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FINAL
X
BRITISH TROOPS JOIN ULSTER
Vanderbilt College Suit Is Lost by Church
Government Troops Pour Into
Rebellious Counties—Sit
uation Tense.
LONDON, March 27.—~The war
offics announced to-night that the
movement of troops into Ulster
is merely for the purpose of pro
tecting property. These meas
ures are prscautionary, not of -
fensive, it was explained.
Most of the troops were with
dqu from Belfast to-night and
sent into the suburbs, according
to reports here. It was said that
dissension among the soldiers is
widespread.
It was reported to-night that
Brigadier General LePoer Gou’?h.
commanding the Third cavalry
brigade at Dublin, has resigned.
. Launches filled with customs
officers = to-night searched ali
small boats putting into Belfast
harbor for smuggling arms.
General Sir Arthur Paget, the
Commander-in-Chief for Ireland,
arrived at Kildare to-night from
Dublin. He is in command of the
entire military measures of the
British government.
LONDON, March 21.—The first
blood shed in the Irish home rule
imbroglio was reported this after
noon in a Central] News dispateh
from Dublin. This dispatch said that
a sentry had shot a soldier while the
latter was scaling the wall of Bew
bridge barracks.
The same Dublin telegram an
nounced the resignation of all the of
ficers of the Sixteenth Lancers. All
have been replaced by Field Marshal
Sir John French.
A Belfast dispatch to The Pall Mall
(Gazette says that two companies of
British regulars are reported to have
mutinied and joined the Orangemen.
Reports were current this evening
that Premier Asquith has resigned.
They could not be confirmed and re
ceived little or no credence,
At a conference at Londonderry
{his evening the Nationalist leaders
finally yielded to the renewed impor
tunities of Mr. Redmond and reluct
antly decided to call off the Sunday
demonstration. Five appeals from
Mr. Redmond were received during
the day.
Forces Concentrate
For War in Ulster.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
RELIAST, March 21.—Ulster ex
rects war. Military preparations on a
grand scale, both by the Government
and the volunteers enrolled under the
anti-home rule banner, went on rap
idly to-day. Anxiety and alarm over
the situation increased hourly, while
the ' Government rushed company
after company of soldiers into the
U'lster counties, and messengers of
the organization, led by BSir Edward
Carson, dashed from town to town,
calling upon the volunteer forces to
prepare for immediate mobilization.
Threatened invasion by a foreign
foe would have produced a Govern
ment campaign of preparation mno
more aggressive. By land and by
sea its forces moved to awe the peo
ple of Ulster. Two torpedo boat de
strovers, carrying 150 men, arrived in
Belfast lough from Dublin ar day
break and landed the soldlers at Car
rick Fergus Castle The warships
then anchored in the harbor, with
their guns trained on this city, which
is the heart of the threatened Ulster
revolt,
Home Fleet To Be Mobilized,
It was reported that the entire Irish
Sea division of the home tleet would
be mobilized within the next 24 hours,
Continued on Page 2, Column 2.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
VOL. XII. NO. 199.
LATEST NEWS
WASHINGTON, March 21.—A com
plete report of the lengthy conference
between John Lind, gruident Wil
son's personal envoy in Mexico, and
Senor Portillo y Rojas, Mexican Min
ister of Foreign Affairs, in Vera Cruz,
on Thursday, reached the State De
partment to-day. Secretary of State
Bryan declined to make public any
portion of the report or to give any
information as to its contents. The
Secretary also denied a report that
Charge O’Shaughnessy intended to re
sign because of ill health.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, March 21.
Although shot through the stomach
Charles Watson, aged 35, kneckeJ
down his assailant, %d Lankford, near
here to-day. The men are cousins.
The shooting was the result of a fam
ily feud. Lankford was afterward
beaten with a'monkeywrench by Wat
son’s sons. Both men may die.
BUFFALO, March 21.—Newark, N.
J., rolled into the lead in the two
man event of the A. B. C. tournament
here this afternoon when T. Negley
and D. Vanness shot the score of
1,245, beatin? the Detroit men, Ral
stan and Miiler, by seven pins. The
victory gives the East two of the
three leaders. |
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A heavy flurry of snow fell over At.
lanta late Saturday afternoon, and
indications, according to the local
weather forecaster, do not point to
continued cold Saturday night and
Sunday,
The cold suap, which sent the mer
cury down to 32, was not expected to
hurt the fruit crop. |
Forecaster VonHerrmann predicted
the iate spring and declared that that
meant Georgia fruit growers would
have one of the best crops in the his
tory of the State.
Another drop in temperature is pre
dicted for this vicinity Sunday night.
A cold wave which will bring the
temperature down to several degrees
below the freezing point, according to
Forecaster VonHerrmann, is due here
Sunday afternoon, to prevail through
out Sunday night and Monday.
Late Spring Indicated.
“The few flakes of snow which fell
late Saturday morning in Atlanta”
said the weather man, '‘are some
more indications that we are to have
4 very late spring. The latest snow
fall recorded in this office for Atlanta
was on April 25, 1910, when the fall
was 2 1-2 inches,
‘“Thig is the vernal equinox, the
first day of spring, astronomically
speaking, but spring weather will
hardly fre\'ail for the next ten days.” |
Fruit Exchange confrm the helietl
that the fruit crop was not injured by
the cold weather of the last two days
and the frost of Friday night.
Warning to Farmers.
The exchange issued a warning to
farmers, however, as the forecast for
rain Saturday night imperils the
trees, through the danger of the rain
freezing on the buds.
H. D. Marks, secretary and treas
urer of the exchange, said Saturday
that reports he has received from
North Georgia indicate that the fruit
will survive the cold weather in that‘
section,
The peach belt will not suffer, as
the cold snap did not extend to South |
Georgia, |
Mr. Marks said that so long as the
weather continues cloudy, with 4
strong wind, the fruit is in lnl]el
danger. 1{
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
(Georgia—Cloudy Saturday;
probably rain Sunday.
Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results
MARION, ARK. March 21.—
Charles Faulkner, 2a painter near
here, was found dead this morning
with his throat cut. George Hood,
of Memphis, and Arthur Eddy are
held by county authorities charged
with murdering the man after they
robbed him, gddy says his home is
in Independence, lowa.
NEW YORK, March 21.—~Members
of the “400" and of the submerged
tenth mingled to-day in Grace Church
at the funeral services for the late
Frederick Townsend Martin, the rich
club man and sotiety man, who re
cently died in London. Mr. Martin
was a member of the highest circles
of society, but his many charities had
endeared him to the ragged foik of ths
East Side. The body was iaken to a
little cemetery near the Martin es
tate between Albany and Troy for
burial. 5
WASHINGTON, March 21.—Defeat‘
of the Haitien rebel forces under
Theodore At Grande Basin by the
Federals was reported to-day by
Commander Bostwick, of the Nash
ville. No details were fiiven in Com
‘mander Bostwick's cablegram.
CARIZZO SPRINGS, TEXAS,
March 21.—Charles Ballard, the
voung Texan who was kidnaped by a
gang of Mexican Federals and later
escaped, arrived here to-day, bruisea
and in a critical condition from the
torture to which he was subjected by
the Mexicans, (Clitizens are arming
themselves and threaten to clean out
ths entire Mexicar population of the
vicinity unless adequate protection
be immediately given.
1t is reported that a filibustering
expedition is being organized, but its
movements are being kept secret.
C'ftizens are demanding that Gov
ernor Colquitt make immediate de
mand for the arrest of Ballard's cap
tors
Garrison Orders
Texans Curbed.
WASHINCTON, March 21.--Sec
retary of War Garrison took sharp
action to-day to curb the fiery Texans
whose actions threaten to embroil this
Government and that of Mexico.
Immediately after being notifled
that a band of Texans intend to cross
the Mexican border in an effort to re
cover horses stolen from the ranch
of C'lemente Vergara, the American
murdered by Mexicans about a month
ago, Secretary Garrison instructed
Bfi- -lier General Tasl.er H. Bliss 10
take immediate measures to prevent
any such raid. It is understood here
that the Texans are preparing ®o
crosg the border at Laredo, Texas,
into Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
Plot on Life of
Carranza Discovered.
ELL PASO, TEXAS, March 21.--—
Discovery of a plot to kill General
Carranze on his arrival In Juarez to
morrow resulted in the guard at the
Mexican end of the international
bridge being doubled to-day.
The Constitutionalist sentinei per
mitted no one to pass who couid not
furnish a good explanation for en
tering Juarez. Soldiers will be sta
tioned on the Juarez housetops to
prevent any bombs being thrown
Mexican Bullets
Fall in Texas.
DEL RIO, TEXAR March 21—
Many bullets fell on American soii
during a fight between Mexican Fed
eralg and rebels at Las Vacas late |ast
night The &#mall Federal garrison
surrendered after a short battle.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1914
Million-Dollar Carnegie Endow
ment Rejected by Bishops to
Go to College.
NASHVILLE, March 21.—1 n a de
cision greeted to-day with college
yvells from the Vanderbilt University
students, the Suprerne Court of Ten
nessee left the control of the univer
sity to the Board of Trust, deciding
against the Colleg> of Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
practically on gwvery point,
The opinion handed cown by Spe
cial Justice W. R. Turner, of Knox
ville, was finished shortly after noon.
In the opinion it was held that the
visitorial power was not vested in the
bishops, that this was a property
right and that Cornelius Vanderbilt
and not the church was the sole
founder and patron of the university.
Carnegie’s Money to School.
It also held that the Board of Trust
should fill its own vacancies, subject
to the approval of the General Con
ference of the church, but gshould the
Conference refuse to confirm, that
would work to end all relationship
between the university and the
church.
Under the decision the $1,000,000
endowment of Andrew Carnegie for
the extension of the Vanderbilt Med
ical College, rejected by the College
of Bishops, will now go to Vander
bilt. ’
The contest over the control of Van
d:*bilt has been waged for several
years through the Tennessee court?.
It was precipitated when the College
of Bisho sought to set aside action
of the board of trustees of the Uni
versity in the selection of members
of the board and of the university fac-
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Chancellor With Trustees. |
The bishops c¢laimed that the unl- |
versity was the property of the
church and as such was subject to the
direction of the church heads consii- |
tuted in the bishopric. The trustees
contended that th. church had only
an advisory control of the ms!itutmn,i
and that under the terms of the Cor- |
nelius Vanderbilt endowment they
alnoe ..ad authority o administer the
property and select their sum'flssur-,'
‘hancellor J. H. Kirkland, of tie
university, sided with the (trustees
throughout the fight, When the Car
negie medical endowment was ten-|
dered Vanderbilt last year, the trusz- |
tees voted to accept it, while the bish- ‘
ops spurned the steel magnate's
money. It is expected th. . the trus
tees will immediately take steps [u}
utilize the Carnegie fund to enlarze
teh medical college before the nr:\‘ti
scholastic year begins, 1
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Park Asks Capital
Judge Be Impeached
WASHINGTON, March 21.—-A re
newal of the demand for the im
peachment of Justice Danlel T.
Wright, Ji the District of Columbia
Supreme Court, was made in the
House . =day by Representative
Frank Park, «f Georgia, who last
evening was prevented from making
a motion of impeachment because of
the absence of a quorum
The resolution presented to-day
calls for an investigation by the Ju
diciary Committee of substantially
the same charges as recently were
filed with President Wilson by Wade
H. Cooper, a Washington banker.
Ci Ight 1806, Y PAY NO
5!71?\727’:0;?(1;:! Co. 2 CENTS MORE.
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Assert Man Given Twenty Years
~ Has Been Confused With
| Perry in Q. & C. Case. -
Assisted by members of the Police
Department, Attorneys L. W, James
and D. K. Johnson, who represented
fJohlwanan, recently sentenced art
’.\lul'lena to serve twenty years for
the robbery of a N, C. and St. L.
train at Vinings on the night of Jan
uary 18, have begun an investigation
which they hope will result in free
ing their client.
} The attorneys hope to fasten the
{rrime upon A. O. Perry, who has al
ready been positively identified as one
of the bandits who robbed a Queen
and Crescent train of $40,000 near
Birmingham on the night of Febru
ary 19. The police have consented to
rounds up the witnesses to the rob
bery of the N. C. and St. L. train
and have them look Perry over. The
attorneys for Nolan assert that Perry
fits the description of the lone bandit.
while they claim Nolan does not.
Perry Is Identified.
Perry was identified Friday as one
of the robbers in the Alabama hold
up by Harry B. Melville, postal clerk
on the train. Melville picked Perry
out of a line of nine men at the po
lice station. He declared positively
that the suspect is the man who stab
bed him in the back when he refused
to tell where all the money in the
mail car was concealed.
He also picked out W. B. Gray and
Rexford Fields from the same line of
men, but wasg not so positive in his
identification of this pair.
Perry, Gray and Fields nere ar
rested Monday by Sergeant Bullard
and Plain Clothes Officer Shaw at No.
89 Brookline street, where a com
plete outfit of safeblowers' tools was
found buried in the basement. Along
with the tools was a big roll of bills
which evidently had figured in an ex
plosion, since the money was badly
torn.
Alabama Wants Prisoner.
Perry has been identified as one of
two men who escaped from Night
Watchman Tom Oliver at the East
Point vards of the Western and At
lantic road on the night the safe in
the East Point depot was blown sev
eral weeks ago. The watchman sald
Perry and his companion beat him up
after he had handcuffed them, took
away nis keys and made off,
Since the id-nmflr‘;rlon of Perry by
the postal clerk both the Alabama
and Federal authorities are taking
legal steps looking to his transfer to
Birmingham for trial in the Queen
and Crescent case. An effort will
alsy be made to take Fields and Gray
there on the same charge,
If the men are convicted of the
crime Sergeant Bullard and Officer
Shaw will claim the $6.000 reward
offered by the road for the arrest of
the bandits
.
Memphis Is Defeated
By Cubs; Score 5 to 2
y Gubs; Score 9 to
MEMPHIS, March 21.-—-The Mem
phigs team was defeated by the Cubs
this afternoon by a score of o to 2
Score R H E
Cibs | 101 000 030—5 10 2
Memphis . 000 000 200-—-2 4 1
Batteries— Kaestner and Bresna
han: Sage and Gibboney Umpires—
('Toole and Colling ‘
RACING
RESULTS
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Four and one-half furlongs:
Page White, 100 (Nolan), 40, 8,2, won;
Jesse, Jr., 102 (Nicklaus), 3, 6-5, 2-5,
second; Tetan,-100 (Irvin), 3,1, 2-5,
third. Time, 57. Alledo, Yellow Flower,
Hapsburg 11 also ran.
SECOND--Six furlongs: Jezail, 95
(Smyth), 8-5, 4-6, 1-3, won; Frof. 195
(Waldron), 4,2, even, second; Malik, 96
t)\lc’rnggart). 5,2, even, third. Time,
1:18 3+5. Cagnant, Lady Rankin, Hush
QGray, Elma, Mike Cohen, Irishtown,
Fawn, Toison D'Or also ran,
THIRD—SBix furlongs: Amoret, 110
(Hanover) 6-5, 1-2, out, won; Semi
%uaver. 115 (Pickett), 15, 6,3, second;
{lly Stuart, 92 (Murphy), 5, 9-5, 4-§,
third. Time, 1:18 1-5. Armor, Incision,
Lord Wells, Tony W also ran.
FOURTH--Mile and a sixteenth: Bryn
Limah, 100 (McTagelarn. 9-5, 4-5, out,
won; Sleeth, 100 (Murphy), 3,1, out,
second; Good Dag, 103 (Obert), 5,6, 2,
third. Time, 1:50. Sir Michael, Charl
ton G., Serenata also ran.
FIFTH--BSix furlongs: Mama John
son, 101 (Murphy), 5,2, 1, won; Dick's
Pet, 97 (McTaggart), 3, 6-sb, 3-5, second,
Pluvius, 113 (Davig), 6,2, 1, third. Time,
1:18. Fasces, Batwa, Letourno, Henry
Hutchison, Queed, Mollie Richards, Aus
tin Sturtevant aiso ran.
SIXTH-Mile and 20 yards: Font, 106
(McTaggart), 8-5, 7-10, 2-6, won; Judge
Monck, 106 (Randolph), 15, 5, B-2, sec
ond; Ralph Lloyd, 102 (Murphy), 25, 10,
5 tblsd. '{lme. 1:47 3-6. Gerrard, Gaty
!‘c}!@ , Ruisseau, Peacock, No Manager,
Palma also ran,
AT JUAREZ,
FIRST—Four !urlonogaz Jos Fina Ser
ate, 112 (Mott), §-10, 1-3 out, won;
Supremaey, 107 (Kederis), 8-5, 2-5, out,
second; Trulane, 112 (Murphy), 4, even,
third. Time, :464.5. Nellile C. Yale,
Commaugetta, Maznik also ran.
SECOND-—SBix fyrlongs: Yuba, 112
(O’'Brien). 7-10, 1-3, out, won; Thaka,
101 (Molesworth), 8,3, even second,
The Cinder, 110 (Kederis), 5-2, 4-5, 1-3,
third. Time, 1:113-6. Admiral's Daugh
ter, Parcel Post, Holberg, Swift Sure,
Calethumpian, Brigham, Beda, Light
Knight also ran.
THIRD—Six furlongs: Aragonez, 107
(Feeny), 12, 4,2, won; Stella Graine,
101 (Hoffman), b-2, even, 3-5, second;
Lady Young, 112 (Molesworth), 8,3,
3-%, third. Time, 1:131-5, Mabel,
Clarkson, Gensral Warren, Bula Welsh,
Gertrude Dix, Dad Stearnes, Christmas
Daisy, Alivia, Grizzly Bear, Winkler,
Binocular also ran.
FOURTH -Bix furlongs: Edith W,
100 (Marco), 6, 8-5, out, won; Osaple,
10 3(Taylor), 6-i, 1-2, out, second; Mil
ton Roblee, 105 (Hoffman), 3, 4-5, out,
third. Time, 1:11 4-5. Bob Hensley and
Bing also ran. .
Race Entries on Page 2.
Completely Nude
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Woman Sensation
On Parisian Stage
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Special Cable to The Atlanta Georglan.
PARIS, March 21.--The sensation
of the first production of a dramati
zation of Pierre Louy's “Aphrodite”
in the Renaisance Theater this week
was the appearance on the stage of a
totally nude woman in the final act.,
Mile. Dorny went through this dif
ficult scene so gracefully and with
such good taste that the audience ap
plauded heartily. The applause last
ed after the fall of the curtain, but
after it had been raised again the
actress made the mistake of stepping
forward .to receive the plaudits still
naked.
The mood of the audience changed
instantly. There was an outburst of
hissing and murmuring, many per
sons standing up until Mlle. Cora La
paciere, who takes the leading part,
ithrew a veil over the shoulders of the
nude actress, whereupon the loud ap
plause was resumed.
Th play followg closely Louy's nov
el. The critics generally pronounce
the work affected, wishy-washy, of
tedious sumptuousness, and painless
ly feeble naughtiness,
Chicago Federals Put
It Over Shreveport
SHREVEPORT, March 21 —Thn‘
Chicago Federals blanked the Shreve
port team here thig afternoon for six
innings. The game was called on
account of cold, The visitors made
thirteen runs
Score R.H E
Shreveport . 000 000-—- 0 6 2
Chicago Federals . 061 402--13 15 1
Batteries—Shilling and Valentine,
McGuire and Wilson Umpire—
Brennan.
SIMS ACCUSED BY MOORE IN HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 21.—Representative Sims, of
Tennessee, who advocates the repeal of the fred tolls
provision, charged on the floor of the House this after
noon that the opponents of the repeal bill are filibustering
in order to work up sentiment against the administra
tion plans. Representative Moore, of Pennsylvania. ac
cused Sims of getting his orders from higher up and deny
ing that a filibuster was on.
GENERAL CASTRO CAUGHT IN RAID.
PORT AU PRINCE, TRINIDAD, March 21.—General
Cipriano Castro, former dictator of Venezuela, was loca!-
ed here to-day. when the home of his brother was raized
by the police. Much ammunition was found. Castro in
dlgr‘lantly denied that he is plotting a revolution in Vene-
Zuela. - -
William J. Burns will extend his investigation of the Phagan
case into other cities when Dan Lehon, the superintendent of the
Southern Division of the Burns Detective Agency, arrives in At-
Janta Sunday. Mr. Burns said Saturday that various features of
the case which require a thorough investigation will take him out
of the city for a few days. It is understood he will leave Atlanta
Monday or Tuesday, placing Liehon in charge of the local end of
the case. He declared he expects to be gone only a day or two.
Mr. Burns refused to divulge the nature of the evidence he
is going after, nor would he make his proposed destination publie.
He said positively, however, that the trip will have nothing to do
with the investigation of A. 8. Colyar, which, it is known, the de
tective will undertake to establish the dictographer’s connection
with the case. >
Mr. Burns laughingly declined:
to enter into any controversy
with William M. Smith, attorney
for Jim Conley, over the latest
defiance the lawyer has hurled
at him.
When asked his opinion of
Smith’s diatribe, in which the
detective is characterized as a
““movie-picture, stage-lecturing,
tangoing sleuth,”” Mr. Burns
laughed and said: |
“Oh, well, he won't bite anybody!”
Mr. Burns was breakfasting at the
Georglan Terrace when his attention
was called to Smith's sta(fment. He
read a few lines, and looked wp, with
a smile.
“Oh, piffle!” was his only remark.
Denies He Can Tango.
He read on then to where Smith
referred to him as a “movie plicture,
stage-lecturing, tangoing sleuth, * * *
playing to the gallery.”
“Mr. Smith ir wrong,” remarked
the detective., “lI can't tango, I can
only turkey trot!"”
“] see Mr, Smith says I must come
to him as a gentleman,” Mr. Burns
continued. *“Well, I certainly don’
intend to come to him as a Joafer!”
The detective permitted himself
another smile when he read Smith's
statement that he (Burns) would
have to agree to whatever terms the
lawyer might dictate {f he wanted to
sce Conley.
“Well!” he exclaimed. “If that's the
hest T can do, I suppose I'll have to
lie satisfied!”
Refuses to Argue,
Mr. Burns refused ahsolutely to en
ter into any argument with Smith or
accept the lawyer's challenge to ver-\
bal warfare, ‘
“I don’t intend to try to trample on‘
Continued on Page 8, Column 1. J
Greater than
Mahomet
AHOMET could
M not draw the
mountainto
him, so he went to the
mountain. Just so, un
fortunately, you are un
able to compel your
many needs to come to
vou, but the insertion of
a minute “Want Ad"
in The Georgian and
American brings it to
your door on the jump.
What is it, please?
Mystery in Slaying
Of Farmer at Door
: ¢
0f Home of Sister
CALHOUN, March 21.—A myste
rious murder took place five miles
from Rere to-day when Sid Chapman,
a young farmer, was shot and killed
in the yard of his sister’s home, on
the Thomas Rogers plantation.' Mrs.
Starnes, the sister, a widow, claims
to have known nothing of the.killing
until they found Chapman's dead body
on the doorstep at daybreak. Charles
Shaw, the nearest neighbor, states
'thnt he heard the report of a shot
'gun from the direction of the Starnes
“home at 4 o'clock this morning.
The Sheriff and Coroner are now
‘at the scene of the tragedy, hoiding
an investigation and imquest. No ar
rests have been made,
Chapman was 25 years old, had been
married and divorced and was mak
ing his home with his sister. His
father, M. V. Chapman, lives at
Morgansville. Several brothers live
in this neighborhood.
- No reason is known for the crime
‘as Chapman was a quiet and inof
‘ fensive citizen.
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’ Good Wages in Navy
‘ WASHINGTON, March 21.—Secre
‘tary of the Navy Daniels appeared
ibeforp the House Labor Committee
to-day to defend the wages now paid
'machinists and mechanics in the Gov
‘ernment navy vards and to object to
‘a. fixed rate of pay as proposed in the
'Maher bill. The Secretary sald he
‘was a believer in good wages and
‘wanted to see Government machin
ist sget as much as they could re
ceive in private employment.
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On Trial for Killing
. .
His Comrade in Duel
METZ, GERMANY, March 21.-A
secret courtmartial of Lieutenant Von
Lavalette Saint Cerge, of the Ninety
elghtn Infantry, for killing Lieuten
ant Haage, his comrade, in a duel,
wag begun here to-day.
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English Team Wins
g . .
Rugby Championship
INTERLEITH, SCOTLAND, March
21.—~The English team to-day won
the international Rugby champion
ship, defeating the Scottish team by
16 to 15 points, B