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Ultimatum Up at Noon---Censor Prevents Russia’s Reply Known
200,000 TO BE
CALLED BOCK
Question is How to Get
This Number of Reser
vists in U. S. to Austria-
Hungary.
New York Official turtle* was re-
At the Austro- Hungarian eoneu
]%t f tof lay that the r*»«rvfc* had been
r*Ji*d for irrneml moblllMtlon. Two
hundred thou wind Austrian* and Hun
garian*. If war an hi at the cotMMilAta,
would tntfnedtately be ratted upon to re
turn home from thl* country and Join
the color*.
)j(w to sc* f the 300,000 men back to
Auatrla-Htinfrary w»* a problem official*
at th« ronaulate were trying to aolve. It
wan at first planned to have them rail
on Italian staamar* Th» a* ateamer*
tiowever. It w'«* aaid at the ronaulate,
would have to paaa Gibraltar where they
Wight be aetaed by England.
"No word ha* ranrhed the Servian ron
aulate summoning the raaerviata home A
reaaon for thl* t« that It la impossible
to nooimunlcate by cable wltli any point
In Herv’ta at the prnoont time.
Will Turn Back.
Montreal.—The Norih German Lloyd
at earner Wtllahad, carrying L'(*o Auatrian
reaervlata, sailed thl* morning for Eu
rope She hart not received order* to
go to Boston but the captain bad been
Informed he probably would be ordered
by wlreleaa before the end of the day to
turn hi* veaael bark
APPEAL, KING TO
CZAR
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pan In the aplrlt of tha Anglo-Japanese
alliance.
Communication Gone.
Telephonic communication between
London and Purl* wa» Interrupted today,
the respective government* having taken
over the service In order to prevent
leakage of new* t Ninim uniratlon be
tween Pgr I a and Bruaeela waa almllarly
Interrupted
The Hank of England, which was
again CAlle<l on to supply an unprece
dented amount of gold, raised It* rule to
day to ten per rent, which I* IHgber than
it had been since the Indian mutiny in
Work all Night.
The Tlank of England rrlnter* are en
gaged night nnd day lu turning out new
note*, a* the lank lih* arranged to la
sue hill* to the maximum extent of it*
machinery and Its charter permit* with
a view to conserving It* gold reserve.
11. S. IMPORTS
TO BE HALTED
Complete Suspension Near
at Hand. Is Forerunner of
More Serious Obstacles.
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N#w York, Aug. I.—At moot romplc’a
suspension of the Import business of
tho oountry i*» bear «t bond, according
to membore of Urge* importing firm*.
Ckncslllng of the suitings of many
German and Russian vewela la fmired
to be merely a forerunner of more ae
boui obstacles. Great difficulty is ex
perted 1n moving American export* be
cause of the limited tonnage under
I’nlted State* registry or neutral flags.
Still more ominous la the ris* In the
rate of exchange abroad This feature
reached such proportions that large
importing houses issued cable orders
to atop buying good* on the other sides.
In many instances good* have been ad
vanced from 10 to lr. pA* cent In Kua
ropr the present week.
Apart from the inability of foreign
manufacturers ami exporters to till
orders stands the probable prohibition
by Interested governments of many
linen of exports. Home decrees «*r this
kind were Issued yesterday and import
er* aay they look for similar action by
the other European power*.
New Salary For
Rural Mail Men
Washington, Aug. I,—A new iwlnrv
schedule for rural < airier* went Into
effort ti>day hy an order prorouluul
by Postmaster Oeenml Burleson In ac
• vordane* with the recent act of con
uriM providing 11.200 a* the maximum
annual pay.
Heretofore the unit of compensation
upon which carrier* salaries >«■ haaul
Included only the number of mile*
traveled, but tinder the new schedule
coUHhterattnn Is to lie given to the
time required to travel such mileage
and to the amount of aervlce rendereii
by the carrier.
MINERS REFUSE
Caedhf, Wales. Aug. I.—The execu
five council of the South Wales Min
ers Federation today refused to arced'
to the suggestion of the British ad
mini) tv that the miners In the eollierle.
supplying vessels of the navy should
work on Tuesday and Wednesday next,
which ha»l been arranged as miners'
holidays. The eouncll took the ground
that It was not necessary for defan
aiv« purposes.
Atlantic Fleet
Is Tied Up
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tral port to avoid seizure. Cancellation
of the Wlllehad's Nailing Interrupt* the
return home of the first lot of Austria
reservists from Canaria. More than 200
of them had engaged passage on the
steamer.
With the Issuance of these order* to
day the tie up of the North German
Lloyd fleet plying between American
ports and Europe was practically com
plete.
On Both Sides.
In addition to the four vessels affected
by today's wireless messages the Hailing
of Hamburg line vessel* has been
suspended on both sides of the water
and trans-Atlantic service has been
heavily Impaired. The Vaterland, which
was to have sailed today with 2,000
passengers; the Kronprlnz Wilhelm
scheduled to sail next Tuesday; the
Prlnzess Irene, scheduled to sail today,
and the Ha rbarossa, scheduled to sail
August Uth, all have cancelled their sail
ings and will remain at dock here.
The President Grant of the Hamhurg-
Amerloan line, recalled by wireless yes
terday, was expected to reach New Y'ork
today although no word acknowledging
the order of recall had been received by
the Hamburg-American line early this
forenoon.
Last Wire of
Kaiser to
Czar
Official Gazettes Tell of Ex
change of Communications
Between the Two Emperors
Berlin^—An official communication
published today in the North German
Gazette gays the Russian emperor on
July LM», telegraphed to Emperor Wil
liam urgently requesting him to help In
averting the misfortune of a European
war and to try to restrain His ally,
Austria-Hungary, from going too far.
Emperor William replied that he
would willingly take up the task of
mediator .nd accordingly diplomatic
action was initiated in Vienna.
While thin was In progress the news
that Russia was mobilizing reached
Berlin and Emperor William telegraph
ed to the Emperor of Runla that nR
role as mediator was by this endan
gered If not made impossible. The
communication adds that a decision
was to have been taken in Vienna today
In regard to the mediation proposals
In which Great Britain had joined
Germany, but that meanwhile Russia
had ordered the full mobilization of her
forces. Upon this Emperor William
addressed a last telegram to Emperor
Nicholas, emphatically declaring that
hi* own responsibility for the safety of
the Germun empire had forced him to
take defensive measures.
lUI'RDOO CALLS
TCI CONFERENCE
Clearing House Associations of
New York, Chicago and St.
Louis Off to Washington.
Washington. To consider what
"hull be done to protect the fiimnclal
intercuts of the Vnlted Statu* during
the Kuropean crisis, Secretary Mo-1
Adoo today called on clearing house
associations in New York, Chicago
and St. Louis to send representative*
here Monday to discuss the situation
with him. Mr. McAdoo sent this tel
egram to the clearing house chair
men :
"For the purpose of considering the
general situation created by the Kuro
pean crisis and with a view to Intel
ligent cooperation in protecting the
interests of this country 1 shall be
pleased if you will semi a committee
of your clearing house to confer with
me in Washington on Monday next at
It a. n\ This Invitation is sent to the
three central reserve cities. The In
vitation will be extended later to the
several federal reserve cities If that
shall appear to be desirable."
Emergency Currency.
Washington.-—I .at k of a quorum in
(he house banking committee today
delayed consideration of the treasury
bill removing restrictions on the* issue
of 9500,000,000 emergency currency and
making it promptly available for any
crisis. The bill passed the senate >es*
ter day
| Another effort would be made t<* get
a quorum of the committee later In trto
day, Chairman Glass said
3 TIMES AS BIG.
Atlanta, Ga. A Georgian with a
taste for geography and figures, got
busy and figured out the sixe of the
luw lirvti w tit* b lust now to loom*
ing so large beneath the dark clouds
of war.
"Three Serving could be fitted into
the state of Georgia and tut 111 leave
enough over for a good-siied front
>nrd. You could put all of Rmperor
Fran* Joseph's possessions in one cor
ner of Texas, Servia in another, and
WIRES CUT.
New York. The French Telegniph
v'ahU Company announced today that
there was little likelihood of M essages
for Germany reaching their destina
tion oxer its lines as all witrea Ger
many had been cut.
Markets
Marking
Time
With Stock and Commodity
Exchanges Closed, Crowds
on Wall Street Awaiting War
Decision.
New York.—With the stock and
commodity markets «till dotted the fi
nanrlal district marked time today,
awaiting word of the dec.sion of tfte
European powers for peace or war.
To all outward appearances, Wall
Street wan almost as busy an under
normal conditions. The street wan
! crowded and everywher there was an
a*r of excitement. At the office of
•!■ K Morgan and Company repiesen
latives of some of the largest flnan
! < ial Institutions in New York and
j Philadelphia met. No information
; was obtainable as to what took place,
i beyond the fact that the present trou
bled situation was discussed. with a
view to taking whatever pre’eaution
ary steps might suggest themselves.
It is understood no definite time for
I re-opening exchanges was agreed
| upon.
A meeting of the newly formed as
soclatlon of (partners of stock ex
j change films was held and a state*
! ment was made urging all exchange
members not to engage in outside
| dealings In securities
In Hosing the exchange,” it waß
raid. "It was the intent that trading
! should not be translerred elsewhere
and it is therefore Incumbent upon
I our firms, in loyalty to the welfare of
our clients as well as the exchange to
carry out this intention in good faith.”
Not For Some Time
it was everywhere assumed that
trading on the exchange would not he
resumed Tor some time. It was felt
that it woudl be unwise to re-open
lire market until the hoard,
I at least should take up business again.
When the exchange was closed yes
j lerday it was felt that the exporta
tion of gold might automatically be
| curtailed, since foreign holders of
American securities could ao longer
sell them and draw gold In payment.
Nevertheless further engagements of
| gold were announced today. Ignition
took 1600 000 and Canada $3,850,000.
Tile extent to which the export
movement would continue was one of
' the most important question of the
I financial district.
Gold Shipments.
Gold shipments to Europe are now
so expensive and hazardous that it
| was the general opinoln that the
movement would be restricted hence
j forth. Not only are Insurance rates
so high as to be prohibitive under
any Kut the present circumstances,
I but there are few vessels in which
the geld may he shipped, owing to
the scarcity of American bottoms. In
these vessel* alone It Is regarded safe
to export gold since ships of Euro
pean nations would he subject to cap
ture In the event of a genersl war.
IT the demnnd for gold continues, de
spite these obstacles, it is possible
that a "moral barrier” may be raised,
in the form of an unwritten agree
ment among banking houses not to
make furUier shipments.
The foreign exchange business to
day was again at a standstill. There
was n meeting of the reading foreign
exchange interests to consider the
methods of safeguarding the situa
te in aand to reduce It to a sane basis.
GEORGIA SOLONS
DESERT CAPITOL
Halls Are Empty Today
With Members at Various
Homes. Row Friday Over
o'Bears Job.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. I.—-The corridors
of the state capitol are gloomy today
and the halls are deserted except for
the Janitors. Members of house ah !
senate, with a holiday ahead and no
barbecue on the rogtom. left last night
for their homes to kiss the babies, do
a little band-shaking and fix up their
fences for re-election.
Governor Slaton took adx’antage of
the day off by visiting Marietta. De
catur and Jonesboro, where he is
making addresses on the tax equalisa
tion law.
The senate spent its entire day yes
terday in wrangling oxer the bill to
abolish the job of Quartermaster Gen
eral Oheor and the counter propositi n
to change his rank to major. In ac
cordance xvith the national mllitaiy
rules When dinner time came they
xxere no nearer a solution than before,
so the senators decided to call tt a day
and quit until Monday.
Th house found itself In much the
same predicament. It got itself into a
tangle over the hill to put solicitors
general on a salary luislh. There were
s»» many amendments and amendment*
to amendments that the house soon
was too befuddled with parliamentary
law that the house, sitting as a com
mittee of the whole, asked leave to
scratch tt all out and start over" or
words to that effect. The discussion
went over until Monday. x» Ith the bill
Just xx here It (lad started.
The Big Strikd.
Washington Coincident ally another
question of great moment to the rail
road and financial xxorld was await ng
decision here today.
President Wilson arranged confer
ences during the afternoon with man
agers of S»8 western railrxuuts threat
ened with a strike of enginemen and
firemen and with representative* *of
the men. It was pointed out that the
railrxxads threatened with the strike
xxere almost entirely apart from
those affected by the rate decision.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
WAR
Ultimatums were sent today by
Germany to Prance and Russia.
Russia was ordered by Emperor
William to stop mobilization with
in 12 hours, expiring at noon while
France, was given 18 hours to de
clare her attitude in certain con
tingencies. Italy probably will re
main neutral as she regards the
campaign of her allies, Germany
and Austria, as an aggressive war
in which case she is not called on
to Intervene.
King George made a final effort
today to maintain peace by tele
gTaphig to Emperor Nicholas ot
Russia. The Bank of England
discount rate went tip to lb per
cent today—the highest level it has
ever reached. Continental hanks
also raised their rates.
France w’aa reported to have or
dered general mobilization of her
forces as the prospects of peace
are thought hopeless.
►Strict censorship in European
countries kept hack news of mili
tary movements.
( ‘cmmunlcation by telephone be
tween France and England is in
terrupted the government’s beiiiM
desirous of preventing leakages ot
Information.
Japan will not intervene unless
British Interests in the Far East
are endangered.
The German ambassador was re.
ported to have left Bt. Peterffburg fc
AT BERLIN,
OMINOUS
WORDS
Imperial Chancellor Ad
dresses Big Demonstra
tion. Crowds Cheer and
Sing National Anthem at
Close of Speech.
Berlin, Aug. I. —The German Imperial
chancellor today delivered a stirring
address to a huge procession of dem
onstrators who congregated before his
official residence.
"At thia serious hour, in order to
give expression to your feeling for you
fatherland," he said, "you have come
to the house of Bismarck, who wRn
Emperor William the Great and Field
Marshal Von Moltke, welded the Ger
man empire for us.
"We wished to go on living in peace
In the empire which we have developed
In forty-four years of peaceful labor.
"The whole work of Emperor Wil
liam has been devoted to the mainten
ance of peace. To the last hour bo
hag worked for peace in Europe and bo
la still working for It. Should all his
efforts prove vain and should tho
sword be forced into our hands we will
take the field with a clear conscience
in the knowledge that wo did not seek
war. W shall then wage war for our
existence and for the national honor
to the last drop of our blood.
"In the gravity of thl* hour I re
mind you of the words of Prince Fred
erick Charles to the men of Branden
burg;
" ‘Let your hears heat for God and
your fists on the enemy.’"
Enthusiastic cheers and the singing
of the national anthem greeted the
close of the Imperial chancellors
speech. t
MAY RUSH THE
GREW OVERLAND
British Sloops of War to Be
Interned at San Diego With
Gun Breech Blocks Off.
Sen Diego, Calif The British sloops
of w«r Shearwater and Algerine limy
he interned at Ban Diego and their of
ficers end men ruehed overland to
New York for passage to England to
he used in manning the larger war
ships of the British reserve fleet. It
wbh said here today.
The Algerine is reported to he
(teaming a full speed from Maratian
to this port. Ttie Shearwater, fully
coaled and provisioned, is lying In the
stream. Neither is capable of taking
a piece in line of battle.
Under international maritime law
the two vessels would have the brSech
'•locks of their guns and all the am
munition and rifles taken off if they
were interned here,
HERALD~CARRIER BOYS AT
THE LAKE VIEW CASINO
I Manaker PankU. of Sub-Station
| No. 2, of The Herald, had the bove
of this station out on a little outing
last night at the Ijtke View Casino.
The hoys went as the guests of Mr
Benson of the Casino
The show was entitled the "Dixie
Girl." and all were kept continuously
laughing at the antics of Rufus tffe
| black-face comedian
j The carrier boys extend their
' thanks to Mr, Benson tn his success
ful effort* to have them enterta hed,
; wm! al are ringing the praises of the
"Dixie Ulrl."
Duchess Constantly at Bedside
of Husband
DUCHESS OF AOSTA.
Rome. —Through his Illness the
Duchess ot Aosta has constantly been
at the bedside of her husband. She
rushed hack from Morocco when she
heard that he was stricken and took
command in the sick room. Her ex
perience in attending wounded Italian
soldiers In the Tripoli campaign stood
her In good stead.
The Duchess o { Aosta was the high
spirited Henele of Orleans of the old
French Royalty. She was beloved of
the late duke of Clarence before her
marriage to her Italian husband. Dif
ference in religion kept her from the
English match, but it is related that
the Duke of Clarence murmured "Hel
ene! Helen**!’’ as he lay dying.
The Duchess has a reputation as an
African big game hunter.
The Duke of Aosta was heir pre
sumptive to the Italian throne while
Emanuel 111 was childless and her dis
appointment in this regard cut the
Duchess keenly it is said.
Jap Navy
Is All Ready
Gov’t Postpones Neutrality
Proclamation and in in
Constant Communication
With England.
Tokio, Japan.—The Japanese navy
has been prepared to meet any emer
gency. The minister marine today
went to Nikko to consult the emperor
on the international situation.
The second battle squadron has as
sembled at the naval station as Sase
bo. The premier. Count Shigenobu
Okuma, who Is to confer with the em
peror tomorrow, in a speech today
said that to bring about a great peaca
a great war was sometimes unavoid
abl. He added that perhaps a general
disturbance in Europe would resolve
Itself into the final war of the world,
leading to permanent and universal
peace.
The government has postponed itj
proclamation of neutrality between
Austria-Hungary and Servia and is !n
constant communication with the Brit
ish government.
NORMAL START
IF WHEAT PIT
First Transactions Showed
Change Not Exceeding a Cent.
Chicago—For the first time since the
declaration of war by Austria, the Chi
cago wheat market opened in a normal
way. First transactions showed a
rhange of not to exceed one cent com
pared with the night before.
September wheat was down three
eights of a cent and December one cent.
September, which closed at 88% last
night, sold at 88 cents at the outset to
day and. December wheat, which closed
at 91% cents last night, bought at 90%
at the start.
MILITANTS DIBOBEY ORDERS
Belfast—StifTraglsts today disobey,
ed (he order of the Women's Social
and Political Unotn to refrain from
militant acts during the International
cr sls and made an attempt to de
(troy the ancient Cathedral at Lis
burn.
The women placed a quantity of dy
namite beneath a window of the chan
cel. The thick wall resided the ex
plosion but a very rare stained glass
window was shattered.
OFF FOR ANTRACTIC.
London—The Antarctic ship Endur
ance, which Is to carry the expedition
headed by Fir Ernest Bhackleton to
Weddell Ben from which point the ex
plorer* will attend to cross the South
Polar continent, left the Thame* river
today . The vessel will visit several
English ports before proceeding south
ward.
All ot the National Guardsmen
Lett the City Last N&ht
Camp Proved Wonderfully Instructive to the Officers and
the Men---Not a Single Well Founded Criticism Made of
Camp Wheeler as a Maneuver Site.
When the third section of the special
carrying the Fifth Regiment back to At
lanta pulled out last night at 9:40, over
the Georgia railroad track, it carried
away from Augusta the last of the Na
tional Guard of Georgia whose home sta
tion Is not in the city. The Richmond
Light Infantry, George Haines, captain,
was the last organization to leuvee Camp
Wheeler. They came iizto the city at
7:30 last evening, leaving a detail to at
tend to the removal of their baggage.
Today Camp Wheeler presents a bleak
and barren sight in comparison with its
appearance of the past ten days. No
tents remain save those of the regulars,
who will be sole occupants till the ar
rival. Tuesday morning, of the National
Guards of North Carolina.
There can be no doubt that the camp
has wonderfully Instructive to
officers and men. It was the first en
campment for a great many of the men
and for those to whom it was an old
experience there were new things to be
learned and old things to be learned
more thoroughly. Every man seemed
anxious to get just as much out of the
camp as possible which brought forth
Wave ol Popularity For Young Nephew ol
Assassinated Heir-Apparent to Austro-
Hungarian Throne
Vlenn ,—ln the month since the tra
gedy by which the Archduke Francis
Ferdinand, heir-apparent to the Austro-
Hungarian throne, was removed by an
assassin in Bosnia, a remarkable phase
of the changed conditions is the wave of
popularity now raging about his young
nephew who suddenly finds himself con
fronted with the prospect of soon being
Emperor of Austria and King of Hun
gary. With the venerable Emperor
Francis Joseph now in his eighty-fourth
year, it is certain the actuary cannot al
low’ him a very long lease of life.
As the new heir-apparent, Archduke
Carl Francis Joseph appears already to
have won a more affectionate regard
from his people than his uncle had, and
quite as warm a place in the hearts of
many a* ins great uncle enjoys. Every
body seems proud of him and confident
of his future success as a ruler.
At twenty-seven years of age he finds
himself with little more than a military
training. Me was only a junior regi
mental officer when the news of his un
cle's death reached him. Now he will
turn to statecraft and in the time that
may ..e allowed him, try to acquaint
himself w’ith foreign and domestic af
fairs.
A "Real" Officer.
Archduke Carl Francis Joseph is de
scribed as an officer through and
through. In his army work there has
been nothing of the archduke about him.
He has worked and studied and learned
and observed and done his duty in
every way without for one moment
claiming or desiring any special consid
eration on account of his high rank. In
deed he would have been very much sur
prised if anybody had suggested that he
should be shown any extraordinary fav
ors or preference.
He began as a cavalry lieutenant and
was most popular among his comrades
who never felt that an imperal high
ness and future monarch was in their
corps. He performed his duties with
the utmost exactness and was just as
punctilious in his behavior to the senior
officers as any young subaltern. No duty
waa too small. He carried ou the rou
tine work most carefully and when he
heard of his young comrades grumbling
would merely say, “What do you expect
—orders are orders.’’
Going later into the infantry, the
Archduke has always looked back on his
service in the cavalry as the most de
lightful time in his life. He was proud
t oride into a new garrison at the head
of his squadron and It was generally said
in the regiment that the officers in Ills
skuadron bad the best time of any. He
was hospitable to a high degree and none
the less so after his marriage with the
Princess Zita, of Parma, who is just as
well liked as her husband.
“Her Way."
When she accompanied him to his gar
rison she came as a simple junior offi
cer’s wife and not as an archduchess.
She went and called upon the wives of
all the officers senior In rank to the
“I consider your *ldea 9 of cleaning house
absolutely at the end of each season, as giving
us the really big ‘bargain event ’ of each half
year. ”
—Statement of an Augusta Business Man.
THE
McCreary Idea Sale
Is scheduled to begin
next Saturday morning
v
Store Closed' Friday while everything receives
its Sale Price.
Watch the Papers.
M£ CREARY’S
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1.
«
the statement from one of the officers
who has been on seven previous en
campments in various parts of the Unit
ed States, that it was the most orderly
and serious minded camp he had ever
seen. *
Too much praise cannot be given the
inspector-instructors for their great work
in instilling into officers and men true
military principles. It was an inspira
tion to listen to a lecture at one of the
fifficers' schools—clear-cut, brimful of
practical information, those lectures be
came indelibly impressed upon the minds
of the officers. The National Guard of
Georgia is to be congratulated upon the
caliber of the instructors assigned to
Camp Wheeler.
Throughout the entire period of en
campment, Augustans failed to hear a
single w’ell founded criticism of the loca
tion as a maneuver site. Every man
who expressed himself at all stated that
it was most excellent, and a great ma
jority declared unequivocally that it was
the best site ever used by the Georgia
troops for maneuver purposes. It is the
sincere wish of Augustans that the gov
ernment may see fit to establish here its
next instruction camp for this division.
Archduke instead of waiting for them to
call upon her. She took the greatest in
terest not only in regimental affairs,
but also in the inhabitants of the coun
try districts where the regiment was
stationed and became greatly beloved by
the Jew’s in one of the small garrisons
in Galicia. She w’ent out among the
people there and talked to the children
and gave them little gifts such as no
officer s wife had ever done before.
But so long as Francis Ferdinand was
living the young couple were left in the
background. With two small babies to
look after the Archduchess Zita was
quite content that it should be so, and
was no* at all anxious to become In
votved in the intrigues apparently insep
arable from the daily life at most courts
and certainly at the court of Vienna. But
under the changed circumstances it is
expected that she will assume her right
ful place as the first lady at court a
position now held by the Archduchess
Maria Aununciata. .«
The Emperor intends that tb * ■ D
heir shall lose no time in taki fl I
place. In all probability *hfc jfv I 9
Carl Francis Joseph will be a* Q
rapidly In the army, while si I 1
most of his time in famfliarizirf I |e
se f with political and admnistratl 1/
fairs Special instructors, inclining
highly placed officials, already have
been nominated to inform the new heir
apparent in technical matters relating to
the government and he will he gradual
ly initiated into the most important af
fairs of state.
CARRANZA AT SALTILLO.
Saltillo, Mex,, Aug. I.— Gen. Carranza
arrived here last night. The Carbajal
commissioners are expected to arrive
tonight.
DEATHS
BLACKSTON. MR. JAMES M.—Died
this morning at 9 o’clock at the
City Hospital, in the 40th year ot
his age, after a sudden illness.
The remain* of the deceased will
be shipped to Berzelia, Ga., to
morrow afternoon at 3:20 o’clock
and the funeral services and in
terment will take place there at
5 o’clock. Besides his father,
Mr. James Blackston, Sr., de
ceased is survived by ' four
brothers, Messrs. T. 8., B. M., G.
and R. Blackston; four sisters,
Mrs. David Inglett. Mrs. James,
Mrs. T. M. Newman and Miss
Hattie Blackston.