Georgia Historic Newspapers

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SUB-COMMITTEE DECLINES IT HAS
NO RIGHT TO CHANGE THE ROLES
Letter Addressed to Dr. Geo.
T. Horne After Meeting To
day—Mr. Jas. A. Hood Was
Only Candidate to Enter
From Third
DR. HORNE TELLS WHY
HE DID NOT GIVE NOTICE
Six O’Clock P. M, Yesterday
Was Last Date For Entering
the Primary For Councilman
Which Will Be Held July 10th
An unexpected situation developed
lane night In local political matters
when the entries closed for candi
dates In toe city white primary of
•Inly 10th and Mr. Jan. A. Hood was
the only entdant Tor council,
from the third ward. Mr. Hood de
elded yesterday to announce. Dr.
(ieo T. Home, who announced as a
candidate several months ago and
who wan expected, by a considerable
number of people at least, to be the
only candidate did not signify his
nta ttlon to the chairman of the sub
committee by the appointed time fori
the entries to dose.
Dr. Horne last night gave out a
statement explaining his reasons, etc.
The city white primary executive
committee held a meeiing several
dava ago and fixed ti o'clock p. in.,
.(line Hath, as the last date for en
tering.
Letter to Dr. Horne.
Following tb« appearance r.f the
statement b*. Dr Horne today the
suh-commll ! < ‘ bad a meeting at noon
and sent th following letter to Dr.
Horne: ....
AURUH(H. Or.. JltOG SOtn, 1914.
DR GEO T. HORNE,
Augusta, (la.
Dear Sir:
In reference to an interview from
you which appeared In this morning s
Chronicle, I would like to call yout
attention to certain matters, concern
ing which I believe you to he misin
formed.
In the llrst place. It has never been
the custom of the chairman of the
sub comnitttee of the City Vhtte Pro
mary to notify personally those par
ties of whoso probable candidacy he
has been Informed, either by street
gossip or by notice in the .lewspapers.
It has happened not Infrequently in
the past, that formal announcement
of candidates have appeared In the
public press up to the very date of
the closing of the entries, but that at
the last moment, such candidates de
cided not to run. You may recall
that In the last mayoralty race, so
far as one could Judge from the news
paper notice*, there were to tin Three
candidate* Tor'Hiat office, but I did
not feel at that time It was my duty
aa chairman of the sub-committee to
notify anv one of these avowed enn- |
dldates, three In number, that It was:
time for them to file a statement nt
his candidacy hnd his pledge to abide
by the result.
You are still more grievously In
error, as I gather from your Inter
view, >ou Hre under the Impression
that discretionary power Is vested In
me ns to whether I shall or shall noti
accept u notification of catidldary
which has pot been regularly filed.
At n meeting of (he White Primary
Committee (not the mib-commitieec)
held at the oourthouae on June 28d,
It was unantmounly resolved that "Alt
eandldntes lor office. submitting
themselves to the White Primary,
shall file with the chairman of the
eu!vcomtnittec hla written statement
that h« will abide by the results of
the trlmary. and will conform to the
rule* governing same, on or before
Thursday, June 25th. 1911, fi p. m. '
Couldn't Change Instructions.
I certainly claim no rlKht to myself
of changing auch explllct Instructions
nor do 1 think that (he White Prl
msry Committee or its sub committee
is likely to again Incur the risk of
even the slightest change In th > rules
and regulations which have once been
adopted to govern the election for that
year.
You doubtless remember thst somo
two years ago, m a matter tar less
serious thsn allowing a candidate to
file hie pledge alter the time limit
had expired, Involving in fact, beyonn
purely verbal changes, nothing more
important than an extension of an
hour or two for the time of voting
The modification of the rules once
adopted, was made the excuse tor
bolting the primary; you, yourself it
I correctly recall, though I may be' In
•■'cor, holding that this change was
»o fundamental, and so unfair to the
right* of some Of the candidates, that
• hey were entitled, without criticism
or reproach, to break the pledges
made under esth, which had been
filed previously with tht sub-com
mit too.
Should you feel, however, that for
any reason, there are peeultnr elr
cumatanrea in your own case which
would Justify at Ihla time a change
In the rules, I shall call together the
sub-committee of which 1 am chair
man, before which I should be glad to
have you appear; or If you prefer that
the matter be laid before the full
body of the White Primary Commit
tee. I shall communicate with its
chairman, Mr. Julian M Smith with
the request that jou he allowed to
present your claims to that bodv
Very restvectfullv.
H. W. SHAW
Chairman Sub-Committee. W. P.
Dr. Horn* h*» made th* followtn*
•tftumtnt:
**l htvf* no! dfopp+tf out of thp r.icp
*t all At th# pi tuition Mpptiirs to m,
tt arrni* that an effort has been made
to drop n>* out of it without my knowl
edge or consent My announcement ha*
Pssn running 'n the newspaper* The
people net only of ths Third Ward, rut
alt over the city have known for qultr
a Mttls while that 1 am a candidate for
oounrti front thst ward I know that
•he chairman at th* subcommittee of
the ally whit* primary Wnmmlttrr knew
•hat I we* an announced candidate At
nn time have 1 wlthdvawn m.v candi
dacy nor hea thee* ever been ant In
tention that | would or the slightest
foundation for auch an Idea on any
"°dy,» part Oa th* other hand, there
has never been any announcement or
talk of any opposition to my candidacy.
'it ha* been customary tn the past
|o» a copy of the pledge to be made to
o* forwarded to announced candidate*
b* th# committer holding the election
The laat Instance of the kind «■»* in (he
county primary wtt*n a cop, of ths
oio4g* sod the amount ol assessment
j wan went to each of the announced can
didate*. In previous municipal cum
patgns a copy of the pledge to he filed
ha.M been forwarded to the candidates.
“I have never had one sent to me and
j at ti o'clock thin evening I wa» busy at
my profession. Shortly after 6 o’clock
I called up Dr. Shaw and when 1 aaked
him about Mending me a copy of the
pledge to be filed after I had Migncd it
I wan told that It wasn't hl» bualneaß
to aend the pledge to me. I then told
Dr. Hhaw that 1 was, of course, ready
and willing: to abide by the white pri
mary and stood ready to put up my a»-
BcHFrnent. I had had no Information to
that moment that Mr. Jame* A. Hood
had even entered the race or that my
name had not been Included among the
entrica by Dr. Hhaw. I wan then tod
that my pledge could not he filed; that
the chilrman of the nubcommittee de-
I dined to accept It, despite the fact that
I the public print* have all along been
carrying my announcement a* an unop
posed candidate.
"It I* my purpose absolutely and en
tlrely to abide by the apirlt and Intent
of the white primary, and I expect to
present the situation to the city white
primary committee as a whole when its
meeting Ih called for the purpose of
passing upon the entries, and at that
lime J shall Insist that I am and have
been continuously since my announce
ment a candidate for council from the
Third Ward -tout ty candidacy has
been recognized by the members of the
committee and by the chairman of the i
subcommittee himself.”
KILL OFFICERS
60 TO REBELS
Federal Conditions at Quay
mas Growing Worse. Troops
Revolt. Populace Hungry and
Turbulent.
On Botrd U. 8. 8. California, La
Paz, Lower California (by wireless
to Son Diego, Calif.—According to in
formation reoelvod from Guaymus to
day conditions (here daily are grow
ing worse. No flour is being receiv
ed to replenish the supply that gave
out a day or two ago vincl otner kinds
of food are scarce
Authorities seem pow'erless to
check constantly recurring disorders
among the hungry and turbulent, pop
ulace. There is much unrest among
the troops of the federal garrison.
The federal governor general has Is
sued orders permitting various civil
inns, mostly women and children, to
leave Guaymus. About 500 have taken
advantage or the orders.
Desertion:, among the soldiery con
tinue A volunteer company of 70
Ynqul Indians killed two of their of
ficers today and then went over to
the constitutionalists.
MOYER FEARS
ATTACK ON LITE
T •
Pres't of Western Miners
Federation Says He Has No
Intention of Returning to
Butte.
Helena, Mont.—'Tho Industrial
Worker* of the world is the force at
work Iu Hutto" asserted President
Chits. II Moyer of the Western Fede
ration of Miners here today. “I have
positive Information that at least six
hundred members of the Industrial
workers have arrived In Hutte within
the last few woks. One hundred and
forty of them got off the train there
In one day."
Moyer said ho hnd no Intention of
returning Jo Butte at the present tltne.
"I am In touch with the Hutte sit
uation hero," ho said, "and can handle
it as wel| from hero as If 1 was on
th,. ground."
Moyer Is firm in tho belief that an
attempt on his life was averted late
yesterday by the prompt action of a
deputy sheriff In arresting throe men
who had followed hint about the city.
He said he hnd been warned of an at
tempt to assassinate him.
The thro men were taken to the
county Jail and searched but nothing
incriminating was found upon them
Expect Further Trouble.
Waehlngton.—(iovornor Stewart, of
Montana, today asked that federal
troops he transferred from Port Van
couver to Fort Missoula In order to
he In readiness in case of further
trouble at Hutte. Senator Myers told
President Wilson that conditions In
Hutte were very unsettled and rrnt
further outbreaks might occur at any
time. There are no federal troops in
Montana.
The i resident took the request tin
der advisement and later took it up
at the cabinet meeting.
Resolute Has to Hustle
to Win Over Opponents
Gi*ncove, N. Y. — Resolute had to
fight for her yachting honor* veater
da' for her oup class rival*, Iterance
and Vanltle gave her a merry tussle
over the greater i art of the 83 3 4
miles in Upper l»ng Island Sound.
The HerresholT boat was forced to
fairly fly over the laat ten miles to
overcome a four-minute time allow
anctf conceded to the Defiance. Time
allowance coet the Vanltle second
place after leading the Defiance at
the flnlsn hy one minute and forty
seven seconds. The Resolute defeat
ed the Defiance by S mlnu'e* and 14
seconds nnd the Vanltle S minutes
and 3 aeconda In corrected lime.
The race was sailed in light and
not altogether satisfactory airs, but
the \acht* finished with scuppers
boiling.
The trio will race today and Satur
day.
Recover Bufw*ll’t Body,
Washington— \ m,.*scneer of the
Slatr department reported today from
Tampico that he had recovered the
body of M eston Hurwell, the American
engineer who waa shot on l-ake Tam
iahua The body will be #cnt to
Washington.
SEX HYGIENE Ilf
SRKIOAY SCHOOL
Approved iu Report to Con
vention of International As
sociation Today. Teach the
Facts, Teach Them Right.
Chicago-—The teaching of sex hy
giene In Sunday schools was approved
today In the report to the convention
of the International Monday school as-
Kieiation by E. K. Mohr, superintend
ent of the Purity department.
"Hex knowledge will he taught,’’ said
Mr. Mohr, " If not in the home and the
Sunday school it will be taught In th*
street. We must teach these facts and
teach them right, so that knowledge
may lead to purity and righteousness.
"With the new awakening and dis
cussion of sex matters the pendulum
f:as swung from silence to a publicity
that is almost nauseating Literature,
the stnge, the newspapers, the ’movies’
have exploited the interest In the sub
ject. The endeavor to avoid false
modesty may In the end break down
the barriers of real modesty.”
Rev H. M. Harnill of Nashville,
Tenn , whose nomination yesterday for
for the presidency for the next three
yearn is equal to his election, is sup
erintendent of teacher training for the
Methodist Episcopal church, South. He
also is chaplain general of the United
Confederate Veterans.
New York in 1918.
The convention today adopted a j
recommendation of the executive |
committee, making its meeting quad-]
rvnnial instead of triennal. so that
the next meeting will he held in New
York in 1918.
A recommendation that colleges
offer full credit for biblical study
was made in an address by Prof,
(’has. F. Kent of the Yale Di .'inity
School. He suggested tnat 300 chairs
on biblical study be established in
various scfiools.
CARRANZA CAN NOW
DICTATE MAJOR TERMS
(Continued from Preceding Page.)
lng their positions here for months.
In no previous instance had so many
earthworks been thrown up or had
the scheme of defence been planner)
so ably. The miles of trenches and
stone parapets and the many small
earthworks forts which fell before
the constitutionalists one after an
other In eight hours on the last day
of the battle tstlfied to this fact.
Scaled Hillisides.
In no instance were these positions
given up without a desperate fight.
Villa’s troops Bcaled barren hillsides
where f ootlng seemed Impossible,
whole lines of the attacking parties
were cut down but always there were
others to take their places. All day
long tho constitutionalists kept up
this disastrous advance and at sun
down the city was in their hands.
Every Shot Counted.
The fire of the attacking Torce was
excellent and Iheir effort to make
every shot count resulted in desul
tory shooting. So Tar distant were
the artillery positions of the consti
tutionalists that they were unable to
employ most of their pieces.
The objective point that had to be
reached by the attacking party lay in
the basin surrounded by two chains
of mountains and their foot 'hills. The
valleys are deep and frequently bi
sected with canyons.
Most Dangerous.
This made It impossible for the fed
erals to use ihetr artillery effective
ly. Once tht constitutionalists had
reached a mountain Bide It was diffi
cult for their own artillery to support
them on account of the steep slopes
and narrow crests which made their
fire more dangerous to friend than to
enemy.
The constltutolnalists were in po
sition four days. They were exposed
alternately to drenching rains, scorch
ing sun nnd chilling cold of the night
which exists at this altitude —a height
above sea level of from 8,000 to 12,-
000 feet —with one blanket for protec
tion nnd practically no food.
CLAFLIN PLEDGE OF
$10,000,000 FORTUNE MADE
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Ills personal fortune of 810,000,000.
Thousand* of Banks.
The outstanding paper la held by
thousands of banks throughout the
I'ntted States and so widely scatter
ed ur to prevena financial strain In
any one section which would force
the company to hasty settlement,
A meeting of the creditors, to he
held in about ten days, will deter
mine whether the receivership shall
be continued and If so on whnt terms
they shall be allowed to borrow ,to
continue the business
$6,000,000 Each Week.
Causeß for tho failure as given by I
Mr. Claflin appear today to coincide
with the views expressed by leading
dry goods merchant>■-, jobbers and i
I commission men. Changes in the
trade conditions of the city caused
I the company to look for profits
I through the ownership of or control;
I of retail stores, resulting In the neces |
j slt\ fo* extensive financing. So ex-1
tensive had this financing become,
that It had reached a point where ma
tnrlttes amounted to about Ifi.OOO.OOn
each week. Recently, tt Is said,
country hanks began restricting their
purchases of Claflin nnd other com
mi-rcial paper and the company found
difficulty in taking care of these ma
, turltie*.
JAPAN AGAIN USES
WORDS OF EMPHASIS
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“The imperial bon eminent Hat me foe
them tit* •übjtrtii) fair nnd equal treat
ment and are unihh either to acquiesce
In the unjuet and obnoxiou* diaoriml
natton complained of, or to r«»**rd th#
question an Honed an long aa the ex
isting atate of thing# Is permitted to
contlune.'*
Toklo. Japan,— The correeporidence he
j tween Japan amt the United St *tee.
published here today* wax preceded by a
i Rumnmr.v ehowlnjr that .the Japan#*#
j government at adorn* it* proposal for a
I new convention hut conttnuea negotlu-
I tlon* with the American govtrnmcnt
* tMWtemUng that th# laud act la dlacrtml
-1 tHttory.
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NEW_ PRESIDENT
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mediation conferences Niagara
Falls. Optimism prevails generally
and the Inhabitants of the capital are
Planning a big demonstration in honor
of the South American mediators.
Prominent politicians express the be
lief that peace soon will tie restored in
Mexico.
A Grand Example.
Buenos Ayres, Argentina.—All the
newspapers here comment in enthus
iastic terms today on the success of
the mediation conference at Niagara
Falls between the United States and
Mexico could not be better and adds:
“The United States has set a grand
example to the world and has won the
respect of the nations by the equan
iintiy and spirit of justice with which
she has comported herself under the
circumstances.
Great Gratification.
Santiago— Ureal gratification Is ex
pressed by the Chilean newspapers to
day at the success of the mediators at
Niagara Falls. Congratulations are
showered on those who conceived the
idea of mediation.
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IN LEVELED RUINS OF
j 1.000 SALEM BUILDINGS,
FIRE ISJ3URNING OUT
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antiquities escaped destruction. The
birthplace of Nathaniel Hawthorne the
] "House of Seven Gables,’ and the old
custom house were threatened for a time
j and the flames approached dangerously
■ Hose to the Peabody Museum and the
} Essex Institute, but none of those struc
j tures was damaged.
Companies of militia patrolled the
streets today.
Martial law was not declared but no
one was permitted to approach the fire
swept area without a pass.
Thousands of Refugees.
On the Common and in open spaces
I In the outskirts of the city thousands
j of refugees tried to find rest during the
i night. Many stretched themselves on
I the grass; others had managed to save
| mattresses or rocking chairs from their
burning homes. Little groups huddled
together about piles of household goods.
Pom 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon,
I when a terific explosion occurred in the
j factory of the Korn Leather Company
at Proctor and Boston streets, the flames
| roped pmctfcn'ly unchecked until mld
| night. The explosion is thought to have
| occured among highly Inflammable
| chemicals used in the manufacture of
l patent leather. This factory stood near
the foot of Gallows Hill, famous as the
] hanging place of witches In early eolo.
i nial days.
High Wind.
A high wind carted the flames through
[ the manufacturing dsitrict and thence
I southeastward to the heart of the city
i anls across a thickly populated tenement
| district to the water front. A shift in
the wind sent the fie rnorthward along
LaFayette street where scores of the
city's finest residences were burned. The
fire spread out to another manufactur
ing center on the shore of the harbor
and destroyed large factories. In the
intervening area scores of business
houses were swept away. The Salem
Hospital was among the buildings
burned.
Dynamite Used.
Great quantities of apparatus from
neighboring cities assisted in fighting
the flames. Near the Boston and Maine
Railroad station several buildings were
dynamited and the firemen at last gain
ed the upper hand, saving the north
eastern part of the city.
A separate fire, which the police say
was of incendiary origia, destroyed 13
dwellings In North Salem and threat
ened the plant of the Salem Oil Com
pany.
Prompt Responses.
Salem, Mass. —A second body was
taken from the ruins this forenoon,
but it was so charred that the sex
could not be determined.
During the forenoon train and trol-
Ity service was resumed and stores
in the business section were re
opened.
Prompt response was made to a
public appeal for relief issued by Gov.
Walsh. Henry C. Frick of Philadel
phia, sent a Check for $25,000. Many
wagons and automobiles loaded with
food came in from surrounding cities.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
Canajoharie, N. Y.—Lewis Roach
was locked up in the Montgomery
county jail at Fonda, today in connec
tion with the murder of John V. Bar
rett, a wealthy farmer of Palatine, on
Dec. 20, last. Roach is said by author
ities to have confessed to the murder
which attracted wide attention.
Barrett was killed in his home when
he went to the asistance of his daugh
ter who had been knocked unconscious
by blow with some heavy instrument
An attempt was made to hide the
crime by setting fire to the house.
“The Greatest Economy
Event nf the Year”
SOMETHING NEW IN AUGUSTA
Something That Everybody is Interested in, You Can’t Afford to Miss It
NEXT SATURDAY, JUNE 27th.
We are going to give away DOLLAR BILLS. You
come and if you can’t come be sure to send your wife,
husband, son or daughter, for the dollar bill will be
here for you, we can’t tell you all about it in this
small space, but you come to see us and we will
tell you how you can get that DOLLAR BILL for
nothing.
Masters Agee Co.
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Many Killed and Injured
By Sumatra Earthquake
Batavia, Java.—Many were killed or
injured today in a violent earthquake
which caused widespread damage in
southern Sumatra.
The officers of the Dutch resident
and many other buildings collapsed at
Benkoelen, the capital, and telegraph
and cable communication was inter
rupted.
Sumatra is the largest island of the
Malay Archipelago except Borneo. It
has a number of volcanoes, some active
and some believed extinct. The popu
lation is estimated at 3,500,000, among
whom are about 5,000 whites.
Resolute, Vanitie and
Defiance Are Off Again
Oyster Bay, N. Y—A streaky wind
that came out of the northwest with
little promise of freshening was blow
ing today when the cup yachts Reso
lute, Vanitie and Defiance started on
their race, twice around a course of
15 1-4 miles.
The yachts got away in the follow
ing order: Vanitie 1:00:05; Resolute
1:00:58; Defiance 1:01:09.
Defer Vote on Hobson
Prohibition Measure
Washington— The plan to have the
house rules committee vote July 1 on
the Hobson resolution for a prohibi
tion amendment has been abandoned.
Representative Henry chairman of the
committee, campaigning in Texas for
re-election, has telegraphed that it
would he impracticable for him to re
turn by that date and has suggested
that consideration of the resolution
be postponed until August 1. Other
democratic leaders concur in his pro
posal and it was predicted by many
in the house today that there would
be no action at this session of con
gress.
FRIDAY. JUNE 26.
18S
/SgpggL AM,
Decrease in Sickness
U. S. Troops at Vera Cruz
Washington.—The sick rate among
among the troops at Vera Cruz for the
week ended June 24 was 2.3 per cent
for the army and 2.30 per cent for the
marines, a decrease under the previous
week.
“An analysis of the latest reports/*
said a statement from the War De
partment today, “shows 43 sick in hos
pitals, 17 sick in quarters, total 00.
Of those sick, 52 are incapacitated by
disease and eight by injury. There is
a decrease in those suffering from
malaria and a marked decrease in the
intestinal diseases. Those remaning
sick at the end of the week number 84
as compared with 88 remaining sick
last wek.”
t
Virginia’s Prohibition
Law Being Enforced
Fairmont, Va.—Activity attending
preparations for enforcement of the
prohibition amendment, operative
next Tuesday, was increased here to
day when officers, acting under or
ders of the state tax commissioner,
raided the fashionable Fairmont
Country Club. The steward was ar
rested, a wagon load of fine wines
confiscated and the lockers of many
prominent members Toiftd and their
contents removed. Trie raid was
under the existing law.
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