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HEARST’S ST’NDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, C.A., SUNDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1013.
DESPOT HUERTA CM
BETWEEN VILLA’S GUIS
While His Foes Sweep on Toward
the Capital, Civilians Besiege the
Dictator’s Banks to Redeem Their
Notes--Coined Money Is Scarce.
MEXICO ' ITT, Det ao.—Huerta,
the Mexican despot, hn* been forced
from the field of military strategy
Into that of financiering. Money
trouble* beset the Government. A?
great ns is the menace of General
Villa, the ruthless rebel leader, great
er still is the danger from the army
of frightened civilians in Mexico City,
who daily besiege the doors of the
Central flank, demanding gold and
silver for their bank notes ami try
ing to withdraw their deposits.
There is little available coined
money, and to prevent a panic Huerta
is planning to issue a presidential
decree, making State bank notes legal
tender. This, it is believed, is the
only solution to the difficulty.
Otherwise, there will be a hoarding
of metal money, a cl an actual panic
that will represent the Federal Gov
ernment as bankrupt and incapable.
Already ther • Is something of a pan
ic. The city Is flooded with paper
currency, most of it bank notes of
’he State banks.
Hundreds Besiege Banks
All day long hundreds of men and
women stand in line before the doors
of the Central Hank, each < iy. trying
to get to the window of the teller
and to redeem their notes officials
of the bank are forced to daily \\ith
each applicant, deln> rig piymerft.
talking to him, soothing him, dis
easing general situations, and thus*
to hold back the Importunate line.
Meanwhile, military activity is
slight Plans of the Federal forces
In North Mexico to regain Chihuahua
and other points taken h> Villa are
being discussed here at the capital,
hut no definite determination has
been reached. Order* have gone out
from Huerta to General Mercado,
leader of the Federal army in the
north, to attack Villa, and to check
the rebel march to the capital. How
ever. the orders are couched in gen
eral terms only, and no specific move*
are suggested.
Villa Lauahs at Huerta.
Word comet) from the north that
Villa, knowing of these orders from
■ Huerta, is defiant of Federal power,
| and laughs it the thought of Mer
cado's attacking hirn.
| However, it is generally understood
I in military circles that if Mercado
i wins a victorv over the rebels at
Chihuahua, tho southward course of
Villa would be checked, and the 1
threatened march to the capital would
be nipped in the bud. Villa Is arro
gant. and his troops are jubilant, be
cause in all their recent t-areer they
have bean successful In conflicts with
the Federal!. - Nowhere has there
been a .setback, but Mercado has fled,
and th* other Federal leaders have
capitulated. Villa in drunk with suc
cess.
In the *npital the loyal Federal*
are wild in their Impatient denuncia
tion of their troops in the north. They
can not understand why Mercado and
the others have allowed Villa and his
mmdt s ript bund to sweep everything
before them. They are beginning to,
demand a turn in the tide of military
fortune. Villa has not yet been re
pulsed.
Zapata Fights Near Capital.
Indication of the determination of
the rebels t<» penetrate tin* Federal
lines and inarch on the capital came
yesterday, when the startling news
whs flashed to the public that rebels,
presumably commanded by General
Zapata, had clashed with the Federal!
at 'Mil pa \!ta and Lorenzo two
points well within the Federal dis
trict. but to the south of the capital.
In this clash the Federal! were rather
more sue. essfu than in the north,
and Zapata was repulsed, but not
routed, and It is understood that he
i* gaining strength for another at
tack.
In remote districts, far removed
from Federal authority', ;i state of
lawlessness reigns, it is announced
in dispatches. Tidings come, by way
of .Sun Francisco, from the Pacific
Coast, telling of uprisings of the Cor-
ra Indians as an incidental demorali
sation resulting from the rebellion.
Hand its. as weil.a- Indians, conduct
depredations in those parts, it is un
derstood. Altogether, there is disor
der everywhere.
'Happy Days,' Says
Bay Horse to Black,
As They Drink Wine
Nags Hitched to Water Wagon Caught ,
Helping Themselves From Liquor
Delivery Cart.
I SAN FRANCISCO, He-. m*
"Here's how!" said the black.
“Happy days!" paid the bay.
"The bouquet of this white wine is
exquisite," said the bay.
"It'* got nothing on this." said the
brunette nag, taking a draught from
the iKittle of red.
For several days in succession
■fipen'• r Wasirom dUeoveri-d that
wine had been stolen; always it was
the wine that comes in straw-cov
ered bottles. He is deliveryman for j
a wine house.
Yesterday the culprits were dis
covered. Wastrorn left his wagon in
front of the sprinkling • art that
operates near Mission and Eighteenth
streets, and when he returned to the
spot he found that the horses, a black
and a bay, attached to the water
wagon were nibbling at the straw-
covered bottles, and he overheard file
equine equivalent of the conversation
previously noted.
SUIT AGAINST
WIFE’S FIILY
Bride Lured Away on Day of Mar
riage, Walker Gets Five Thou
sand Dollars for Lost Love.
RICHMOND, Dec. 20. T Grant
Walker I an been awarded $5,000 dam
age* by a jury In the Law and Equi
ty Court in his action for $25,000
against five members of his wife's
family, who were charged with alien
ating her affections and causing her
to leave him the nay they were mar
ried here last April. Trial of tlie case
lasted a week, and was bitterly con
tested. It took the Jury only twenty
minutes to reach a verdict.
Gas to Take Place
Of Ice for Cooling
PIJILAI iGLI’IIIA, Dec. 20.- Complete
: gas refrigeration outfits for small homes
will soon dispka-e old it* boxes and ice
1 r* frigerators. according to report! made
at the sessions of the National Com
mercial Gas \ spoliation In convention
j llere.
In the wear future, it was predicted,
I the new machine wi'l become one of
Op most economical appliances in the
I lulchcn
'I h»* method of operation is simple,
| When i. Is necessary to keep the re
frigerator old the gas jets in the
h».iter Art* lighted. These jets play up
on a tank In which is placed ammonia
in a liquid form. The ammonia boils
and vaporizes, the vapor being con
ducted through the refrigerator by
means <if coils, forming the cooling
agent upon the same principle that the
great ice machines in breweries and
other enterprises work.
BABY HAS TWELVE TOES.
YORK. FA.. Dec. 20. - A child recent
ly born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wen
ger. of Dillsburg, has six fingers on
each hand and six toes on each foot.
The extra lingers are Joined to the
hands at the base of the little finger.
The sixth toe on each foot grows out
from th'* base of the little toe. The
child is normal in all other respects.
ill ENOUGH.
SCIENTISTS I
Greater Number of Drinks Likely
to Result in Immediate De
struction of Tissues.
PHILADELPHIA. Deo. 20.—The
American Society for the Study of
Alcohol and Other Narcotics hag an
nounced that two average drinks of
whisky a day can be absorbed with
out a waste of preciou* energy. So
ciety women were reported as hope
less when they are alcoholics.
Gases were cited where men took
one drink only in their lifetime and
.«*- a result became fathers of epileptic
children.
Bear Left at Car
Barn an ‘Elephant’
rol.L'JIlirS, Dec. 20.- Uw-I a b'-arj
ever become an elephant? Thie is a
question that the uIHcials of the Co- j
lumbus Railroad Company are ask
ing themselves, all because of a man
and Ills wife who recently came to '
Columbus with a carnival, decided to J
quit the show business, provided they j
could sell their bear.
They first tried to sell the bear. |
amt failing this they sent it to the
barn of the Columbus Railroad Com
pany during the night and hurriedly
left town. Now the question that is
worrying the street railroad people
is what to do with the bear.
He is a youngster, only 9 months
old. weighs 150 pounds and can be
bought at a small figure. U» was
born in Northern Maine, is gentle
and has been taught many tricks.
PLAN LONGEST POWER LINE.
DENVER. Dec. 20.—The longest
electric power transmission line in
the world from Bishop Creek. Cal.,
to Mexicali, .Mexico, a distance of 425
miles, is building. The work is a part
of the development of tile Nevada-
California Power Company and its
subsidiary, the Southern Sierras Pow
er I'ompany.
University of Pennsylvania Expe
dition Makes Report of Dis
covery of Much Importance.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Dec 20
Three tribes of Indians hitherto'ur
known to civilization, have been dD
covered by the University of Penn
sylvania's Amazon expedition in re
xions of Brazil never before pene
trated by white men, according to „
letter received at jthe University Mu
seum to-day from Dr. Farabee, head
of the expedition. The letter \ya«
dated Boa Vista, Brazil, which is ai
the head waters of ordinary naviga
tion on tile Uraracuara River
northern affluent of the Amazon ’
Many Hogs Are Saved
By Being Vaccinated
HKCTOR, MINX., Dec. 20. There
ha* been some question to the ef
ficiency of serum to prevent hog
cholera. The matter has been thor
oughly tested in the Hector asso
ciated school districts. Since August
2 s Fro tensor Kiser has vaccinated
1,042 hog*.
Of fill hogs vaccinated in infected
herds 70.54 per cent were saved, in
the herds vaccinated before the. chol
era appeared 99.97 per cent of 4 31
vn« ciliated recovered, or were not
sick.
$65,000 Mine Brings
$1; Litigation Ends
KDYVARDSVILLE, ILL., Dec. 20.-
The Henrietta coal mine here, whi-’t
cost $65,000 to sink and once gold for
45 cent*, was sold iy the Federil
Trust Company to Mrs. Philipina
Kraft, of Fast St. Louie, for $1.
Neither side will tell the inside de
tails of the transaction, which adds
another chapter to the history of a
mine of much litigation, it is said
that the plant now really will be op
erated by picks und shovels and not
by attorneys' pen*.
People Leave Rural
Routes in Indiana
PATRIOTISM UNKNOWN
TO MEXICAN PEOPLE
’’Bondage lias Made 1 lim Servile; Fear, Treach
erous; Hatred, Gruel,” Kavs Writer.
By N. C. ADOSIDES
|i
In the analysis of a race one must
* '.count for centuries of history and
breeding. The wins ami virtues of the
fathers are woven into the centuries
io come.
The Mexican is a miscellany of the
Aztec and Spanish races and haw, by
atavism, the inclinations und traits
of those tribal ancestor* The Moor
ish blood flowing sluggishly in his
vein* gives him much the character
of the Mohammedan; the Indian, ap
parently predominating, makes him
a. materialist, while tin diluted Span
ish has weakened his moral muscle!
and made the outward expression of
himself a curious mixture of acting
and primitive emotion.
Bondage has made him servile, fear
reated in him cowardice and treach
ery. and hatred of his master* has
made him cruel and suspicious. Like
all oppressed races, the Mexican, who
has for centuries suffered under the
grinding Span!* i yoke had lost frank
ness of character. directness of
npe«*« h und power of discrimination.
There is no faith among them
selves. The father is suspicious ol
the eon. and the son has no confi
dence in the father. This is one of
the reasons why the Mexican does
not develop a business of hi* own.
Again, thi* lack of belief is a char
acteristic fostered b\ the turbulent
condition of the country's political af
fairs and the curse «*f peonage or so
cial degrada* ion. The peon b not re
sponsible for his decadent condition.
He is the natural deduction **f a long
era of tyranny, brutality and selfish
ness. He has been imposed upon,
robbed of his lands and employed op
he footing of a slave
Cheated Even To-dav.
Even to-day his ruler bleed* and
his employer cheats hint In the
Southern States the plant* r pu\s the
peon 12 cents a day. in t e North
where he works in t «* cotton fields
ar as a cowboy, he receives 25 cents.
Un such despicable wages the pelado
w‘an not keep body and soul together,
und that s wh\ he auctions himself
to tiie army of the revolution or Joins
.be brigand grou] *.
Regardless of hi* < the Mexi
can is shorn of pairioiitcm, .vet each
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sees in hitnseif the savior of his
country and a hero. The peon, ig
norant. weak-minded and long-suf
fering, is abused by the leaders, a
group of political vagabonds who
periodically throw themselves at
each other’s throats, and. by fair
words and foul means, satisfy per
sonal ambition and old grudges.
And how civil they are!
Vanity Is the predominating char
acteristic of the Mexican. Appear
ances are everything to him. Eve l
the women of the better classes, who
exhibit Parisian gowns, luxurious car
riage* and superb horses oil the fash
ionable promenade, arc. at home, un
tidy and primitve This love of dis
play i* symbolized by the National
Opera House, at th** ('npital. It is
a most wonderful UO.OOO.OOO-p »so
monument to vanity, and even th*
half-starved and diseased mendicants
who crawl about the steps of It pay
homage.
Their hull fights are another phase
of their extravagance, another reek-
lens squandering of Ilf** and spilling
of blood. The same foolishly open
palm offers gifts which, though they
arc forced upon the unwilling admir
er uf them, must be returned. Tins
is an absurd item of their super flciu’
etiquette. \ service rendered to them
is received with obsequious gratitude,
but not, however, recorded to tho
credit of the one who tenders it. Botn
the succor and he who gives it are
convenient lv forgotten.
Vice Is Rampant.
So utterly lacking in thrift and
moral pride, the race lias become ram.
pant xx it 1 r vice, it is unclean, indo
lent and alcoholic, and in only rare
Instances are in individual member*
educated or self-respecting. A peo
ple that has no regard for women is
bound to be an inferior people In
Mexico woman is an instrument of
pleasure or a beast of burden. The
separation of the sexes is almost
pronouncei as it is among the Mo-
haimnedam Jealousy and distrust
are the cause! of the barrier.
The charming voung renorlta u'.n
is seen at an early hour of the morn
ing on lie; wa\ to church, always ac
companied b> maid *>r duenna,
not awake to the business of *ne
world. She h i* a smatteri < of Sn»
lish French . r Italian. she knows a
little geosrai and history, strums
a bit on the piano, tinkles the guitar
and play* a' embroidery and la e
inn king.
Mc>:!\ she .inks . f iff flirtation.*
land the lov* r Who comes u> her win-
| dow clandestinely On the other hand,
(the female pe'.adx vegetates in the
jiountr.x *\vanipt»d in the > ares of h ’
farnllv or employer, or she !a»e« about
i 1 he ci;y. peddling fruit*, begging •
; c.eiibera’.ely tunning hi i self bones!."
la wall.
Anothei portion of th « class is
j nerving ike husband, brother or
'riend who « with the «rmv These
r<* the reliant soidaderas
TV:; the tho pfkxds a'd
even the mvaluabU ^old&dera are !ij
the Mexican background, it is ’he
»n<-n who ni;> .. ticM'i'. Safe to * ■ ■
however, that the inferiority of th®
i woman . e* m tr.e verx emphasis .
• ** man. fo” c spit« of h - .> serine-
\ deep-think Qg a i t ■:* Mexican *•
undermined, otnp;\ Feature.
;
COLUMIU'K. INI,*., Dec. 20.—Fig
ures In a report by John M. Davia, j
postmaster here, show the population j
along the rural routes is growing
less.
The repoit shows there are 1.456
families a»n the thirteen routes that
en'ih.nato from Columbus and the esti
mated population on those routes is
about 6.000. In the bust year ten
routes have shown a loss of 45 fam
ilies.
- The Home-Made Cough
Syrup Will Surprise You
Costs Little, but There Is Noth- 5
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Fuliy Guaranteed.
( Here is a home-made remedy that J
( takes hold of a cough almost Instant- )
> ly. and will usually conquer an ordi-
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s makes a pint—enough for a whole
1 family. You couldn’t buy as much
) of a* good ready-made cough syrup
J for $2.r>0.
) Mix one pint of granulated sugar
l with l n pint of warm water, und stir
( 2 minutes. Put 24 ounces of Plnfex
l (fifty cents’ worth) in a pint bottle.
( and add the Sugar Syrup. This
s keeps perfectly und has a pleasant
> taste—children like It. Braces up
tin* appetite ami Is slightly laxative,
w hich helps end a cough.
You probably know the medical
value of pine m treating bronchial
MNthma. bronchitis, spasmodic croup
and whooping rough. Plnex is a
most valuable concentrated com
pound of Norway white nine extract,
rieti in guaiacol and other natural
healing pine element*, other prepa
ration! will not work in this combi
nation.
The prompt results from this in
expensive remedy have made friends
for it in thousands of homes in the
Failed States ami Ganada. which ex
plains why the plan ha* oeen imi
tated often, but never success
fully.
A guaranty of absolute satisfac
tion or money promptly refunded.
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you. If not. send to The Pinex Co.,
Ft. Wayne. Ind.
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400 Pianos for 168.00
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