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ATLANTA, DA., SUNDAY, MAY 30, 1915.
II LIFE AND
Huerta Plans Long Island Colony
Happy Family of 24 With Him
The Huertas and their new home. Above. General and Senora i
Huerta. Below, children and grandchildren. Photographed in i
front of the home. From left to right they are: Eva Huerta, |
Berta Huerta. Maria de Gil, Celia Huerta. Dora Huerta, Fernando I
standing at right and baby Carmen Huerta in front.
Girl Dressed as Man
Held as Gang Leader j
Detectives Arrest Mamie Unger,
Nineteen, Charged With Rob- <
bing Railroad Employee.
ALLENTOWN, PA.. May 29 —A |
detainer from the local police has
But Cost of Armed Clash With
Germany Would Far Over
shadow Previous Setbacks,
Experts in Washington Claim.
National Tax Laws of Past Being'
Studied by Treasury Officials.
Country Paid a Total of j
$6,237,965,701 for Civil War. 1
WASHINGTON. May 29.—The pos-
©ibilltv of war between this country
and Germany and the vast trail of
national expenditure that might fol
low has set members of Congress
who are in the city to looking up sta
tistics concerning the cost of wars in
the past, particularly those of the
Civil War and the brush with Spain.
l>arge as was the total cost of the
war between the States, public of
ficials estimate that it would become
small by comparison If the United
States were drawn into the vortex
and compelled to put an army in the
field and undertake actual military
operations.
In the War of the Revolution the
total forces engaged amounted to
809.781 ; in the war with Great Britain
in 1812 the total force amounted to
87(5,622; In the war with Mexico,
112.230. The entire number engaged
in the Civil War aggregated 2,772,408
In the Spanish-American vCar the
number of men put Into the field was
274-717. but of these only about
60.000 troops were actually engaged.
Figures supplied by the Adjutant
General's office show that in the Civil
Mar there were 349,944 deaths from
various causes. In the Confederate
army there were, according to the
best figures obtainable. 133,821 deaths.
The ConfederateJ:roops captured 212,-
608 of their opponents, and the Union
troops captured 476.169 of the Con
federates.
Jump in Public Debt,
The total interest-bearing debt of
the United States in 1860. before the
outbreak of the rebellion, amounted to
$64,640,838; in 1861 it jumped to $90,- j
380.873. and the following year to
$365,304,826. The war debt approach
ed three-quarters of a billion In 1863,
and reached the high water mark
August 31, 1865, when the total inter
est -bearirg debt touched the huge
frum of $2,381,530,294, At the same time
tbe total national debt, including that
which bore no interest, aggregated
$2,844,649,026. This interest-bearing
debt remained above two billions until
1871, and by 1 897 had been reduced to
$847,365,130
The Spanish-American war again
ran it up. the highest point, $1,046,-
048.750, being reached in 1899. For
1914 the total interest-bearing debt
1s $967,953,310, with an annual inter
est charge of $22,891,497. In 1865 the
annual interest on the war debt
amounted to $150,977,697. This, na'-
urally, has fallen with the principal;
but in the period between 1864 and
1897, just before the war with Spain,
the American people had paid in in
terest a grand total of $2,713,316,675.
a sum that represents almost the en
tire amount of the national'debt caus
ed by the Civil War.
First Big War Tax.
The act of July 1. 1862. to meet the
expenses <*f the Civil War was the
foundation for the present Internal
revenue system it contained the first
income tax law from which tax was
collected. It taxed practically every
thing that was capable of being taxed.
Nearly every occupation was taxed,
with the exception of ministers of the
aospel and schoolmasters. Manufac
tures of nearly all kinds were taxed
It appears from the best obtainable
information at the Treasury Depart
ment that during the years 1861 to
1866. or the duration of the Civil War,
approximately $680,000,000 was col
lected from internal revenue taxa
tion.
Add this sum to the high-water
mark of the national debt on August
31. I860, amounting to $2,844 649.026.
and the Interest charge for the 26-year
period, and we find that the total cost
of the Civil War to the Government
footed the enormous total of $6,237,-
965,701. This, of course. dooS not take
Into consideration the vast expendi
tures made by the South out of its
treasury, nor the huge destruction of
property and loss in earning capacity
of the entire country.
Coat $5,000,000 a Day.
In addition to the bond issue of
$198 792.600 on account of the Span.-
lsh-American War the people paid in
“war taxes” a total of $380,371,764.61,
making the extra burden of taxation
to the American people on account of
that small affair amount to $579 164.-
424. This war began April 21, 1898.
and ended December 10 the same year.
Hostilities actually ceased August 13.
1898.
Hostilities continued, therefor*.
actlv UR s. and th» <- or t of that »nr
up- n this baiia w** a trifle over $6,-
000,1)00 for each day of Uiat period.
“Rattling” Thunderstorms To Be
Numerous in Georgia, Warns
Griffin Prophet.
SOME ’FAIR DAYS, HE SAYS
Whereby He Strikes Average, and
Forestalls Collapse of Fore
cast Like That of April.
After a slight collapse, assuitaably
from the excessive dryness of April,
which he predicted would be a fear
fully moist month. Profssor Albert
Snider, of Griffin, com 6 ? to the
plate again and undertakes to hike
his batting average by insisting on a
w^t June.
June will be not only wet. but hot,
says the professor.
“June will he a hot. showery
moryth," he s-tvs, with a Turkish oath
accent. “There will be. many heavy
downpours of rain, with th inner-,
storms in various sections of the
country*.”
The professor desires to stress the
thunderstorms. He repeals that part
of the prediction and adds that they
will be “rattling." Then he does a bit
of vamping, possibly having in mind
the April that was going to be wet
and proved the drvest on record:
"There will be some dry. fair
periods in June." he pays, “but the
general outlook is for much rain."
In which surmise the professor na-
the law of average with him as \vell
as hi? inherited and acquire* instincts
concerning the climate. There cer
tainly is or should be a mess of sky-
juice coming to Georgia—by reason
of that said April.
And here is a valuable tip to ama
teur weather prophets, entitled How
to Tell a Wet Moon:"
“As there have been so many and
diverse opinions about the wet and
drv moon," says the professor. "I will
tell you how to read this .important
?ign. If the new moon lies on its
Dictator Hopes to Return to Mexico—Will Rear
Children in American Surroundings.
NEW YORK. May 29.—General Vic-
toriano Huerta, former dictator of
Mexico, is so gratified with his new
surroundings at Forest Hills. L. I .
that he contemplates starting a Mexi
can colony either there or at some
other spot on Long Island. This wait
the report circulated among his
friends The colony will be composed
of Mexicans who. like himself, have
been exiled.
It is said the former Mexican Pres
ident has given up all hope of ever
returning to the land of his birth,
and will bring up his big family of 24
(now living with him) in American
surroundings
General Huerta and several of rhe
older male members of the family
went to New York Cite on a mission
<aid ■>*» be a«*oHated with the p;
cha?<* of adjoining land* Those of
th.e rect of the family who had rid
themselves of their "sea legs." Includ
ing the youngsters, visited Forest
Park, which adjoins their home, and
gloried in the beauties Park Commis
sioner Weier had effected there.
"This is a delightful place,” ex
claimed General Huerta, as he waved
his hands toward the beautiful green
which extends from Commissioner
Weier’s office.
Though their quarters are some
what cramped - a sixteen-room house
for a family of 24—the Huertas ire
happy. They feel more secure than
they did in Mexico.
COUNTRY GIRL BEST SPELLER.
WOOSTER. OHIO. May 2-9.—Madge
Barnes, daughter of Thomas Barnes,
farmer, an da freshman in the High
School at Creston. will represent Wayne
1 "minty ir>* he -Mate ~pc re --nte t
She wnn the county cni'-' in »hi<h
more than 200 competed..
back, so as to hold water without
spilling it, it is a dry moon, but if the
new moon is tipped forward so that
water would run out of it, it is a wet
moon."
And there you are. Try it yourself.
Aged Couple toWed;
NeverSawEach Other
PORTLAND, OREG May 29.—Al
though they have never seen each other.
H J. Rhodes, 75, and Mrs. Hattie C.
Piper. 66. will be married In Vancouver
if their present plans do not miscarry
Rhodes has- just arrived in Portland
from his ranch In Polk Countv. and the
bride-to-be has Just reached Vancouver
from her home in Seattle
"I’ve never seen her myself." says
Rhodes. "We first heard of each other
through friends. We had several mu
tual acquaintances and got to corre
sponding with each other. It. was Ion**
some on my fruit ranch, all by my«elf
and finall' w*> derided to jr*t married
M m not too old In rnarry . and 1 don't
j think Mrs. Piper la, either."
been lodged against Mamie. Unger. :t)
j year# old. In Jail in Warren, Ohio, on
a charge of having been the leader of
a gang of desperadoes who robbed a
railroad detective? of several hundred
dollars, taking his revolver and leav
ing him unconscious One of her
companions was brought here on a
charge of burglary.
Mamie Unger wore men's clothes,
and It was by the merest accident
that the Ohio town's detective? dis
covered that their prisoner was a
young woman. A few years ago she
married a man named Yanzer. and
started on a career of adventure.
She left here on a freig’ht train
with Edgar Seibert and "Joe and
Harry Long Before their departure
they bought an outfit, that disguised
her completely a? a man. Mamie
Unger told the detectives she did not
care to return to Allentown. but
wished to go West and become a
cowboy.
Garlic Is Barred in
City’s Charity Fund
HAMMOND. TNT).. May 29. The City
Council has voted to contribute $500 to
charity, provided none of it is spent for
garlic Hammond for years has been
combating the sine} lof garlic in street
cars, theaters and churches. The for
eign population likes garlic, and when
it is abundant the city' smells of It.
Many foreigners are out of work now
and are applicants for charity. The
charity society' Is buying food for thr
need', but declines to provide garlic.
"What do you need most?" the chari
ty investigator asks of the foreigner.
"Garlic,” pleads the foreigner
"Phew!" says the investigator, "you
can't have it. We'll give you coal,
clothing and all that Is necessary to
eat, hut no garlic.”
Wife Wed 36 Years
Charges Non-Support
PHILADELPHIA. May 29 After 3*
years of married life. Mrs Ida Cooper
had her age^.Jxyjjband arraigned in Do
mestic Relations Court on a charge of
nonsupport. She said her husband s
treatment compelled her to leave their
home, and that she had been trying to
support herself by raising chickens
Cooper, denying he had been guilty'
of cruel treatment, said he had offered
to take his wife back "’Yes." she re
torted. "he wants me to go pack. Every
body wants a good cook." Judge Brown
tried in vain to reconcile the pair, then
made an order on Cooper for the #up-
fPrt of his wife
Wedding Ring Lost
40 Years Is Found
LONG BEACH. CAL.. May 29 Mrs.
Andrew F Mitchell, wife of the pastor
of the Friends’ Church, was astounded
as well as delighted to receive news
from the East that a wedding ring she
lost more than forty years ago had been
found and was on its way to this city.
The ring had been worn by Mrs
Mitchell but a few days following her
wedding in Park County. Indiana, and
in doing some "chores' about the place
during her husband's absence she lost
it. Mrs. Mitchell has received word
from the people who bought their place
in the East that while spading the old
garden the ring wag discovered.
Two Strange Bodies
Loom in the Skies
CAMBRIDGE MASS.. May 29 —
Professor Barnard, erf the Yerkes Ob
servatory, at Williams Bay, VVls., has
discovered two companion bod es near
Mellish's comet, according to an offi
cial announcement received at the
Harvard Observatory. One of the
-bodies, observed on May 12, was con
spicuous and hfirk*a distance from the
< omet of 28 seconds and a position an
gle of 285 degrees. The other body
was faint and occupied an intermedi
ate position in the same line.
Pays Up Hotel Bill
To Change His Luck.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. MO.. May 29
John Emmke. manager of the Elms
Hotel here, has received a letter post
marked Chicago, which contained only
a brief note and a $1 hill The note
said:
"This Is conscience money I had a
chance to get away without-paying for
dinner several weeks ago at your hotel,
but I guess It doesn't pay not to be
honest, for everything’s been going
wrong with me since. Perhaps luck will
His Do-as-I-Please
Ideas Cause Divorce
SAN FRANCISCO. May 29—Mrs
Charles G. Huse has been awarded a
divorce from Charles G. Huse. clubman
and capitalist. Mrs. Huse testified that
Huse believed it was a man's preroga
tive to do as he pleased and charged
him with cruelty, desertion and asso
ciating with other women
Mrs. Huse was aw-arded $**50 month
ly afimonv and custody of their eight-
year-o id eon
George W. Sherman, 76, Forsyth,
Beaten to Richmond by A. P.
Murray, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
SWAP YARNS ABOUT TRIP
Comrades Given Hearty Welcome
in Virginia Capital—Both
Served Through War,
RICHMOND. May J9 -Onr** W
She ram, of For?vth. Gn.. 1? here for
, the reunion. He arrived two days
ago. having traveled all the wav from
! Georgia on foot.
When he pulled Into reunion head-
j quarters he was somewhat worn, but
! there was a cheerful smile beneath
the grime and dust, and it was w ith a
strong arm that he. shook hands with
! some of the local ‘‘vets.’
Sheram Is 76 year? old, but time
has not dimmed his eves, nor caused
' hi? feet to falter He entered the
' war as a member of the First Georgia
Volunteers. I^ter D was trans
ferred to the Fifty-third Regiment of
Virginia Volunteers.
H*#was preceded here by Arthur P
i Murray, of Murfreesboro. Tenn.. who
| arrived in Richmond early this week
by ankle express
The first question he aeked when he
swung into town was "Have l beat
that fellow in from Georgia?”
Murray, who served in Kemper's
Battery of Alexandria. Va . was ?eat-
ed on his porch in Murfreesboro some
wc«»ks ago when he read In a news
paper that George W Rheram was
preparing to foot It to Richmond
"T can do it if he can.” mused Mur
ray In himself, and forthwith he
domed his walking hoots
He and Rheram have been engaged
for the past day or two swapping ex
periences of the road
Leaves Her Fiance
Waiting at Church
rOTTRVILLE. PA.. May 29.—With
| the minister and wedding guests pa
I tientl> waiting for the performance of
the ceremony. Paul Gibbon suddenly
discovered that his Intended bride, Miss
Julia Schutsuskle. had disappeared The
girl had fled to Allentown after Gibbon
had given her money which she claimed
she needed for her trousseau.
The wedding feast went on without
; interruption, however, although Gibbon
appealed to Justice Purnell to find his
bride. After Gibbon had preferred
[charges of procuring money under false
pretenses against his erstwhile Intended,
j Constable Cope caught the next train
for Allentown Ther* he found Julia
plving her trade as a Hgarmaker. Pnn-
! fronted by the alternative of becoming
j Gibbon's bride or paying $18 )n settle
ment of the case, she derided that It
j was worth while to he single and paid
the amount.
Oregon Woman of 74
Is Cutting New Teeth
You Can Not Keep a
Good Arm Broken
.
I Penngylvanla Man Has One That
Leaps Out of the Sling Every
Few Weeks.
NEWCASTLE. PA., May 29 — Paul
Harrison, of Ell wood City, returned
from New York City with his right
arm broken, the fourth time it has
been broken since March 9. 1914. Be
sides. In that time he was shot
through the same arm, had three
rib# broken and was ill for three
months with pneumonia.
Harrison is a. motorman, and his
arm was broken first in a trolley
j crash. Then he was shot in the same
. arm by a negro in whose arrest he
; was aiding. lister he fell on an lev
j sidewalk and broke his arm again it
1 was broken the third time In another
trolley collision. The fourth break
happened in New York when he was
cranking an automobile.
MEDFORD. OREG May 29 Mrs. H
Vincent. 74 years old and a pioneer of
the Rogue River Valley, is cutting a
new set of teeth, nine uppers and eight
lowers. The unusual condition has ne
cessitated the casting aside of false
teeth.
Last summer Mrs Vincent suffered
from a paralytic stroke in the left arm
and the nervous shock Is supposed to
be responsible for the sudden reversal
in Nature s routine. Mrs. Vincent is
suffering but slight Inconvenience from
her second "teething
Hairpins in His Coat
Causes Divorce Suit
ST LOUIS, May 29 Mr*. Delia
Meyer has filed suit for divorce from
Richard H Meyer, vice president of
the Meyer Tailoring Company, charg
ing that she. found in his pockets
"hairpin#, sideeombs and other arti
cles of feminine, wearing apparel that
did not belong to him.” On this evi
dence, the petition says, she bases a
charge that he associated with other
women.
She also charges that he locked her
outside their home, In her nightgown,
and would not let her come in again.
California Places
Ban on Third Degree
SACRAMENTO. CAL.. May 29 —A
Semrte bill prohibiting the use of so-
called third degree methods on prison-
yes suspected of crime has been passed
b\ the Assembly Any punishment or
examination which would inflict physical
pain or Impairment or bodily faculties
Is forbidden by the bill, which enu
merates various cruet method# used by
some police departments in obtaining
information from the prisoner*
v . tat,op - made punishable by dic-
misbal from office,
BY HOOPED
Carrier Pigeons Bear
News of Elopement
CHICAGO. May 29.—"Just enough
of you to make one good pigeon pie.
and I’m afraid you’re doomed.” re-
I marked Frank Waltenberg aa h# re-
| leased three carrier pigeons here. The
| three slate-colored birds rose to the
j roof of a hotel, circled well together,
j and then started West at express train
* speed.
The three carrier pigeons headed
; for the pigeon loft of Herman Shaiok,
at Kankakee, Ill. Each of them car
ries an identical message, reading:
’Bertha and I are married. Con
gratulate us."
"T hope pa won't take-It out on the
pigeons." said Mrs. Waltenberg as the
binds flew away.
Wins $20,000 for
7 Pounds of Flesh
WHITE PLAINS, N Y , May 29, Be
cause Arthur Flawn. an electrician em
ployed by the New York Central Rail
road. had to havp seven pounds of flesh.
| muacle and skin cut from his left side
and arm. which had been burned
j when he came in contact with a live
1 wire, a Jury in the Supreme Court at
' White Plains awarded a verdict of
I $20,000 against the corporation. Flawn.
i who lives in Mott street. White Plains,
i sued for $35,000
j In June. 1913. Flawn was ordered to
| replace a transformer on one of the
! signal poles of the Harlem division He
'came in contact with a wire, charged
with 2,200 volts, which, it was contend
ed. had not been properly Insulted.
Jury Frees Woman
Held for Killing Babe
BELLFONTAINE, OHIO, May 29.—
"Acquitted" was the verdict returned by
the Jury that tried Mrs. Adelaide Bents
on a first degree murder charge The
Indiotment charged she poisoned the 3-
year-old baby of Mrs Ruth Madden.
The testimony came to an abrupt end
when attorneys for the defense an
nounced thev would offer no evidence,
contending the State had failed to make
a case. The baby, who died In the
Bentz home, was claimed by Mrs. Bent*
as her own until the trial began, when
her counsel admitted the State’s conten
tion that the baby belonged to Mrs
Hadden, who gave It to Mrs. Bents to
place w’lth a family in Columbus. Mrs.
Bents kept the child and said she had
arlven it birth.
Sentenced to Work
At Job for Two Years
PHILADELPHIA, *f*y 20 -A sen
tence to go to work and stay at his
Job for two years, under an admonition
that he would be committed to the
House of Correction as a habitual drunk
ard If he failed to do so, was imposed
by Magistrate Carson upon Michael
Pepper, aged 21.
Pepper’s mother complained that he
got drunk and would not work. The
head of an embroidery company offered
Pepper his Job back at $4.50 a week to
start, with promise of a "raise" every
time he deserved It. Pepper took the
pledge for two iears
Aged Couple Dodge
Relatives and Wed
STOCKTON, CAL., May 29.—Evading
members of Ms family, for whom he
had adroitly arranged a picnic for a
purpose, Brastus Kelsey, 88. remained
aboard the train while they alighted
at the picnic grounds, came on to this
city and married Mrs. Henrietta Strib-
llng, 73. who had preceded him here
from her home at Fair Oaks.
Neither Kelsey nor his bride would ad
mit that it was an elopement, but the
facts became known through a taxicab
driver whom the bridegroom had cau
tioned to secrecy.
Postmaster, 80, Puts
In Birthday at Work
GADRpEN. ALA., May 29 —Postmas
ter S. W Kiddle celebrated hie eigtieth
birthday by working ail day preparing
the report which he makes at the end
of each month
Riddle i« very active, despite hi# age.
and works ten to -*ev?n hours even'
day He was bom ip Talladega Coun
ts He owned the flrjrt wholesale Z rn
hr-* and w S) c *rnm to 1B0?
president of the First National Bank.
Significant Document Presented
to Georgia Prison Commission
by U. S. District Attorney in
Capacity of Private Citizen,
Lawyer Insists Case Hinges on
Conley's Story and Sets Out
Reasons for the Belief That
It Is Premeditated Fabrication,
Hooper Alexander, of T>*Ka$b
County, ha# prepared and presented
to the Prison Oommusslon of Geor
gia probably the most significant
plea in behalf of Iv#o Frank’# appeal
for commutation from the sentence
of death Imposed on him for the
murder of Mary Phagan.
Although he addresge# the prison
hoard in the rapacity of a private
citizen, he i§ United States District
Attorney for North Georgia- former
member of various Georgia Leglala-
turea. prohibition and anti-child la
bor leader, and eminent lawyer.
In his appeal Mr. Alexander goeg
to the depth of Jim Conley's story
and tells why he believes the whole
case hinges on it. holding it to be a
premeditated fabrication, for which
he blames the detectives.
Mr. Alexander urges the hoard to
advise the Governor to commute the
sentence to life imprisonment. The
statement follows:
To the Honorable Prison Commlseton
and ex-OfficIo Board of Pardons
of Georgia, Atlanta.
Gentlemen—Knowing of my con
viction that Mary Phagan was mur
dered by James Conley and that Leo
Prank is absolutely innocent of the
crime, and doubtless In the hope that
an expression from #ome citizen ,f
Georgia who is in no way connected
with the case or with any of the par
ties may be more convincing than
the argument of tho»e who are pro
fessionally employed In It, some
members of the bar. who are them
selves wholly disconnected with the
case, have asked me to state my
reasons for that belief.
The case is now completely out of
court, and there Is no hope for
Frank except In an earnest study ot-]
the cage by those who are invested
with the discretion to show or deny
him mercy. The matter being now
out of court and no longer a judicial
question. I ran not refuse the service.
A fellow being of whose absolute
Innocence I am deeply convinced ;#
in imminent peril, and the one whom
I believe to be guilty of an atrocious
crime is likely to go entirely free.
Surely some citizen should give j
utterance to an opinion that \M !
shared by * very respectable number
of people on the subject, who look J
with distress upon the situation as j
it stands.
I shall undertake the task in no !
other hope than that I may simplify
and shorten your labors, except the !
hope that I may discharge It in the
language of candor and moderation j
The labor of preparation has bedhL
onerous, but it has been perfor ( n*4f|
without the slightest hope of reward, j
I am not indifferent to the opinion oTi
my fallow men. but, as I am noil
moved by any sordid interest, I hope
1 shall not be deterred by any appre- i
hen#ion.
The only request I have to make I
on my own behalf Is that vmi ^n.il
such other persons as may read what 1
I have to gay will take the pains tfj
give earnest and impartial thought I
to the view which I promise candid-J
ly to express I
Importance of Conley'# Story. I
It has been said by earnest dla-. 1
putants that Conley’s story Is notj
necessary to make out the
against Frank, that there is amplol
circumstantial evidence to prove hisl
guilt. I
I agree in the outset with the able!
irgument of the Solicitor that c!r-«
cumstantial evidence may be th«l
best kind of evidence But It must!
measure up to the standard of
law and be of such strength as
exclude every other reasonable con-*J
duslon except tbe guilt of the ar-l
•used. Any other sort of ctrcum-B
slant Ial evidence is worse than
less. / |
1 do not say th;s merely becausa
the law and the courts say so. for U1
their acceptance of this standard !t>#J
court? have laid down nn arb
rule, they Have only written into rhefl
aw ho universal judgment of thfl
human ’ b th« ex-I
n??anc*«
ought not to be interpreted by tJifl