding Wed
nesday of Miss Helen Goudy, of -Chi
cago, and Gerard Leigh, an officer of
the Life Guards.
The bride is noted as a beauty and
has achieved great popularity in the
London smart set. She was present
ed to the German court several years
ago and is a favorite in the capitals of
Europe.
The ceremony took place in Sc.
George’s Church, Hanover Square.
NO AMERICAN UMPIRES.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dec. 14.—The
general elections which will be held to
morrow and Tuesday for members of
the Chamber of Deputies, will be con
ducted in an orderly maimer, the Gov
ernment promising that every voter
shall have a free and fair opportunity
register his choice at the polls.
The Municipal Council has decided
at only its members, representatives
the different parties, and properly
gistered voters shall be permitted in
e city hall on the polling days. This
easure excludes the general public and
reign visitors. Among the latter are
e American commissioners who have
en sent here to observe the elections
! j as umoires in
e of disputes.
11 the newspapers publish articles
testing against any attempt by the
erican commissioners to control the
;tions, which they consider an at-
u (in the national dignity.
TO FLY OVER ANDES.
SANTIAGO, CHILE, Dec. 14—Sen-
or Figuerea, who has been making
preparations for a flight over the
Andes, left here to-day for the foot of
the mountains, and hopes to carry out
his object this week. The flight will
be started at a point where the moun
tains attain an altitude of nearly 20,-
000 feet.
GETTING AWAY FROM KNIFE,
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 10.—The “new
est thing in surgery is that we are
trying to get away from it,” declared
Dr. John B Murphy, of Chicago, ad
dressing the convention of Soo Rail
way System physicians and surgeons.
"Serums and anti-toxins are super
seding the knife and the saw,” contin
ued Dr. Murphy.
SON KILLS MOTHER REBELS DRIlfEN !
ABOUT HIS COFFEE
Falcon Considered That Parent
Was a Bit Slow Getting Him
His Beverage.
DONALDSONVILLE. LA., Dec. 14.—
Because his aged mother did not re
spond promptly to his request for a
cup of coffee, Paul Falcon arose from
the supper table, went into the next
room and shot her through the head.
Mrs. Falcon died almost instantly. The
family reside on St. Emma plantation,
several miles from this place. Falcon's
half-brother, John Ragas, had returned
from work and asked for a change of
clothes. She was complying with Itu-
gas’ request when she was shot down.
Falcon was put in jail with a charge of
murder against him.
WATER DAMAGE $25,000,000.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, Dec. 10.—
With 230 persons counted as dead in
the great flood which covered 40,000
square miles of territory in Central
and South Texas, State officials to
day estimated th* 1 damage at $25,000,-
000.
Sixty-three cities, towns and vil
lages have suffered from the high wa
ter and 5,000 persons are homeless.
The rice crop was nearly ruined.
Within the next 24 hours it is ex
pected that the w?^^ will be falling
at all points.
Districts are still isolated and wire
communication will have to be estab
lished before the full extent of the dis
aster is known. Within the past 24
hours more than 100 bodies were re
covered.
GREECE TAKES CHARGE.
CANEA, CRETE, Dec. 14.—The for
mal annexation of the island of Crete
to Greece was carried out to-day with
imposing ceremonial. King Constan
tine personally ran up the Hellenic
flag over the fort. People flocked to
the capital from all parts of the is
land and from Greece and tumultu
ously greeted the King, the Crown
Prince, Permier Venizelos and the
other Ministers. A "Te Deum” in the
cathedral was attended by the foreign
Consuls, and subsequently the King
attended another thanksgiving serv
ice in the synagogue.
The island of Crete was finally
evacuated on February 15 last by the
protecting powers, Great Britain,
Russia, France and Italy, and the
Greek flag was hoisted.
SHE CUT JUGULAR VEINS.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Dec. 14.—
Awakened by the crying of a small
son, Motorman H. B. Godfrey, of this
city, discovered, at 5:30 this morning,
that his wife had cut her throat with
a razor, severing jugular veins on
both sides of her neck. A note left in
the razor case announced her inten
tion of killing herself, and charged
her husband to take good care of
their only child.
THEY FOUGHT TO DEATH.
ARCADIA, LA., Dec. 14.—D. A.
Rogers, Town Marshal, and Thomas
Cathey, shot and killed each other in
a revolver duel in a drug store here
late last night. The Marshal had
previously warned Cathey, who was
intoxicated, to go home, and ap
proached him to make an arrest Both
drew their revolvers at the same time
and began firing.
90 CARS OF. PECANS.
BROWNSWOOD, TEXAS, Dec. 14.
Two and one-half million pounds of
pecans, 90 carloads, were gathered
in Central Texas this year, for which
the growers received approximately
$200,000. The price paid varied from
6 cents a pound for the ordinary to
25 cents for the fancy varieties. Bal
linger reported the prize tree for the
season, netting its owner $300.
ADS BRING CHURCH RESULTS.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 10.—Ninety-six
churches reported increased attendance
as the result of their federation having
used half-page advertisements in news
papers last week.
The advertisements broadly urged
church attendance, concluding with
"You may not like the preacher; per
haps it is not his fault. Try another
church.”
SPIELERS TOR STORES.
CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—Summer amuse
ment park "barkers” are working in
Chicago department stores “spieling’’ on
the virtues of hundreds of new mechan
ical toys offered to Christmas shop
pers
Up-to-Date Jokes.
"The ignorance of the masses on
artistic matters Is appalling,” said
■ Mr. Walter Emanuel, speaking at a
.(discussion on “Execution in Litera
ture and Painting” at the Authors’
Club recently.
He was passing through one exhibi
tion recently when he saw a group
of persons. One of. them said; "Is it
a droring?”
The reply was: “No, stupid; it’s an
itching.”
A third person interrupted and
said: “No, you are both wrong; it’s a
pastille.”
Huerta’s Gunboats Steam Up
River and Send Withering
Fire Into Enemy.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 14.—The reb
els have failed in their attack on
Tampico and have withdrawn some
distance from the city.
Unofficial messages reaching here
to-day fully corroborate the War Of
fice report of the rebel defeat yester
day as a result of a heavy and sus
tained bombardment by two Federal
gunboats and field artillery. They do
not, however, bear out the idea of a
rout.
In possession of the railroad yards
throughout the battle, the rebels
when they were driven off, remained
sufficiently cool in the face of the
furious fire to take away with them
every locomotive and most of the
rolling- stock.
Rebel Loss Very Great.
That the rebel loss was very great
also is emphasized In these advices,
■which add that the buzzards, w hieh
inhabit the Mexican coast and which
for generations have been protected
by law, floated to-day over the bat
tlefields in numbers so great as to
present the appearance of low-lying
black clouds.
According to the Federal report, 800
rebels were killed before they could
get out of range and this probably
would mean many other hundreds
wounded and left behind.
It is regarded here as probable that
the relief of Tampico is only tem
porary and that before many days
the rebels w'ill resume the attack in
greater numbers, although the three
days’ battle has materially cut down
their supply of ammunition. This
may delay operations for a time.
Reports reaching here do not indi
cate that the property loas as a re
sult of the fighting has been large.
Huerta Expressed No Anger.
Official denial was made to-day
that President Huerta had expressed
anger at the alleged interference of
Rear Admiral Fletcher with the Fed
eral gunboats; nor did the Govern
ment ever receive corroboration of
the report that the American com
mander-in-chief had issued any or
der that could be interpreted as in
terference.
Whether the rebels under General
Blanco now at Victoria decide to re
new the attack upon Tampico or di
rect their efforts against Monterey,
they will be able to move men and
war material much more expedi
tiously in the next venture, since as a
result of the engagements about
Tampico they now have In their pos
session 23 locomotives and several
hundred cars, many of them loaded
with construction material and other
supplies.
VOTE ON CURRENCY.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—The long
struggle over currency reform is ex
pected to come to an end in the Sen
ate next Saturday. Administration
leaders who have been exerting every
effort to enact into law before Jan
uary 1 the second great plank of the
Democratic platform were confident
to-night that an agreement could be
reached that would permit a final vote
in the Senate by 6 o’clock Saturday.
GIRL NEARLY KILLED.
HAPEVILLE, GA., Dec. 14.—Miss
Lulu Amall, aged 23, was all but fa
tally wounded late Sunday when her
brother, who stood in the doorway of
their home, accidentally discharged a
shotgun, the load entering Miss Arnall s
neck, some of the pellets striking
against her skull.
Greenberg & Bond’s ambulance made
a record run to Hapeville and carried
Miss Arnall to the Wesley Memorial
Hospital, where she was attended by
Dr. Frank Bo’and.
Dr. Boland declared last night that
Miss Arnall was not fatally Injured, but
had escaped death narrowly.
Miss Arnall Is the daughter of Mrs.
Lulu ArnaTT and lives just three doors
from the Baptist Orphans’ asylum in
Hapeville. She is we’l known in that
community.
According to eyewitnesses the shoot
ing was entirely accidental.
FEARS REVOLT IN INDIA.
LONDON, Dec. 14.—The British and
Indian governments are seriously con
cerned over recent occurrences in South
Africa arising out of what the East In
dians consider discriminatory legisla
tion against them. An effort is being
made to minimzie the seriousness of
the situation which was accompanied by
a general strike of thousands of East
Indians in Nataland riots in which
several were killed. The government's
influence has been sufficient to induce
the press of the country to print only-
favorable news and comments, while a
careful supervision of news in regard
to the suppression of disturbances in
South Africa is made before its ap
pearance in the Indian papers.
GENERAL STRIKE PLANNED.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14.—Plans for
a general strike of all union labor in
this city in sympathy with the striking
Garment Workers were discussed at a
meeting of the Central Labor Union
to-day-. The various locals will act on
the subject before the next meeting of
the central body, Deecmber 28, and it
was declared that 160.000 workers wil^
be called on to strike on December lieu
if the Garment Workers and mane'
turers do not reach an fie cried
fore that time. ’T've swail wed