Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, January 23, 1914, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextCARAVAN WINOS ITS DM TO J REFUGE HUERTA’S BEATEN SOLDIERS ARE MARCHING TO FORT BLISS, TEXAS. ARE FOOTSORE AND RAGGED Women Proved Best Marchers — Six Huerta Generals in Unique Procession. Marfa, Texas. —Footsore, fagged, al most famished from their three days' inarch on foot of 67 miles over a wind swept mountain road, the 3,300 Mexi can federal soldiers and generals rout ed from Ojinaga, Mexico, by the reb els, with 1,667 women and about 300 children and Infants, arrived at Mar fa, whence they were to be trans ported by train to Fort Bliss at El Paso. The ragged remnant or the Huerta army, which sought asylum in this country rather than face possible ex termination by the rebels, will be for mally interned at Fort Bliss, as wards of the government. They will be held there Indefinitely on footing of pris oners of war. None of those in the unique caravan which, with its disarmed Mexican sol diers, women, children, horses, burros and dogs, struggled for miles along the road, was more visibly affected on coming within sight of Marfa than Gen. Salavador Mercado, Huerta’s for mer military chief, who ordered the evacuation of Ojinaga in face of the rebel fire. General Mercado, riding on a horse, his uniform covered with dust, was confessedly humiliated, not only at the defeat of his army and the necessity for his flight, but also because of a report from Mexico City that he would be Courtmartialed if he returned to his native country. The picturesque march afoot through American terlrtory of so many foreign soldiers and women with their ■baggage, abounded with incident. The birth of a child, the. death of several wounded soldiers, the search for water in the desert, the constant straggling away from the line of march and the rounding up again of scores of the refugees were some of the difficumes with which the United States cavalry men had to contend. The Mexicans outnumbered the escorting American, soldiers, ten to one. Viewed from a hilltop, the oncoming army as it zigzagged through the mountain passes and reached back ward into the dusty distance ten miles away, was a picture of exhaustion, al though the prospect of soon reaching their destination seemed to revive fresh courage. BIRDMAN DASHES TO DEATH Arthur E. Perry Drowned at Tampa While Making Flight. Tampa, Fla. —Arthur E. Perry, for merly a member of the army aviation corps, and known in army circles as Captain Dick, fell into the Hilsbor ough river here, after making a para chute leap of 1,000 feet and was drowned. He was an expert swimmer, but became entangled in the ropes of his parachute and could not swim out. Perry was accompanied on the flight and parachute jump by Manuel Perez, leaving an amusement part at four o’clock. Two parachutes were used and Perez made a successful landing about fifty feet from where Perry land ed in the water. Perez called to a party in a motor boat nearby, efforts at once being made to rescue Perry, but the river current was swift and the spot where Perry fell was tilled with debris from a fallen tree in which the ropes of the parachute became entangled. Safety for Ocean Travelers. London. —The work cf the revision committee of the -international Con gress of Safety at Sea has ended. The American wireless systems were agreed to by the European delegates. This gives control of apparatus and supervision over operations of em ployees to the American government, notwithstanding the nationality of the ships, whenever they are in American waters. The agreement preserves in tact private code signals of any coun try reserved for war. Men of Navy Respond to Order. Washington.—Secretary Daniels ex pressed gartification over the hearty response of enlisted men of the navy to the recent order putting academical and technical courses of instruction into operation on battleships. Os 96 first-enlistment men on the battleship Florida, 93 asked for special instruc tion. On board the Arkansas, 499 men expressed a desire to pursue stud ies. Ensign Falgo started a class in mechanical and marine engineering on the Utah with fifty pupils, and within two weeks the class had grown to 85. WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA. EMPEROR OF ABYSSINIA IT ] There seem* to be some doubt of the correctness of the latest report of the death of Menellk of Abyssinia, but If he la dead, he has been succeeded by hl* nephew, 81 Jassu, whose portrait Is here presented. arelinder bayonef rule GOVERNMENT MEETS GENERAL STRIKE ORDER BY DECLAR ING MARTIAL LAW. Feeling Is Very Bitter Throughout the Country—Naiives Are Feared. Cape Town, Union of South Africa. — A general strike throughout South Af rica was proclaimed by the Trades Federation, and the Rand miners, by a two-thirds majority, voted to join in the movement. Governmental retal iation was swift in the form of the proclamation of martial law. This was the only step the authori ties believed adequate to meet the sit uation, for the strike of the miners means not only the turning loose of the most turbulent spirits in the Rand, but raises the whole question of the position of the native workers. If the miners actually obey the strike order, the government will immediately take steps to 'send the natives, under es cort, back to their kraals. This means that about two hundred thousand natives must be marched back by road to their homes at enor mous cost. It will be most difficult, after the end of the strike, to recruit them again. In brief, such a step would mean disaster for the Rand for many years. Although official reports from the city of Johannesburg show improve ment in the train service, reports from other districts are less encouraging. In Natal the situation is one of great tension, and it is feared that the. loy alty of the trainmen will not stand the strain much longer. An instance of the men’s temper is shown by the ac tion of an engine driver who quit his train on the Veldt and left the passen gers stranded. Practically no information is at hand as to conditions in the Orange Free States, but improvement there is not considered probable. HUERTA DEFAULTS ON DEBT Dictator Announces No Interest Will Be Paid on Debts. Mexico City.—After a meeteing of ' the cabinet, which lasted all night, the Mexican foreign minister, Querido Me heno, announced that the Mexican gov ernment will default in the payment of all interest on the bonds of the internal and external debts, which now remains unpaid or which falls due with in the next six months. A heavy pay ment of interest on the foreign debt becomes due in April. It has been the practice of the gov ernment to make weekly remittances to New York, London and Paris to ap ply on its interest obligations, in or der that when the interest payment periods arrived the money would be in hand. These weekly remittances now have been suspended, the explana tion being that the government re quires all available funds for pacifi cation purposes. Connecticut Folks Are Money Savers. Hartford, Conn. —More than halt the people who live in Connecticut had deposits in the savings banks, accord ing to the annual report of the state bank commissioners. The 622,000 de positors have $307,500,000 to their credit, an increase of 16,000 depositors and $9,000,000 over 1912. The estimat ed population of the state is 1,176,000. John Skelton Williams Comptroller. Washington. —President Wilson has nominated John Skelton Williams of Virginia, assistant secretary of the treasury, for comptroller of the cur rency and ex-officio member of the ; federal reserve board which will ad । minister the affairs of the new cur rency system. Mr. Williams is now i assistant secretary of the treasury in • charge of the fiscal bureaus and Sec i retary McAdoo's first assistant in mat i ters of government finance. The of i fice of comptroller of the currency has . been vacant several months. NOTED SOUTHERN JOURNALIST OEM COLONEL PENDLETON FORMER- LY STATE EXECUTIVE COM MITTEE CHAIRMAN, DIES WELL KNOWN IN THE SOUTH Leader of Georgia Delegation to Last Democratic National Convention in Baltimore. Macon, Ga. —Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton, for sixteen years editor and part owner of the Macon Telegraph, died after an illness of five weeks. His condition did not become critical until a week ago, when it was discov ered that he had Bright’s disease. He was 63 years of age. Colonel Pendleton, as he was gener ally called, came to Macon from Val dosta, where he edited a paper for many years. He served one term in the legislature from Lowndes county, but ever atferwards avoided holding political office, though he was a leader in the Democratic party in Georgia. Colonel Pendleton was sent to the Democratic National convention as a delegate from Georgia, the last one being the Baltimore convention, which he attended as chairman of the Geor gia delegation, instructed for Oscar Underwood. He was a member of a number of state conventions, and four years ago was chairman of the state Democratic executive committee. In politics Colonel Pendleton gener ally was classed with the conserva tives, although he never failed to sup port the nominee of his party, heartily and enthusiastically. Mr. Pendleton was bom in Effing ham county, Georgia, June 26, 1850, the fifth child of Philip C. Pendleton. His mother’s maiden name was Catherine Tebeau, of the family which gave Te beauville its name. Immediately upon his father's death Mr. Pendleton took charge of the Val dosta Times for the family, a heavy re sponsibility for so young a man for there were several to support with the Income from this source. He made the Valdosta Times one of the most influential papers in eouth and south west Georgia and at one time enjoyed . the county printing of several counties. in 1879 he married Sallie Patterson Peoples of Valdosta, who survives him. Among the telegrams received by the family of the illustrious editor were those from Gov. John M. Slaton, ex- Gov. Joseph M. Brown, Col. W. S. West of Valdosta, Clark Howell of ■ Atlanta; Labor Commissioner H. M Stanley and A. H. Ulm, the governor’s private secretary. BANDIT ROBS PULLMAN CAR Masked Man Strips Four Passengers of Money and Jewelry. Atlanta.—Wearing a blue handker chief, covering his face up to his eyes, with a cap pulled down to the bridge of his nose and his coat collar turn ed up, a well-dressed lone bandit board ed the Nashville-Atlanta. Nashville, ' Chattanooga and St. Louis southbound . passenger train, as it slowed down at ■ Vinings station, eleven miles from At • lanta at night, and with a blue-steel, large caliber revolver in his left-hand, • held up the eleven passengers riding in the parlor car, “Nyssa,” forcing four ■ of the male passengers to give up S2BO ■ in cash. The robber made no effort to molest two women passengers on the car. Fifteen minutes later, the bandit fought, a fierce gun battle with i a Fulton county police officer, who happened to be on the train, aided by the negro train porter, and escaped. . Millionaires Flocking to Jekyl Island. ! Brunswick, Ga. —Some of Uie coun ■ try’s best known millionaires are now ■ on Jekyl Island, where they are either occupying their winter cottages or stopping at the mammoth clubhouse operated on the island for the benefit . of the guests. Practicaly every cot ! tage on the island is now occupied I and additional parties are arriving dai ly. Prominent among the millionaires ‘ now on the island are William Rocke - feller, who, with his family, is occu • pying his cottage, and Mrs. J. Pier s pont Morgan, who is occupying the ■ quarters of the late financier at the . Sans SoucL Urges Anti-Trust Bill. s Washington.—Representative Stan s ley of Kentucky, after a conference ? with President Wilson, introduced an - amendment to the Sherman law, which ? would make illegal monopolization or - restrain of trade “in any degree.” - striking at the “rule of reason,” laid down by the Supreme court in the i Standard Oil case. The amendment - also would invest the circuit courts of - the United States with jurisdiction to • restrain and prevent violations of the s act, irrespective of the attorney gen eral. MRS. WILLIAM A. CULLOP j A Wt ; A r JX f SB Mrs. Cullop, wife of Representative Cullop of Indiana and recently elected president of the Women's National Democratic league, emphatically de nies the story that there have been big defections from the league be cause It did not declare In favor of equal suffrage. 108 PERSON ARE RESCUED RESCUE SHIPS REACH WRECKED STEAMER COBEQUID AND TAKE OFF PASSENGERS. Rescue One of Most Notable Ever Ac complished on the Atlantic Coast. Yarmouth, N. S.—Snatched from what seemed almost certain death, the 108 passengers and crew of the Royal Mail Packet Cobequid are safe in Yar ' mouth harbor. Wireless appeals for assistance, which she had first made thirty-six hours before, were answered as the doomed steamer was being racked to pieces on Trinity Rock, six miles off Port Maitland. The rescue will go down In shipping annals as one of the most notable ever accomplished on the Atlantic coast. The Cobequid had begun to break up under the cannoning of the ter rific seas that had been merciless from the time the vessel struck. Quantities of cargo covered the waters as the lifeboats ranged alongside. The coas tal steamers Westport and John L. Cann were first to get their small boats into the water and they were followed soon by boats of the govern ment steamer Lansdowne and the steamer Rappahannock. As the work of rescue progressed the seas subsid ed and no mishap marred the triumph over the waves. AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED Secretary Garrison and Representa tives of National Guard Agree. Washington. — Secretary Garirson and adjutants genera) representing National Guard organizations of more than thirty states agreed on terms of the proposed militia pay bill, un der which the federal government would provide for militiamen, who, in turn, would enlist as "federal reserv sist” subject to the call of the presi dent to duty either within the United States or abroad. It is proposed that the militia bill shall provide an annual appropriation of $14,500,000. Os this $4,000,000 would be for encampment and maneuver purposes, $8,000,000 for home service pay and $2,500,000 for armament and equipment. The committee that conferred with Secretary Garrison comprised Briga dier General Martin, Texas; Brigadier General Stewart, Pennsylvania; Briga dier General Sadley. New Jersey, and Brigadier General Young. Illinois. Brig adier General Crowder, judge advocate , general of the army, and Brigadier General Mills, chief of the division of militia affairs, were present. Kills Wife; Wounds Chauffeur. Augusta. Ga.—Recently released from confinement for mental derange menL Sam J. Norris shot and killed his wife and probably mortally wound ed William Dennis, 17 years old, a chauffeur, who was at the Norris home, preparatory to take Mrs. Norris tor a ride. After shooting the two, Norris attempted and would have shot Felix Gunter, the first person to come into the room. He was covered by a re volver in the hands of Police Surgeon Jennings, who disarmed and arrested him. INDIGESTION, GAS OB BAD STOMIffiH Time it! Pape's Diapepsin ends all Stomach misery in five minutes. Do some foods you eat hit back taste good, but work badly, ferment into stubborn lumps and cause a sick, sour, gassy stomach? 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BAD CASE OF DANDRUFF Bissell, Ala.—"l had a very bad case of dandruff on my head. I was tor mented by Itching and my hair began to come out by the combfuls. I al most became frantic, fearful that I would lose all of my hair which was my pride. There were some pimples on my scalp and I scratched them un til they made sores. My hair was dry and lifeless. "I saw the advertisement of Cuticura Soap and Ointment and sent to my druggist for three cakes of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment. I washed my scalp with warm water strong with the Cuticura Soap and dried, afterwards applying the Cuti cura Ointment, working it in the scalp slowly with my fingers. After using them for several days my hair began to stop coming out. The dandruff all disappeared and in less than four weeks a cure was accomplished per manently.” (Signed) Miss Lucy May. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post card "Cuticura, Dept. 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