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VILLA EXECUTIONER SHOT BY FIRING SQUAD
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PAY NO MORE
HIRED ASSASSIN SHOT MY BOY,
SAYS TRAMMELL SCOTT’S FATHER
Colonel Baca-Valles Pays Penalty
and Body Is Put on Display
as Warning.
By JOHN W. ROBERTS,
Staff Corresponde=t of International
News Service.
EL PASO, Jan, 18 With his back
to a cottonwood tree, behind which
his hands were tied with heavy rope,
Colonel Migue Baca-Valles, official
executioner of the” Villa army, was
shot to death in Juarez by a Car
wnza firing squad at 5 a. m, to-day.
I'he execution took place at a point
100 vards from the Natlonal Rallway
station, where stood a special train
filled with American refugees from
Mexico, which ad arrived a few
hours earlier
Colonel Baca-Valles was put to
deat after conviction by a court
martial on the charge of having taken
part in the massacre of American cit
{zens near Santa Ysabel a week ago
Monday
While Baca-Valles was being exe
cuted the body of General Jose Rod
riguez, another Villista leader, lay in
a freight car near by, awaiting the
3 hour set by the Carranza officials for
its exhibition in the Juarez rallway
station as a warning to all Mexicans
that American lives must be respect
ed in Mexico. Rodriguez was exe
cuted last week near Madera.
Meets End Stoically.
Colonel Baca-Valles met his death
with a stolcism characteristic of his
Indian ancestry. Knowing that he
was doomed to death immediately
after his arrival in Jua‘ez, he smoked
cigarettes incessantly during the
night, but the only words he uttered
in the hearing of his guards were:
“May God be mercl‘nl to me."” ;
In the dArkest hour ®f the morning,
just before dawn, Baca-Valles was
led out of a water tank station by a
squad of twenty Carranzista soldiers,
commanded by Captain Alejandro Re
ginio. The prisoner had been under
guard at the station for five hours.
“No Coward,” He Says.
) When the executlon squad arrived,
Colonel Baca=Valles rose heavily to
his feet, cast away his last cigarette,
and came out of his prison without a
word of protest. Two blocks away,
on the bank of a muddy {rrigation
canal, stood a large cottgnwood tree.
To this marched the firing squad with
the prisoner, hands bound, in its cen
ter.
Through the morning mist electric
lights twinkled from the rallway sta
tion. The air was chill, but the pris
oner did not shiver. Lacking a coat,
he wore instead a gray coat sweater.
.Once on the short march Baca-Valles
stumbled and fell, but recovered
guickly and looked about him, as if
to see if any of his guards thought
he was weakening.
Arriving at the tree, the soldiers
pbound their prisoner to its trunk by
order of Captain Reginio, who then
stepped up to Baca-Valles and asked
if he wished a handkerchief placed
cver his eyes. The prisoner replied:
“No, ne importa. No soy cobarde.”
(It doesn’t matter to me. I'm no
coward.)
The handkerchief was left off. As
Baca-Valles stood against the tree,
he faced directly toward the spectas
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Villa Leads Attack ]
Upon Casas Grandes
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By EDMOND BEMR, ‘
Staf Cerrespondent of ‘international
News Service. - |
7L PASO, TEXAS, Jan. 18.—-Gen
eral Francisco Villa has gathered his
forces south of Madera and is march.
ing northward to attack Casas
Grandes, according to dispatches re
celved here early to-day by American
ofMecials from Chihuahua.
It is belleved that because of recent
massacres of Americans by his men
Villa fears pursuit by Carranzistas,
and, therefore, is bringing his army
of 2,000 men into the mountainous re
gions of Northern Mexico.
Fearing for the safety ofgeore than
350 American Mormon colonists who
live in the Casas Grandes district.
Bishop P. H Hurst, head of the Mor
mon Church here, has reiterated tp=
warning sent Friday to colonists and
requested them to come to the United
States at once. In his message Bish
op Hurst repeated the threat made re
cently by Villa, “that he was going 1o
kill every damned Mefmon ‘gringo’ in
Northern Mexico if they did not lea®e
before he reached Casas Grandes.”
A special train chartéred here by
high church officials of Salt Lake
City is ready to go to Casas Grandes
for the Mormons as soon as they de
clare their willingness to come to tie
border,
Vassar Refuses to
.
Honor Its Beauties
(By International News Service.)
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, Jan. 18.—
The senior class of Vassar College
voted last night to abolish the time
honored custom of selecting the 24
prettiest girls of the sophomore class
to carry the dalsy chain.
This has for manfi' years been a fa
mous feature of the senior class day
exercises. Of late years the sentl
ment had been growing that the
choosing, of the chain had reduced
itself to a “beauty contest.” The girls
who “made it” thelr sophomore year
were labeled “daisy chainers”
throughout the rest of their college
course.
Namesake of Great
.
Grover Turns Bandit
E. F. Bazar, No. 178 Central avenue,
Tuesdiy was wondering whether he
would ever recover any part of the
sls two holdup men took from him
Monday night at Central avenue and
Garnett street.
Bazar told the police the men fol
lowed him several blocks and pulled a
pistol on him. They were negroes,
he sald, with handkerchiefs tied over
their faces, §ld one of them ad
dressed the other as “Cleveland.”
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§ real estate, whether improved or unimproved.
¢ This is the season for the purchase of sites for home pur
poses. No other period of the vear offers so many splendid
opportunities for genuine profit as the one we are now ap
proaching.
If you have one lot—or a house and lot—or an entire sub
division—The Daily Georgian and Sunday American will
find buyers for you.
They reach more than 52,000 worth while families daily,
over 82,000 Sunday, and you are sure to attract many who
have developed the “own home” iustinet. Real estate is a
great feature of the Want Ad Section, just a few pages
over. Frame an ad and leave it with or
% Telephone It to The
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Warmer Weather Is Promised for
Tuesday Afternoon With Freez
ing Point Passed.
Another id record was registered
Tuesday morning, when the officia
weather bureau mercury siipped dowr
the tube to 13.8 degrees, the chillic
gince December 15, ABid, when Il was
11 degrees above zero
But warmer weather is in sight, It
fact, it is promised for Tuesday aft
ernoon, when the official forecasie
says the mercury will ciimb to o
above the freezing mark, 32 degrees
The hourly record Monday nigil
and Tuesday morning was as follows
Tp.m.,20;8pm,19; 9 p.m, 18
D m. 185;: 1. p MW, 17: midnight, 17,
e m 1830 2,16 . m D
éam. 15:5am,14; G m, 1¥;.
a m., 14
The minimum was touched betwee:
6 and 7 o'clock, scaling two-tenths of
a degree under the 14 mark
Atlantans, despite all the bLlankets
they could get on their beds, shiv
ered throughout the early morning
hours and found much inconvenience
in the way of tingling ears and noses
in scurrying to their offices.
.
Metchnikoff, Famous
.
Doctor, Seriously 11l
PARIS, Jan. 18.—Professor Elie
Metchnikoff, the eminent bacterioio
gist counected with the Pasteur In
stitute, is gravely ill with heart
trouble. The foremost physicians of
France have been fighting for the last
few days to save him. His condition
became critical Saturday, and he was
believed to be dying. His wonderful
vitality pulled him through, and he is
slightly better. Even in the event of
his recovery it will be a long time be
fore he is able to return to work.
Dr. Metchnikoff's most famous dis
covery was the milk treatment for in
testinal diseases. For this and other
contributions to science he was
awarded the Nobel Prize for Medi
cine in 1908.
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ATLANTA, GA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1916
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Prize atG
Bridge Part
(By International' News Service.)
NEW YORK, Jan, 18.—Mrs, Elbert
H. Gary entertained with a bridge
party at her residence, No. 856 Fifth
avenue, on Saturday, the guests in
cluding many well-known members
of society.
The prize at each table was one
share of United States Steel pre
ferred stock.
Handsome prizes at bridge parties
are an ordinary occurrence, but Mrs.
Gary's party will go down in social
history as 8¢ mr-tfiing entirely new,
The first intimation that the stock
had been awarded as prizes was
heard in Wall street, and it was not
long before it was being talked about
on the Stock Exchange.
The stock given out in x'}zes. in
the aggregate, was ‘'worth about $702,
as it is quoted at sll7 a share. The
stock draws dividends of 7 per cent.
Prizes of much greater value have
been awarded at society bridge par
ties.
UNDERWRITERS TO MEET.
For the. first meeting of 1916 the
Atlanta Underwriters’ Club will hold
a dinner Tuesday night at 7 o'clock
in the Piedmont Hotell Matters”of
interest will be discussed,
ABFAVAN LNCCLN NENE i
445 oPARE “TiME FOOLSHLY &
D 0 Sums on THe BACK OF A
SuoieL . AND LoOK AT ALL The
Pewes NAMED AFTER WM
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Russians Report
Heavy Teuton Loss
(Exclusive War Dispatches of The
Atlanta Georgian and The Lon
don Times.)
PETROGRAD, Jan. 183—Fighting in
the regions of the Strypa and of
Czernowitz continues with unabated
obstinacy. In Southern Poltesie it is
reported that all the Kuhhotskavolia-
Golost sector has been cleared of
Austro-Germans. Several miles of
trenches are in the hands of the Rus
glans. The Austro-German front has
been pierced in many sectors near
Pingk and in Poliesie and the advance
continues.
Prisoners state that the German
losses are enormous, both in casual
ties and from sickness, They further
declare that Austro-Germans have
evacuated Pinsk and Russians oc
cupy the elevations near the town.
Warman Will Give
His Annual Dinner
J. L. Warman, city salesman for the
Ragan-Malone Company, Tuesday
night will give his annual dinner to
hig friends in the business weorld. In
vitations have been issued to 125 At
lanta business men.
Addresses will be delivered by
President V. H. Kriegshaber, of the
Chamber of Commerce, on “How to
Revive the Old Atlanta Spirit,” and
by President Charles J. Haden, of the
Georgla Chamber of Commerce; Ivan
E. Allen,-Julian V. Boehm, John Brat
‘ton, James 13. Nevin, Press Huddle
stan. Mowland Rowe and others,
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The good old days in the City Coun
cil are gone, according to an edict hy
Mayor Pro Tem Jesse Armistead 's
sued as a sort of inaugural u«Mn-s,«}
at the meeting of Council Monday
afternoon. He got down a time-ye!-
lowed volume containing l'luhnr.na»f
rules and regulations, and by the time
he had finished reading the members
of the august body were sitting up|
stiff and looking straight ahead, '
Here are some of the “don'ts” forl
Councilmen which the new presiding |
officer declared he would enforce: i
They must not read newspapers,
They must not leave thelr seats. ‘
They must not confer with lobbyists
nor with anyone but city officials.
It is up to Marshal James Fuller to
see that none of these rules are vio
lated.
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Jeweler, Smuggler,
|y
To Serve Term Here
(By International News Service.) |
NEW YORK, Jan, 18.—Herman J.
Dietz, a jeweler, and his son Charles
pleaded guilty vesterday in Federal
Court to smuggling from $350,000 to
$500,000 worth of jewelry across the
Canadian ‘border. Herman Dietz was
sentenced to Atlanta prisen for a year
and ‘a ‘day and the gon’ Wwas fined
$5.000
AFTERNOON
EDITION
AND NENER SPENO YOUR SPARE
Ting FoouHL. DoNT 6cTued
BusINESS
British Well Treated
By Bulgar Captors
(Exclusive War Dispatches of The
Atlanta Georgian and The Lon
dom Times.)
BUCHAREST, Jan. 18.—An Amefl-l
can who witnessed the arrival of’
British and French prisoners at Snfial
writes they told him that, with one or
two exceptions, they were treated
with the utmost courtesy by the Bul
garlan officers, who shared meals
with them.
Officers were supplied with com
plete outfits 'by the American charge
d'affaires.
It was stated that at the Cabinet
council in Sofia, Premier Radoslavoff
read a message from the German'
Government bestowing on Bulgaria |
all of Macedonla recently in Serbian
possession, including Monastir, Doi
ran and Guevgheli,
.
Aviator Is Ordered
.
To Return to Wife
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Jan. 18.—Claude Gra
hame-White, the English aviator, was
served to-day with an order from the
high courts to return to his wife
within two weels. White indicated
that he has no intention of returning
to Mrs. Grahame-White, who, before
her marriage, was Miss Dorothy Tay
lor, society girl of New York and
‘daughter of.wealthy parents.
The aviator's wife has sued. for ai
voree, alleging desertion vl
Detoctives and policemen Tuesday
were searching for g white man and a
negro described by Trammell Scott
No. 97 East Merritts avenue, who sak
they shot him late Monday night nea:
His wome
Young Scott was in a eritica on
ditlon at the Davis-Fischer Saniia
rium Tuesday, and the physiclans said
they could not forecast the outcome
One bullet has passed through Scoti's
leg Another had struck him in the
breast, just missing the heart, pass
ing through his right lung and lodg
ng in his back near the spine It
had not been reached by a probde
Physicians thought Scott had a
chance, unless pneumonia set in
Mystery was added to the affair by
the strange words of young Scott to
his parents at the hospital
I told you they would get me,” lie
sald. “But they didn't give me a fai:
show.”
Scott and his young wife, former.y
Miss Mary Beth Word, of Hogansville
separated about two weeks ago. They
had been living in the Livingston
Apartments, »
Wife in Mospital.
For several days Mrs. Scott has
been in St. Joseph's Infirmary, suf
fering from some nervous trouble
Her husband had been living at the
home of his father, S. B. Scott, in
surance agent. with W, E, Treadwell
& Co
Scott was with Swift & Co., mea
packers, and his office was in thehr
local branch, In East Alabama street
He had been married five years. There
are no children.
“Somebody was hired to kill my
bov,” declared 8. B. Scott, the fathe:
Tuesday, after returning to his hotns
from the hospital.
Monday night young Scott wrote #
letter to his mother-in-law and lef
home to mail it in a box at Peachtras
street and Merritts avenue, a sho!
distance from home. He was gons
longer than the errand necessitated
and his father showed. signs of un
easiness, according to members of the
family.
Judge Nash Broyles had just re
tired at his home, Merritts avenue
near Pledniont, when he heard pisto!
shots He threw open his window
and saw Scott lying on the ground. Hs
ran downstairs and hailed a passing
taxicab. Placing Scott in the taxi, he
rusked him to the sanitarium, not fax
away. Then he notified the father.
The story Scott told his parents as
the hospital was that he had jus:
turned from Peachtree street inte
Merritts avenue on his way home
when he heard footsteps behind him
and turned.
Warned by Voice.
A voice cried:
“Don’'t you turn round or I'll kill
you."”
“Then came a shot,” Scott said.
i"The bullet struck me in the breast.
1 pulled my own pistol and then an
other bullet struck me in the Knee and
brought me down. They tvere runniug
as T'began shooting. They were a 0z
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