Wheeler County Eagle
VOLUME 1.
KING ANO QUEEN
HERE ATTACKED
SUFFRAGETTES ATTEMPT TO J
RUSH ENGLISH RULERS ON
WAY TO PARLIAMENT.
MANY THREATS WERE MADE !
Several Women Were Arrested and I
Imprisoned—Police Hold Mob
In Check.
London. —King George and Queen
Mary were tai gets for suffrage al
tacks. Vague threats had been cur
rent for several days in connection
■with the suffragette plans for the
opening of parliament. All their at
tempts at Interference were brought;
to naught, however, by the extraordi
nary police precautions.
While the king and queen were on
their way to Westminster five women
attempted to approach his majority in
historic Whitehall. They carried peti-1
tions setting forth the grievances of i
women. Police promptly arrested the j
five and imprisoned them, although it
looked for a time as if the crowd
would overwhelm the police and ad
minister punishment in summary fash
ion.
There was a notable demonstration
of hostility against the suffragists
by the vast throng gathered to see
the royal procession The five worn
en requested the protection of a hun
dred policemen to keep back the mob,
which was exasperated by the recent
outrages of the militants.
Two other suffragettes were ar
rested in the vicinity of Marlborough
house and escaped rough handling
only through the energetic efforts of
the police. Shouts of ‘‘Duck them,”
‘‘lnto the lake with them” brought to
gether a mob of 3.000, all bent on tak
ing the women from the hands of the
police.
HUERTA’S SOLDIERS BEATEN
Federal Soldiers Fall in the Hands of
Rebels at El Tigre.
Douglas, Arlz. —The mining camp
of El Tigre, 40 miles southeast of
Douglas, fell into the hands of 150
state troops. The 100 Federate of the
garrison, fleeing toward the border,
were overtaken by the Constitutional
ists, who captured their arms, ammu
nition and artillery after a sharp skir
mish.
The Huerta soldiers left their posi
tion at El Tigre, only to be trapped
by the state troops. An hour's fight
ensued. The state troops captured
eighty rifles and one machine gun
abandoned by the Federate, who also
lost four killed and seven wounded
before retreating in disorder toward
Agua Prieta. The Constitutionalisms,
under Comteario Camon, returned to [
El Tigre, being reinforced by other I
small groups of state troops in the;
neighborhood.
The state troops and recruits of
Sonora, opposing the Huerta govern
ment, scored their first victory in
wresting Nacorazi, .an Important min
ing town below this point, from the
Federal garrison. The defeated Fed
erate not killed or captured arrived
on a special train at Agua Prieta
ROPER TO ASSIST BURLESON
Dockery and Blakeslee Are Named
Assistant Postmasters General.
Washington.—Nominations sent to
the senate by President Wilson in
cluded :
First assistant postmaster general,
Daniel C. Roper of SotcYa Carolina.
Third assistant postmaster general,
Alexander M. Dockery cf Missouri.
Fourth assistant postmaster gener
al, James I. Blakeslee of Pennsylva
nia.
United States judge, district of Por
to Rico, Peter J. Hamilton of Alabama.
Commissioner of labor statistics,
Charles P. Nelli of the District of Co j
lumbia.
After a brief executive session, in I
which the nomination of John H. Mar-i
ble to be a member of the interstate
commerce commission was confirmed j
and the nominations made by Brest- i
dent Wilson were referred to commit- ■
tees.
MAJOR GENERAL CARTER.
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Maj. Gen. William H. Carter Is In
command of the American troops that
are encamped in Texas watching de
velopments In Mexico.
32,000 TURKS CAPTURED
TURKISH FORTRESS, KEY TO THE
POSSESSION OF EPIRUS PROV
INCE, HAS BEEN CAPTURED.
For Hours Preceding Surrender the
Greek Sattsries Peered Deluge
of Shells on the Fortress.
Athens, Greece. —The Turkish fort
ress of Janina, key to the possession
of Epirus province, with its garrison
of 32,000 men, surrendered to the
Greek army, after a defense which
stands out as one of the most bril
liant episodes of the Balkan war.
The surrender was preceded by a
fierce bombardment continuing two
days and nights. Every available gun,
including heavy howitzers by the Ser
vian artillery, was brought to bear on
the forts defending the beleaguered
city.
Thirty thousand shells were fired
by the Greek guns during the first
days’ cannonade. Gradually the
Turks' batteries at Blzani, Manoliara,
Sakni and elsewhere were silenced.
The Greek commanders, by a feint,
led the Turks to believe that their
I attack would be made from the right.
As soon as the attention of the de
fenders had been distracted, the
Greeks hurled large bodies of Infan
try on to the Turkish left. The Ot-.
toman troops, utterly surprised, fell
■ back in disorder.
Batteries on the heights of Blzani,
the mainstay of the defense, had been
! unable to stand the pelting o f the
shells and were reduced to complete
silence.
The Greeks pushed their forward
movement and occupied the Turkish
batteries on the Sakni and Elas hills,
capturing all the guns and 110 artil
lerymen. Then the Greek battalions
gradually deployed on to the plain
in front of the city itself.
The Turkish flight immediately be
came general. Whole detachments
succumbed to panic and joined in a
mad rush for the city.
The Greek advance on Janina be
gan late in October. The Turks retir
ed rapidly before their opponents and
operations round the fortress opened
about the beginning of December.
The attack continued with varying
success, even during the period of
the armistice, to which the Greeks
never formally agreed.
Clark Continues as Speaker.
Washington.—Speaker Clark was
renominated; Representative Under
wood of Alabama again chosen chair
man of tlie ways and means commit
l tee, the entire Democratic personnel
; of that tariff-making body named and
i all the house officers renominated at
• a harmonious six-hour caucus of the
; Democrats of the house of the Sixty
i third congress. The caucus took place
I in the house chamber, and 270 of the
i 200 house Democrats were present.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FBI DAY, M A KOH 11, 19 13.
BACON DEFEATED
81 SENATOR CLARK
ARKANSAS SENATOR SELECTED
BY DEMOCRATS AS PRESIDENT
PRO TEMPORE OF SENATE.
OHTHER OFFICERS ELECTED
Georgian’s Friends Felt He Had Not
Been Fairly Treated —Tillman
Utters a Warning. .
Washingon. — democratic senators
succeeded in agreeing upon candi
dates to fill only Three of the offices
of that body. These were:
Senator James P. Clarke of Arkan
sas to succeed Senator Galliugcr of
New Hampshire, Republican, as pres
ident pro tempore of the senate.
The Rev. E. J. Pettyman of the Dis
trict of-Columbia to succeed the Rev.
U. G. B. Pierce as chaplain.
Charles P. Higgins, a real estate
dealer of St. Louis, to succeed E. Liv
ingstone Cornelius as sergeant-at
arms
Senator Clarke was elected by a
vote trf 27 to ii over senator Augus
tus O. Bacon of Georgia, who alter
nated with Senator Gallinger in the
office of president pro tempore
throughout the last, session and whose
election had been considered practi
cally a certainty since the Democrats
gained control.
The result of the election caused
considerable stir,
TELEPHONE NO LUXURY.
Narge Cimpanies ■ .ceodv'’ Mere’ Effi
cient Service Than Small Ones.
Atlanta, Ga.—The telephone is no
longer a luxury but a necessity. Be
fore the days of the telephone we
managed somehow to get along with
out It, but now we find it indispensa
ble. It would be impossible to esti
mate its value in dollars and cents
as a labor saving device, to say noth
ing of the pleasure we derive from
its use. Farmers living In remote
sections save many trips to town by
its use. We are enabled to converse
with people miles away and to trans
act business that otherwise would
compel us to travel long distances
at great expense and loss of time.
We save many miles of weary travel
and many dollars annually by the
use of the telephone. It is not only
valuable in this respect, but is a
great convenience in many ways. Il
has dene much to make farm life
more tolerable and less dull. Per
haps nobody enjoys the telephone
more than the farmers and their fam
Ilies, although the business and pro
fessional man uses it many times
each day. We are all interested in
good service and anything which
lends to improve it. in this part ot
the state we have good telephone
service, but this is not saying that,
our present service could not be im
proved; but certain it is that the ser
vice could not be greatly improved
under existing conditions. We have
many little telephone companies op
erating in different parts of the coun
ty, and, in our Judgment, the service
could be greatly improved if all these
were owned and operated by a single
company. We believe that competi
tion is neither necessary or desirable
in the telephone business. Service is
what we want and the patrons have
little interest in the ownership of the
lines. All public utilities should be
controlled by a board operating un
der authority of law, and service as
well as rents and charges should be
regulated by the board. Telephone
companies should be allowed to make
such charges as are necessary to give
good service and this service could
be greatly improved and cheapened if
all our Unes were owned and operat
ed by a single company. There is no
more reason why we should have two
or more telephone companies operat
ing in a city than that we should
have *wo or more postoffices. Each
exist for public service and conven
ience and no one would attempt to
argue that two or more postal sys
tems would improve or cheapen the
service. A large telephone company
can render better and cheaper service
than a small one. —Olate (Kas.) Inde
pendent.
LOUIS D. BRANDEIS.
Mr. Brandeis Is said to have been
eliminated from the cabinet possibili
ties by the protests of Governor Foss
and other Massachusetts Democrats
that he was too radical.
HORRORTO BE INVESTIGATED
FECERAL PROBE TO PLACE THE
BLAME FOR DISASTER—THE
CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.
Betwten 40 and 50 Killed and Over 60
Wounded When the Steam-
er Blew Up.
Baltimore, —Three hundred tons of
dynamite being loaded in the British
tramp steamer Alum Chine, in the
lower harbor off Fort Howard, ex
ploded, Instantly killing from forty to
fifty men, wounding and maiming
three score more, some of whom may
die, and dealing destruction to half
a million dollars’ worth of property.
The cause of the disaster Is un
known, but the Federal authorities
have instituted a thorough investiga
tion to place the blame. Excited sur
vivors told conflicting stories, some
Insisting that a negro stevedore caus
ed the explosion by Jamming a pick
into a case of dynamite. This is de
nied by eye witnesses who declare
that, smoke was seen pouring from
the Alumn Chine’s hold several min
utes before the explosion occurred.
For a radius of many miles the
shock of the explosion was felt. Re
ports came early from many cities
and towns where windows were shat
tered. and it was first reported an
earthquake had done much damage
U. S.TESTS FRIEDMANN CURE
Seven Patients Treated In the Pres
ence of Government Surgeons.
New York.—ln a thirty-minute clin
ic, Dr. Friederich F. Friedmann s vac
cine was given a test in the presence
of United States government officiate.
The seven cases treated are to remain
under government inspection, and up
on the development will depend the
official report. It was announced
that Doctor Friedmann had furnished
the Federal representatives with spec
imens of his bacilli culture, and that
clinical observations would continue
to be made by them.
Gathered at Mount Sinai hospital,
where the test took place, was a par
ty of thirty or more surgeons of the
city and the Federal officials
Panic Occurs in Theater.
Verins, France.—Ten persons were
fatally injured and forty-six seriously
hurt in a panic caused by the explo
sion of a moving picture apparatus in
a theater here. The audience num
bered 120. In the rush to get out the
people choked the stairway and many
jumped from toe windows. Fire,
which followed the explosion, was
promptly extinguished.
WILSON’S POLICY
18 LALIN-AMERIGA
ONE OBJECT WILL BE TO CULTI-
VATE FRIENDSHIP OF THE RE
PUBLICS TO THE SOUTH.
WILL DISCOURAGE DISORDER
No Sympathy With Those Who Seek
to Seize Power to Advance Their
Owen Personal Interests.
Washington. —President Wilson is
sued a formal statement ot' his policy
toward the Central and South Ameri
can republics. He said in part:
"In view of questions which are
naturally uppermost in the public
mind just, now the president issued
the statement.
"One of the chief objects of my ad
ministration will be to cultivate the
friendship and deserve the confidence
of our sister republics of Central and
South America and to promote in ev
ery proper and honorable way the
interests whiph arc common to the
peoples of the two continents. I earn
estly desire the most cordial Uiifler
siandlng and co-operation between
the people and leaders of America and
therefore deem it my duty to make
this brief statement.
^‘Co-qperation is possible only when
supported at every turn by the order
ly processes of just government based
upon law, not upon arbitrary or ir
regular force. We hold, as I am sure
all thoughtful leaders of republican
governments everywhere do, that just
government rests always upon the
cons“pt or Iba governed, and that
there can be no freedom without or
der based upon law and upon the pub
tic conscience and approval. Wo shall
look to make these principles the ba
ste of mutual Intercourse, respect and
helpfulness between our sister repub
lics and ourselves.
"We shall lend our influence of ev
ery kind to the realization of these
principles In fact and practice, know
ing that disorder, personal intrigue
and defiance of constitutional rights
weaken and discredit government and
Injure none so much as the people
who are unfortunate enough to have
their common life and their common
affairs so tainted and disturbed. We
can have no sympathy with those who
seek to seize the power of govern
ment to advance their own personal
Interests or ambition.
“We are the friends of peace, but
we know that there can be no lasting
or stable peace in such circumstances.
As friends, therefore, we shall prefer
those who act in the interest of peace
and honor, who protect, private rights
and respect the restraints of consti
tutional provision. Mutual respect
seems to-us the indispensable founda
tion of friendship between states, as
between individuals.
BLEASE AT WAR WITH CITY
Governor Threatens City With Martial
Law for Arresting Chauffeur.
Columbia, S. C.—For the second
time within four days Harrison Nee
ley, negro chauffeur for Gov. Coleman
L. Blease, was fined for violating the
municipal law limiting the speed of
automobiles to 12 miles an hour. Nee
ley was fined $3.75 with the alterna
tive of serving five days on the chain
gang. The fine was paid and Gover
nor Blease promptly issued a pardon,
which Chief of Police Cathcart, refus
ed to honor pending legal advice re
garding the state executive’s author
ity in municipal cases.
Another summons was issued which
charged Neeley with violation of the
speed ordinance. The case was call
ed in police court, and Neeley was
fined sls or thirty days in jail. He
paid the fine, saying that he was
again taking the governor of the state
out for a ride. The latter threatens
to take over the entire police depart
ment of the city unless the fines are
remitted.
Stole Sack From Parcel Post.
Vidalia, Ga.—Henry Marsuall, a ne
gro mail porter at this place, was
caught In the act of robbing a mall
sack containing parcel post matter at
the Union station. The negro had
been under suspicion for some time,
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