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MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, DOGS,
CHICKENS AND CATTLE
PACKED TOGETHER.
REFUGEES ARE IN DISTRESS
There Are Six Generals, 2,800 Private
Soldiers and 1,500 Civilian
Refugees.
Presidio, Texas.—Twenty-eight hun¬
dred Mexican federal soldiers, six gen¬
erals, 200,000 rounds of ammunition,
two cannon, four large field pieces and
1,500 civilian refugees are in the cus
today of the United States army bor¬
der patrol as the result of the federal
evacuation of Ojinaga, Mexico, and the
occupation of the Mexican village by
General Francisco Villa's rebel forces.
The distress of the refugees is in¬
tense. They have scant food aud no
shelter. Men, women, children, dogs,
chickens and cattle are packed togeth¬
er in a space covering several acres.
About them are scattered all the goods
and baggage brought in flight from
Ojinaga.
Urgent requests for the immediate
removal of soldiers and refugees to
some other place were sent by Major
McNamee to the war department
Other results of the rebel successes
that placed General Villa’s army in
undisputed control of a vast section
of northern Mexico are:
Federal Generals Mercado, Castro,
Orpinal, Romero, Aduno and Lamia are
in custody of the United States troops
awaiting disposition by the war de¬
partment.
General Pascual Orozco and General
Ynez Salazar, federal volunteer com¬
manders, escaped along the border to
some point remote from Presidio. Sal
a;:ar was wounded. They were accom¬
panied by General Caravoo aud Gen¬
eral Rojas and 200 cavalrymen. Sala¬
zar and Orozco are being watched for
in the United States for indictments
charging them with violating the neu¬
trality laws.
EUGENE H. GRACE IS DEAD
Final Chapter Written in One of Great¬
est Georgia Tragedies.
Newman, Gu.—Eugene Grace is dead'
and the final chapter has been written
to the famous tragedy. The end came
at his New nan home where he has
been living for months.
Around him were gathered his moth¬
er, brother, sister and stepfather and
a number of relatives.
While the angel of death was hover¬
ing over Eugene Grace there came
from the North the report that the
woman he accuses was cherishing the
hope that her husband would recover
and ask her back into his sunny South¬
ern home.
Grace was wounded March 5, 1912.
Awaking about noon with a bullet in
his spine, he crawled from bed to tele¬
phone police headquarters. Policemen
found him unconscious in a locked
bedroom of his East Eleventh street
home, Atlanta, Ga. He accused li is
wife and she was arrested at the Ter¬
minal station on her return from her
husband’s home in Newnan.
Mrs. Grace declared the shooting
was accidental. She faced Grace in the
hospital, where he accused her before
detectives, saying she shot him while
he was asleep. She was jailed, but
shortly after gave bond and made a
trip to Philadelphia. Her trial occur¬
red several weeks later and she was
acquitted. The wounded man attend¬
ed the trial on a stretcher, constantly
reiterating his accusal. Upon acquit¬
tal Mrs. Grace returned to Philadel¬
phia, where she now lives.
Wilson Departs From Southland.
Pass Christian, Miss.—After nearly
three weeks of rest and recreation at a
little cottage near the gulf coast here.
President Wilson bade farewell to the
Southland. He told Mayor Sassier and
a crowd of citizens who gathered at
the station to bid him Godspeed, that
he had enjoyed his vacation very much
and had benefited greatly by the
change of climate, and had obtained
exactly the rest he had desired. The
president and his family got aboard
his car early in the evening and had
retired long before the train was due
to depart.
12 Worst Boys in United States.
Chicago.—The twelve worst boys in
the United States were brought togeth¬
er in Chicago. They will leave to
establish the Last Chance Boys’ Club,
cn a nine-acre ranch 27 miles from
Reno, Nevada, where an effort will be
made to make valuable citizens of
them. The club is supported by Jack
London, Upton Sinclair, Robert Hun¬
ter and Jack Robbins. The boys range
in age from 13 to 15 years. They were
selected from among nine thousand
bad boys in twelve states and each is
rated at more than 87 per cent. bad.
THE CLEVELAND COURIER, CLEVELAND, GEORGIA.
Cato Sells, the commissioner of In¬
dian affairs at Washington, has just
outlined his program for bettering the
conditions of the Indians and recover¬
ing the millions of dollars the red men
have lost to the land sharps. He
plans criminal prosecution of those
who have robbed the red man and
will compile facts for presentation to
congress leading to drastic legislation
to safeguard the health and wealth
of the Indians. This picture shows
Mr. Sells at his desk in Washington.
«. S. ARMY IS UNPREPARED
UNITED STATES SHY OF FIELD
GUNS AND ALSO OF
AMMUNITION.
General Wood Paints Doleful Picture
of Army to Congressional
Committees.
Washington.—Explaining that his
judgment was not influenced by the
Mexican situation, Major General
Wood, chief of staff of the army, has
advised committees of congress that
they should appropriate $’3,000,000 for
field guns and ammunition
"If you sent our troops into war as
they-are now, without guns or ammu¬
nition, it would be absolute slaugh¬
ter,” the generaf'told the house mili¬
tary committee. “If called into the
field suddenly, we should have to go
with a small allowance of ammunition,
and we should have neither guns nor
ammunition enough for our field artil¬
lery forces.”
General Wood, in a written state¬
ment, said:
“We neither have guns nor ammuni¬
tion sufficient to give any general com
manding an army in the field any as¬
surance of success if attacked by an
army of equal size which is supplied
with its proper quota of field artil¬
lery.
“It. is my belief that no modern war
between first class powers will last
for one year, and unless private, manu¬
facturers are encouraged to manufac¬
ture ammunition for our guns, after
war is declared, they will not be in a
condition to do so until after the war
is finished.
“The war department believes after
extended study that, in cases of war
with a first class power, an army of
500,000 men will be needed to give
this country any chance of euccesk
against invasion, and that this force
will be needed at once.”
The general suggested that the
United States regular mobile army
should be, organized into three infan¬
try and two cavalry divisions with
an aggregate war strength of about
75,000, requiring 54 batteries, or 216
guns.
Biography of Great Evangelist.
Winona Lake, Ind.—While Rev.
Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist,
was resting here recently, after a
strenuous campaign in Johnstown,
Pa., he received .word that the new
biography, “The Spectacular Career
of Rev. Billy Sunday,” was oft the
press, it is the work of T. T. Frank
enberg and the evangelist says it is
«. truthful account of his life.
Assert Thaw is Not Dangerous.
Concord, N. H.—The release on bail
of Harry K. Thaw would not menace
public safety, two of his custodians de¬
clared at a public hearing before the
commission appointed by the federal
court to pass upon Thaw’s mental con¬
dition and its relation to his libera
tion under bonds. Holman A. Drew,
sheriff of Coos county, and Clark I),
Stevens of the local police force, who
have had Tha'w in charge since
tember, favored his admission to bail,
Thaw and his mother were present
with counsel.
13,333,074 BALES
nil GINNED
CENSUS BUREAU REPORT OF GIN¬
NING PRIOR TO JANUARY
FIRST, 1914.
COMPARISONS BY STATES
Compares with 12,907,405 Bales, Which
Were Ginned in the Year
of 1912.
Washington.—The eighth cotton gin¬
ning report of the census bureau for
the season announces that 13,074
hales of cotton, counting round as
half bales, of the growth of 1913 had
been ginned prior to January 1, to
which date during the past seven years
the ginning averaged 93.4 per cent, of
entire crop. Last year to January 1.
there had been ginned 12,907,405 bales
or 95.7 per cent, of the entire crop,
14,317,002 bales, or 92.1 per cent, in
1911, aud 12,465,298 bales, or 95.3 per
cent., in 190S.
Ginnings prior to January 1 by
states with comparisons for last year
and other big crop years, follow:
States. Year. Ginnings.
Alabama .... 1913 1,467,943
1912 1,288,227
1911 1,618,510
1908 1,302,338
Arkansas. . . . 1913 933,389
191s 732,118
1911 786,329
1908 910,423
Florida .... 65,269
1912 56,042
1911 86,421
1908 66,855
Georgia .... 1913 2,276,477
1912 1,756,834
1911 2,623,917
1908 1,930,783
Louisiana . . . 1913 1,143,067
1912 366,402
1911 352,503
1908 453,210
Mississippi . . .1913 759,664
1912 857,189
1911 1,047,299
1 1908 1,522,160
North Carolina. 1913 759,664
1912 857,189
1911 975,223
1908 647,505
Oklahoma . . L&L 'Y 804,457 947,462
urn 900,409
1908 525,610
South Carolina 1913 1,342,988
1912 1,173,216
1911 1,508,753
1908 1,176,220
Tennessee . . . 1913 354,549
1912 248,503
1911 381,281
Texas .... 1013 3.668,080
1912 4,461,746
1911 3,926,059
Other states . 1913 107,105
1912 82,257
1911 110,298
1908 67,777
The ginnings of se,a island cotton,
prior to January 1, by states, follow:
Years. Florida. Georgia. So. Car.
1913 . . . .25,166 41.7C8 .7,386
1912 . . . .21,085 39,543 6,629
1911 . . . .38,091 63,099 4,798
ANTI-TRUST LAWS DRAFTED
Sweeping Reforms Proposed in Bills
Drawn Up.
Washington.—A general outline of
the tentative draft of anti-trust legis¬
lation prepared by majority members
of the house committee on the judi¬
ciary for action by the full committee,
subject to a conference with Presi¬
dent, Wilson, has become known here.
While members of the committee
talked with the president some weeks
ago the proposed bills so far have not
the administration stamp, and they
will be discussed at a conference be¬
tween the president and the commit¬
tee immediately following the presi¬
dent's return.
The bills, drafted after conference
between Chairman Clayton, Represen¬
tative Carlin of Virginia, chairman of
the trust sub-committee, and Repre¬
sentatives Floyd of Arkansas, McCoy
of New Jersey and others, cover these
three main points:
1. Interlocking directorates.
2. Trade relations and prices.
3. Injunction proceedings and dam¬
age suits by individuals.
4 United States Seamen Drown.
Norfolk, Va. — The capsizing in
Hampton Roads of a motor cutter from
the battleship Wyoming, flagship of
the Atlantic fleet, resulted in the loss
of the lives of four seamen of the
Wyoming’s crew. The accident occur¬
red near the very spot where a launch
J j from the battleship the Minnesota went
down in 1907 with loss of eleven
j lives, mostly young midshipmen re
turning to the Minnesota in a storm
j | after midnight following a Exposition social af
fair at the Jamestown
grounds.
MRS. MEDILL M’CORMICK
Mrs. Medlli McCormick, daughter of
the late Senator Mark Hanna, is the
new chairman of the congressional
committee of the National American
Woman Suffrage association and has
opened headquarters in Washington.
She has been a leader in the suffrage
movement in Illinois for several years.
POWERS REACH AGREEMENT
UNITED STATES MUST ASSUME
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS
IN MEXICO.
Free Hand for the United States So
Long as Lives and Property for
Foreigners Are Guarded.
Washington,—Frequent conferences
between ambassadors and ministers
here are tending to unite them on a
| line of conduct regarding Mexico,
i which, while, conforming to the plans
of the United States, involves an un¬
derstanding as to obligations the
American government will he expect¬
i ed to assume the result of non-in
as
i U rfereuco by foreign powers.
This commew understanding has not
taken the form of direct pressure, but
the state department is kept informed
through the medium of individual rep¬
resentatives of the expectations of the
European powers. Generally these re¬
late to the protection of financial in¬
terests which citizens and subjects of
the powers have in Mexico. No inten¬
tion to bring in the political side of
the question is indicated.
More than one diplomatic represent¬
ative here lias informed the depart¬
ment that his ow'ii government was
interested in preventing financial loss
to its citizens, and beyond that did
not oaro what the United States did in
Mexico so long as it was informed in
time to take precautions for the pro¬
tection of the lives of its citizens.
| 75 LABORERS MEET DEATH
j
j Being
Flatboat on Which They Were
Transported Was Wrecked.
j ! death Winnipeg, the rocks Manitoba.-—Dashed in the Fraser riv- to
on
| | er, British the Columbia, swift or swept to their the
doom by current, was
fate of 75 laborers employed by the
Grand Trunk Pacific railroad, accord¬
ing to Angele Pugliese, one of 25 who
managed to escape when the flatboat
in which they were being transport¬
ed across the river was wrecked on
a rock.
Pugliese reached Winnipeg and
says the 25 who escaped were all
injured. The tragedy occurred in Brit¬
ish Columbia, west of Fort George,
Pugliese says a change in location
of the work necessitated crossing the
Fraser river. The 100 laborers put
away from shore in a frail craft, which
became unmanageable.
Man Who Arrested Czolgosz Dead.
Kansas City.—John McCauley, who
arrested Leon F. Czolgosz, after the
latter had shot President McKinley at
Buffalo, N. Y., died here. At the time
of the assassination McCauley was a
police sergeant in charge of eleven
patrolmen who were to assist secret
service men in guarding the president.
American Athletes Break Records.
San Francisco, Cal.—According to
cables, Power of the Boston Athletic
association and Templeton of the San
Francisco Olympic club, members of
the All-American track team, broke
records in the meet at Wellington,
New Zealand. Power established a
New Zealand 880-yard record with 1
minute 58 seconds, a fifth better than
the record made by Burke in 1905.
Templeton broke the New Zealand
and Australian pole vault record, lead¬
ing 11 feet and 2 inches, which dis¬
places the former mark of 11 feet.
“Pape’s Diapepsin” settles sour,
gassy stomachs in five
minutes—Time It!
You don’t want a slow remedy when
your stomach is bad—or an uncertain
one—or a harmful one—your stomach
Is too valuable; you mustn't injure it.
Pape’s Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief; its harmless¬
ness; its certain unfailing action in
regulating sick, sour, gassy stomachs.
Its millions of cures In indigestion,
dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach
trouble has made it famous the world
over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor In
your home—keep it handy—get a large
fifty-cent case from any dealer and
then tf anyone should eat something
which doesn’t agree with them; if
what they eat lays like lead, ferments
and sours and forms gas; causes head¬
ache, dizziness and nausea; eructa¬
tions of acid and undigested food—
remember as soon as Pape's Diapepsin
comes in contact with the stomach all
such distress vanishes. Its prompt¬
ness, certainty and ease in overcoming
the worst stomach disorders is a reve¬
lation to those who try it.—Adv.
Suspicious.
A story is being told of a lady who
called at a friend’s home one evening
recently, says Pearson’s Weekly.
She found the house all right, but it
was rather dark, and she could not
find the bell. Aftor she had been fum¬
bling about for some time the door
was suddenly opened from the inside,
and a severe-looking maid stood in the
doorway, regarding her with a sus¬
picious eye.
The caller straightened herself up
with a Jerk. Oh, is Mrs. So-and-So at
home?” she asked.
The maid, who had evidently just
recognized her in the gloom, answered
hurriedly; “Oh, yes, yes! Come in,
please!” Then she added in a confi¬
dential whisper: “I thought it was
somebody stealing the doormat!”
Electrically Lighted Hens.
In the face of a world-wide tendency
toward shorter hours for the worker,
a determined effort is being made in
England to make the hen work over¬
time. The motto of the movement Is
“A longer working day for liens." it
has current interest just now because
of the row over the high price of
eggs—the purpose of the “long day”
obviously being a larger crop of eggs
per hen. Mr. William H. Cook has, for
nearly a year, kept his poultry house
lighted artificially in the early morn¬
ing and evening. He uses 300 incan¬
descent electric lamps, and has them
so arranged that he can imitate sun¬
rise and sunset by turning them on
or off gradually.
This Doctor Freezes Warts.
Dr. Buttinger, a German physi¬
cian, treats warts by spraying them
for one minute with ethly chloride.
This, he says, lowers considerably the
temperature of the wart, and produces
a sort of congealing of the horny tis¬
sue. If the treatment be repeated
every alternate day, the wart will
gradually dry up, become smaller and
eventually disappear. In the case of
large, deeply rooted warts he recom¬
mends that they be cut before being
treated.
SKIN CLEARED.
By Simple Change in Food.
It has been said by a physician that
most diseases are the result of indi¬
gestion.
There’s undoubtedly much truth in
the statement, even to the cause of
many unsightly eruptions, which many
suppose can be removed by applying
some remedy on the outside.
By changing her food a Kan. girl
was relieved of an eczema which was
a great annoyance to her. She writes:
“For five months I was suffering
with an eruption on my face and
hands which our doctor called eczema
and which caused me a great deal of
inconvenience. The suffering was al¬
most unbearable.
“The medicine I took only gave me
temporary relief. One day I happened
to read somewhere that eczema was
caused by indigestion. Then I read
that many persons had been relieved
of indigestion by eating Grape-Nuts.
“I decided to try it I liked the
taste of the food and was particularly
pleased to notice that my digestion
was Ir'.proving and that the eruption
was disappearing as if by magic. I
had at last found, tn this great food,
something that reached my trouble.
“When I find a victim of this afflic¬
tion I remember my own former suf¬
fering and advise a trial of Grape-Nuts
food instead of medicines.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road toWell
ville,” In pkgs. “There’s a Reason.”
Ever read the abo$ e letter? A nen
one appear* from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.