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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XVI, No. 102. MACHINE GUNS “CACHED" 8? INSURHECIOS Artillery Their Most Pressing Need. Many .Efforts Made to Smuggle Them In. MORMON COLONIES ARE GREATLY DISTURBED Have Planted Their Crops But Fear Raids by Natives. Fam ine is Prospect. E! Paso. Texas. —According to Bish op Orzon Brown of Colonia Morelos, one of the Mormon colonies south of here, the colonists are greatly disturb ed by prspects of raids upon their plantations. The Mormons have their crops planted but the natives, Bishop Icrown declares, have done no plant ing and face a famine in the near fu ture. According to advices from Torreon, James Boland, representing American operators in the Los Reis district of Durango, has made formal complaint to United States Consular Agent Car others, at Torreon, regarding the in terruption of business caused by the insurrection, (ten. I.oiara, command ing the federal forces in that district lias been asked for protection of Am erican interests. Artillery is the most pressing need of the insurrectos and every effort is being made to smuggle cannon across the border. Information has reached United States officials that several machine guns have been “cached” near the border in New Mexico, west of here, pending a favorable opportunity to take them over the international line The El Paso Society has asked Mayor Kelly for a special guard for a brass cannon standing In the city hall park. The companion to this cannon was recently stolen from the park and is now' said to be in use in the Insurrecto's siege of Ojinaga, f ast of here. PETITIONS AGAINST CARNEuIE MEL i President and Two Directors of Failed Trust Company Have Involuntary Action Tak en Against Them. New York.—An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed here today against William J. Cummins, one of the leading directors of the failed Carnegie Trust company, and now under indictment. The lia bilities are given as $5,000,000 and the assets are worth $400,000. Payson Werrill was appointed receiver with a bond of SIOO,OOO. Two other petitions in bankruptcy were filed against Clias. Arthur Moore, a director of the Carnegie Trust Com pany, and Martin J. Condon, also a director. The liabilities of Moore ore given as $2,000,000 -with assets of SIOO,- and of Condon, liabilities $6,500,000 and assets $500,000. The petitioning creditors are: Herman C. Brewster, with a claim of $30,000 for money lent; Herbert Hatfield, $9,600, for money lent; and James S. Watson, SBO,OOO, for money lent They allege preferential pay ments and transfer of property whtte insolvent. PLAYGRJOUND over body RATHER THAN MONUMENTS Such Was Wish Expressed By Tom L. Johnson Whose Re mains Go to Greenwood To day. Cleveland, O.—'"When I die, I hope the people will make a playground over my body. I would rather have the children romping over my grave than a hundred monuments.” This was the statement made by Former Mayor Tom L. Johnson, who died Monday night, to his friends, when mep irl Public life died and monuments to their memory were be ing planned. A mass meeting will be held today or tomorrow to raise funds for a monument to Mr. Johnson. The body of the former mayor will tie sent to New York this afternoon to be buried i n Greenwood cemetery. The pallbearers named for the funeral In Brooklyn, which will be held prob ably Thursday afternoon, are William I. Bryan, C. M. Bates, Ben T. Cable,, Lincoln Steffens, A. J. Moxham, Henry George, August Lewis and Philip A. Brennen. 200 Men Apply For ihe $25 Offered In An Ad For Quart of Human Blood Ntw York.—Two hundred men called at Mount Moriah hospital hero yesterday in answer to an advertisement offering $25 for a quart, of hu man blood. Most of them were penniless and all declared that the mon etary reward was their sole consideration in applying. G. .1. Allen, a strapping sailor, was selected and for half an hour last night blood fl wed from hi.: arteries into the veins of Mrs. Hose Resiler. Allen wanted tc depart when the operaton was concluded, bit surgeons detained him un’ii he recovers his strength. Mrs. Resiler, who had lost blood through an interna! hemorrhage, la on the road to recovery. FORT SUMTER FIRED DN FIFTY YEARSJGfI TODAY First Shot in Civil War Was Fired April 12th, 1861, at 4 a. m. Charleston, S. C.—This is the 50th anniversary of the firing of the first gun by the Confederates on Fort Sumter, Major Anderson, the federal commander, having refused to sur render upon the demand of General Beauregard. There was no celebration of the event here. Pittsburg.—Upon the fiftieth anni versary of the firing on Fort Sumter, on the morning of April 12, 1861, the whistles of the big steel mills and in dustrial plants in Braddock, Home stead and Turtle Creek Valley screech ed loud and long at 3 o’clock this morning. The dt m t ra\ion was v made at the request of the Grand Army posts of Braddock and vicinity. settlement’made in REMARKABLE WILL CASE No Attempt to Be Made to Probate Document Left by Gen. Dryenforth. Washington.—A settlement was ef fected among the heirs of Gen. Robert G. Dryenforth of this city and no at tempt now will he made to probate the remarkable will of the one-time acting commissioner of patents. In this will Gen. Dyrenforth direct ed that his grandson, 11 years of age, should at “all times avoid the opposite sex,” including his own grandmother; that he should complete a course at Harvard, graduate at West Point and secure a degree from Oxford, all be fore attaining nis majority. Under the terms of the settlement filed in court today the grandson re ceives $9,000, which is to be held in trust and used for his education along such lines as his guardians shall di rect. BRASS PLATES IN CEMENT TO MARK BOUNDARY LINE Piles of Stones Since 1859 Have Shown Line Between Texas and New Mexico. Washington.—The United States boundary commission which is to re establish the boundary line between Texas and New Mexico, will leave .jnahan, Tex., on April 15 for the southeast corner of New Mexico, where it will begin its work. It is expected that the commission which consists of former Senator Francis M. Cockrell, representing the United States, and Sam R. Scott, the state of Texas, will require about three months to finish its task. About 30 brass plates which are to be set in solid cement bases three feet square have been forwarded to the commlsison. These are to be used in replacing the piles of stones used by Clark in 1859 in making the boundary. DIVERS SAY PRINZESS IRENE IS NOT INJURED New York.—Divers have made an examination of the steamer Prinzess Irene and confirmed that the only damage sustained in the grounding o n Fire Island beach was a broken rudder post. The steamer will go to Newport News for dry dock and a more thorough examination some time this week. It i s said that Captain Von Letten Petersen will take the steamer back to Genoa, although he may later be transferred to some other vessel. The cost of the Irene’s misadventure is estimated at from SIOO,OOO to $150,000. HIS SEVERED EAR SEWED ON AGAIN; HEARING 0. K. Chicago, Ills,—Edward W. McCar thy, 51 years old, fell down, stairs in an office building lasfr night, sever ing bis left ear. He- was taken to a hospital, the ear soaked in warm wa- for a while and sowed on again. Ambulance Physician D. JVT. Wall de clared the ear would probably be come securely attached to the head and said McCarthy's hearing would not be injured. Y. M. C. A. BASEBALL TEAM MEETS TONIGHT A meeting of the candidates for the Y. M. C. A. baseball team will he held at 8; 15 o’clock tonight, in the parlors of the association. Plane will be formulated for the coming season and games arranged for. A large attend ance is requested. COUNTERFEITER CAUGHT. Washington.—After a search of two years secret service men arrested Harry Port'r In Denver last, night, and charged him with making tbe beßt. counterfeit silver dollars ever circulated in this country. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. APR!' 12.1911. FINE OF SI 00 IMPOSED ONI. BARRETT TODAY Large Crowd at Federal Court This Morning When Cases of Contempt Were Considered. MR. BARRETT SAID HE MEANT NO DISRESPECT Stated He Though He Was Showing Y,espect by Not Hav ing Trouble on U. S. Property. In the United States court room this morning Judge Speer fined Messrs. Frank Barrett and Charles Reid SIOO and SSO, respectively, for contempt. These two gentlemen will also have to pay the costs of the court. The case grew out of the difficulty which Mr. Barrett had yesterday witii Mr. Wallace Pierce, one of the coun sel for the plaintiff in the case of Banks vs. Barrett and Doughty. Af ter the penalties had been named, Mr. Barrett and” Mr. Reid, with their coun sel, thanked the court for the lqnlency shown. Before the dial of the clock pointed to the hour of ten the court room was crowded. The interest In the case was so great that many more than the capacity of the court room allowed were in the corridors anxious to hear the decision of Judge Speer. After court was opened Assistant United States Attorney Arthur H. Codington, read the charges against Messrs. Barrett and Reid. They were substantially to the effect that Mr. Barrett had attacked Mr. Pierce for alleged insulting remarks made by Mr. Pierce in the court room, and that Mr. Reid had stood by and witnessed tine difficulty and not allowed any one to separate the combatants. Both acts were construed by the govern ment’s counsel as contempt of court. Mr. W. 11. Fleming, one of the at torneys for Mr. Barrett and Mr. Reid, read Mr. Barrett’s answer. It stated simply that the defendant was aveng ing what he considered an insult and that he had no Intention oUbeing dis respectful to the court. Mr. Pierce’s Statement. The first witness for the govern ment was Mr. Wallace Pierce. Mr. Pierce said that after he had made his closing address for the plaintiff yesterday, he walked out of the court room and downstairs into the lobby of the postpffiee; that while standing there he was accosted by Mr. Barrett, who stated that he wished to see him privately. He said that he accom panied Mr. Barrett down the steps of the postoffice into the street, and they walked over lo the opposite side of the street. The witness said that Mr. Barrett asked him what he meant by the remarks that he used in the court room concerning him (Barrett); and that he informed Mr. Barrett that, his words were plain and unmistakable. Witness then said that Mr. Barrett requested him to remove his eye glasses, as he was going to hjt him, and that as quickly as he removed the glasses .Mr. Barrett did hit him and finally threw him down and made an efort to choke him. Mr. Pierce disclaimed any Intention of insulting Mr. Barrett in his address to the jury and said that he was only doing what he considered his duty to his client. Mr. Pierce also stated that he tried to avoid the difficulty. Bailiff Clayton, of the United States court, wgs the next witness, and he said that he viewed the fight from the mqrshal’s office on the second floor of the government building. He said that ho saw Mr. Charlie Reid standing near where the two men wore struggling on the ground and that Mr. Reid made a motion with his hands as if to prevent any interfer ence from bystanders. Mr. Cohen on the Stand. Mr. C. Henry Cohen was then call ed. Mr. Cohen stated that he was the bearer of a message from Judge Speer to Mr. Barrett not to have any trou ble with Mr. Pierce. Mr. Cohen said that he told Mr. Barrett what Judge Speer said Just, outside of the court room and that Mr. Barrett was very much excited at the time. While con versing with Mr. Barrett Mr. Cohen was called by the marshal to attend to a matter not concerning the affair at issue and that tut he left Mr. Bar rett he said: "Do not have any trou ble around here anyway.” Mr. Cohen said that he did not. know what con struction Mr. Barrett might have placed on his final Injunction. He didn’t know whether Mr. Ba/rett, would take it to mean that, the judge had ordered ne trouble to occur on the premises of the government or anywhere else. Mr. Beddings Jowltt, one of the jurors in the case of Banks vs. Bar rett and Doughty, stated that he vie * ed a portion of the flgjit from the Jury room and that other Jurore also saw It. The defense attempted at. this juncture to prove by the witness that the verdict had already been reached and signed, and Mr. Jowitt did state that a verdict had been reached, but Judge Speer held that it mattered not whether an agreement had been reach led or not, for the case was still in the bands of the court as the jury had not reported to the court. Judge Speer said that, until the case was finally disposed of either by a verdict for one party or another or one party (Contiwued on Page Two) FREE LIST UNO RECIPROCITY IN HOUSE TODAY Two Tariff Measures Introduc ed by Underwood. Candaman Bill Same as McCall’s. COTTON BAGGING AND TIES AMONG 100 ITEMS Free List Bill is to Placate Far mers For Losses Under the Reciprocity Agreeemnt. Washington.—Two of the tariff measures which the Democratic house expocts to pass in advance of any gen oral legislation were introduced today by Chairman Underwood of the oovn inlttee op ways and rncapAi. There are Uanadinn reciprocity, following the identical linos of the McCall bill Pass ed last session, except for a clause authorizing the president to continue negotiations for reciprocity with fan adian articles not covered by the pending agreement and a hill to put on the free list about 100 articles now dutiable under the general tariff. Hoth acts will receive early consideration. For Farmers. The free list bilf Is designed to pin oa.te farmers for agricultural losses which they will sustain under tho ('•nmlian agreement, but it contains also some food stuffs njid boots and shoes. The list is ns follows: Plows, harrows, header, harvesters, reapers, agricultural drills and plant ers, mowers, horse rakes, cultivators, threshing machines, cotton gins, farm wagons, farm carts, and all other agricultural Implements, Including n pair parts. Bagging and Ties. Bagging for cotton, gunny cloth and fabrics suitable for haling cotton; burlaps and bags for sacking Agricul tural products; hoop or band Iron or stool for haling cotton, wire, for bal ing bay, straw and other agricultural product s. Grain leather, belt, split or sole leather, bend or belting leather, boots and shoes, harness and saddles and saddlery, leather for manufactured ar ticles. Barbed wire fence wlro t wire rods,' wire strands of wire rope, wire woven or manufactured for wire fencing. Meat a. Beef, weal, mutton, lamb, pork and meats of all kinds, fresh, salted, plr.k eled, fried, smoko, dressed or undress ed, prepared or preserved in any man ner; bacon, hams, shoulders, Inrd, lard compounds and lard substitutes and sausage. Buckwheat flour, corn meal, wheat and rye flour, bran, middlings and oth er offals of grain, oatmeal and rolled oats and nil preimred cereal foods, biscuits, bread, wafers and similar ar ticles not sweetened. Tlmblr hewn, sided or squared, round timber ysed for spars or in building wharves, shingles, laths, fenc ing posts, sawed boards, planks, deals and other lumber, rough or dressed, except ebony, mahogany, rosewood and all other cabinet woods. Sewing machines and salt complete the list. For Quick Passage. "V\ e expect to call up the reciproc ity Friday,” said Chairman Under wood, "and will seek to pass It as soon as possible. Then will come the free list, bill and following that the big bill providing for statehood for New Mexico and Arizona. Reapportionrnent will come later. FLIES ACROSS CHANNEL; M MILES WITHOUT STOP London—Pierre Prior, the aviator, started in an aeroplane from Heridcn today In an attempt to make a flight to Paris without a stop. The airman successfully crossed the English chan nel between Dover and Calais and continued on Ids flight toward the French capital. Isay Los Moulineaux, France—Avia tor I'rler arrived here at 5:45 o'clock this evening from London, having made the trip of about 2!<o miles In a monoplane wittiout a stop. IN THE U. S. SUPREME COURT Washington.—'The weanon of birth (3ay« 1h An In the nuprerna court of the United Htaten. Tuenday wan the 49th anrdv'WMfjry of the birth of .Juh tloe Hufch fiH, the youriKeat. m**rrfber of the court in point of yearw. If Is place on the bench was decorated with flowerK, Next Monday Justice Day will be 62 year* old and Juatlce Van de van ter 62. THREE GIRLS GET SIO,OOO EACH FOR NOT MARRYING New York.-Three New Haven, Coon., girls, the Mlhko* Belle, Henri etta and Marlon Feuchtwanger, will receive SIO,OOO each from the -state of their uncle, Meyer Feuehtwarjgar, who died In this city April 0, for not marrying during hl« lifetime. The young women have jest filed a pelt lon here, saying that they had complied with their uncle's wishes. SHOULD DOUBLE PRODUCTION DF SOUTH'S COTTON So Declares Pres’t. Hobbs of the Nat’l. Ass’n. of Cotton M'f'rs. In Session at Boston. THE TROUBLOUS TIMES STILL CONTINUES HE SAYS Where will Additional Amount of Staple for World’s Increas ing Consumption Come from? Boston. —‘‘Misery likes company,” hii Id President Franklin \V. Ilolitis in his address to the National Associa tion of Cotton Manufacturers in this city today In referring to the fact that the Lancashire cotton mills had been having "hard sledding" as well as those in the United Slates. The eon volition In Huntington Hall, Massa chusetts Institute of Technology, will also he In session tomorrow. Tho delegates were welcomed by Governor Foss, tt. M. Miller, Jr., of Charlotte, N. C., replying. The association medal for 1910 wots awarded lo Charles T. Multi of Boston lit recognition of Ills contri butions to textile publications. In his annual address Preside; I Hobbs said: Troublous Times. "Last September 1 remarked that Ihe cotton manufacturing industry had been in troublous limes since wo met in April last and 1 regret to ho com polled lo stale Ihnl the troublous limes have continued. Tho cotton crop has meen a disappointment, curtailment has continued and a most iinsiitlsfiic lory eoirdil lon Ims resulted. Buying Is on a hand-to-mouth basis. Added to pedplexlng business condition has been the upset political situation and Iho uncertainly due to expected de cisions of the supreme court which will have fur reaching effects. With these two factors removed, we shall know where we si and and bo prepared to go forward. Misery Likes Company. "Misery likes company and It may interest, you lo know that for the year ending November 30, 1910, seventy three concerns In Lancashire, with a total paid up capital stock of $12,800,- 000 and an added loan capital of $5,- 400,000 showed a loss of $1,315,000 nft or paying Interest on loans and al lowing for depredation. Those fi gures aro the worst for twenty five years. “It Is undoubtedly (rue that tho con sumption of cotton Is steadily Increas ing each year and it seems equally Into that, this Increase in consump tion will continue. 20,000,000 Bales. Willi Increases of machinery that have been made, it is evident that tho consumption of the mills of the world on full tlmo would ho not loss than 20,000,000 bales. "The query thus arises; Where will tho additional amount of eotlon need ed for the world and Uh Increasing population nomo from? I think I am not too optimistic lo believe that from iho present acreage the American pro duction could be doubled If proper methods were used, and It Is along such lines that our friends In the eeiith must work to secure ITU’ host results for themselves and tho spin ners.” Following President Hobbs’ address, Richard C. McLaurlri, of Iho Institute of Technology, and Then. H. Price of New York, spoke to the delegates who were nmen Interested In a demonstra tion of cotton picking by machinery, given by a Now York man. SHOW REMNANTS OF LOCK AT FIRE INVESTIGATION Detective Testifies It Had been Closed. Was Against Door Where Bodies Were Found. New York.—At the grand Jury In vestigation today Into the Washing ton Place fire where 142 persons, mostly working girls, lost their lives, Detective Barney Flood produced the remnants of a lock which had been attached to a door on the nfhlh floor. The lock had bpen closed. Indicating lo the prosecutors that the door to which It had been attached had been closed and looked. Detective Flood testified that It was against the door from which he took the lock that the charred bodies of many girls were foiled. The first civil action to recover damages for loss of life In the Wash lngton Place fire which resulted In 145 deaths hag bee n brought In the state supreme court here against the indicated proprietors of the Triangle Wls Company. The suits Is brought by I.oulh Mankofsky, father of Rose Mankofsky, 22 years old, one of the girl operators. He asks for $50,000 damages. FORMER MAYOR FOR THREE TERMS SHOOTS HIMSELF Schenectady, N. Y.—vlacoh W. Clute, three times mayor of Hehenee tady, killed himself with a pistol in the hath room of his home today while the sheriff and tinder-sheriff were waiting at the door with a body execu tion for him, growing out of alleged Irregularities In the handling of an estate. DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR. ! KIDNAPPED RDF'S UNCLES IN TOILS FDR THE CRIME Ransom of $12,000 Paid for Lad's Return. Las Vegas Aroused by Disclosures. Guarding Jail. Las Vegas, N. M.—lmplicated by tbe confession of Jo© Wiggins, a for mer life convict. Will and John Rog ers, uncles of little Waldo Rogers, were last night arrested for complicity tn tin* lad’s abduction. For bis return $12,000 ransom was paid, Will Rogers acting as a Kent for Mrs. Rogers. The disclosures have aroused tbe city to a degree of excitement that the authorities fear may result In a demonstration against t'lie prisoners. The accused «re in tin* county Jail which Is guarded bv a large force of deputies. I 'ls ns have been formulated for taking them to the penitentiary at Santa Fe toda> for safe keeping. The arrest of Wiggins came late Tuesday. Ills confession, which fol lowed, gave a new and sensational turn to the mystery, which for more than ten days has surrounded the kid napping of little Waldo Rogers, son <>r Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Rogers, and his safe return upon tho payment of sl2, 000 ransom. SIO,OOO "Easy Money.” According to the story told by Wig gins, he first became acquainted with Jim Roy 'l's through the law firm by which tin latter was employed and which was Instrumental In getting Wiggins .pardoned from the pentten tlnr.v Wiggins says that vvlilb work lug In the coal mines at Madrid, N. M . he received a letter from John Roger©, suggesting a scheme for muk tug SIO,OOO "easy money.” Wiggins says he came to Uns Vegas In a few days and later entered Into the plot. Waldo Rogers, the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Rogers, and the grandson of 11 U Waldo, a Kan mis Ulty millionaire, was kidnapped from the family residence on the night of March 20. Taking advantage of the absence from the city of the boy’s father two masked men went to the Rogers home shortly before midnight and at the point of u revolver compelled Mrs. Rogers to dress the child for a night ride and deliver him to them They repeatedly assured her that the child would not be harmed and that lie would be returned safely provided the police were not Informed and $12,000 in small bills was paid to their r< pre sentatlves. They named a lonely spot II miles north of Uns Vegas as the place where the money was to be lie llvcrcd by M; Rogers’ representative, who wan lo -me to the rendezvous alone the following day. Mrs. Royers Got Money. Mrs. Rogers secured $12,000 the fol lowing morning and delivered It to Will Rogers to curry to the place of meeting. Rogers returned Thursday night, with the child, who was well and tin harmed. lie told Mrs. Rogers and later tho authorities that lot had not at the appointed plan* a man who, as ter receiving and counting the money, directed him to a canyon 15 miles south of the place of inciting, where he found the boy lying In an arroye, wrapped In a blanket. A reward of $1:0,000 was offered for the capture and conviction of the kid mippers and'tho country was ablaze with Indignation ?,000 ACREB OIL LAND. Natchitoches, La. —The Rtandard (ill Uompany, It Is reported, has closed a deal for morn than 2,000 acres upon which active operations for oil will begin within ninety days. The com puny had already filed deeds to other property In this section. TRIUMPHAL MARCH OF HERALD VOTE SETTERS Nearly 200,000 Votes Polled for This Announcement and Startling Changes in Several Districts Result. Whirlwind of Activity Has Spread Throughout the Great Contest and Over Confidence is Dangerous For Any Candidate. The great triumphal inarch of iho voto getters begun early yesterday and a constant procession of candi dates marched up to the Uk ballot box with the result that some start ling changes were effected In the standing!). Knthuelasm was plainly marked on every ballot and each di minutive single vote tofd plainly of the candidates efforts to reach Iho coveted places In each district. Miss Maude TJltworth advanced fourth to second In the fourth divis ion, while the leadership In district six must he relinquished by Miss Jackman to Mine McKnlght, one of Ilephztbah'H favorites The seventh finds Mias ICmtna Wooten more Be I VOTE BALLOT For Miss or Mrs District .. Town House No Street, Subject to rule* and condition* governing Augusta Herald Kuropean Tour Content. |\ Do not fold Trim neatly along bordor for filing. FRENCH STREET LITERALLY RUNS II CHAMPAGNE Wine Riots Continue Wednes day at Damery. Cellars De stroyed. Disorder Spreading. BROKEN BOTTLES HALT AUTO OF ATT’Y. GENERAL Trouble Over Suppression of Area Delimitations. Many Growers March on Epernay. Damery, Department of Mam®, Franc©—Tho "charnpngno riots” which began In this department yesterday were continued today by th© excited populace. Th© win© collars w«r© stroyed and tho disorder Ih spreading In spit.' of the presence of troops call •«l «"it to preserve order. The trou ble in the department of Marn<\ be gan yesterday on tho receipt of news 1 1 "in Parts had the senate bad passed a i- elution favoring the suppression of all territorial delimitations of th© ana in which wine can legally bo deslgnat d as champagne. On To Epernay. Roveral sand wind growers left here this* morning marohlng on to Upcrnay, four miles distant to destroy the wine cellars there. The manllYHtantH were admirably or ganiz'd and were amused to a | teh "I fervor In tin* Justice of their cause. I Hiring the progress of the advance they sang revolutionary hymns and waved red standards This they did to disown the government which they affirm "has abandoned them to ruin.” The declare tin* government acted under tho Influence of makers of In ferior grad'-s of wine. Destroy Hugo Presses The column had reached tin* town of Ay at noon Go operating with another band which bad reached Ay from n different direction th© rioters pro ceeded to Vcnteull, where they de stroy oil huge wine presses. Tnvops then dispersed the mob The attorney general went to Vsntuell by Miitomoblln to Investigate the sltua tlon but was unable to ndvanro through the streets bemuse they were piled high with broken champagne bottles, Damery today Is a picture of deso lation, the streets are literally run ning with champagne mixed with i id. Within a stones throw of the red ban ner floating over the city hall stand the ruins of six house* of wine mer chants demolished by the mob lost night. _ GEO H RICHETER IS MADE SEC Y. OF CENTRAL ROAD Bnvannah, Ga.—Geo. 11. Richeter was i lod' d secretary of the Central of Georgia Railway at tin* meeting of the directors of that corporation to day Mr Richeter has been In the of fice of Uawbai K Cunningham, attor neys f<>r the Central Railway for sev eral years. The meeting was presided over by Mr. c. II Markham, president of the Central, who will leave tomorrow at noon for Chicago. • emely perched In the honor place than ever before, she having cl :t over 17,000 votes for (tils announce ment. Where, oh, where Is Washing ton, Ivincolnton, Leathcrsvllle, Har lem, that they do not come Into their promised prominence. liistrlct ten was the scene of a little battle for place* all its own. Miss Cawley ad vanced from fifth to fourth and Mlsa Munition only succeeding In holding third position. Although Miss Rad ford established herself firmly In the honor place there are several In the district who lire making small bill steady advances Miss Adkins settled (Continued on Page 3.) VOID AFTER APRIL 14. 12 P. M.