The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 30, 1907, Image 3
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MEXICO WILL SCRAP
If Guatemala Executes Nineteen
Diaz Subjects.
TROOPS ARE MOBILIZED
Eight Thousand Aro Massed on Guatemalan
Frontier Awaiting Threatened
Drastic Action of
President Cabrera.
Mexico has eight thousand men,
fully equipped and ou a war footing,
now 0:1 the Guatemalan frontier. Distributed
at strategic points to the
south of Mexico City are eight thou
sand additional troops, which bodies
of soldiers can be transported to the
.border on twenty-four hours' notice.
While there is a disposition in official
circles to modify the height of the
tension existing between President
Cabrera and the Mexican government,
it is admitted on all sides that should
Cabrera carry out his intention of
executing the nineteen men accused
of complicity iu the alleged attempts
to asassinate him, Mexico would be
forced to intervene.
A Washington special says: The
.state department officials are watching
with interest the developments in Guatemala,
where great confusion exists
as the result of the recent attack upon
.the life of President t'abrera. A wild
panic appears to have seized upon
y the government of that country and
arrests have been made by the wholesale
by persons suspected of complicity
in the attempted assassination. 3enor
Canto, who was for some time
Chilean consul general at Guatemala
City, and who has just been transferred
to a similar position in London,
saw Secretary Root Monday, and
described at length the deplorable con,
<iition of affairs in Guatemala.
Philip Grown, the American charge
and 'secretary of the legation at the
Guatemalan capital, has reported to
* the state department ^by cable upon
ihe events connected with President
, Cabrera's effort3 to punish the instigators
of the attack and also to crush
the incipient rebellion, which threatens
the country.
Mr. Brown joined the other members
oi" the diplomatic body in Guatemala
City in a protest directed to
Cabrera against the proposed execution
of no less than nineteen persons,
who had been arrested by the police in
connection with the attempted assassination,
and when he reported this
fact to the state department lie was
advised against interference in view
of his statement that while a number
of foreigners were included in the list'
of condemned, none of them were
Americans.
However, Mr. Brown has again cabled'
the department, asking if he
anight use his personal influence in
behalf of the prisoners, and Secretary
-Root Monday cabled him the necessary
permission. The department probably
will be pleased if Brown can avert
the execution oi the sentences, for it
is probable that the execution of any
of these foreigners upon the evidence
against them will lead to forcible foreign
intervention, which might result
> in unpleasant complications.
SNOW AND JACK FROST
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Trying to Nose Out Summer in the
North and Northwest. v.
Snow was reported from all over
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Michigan Monday with a veritable
winter blizzard prevailing over the
.Saginaw valley. Cadillac reports that
five inches of snow fell Sunday night,
and six inches have fallen at Petoskey.
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Flakes of snow fell in the Schuylkill
valley in Pennsylvania/ and residents
of Berks county report that a
.regular squall visited that section.
Frost was general over Kansas Sunday
night with the temperature in
many places in the state reaching 30
degrees. Xorthwest Missouri was
also visited by a damaging frost.
HOST TO LOSE JOBS.
.Railroads Will Economize by Cutting
Down Their Payrolls.
Between 50,000 and 100,000 men will
be thrown out of employment by the
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-end of the first week in June, according
to reports 111 Chicago.
In addition to- the employees in the
vregular service, many thousands of
laborers will be discharged by the
railroads which have abandoned new
work and new extensions, owing to
the difficulty of raising money.
WORK OF CHINESE RIOTERS.
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at Lienchow.
According to dispatches received in
Berlin from Shanghai and Hongkong,
China, native rioters have destroyed
tiie German mission station at Lienchow.
near Pakhoi. The missionaries
escaped. The German gunboat litis
has Iel't Hongkong for the scene of
the trouble.
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'WOULD SETTLE PROBLEM
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I Georgia Member of Commerce Commission
Suggests Penitentiary
Terms for R. R. Magnates.
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! A Washington dispatch says: The
j interstate commerce commission has
| decided on a more radical policy in the
| treatment of corporations which per!
sist in violating the law. Possessed ot
1 authority to investigate every phase of
j railroad business and having the pow;
or to bring about the punishment of
. individuals ;>s well as eornorations.
| in? commission is pushing its work
1 with determination. Commissioner
j Judson C. Clements, of Georgia, who
l has had fifteen years' service, in an interview,
Monday, said;
"One of the most wholesome things
that could happen would be the putling
in jail -oi' some men of prom- ,
inece in the railroad world. It would
do more than anything else to bring
about better feeling. It would not
be necessary to put in jail all the men
who ought to be there. Just let one
or two who hold high positions in the
social and business world be put behind
the bars. This would act as a
| powerful deterrent for men who would
hesitate to jeopardize their -positions
and safety."
Questions of criminal proceedure by
the commission have been delegated to
Franklin K. Lane of California, one
of the most energetic and conservative
members. When Mr. Lane was
asked: "Are you going to send somebody
in the railroad world to jail?"
he replied:
"1 hope thai will not be necessary
if the railroads will comply with the
f law. we will get on most harmoni
| ously, but if the law is broken they
| will have, trouble."
I "Do you intend to have Edward
j H. Harriman prosecuted?"
"The whole subject is under consideration
by the commission. If Air.
Harriman has been guilty of any infraction
of the act. to roguUue commerce
he will, as a matter of course,
be prosecuted?not at all because he
.is Harriman, but because he is an
offender against the law.
"We shall use every power granted
us?the power to investigate under
oath* the power of examination of accounts
and the power of calling upon
the district attorneys for indictments.
And in enforcement of the law
we shal lask and expect the co-operation
of the railroad men of the
country who declare they are prepared
to conform to the law, whether
they believe in it or not.
"We do not intend to combine our
energies to railroad men, but will extend
them to shippers whom the law
, reaches, for underbilling and false
weighing and by other devices and
means securing less than the regular
rates. Very recently two mills in
XorfJi Carolina were convicted of
j turning in false weights and were
| compelled to pay fines aggregating
j $15,000."
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L STRIKERS MAY USE TORCH.
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Situation in Santiago, Cuba, is on
Verge of Anarchy.
! The strike situation in Santiago,
Cuba, became very much aggravated
Monday. There was considerable
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shooting throughout the day, and at
one time a serious outbreak was
threatened.
Open threats to burn property are
j being made, and with this approach
to anarchy, many citizens are arming
themselves. They declare the situation
to be unbearable.
APPEAL TO ALL SOUTHERNERS
I To Stop All Business at Moment of
k Unveiling of Davis Statue.
' An apepal to all southerners briefly
to stop business and ail moving
wheels at 2 p. m., June 3, the moment
of the unveiling of the Jefferson Davis
statue at the Richmond reunion of
confederate veterans, was issued at
New Orleans by General Lee, commani
ding the veterans.
FOR AIDING LYNCHERS
Widow of Victim Brings Suit Against
Railroad for $100,000.
The widow and minor children .of
Robert T. Rogers, a white man, who
was lynched iast May at Tallulah, La.,
tiled suit Monday against the Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Pacific railroad
I iOl" $>i.Ul?,UUO.
The declaration charges thai the defendant,
conspiring with a 1110b, i'nr-nished
a special train which carried
from -Monroe, La., to Talhiiah a body
of men who took. Rogers out of jail
j and hung him.
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! COTTON ACREAGE DECREASED.
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j Crop is Twenty Days Late and Vitality
of Pi ant Low.
j Reports from correcpondents in all
j the cotton-producing states, with the
j exception of Florida and Virginia,
> show a decrease in the totai acreage,
i as compared with last year, or sixI
tenths of 1 per cent. The crop is
I twenty days later than last year, and
| the general vitality and condition of
j th'2 plant is low.
STATUTE HELD VOID
Farm Labor Contracts in
South Carolina are Null.
IS DECISION OF BRAWLEY
Breach of Contract Was Made a Mis-i
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aemcctnur diiu ouuyc uc^icticu una
Feature of Law to Be Revolting?Prisoners
Released.
In the United States district court
at Charleston, S. C., Thursday, Judge
YV. H. Brawlev rendered his decision
in the case brought in behalf o? Enoch
and Elijah Drayton, colored, on habeas
corpus proceedings, declaring the
act of the legislature making the
breach of a farm contract a misdemeanor,
to be unconstitutional, null
and void, and the two negroes are
ordered to be released from custody.
Judge Brawley's decision deals almost
entirely with the law on tne subject.
The case is, however, briefly
reviewed, showing that the two negroes
were arrested in January, 1907,
upon a warrant for failure to perform
their contract under section 357 of
the acts of 1^04, and at that time
they were still under contract for a
task of the year, not yet performed.
The act provides that a conviction
shall not operate for the release or
discharge of the violator, and when
the negroes were arrested, in January
it was the second time that they had
been hauled up, and put on the chaingang
for the same offenses.
"The only criminal act," in the
words of tiie decision,' was tne ianure
to work."
While admitting that the legislation
is a part of the local administration
in matters of grelt convenience
#to the industrial life of the state,
Judge Brawley says: "The remedy is
not found in statutes which chain
the laborer to the soil and force him
to labor whether he will or not. It
is by improving his condition and not
by still degrading it, that the remedy
may be found."
Jjidge Brawley concludes by declaring
the state act to be in conflict
with the thirteenth and fourteenth
amendments of the constitution of the
United States, and orders the release
of the prisoners.
INSULT WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
Strikers in San Francisco Acting the
Part of Bullies and Thugs. '
Ten special policemen in plain
clothes have begun a careful investigation
at Sau Francisco into the
treatment accorded women and children
who ride on the street cars, with
a view to protect them from violence
and insult from strikers and reporting
regular policemen who are derelict
in their duty.
Twenty attorneys have also been
appointed by the bar association to
watch the administration of justice
in the police courts and endeavor to
secure adequate punishment for the
men who haVe attacked street cars
and created disorder.
CRAZY MAN CLAIMS ALICE.
Sav? He Is Husband of Mrs. Long
worth and Nick is an Interloper.
James Frieze, who is confined in a
sanitarium at Columbus, Ohio, has
applied to the criminal court for his
release on the ground that his mind
is all right. He declares that he is
the rightful husband of Alice Roosevelt
Longworth, and that Nicholas
Longworth is an interloper, and ought
to be shot. He threatens to kill Mayor
Bagder and the city authorities
when he gets out.
GIRL SUES FOR A DIPLOMA.
Barred from Graduation Because She
Attended a Dance.
Because she was not permitted to
graduate on account of having attended
a dance contrary to the school
rules, Miss Sadie McGinnis of Danville,
Ky., has brought suit against
the Campbell Hagerman Female college
for $12,000 damages.
COURT OUSTS OFFICIALS.
Democrats in City of Louisville and
County of Jefferson Lose Out.
The Kentucky court of appeals on
Monday handed down its opinion in
the contested election cases from the
city of Louisville and Jefferson county,
upholding the contentions of the
fusionists and declaring the election
void.'
The court rules that Governor Beckham
has the power to till the vacancies
by appointment and an election
f.Mv a!! <- irami nonnl v officials is
ordered for next November. The decision
of the court is unanimous.
JAPS ADMIRE GEN. WRIGHT.
! His Resignation as American Ambassador
Deeply Deplored.
i A special from Tokio, Japan, says:
{ The resignation of Consul General
Luke Wright, the American ainbas*
sador to Japan, is widely known, and
ihe Asahi in its issue of Friday referred
to public feeling in the matter,
expressing deep regret at his short
tenure in office.
[FOR PROTECTING HONOR'
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Mrs. Sa!lie Freeney is Placed on Trial j
at Eastman?Charged With the !
Murder of W. T. Harrell.
The .trial of Mrs. Sullie Freeney, J
who is charged with the murder of j
\V. T. Harrell, a prominent citizen, |
who, it is claimed, she shot and kill- ^
cd, began at Eastman, Ga., Thurs- i
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day morning. i
The courtroom was crowded with
a dense throng of peopie when Mrs. \
Freeney took her seat. She did not i
annear thp least bit nervous or excit- !
A " ~ " 1
ed as she entered the courtroom. She j
bowed to the judge and attorneys and j
calmly sat down.
Almost the entire morning was :
spent in drawing the jury, and the
case was hardly gone into before ad- j
journment was taken for dinner. The I
introduction of evidence occupied the '
afternoon session.
Mrs. Freeney, since the alleged <
murder of Harrell, has been a prison- j
er in the Bibb county jail at Macon, j
She was carried to Eastman for trial !
Thursday morning.
The state is represented by Solicitor
Ed Graham, D. M. Roberts & Son,
C. VV. Griffin and W. M. Morrison,
while Mrs. Freeney is represented by
John R. Cooper, Delacy & Bishop and
C. VV. Atwill.
The state rested its case in the af- j
ternoon about 6 o'clock, having be*
gun to submit evidence about 2:30 |
o'clock.
The defense immediately had Mrs. j
Freeney make a statement to the j
jury, and rested without submitting ;
any further evidence. Mr3. Freeney j
made to the jury a very dramatic j
statement.
She claimed that Harrell declared j
that he would sleep with her that
night or kill her; that he was intoxioomH
it time and that he attemm
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ed to put his threat into execution, !
and that she only shot him when she
was forced to protect herself. She
further stated that he grabbed her
and struck her. Mrs. Freeney went
into details as to the manner in which
she had been supporting herself.
She told the jury that she had been
doing the best she could, and that
she was going to keep, on doing so.
She stated that it looked as if everybody
was against her, but that Goa
was for her; that God never let one
of His children suffer, and that He
was not going to do so now. She expressed
herself as not being the least J
afraid that the jury would convict
her.
Witnesses for the state declare that
Mrs. Freeney made statements immediately
after the shooting to the
effect that Harrell did not put his
hand on her, and that she shot him
because of insulting language that he
used to her.
BOTH HAD ACCIDENT POLICY.
Man and Wife Who Were Drowned j
Leave Comfortable Sum to Heirs.
The laws of chance* are strangely
exploited in the case of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold T. Anderson, who were drowned
by the capsizing of a steam launch
while at a picnic at the Locks near
ctf\ Chi\r i. I
Augusta, LrU., a lew u?.> s atjw. uuviv
ly after their marriage, a few months
ago, each took out an insurance policy
for the other in the sum of ten thousand
dollars. The agent tried to get
them to take out a regular policy,
but both insisted on taking out an
accident policy, so that the heirs of
each are now to be in possession of a
comfortable fortune.
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JUDGE HARGIS IS ACQUITTED.
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Another Chapter of Feud Case in Kentucky
is Closed.
The jury at Lexington, Ky., in the
case of James Hargis of Breathitt
county for the assassination of Jas. J
Cockrill, town marshal at Jackson,
returned a verdict of acquittal on
Thursday morning.
As soon as the verdict was announced,
every democratic city and
county official in the court room ui
tered shouts of applause.
Judge Parker rapped for order and
reprimanded Sheriff McEIroy for permitting
such action in the court room.
CALHOUN AS A PUGILIST.
President of 'Frisco Railways Resents
Being Cailed a Liar. ^
At a meeting in San Francisco FrI-j
day of the public utilities committee,
of the board of supervisors to con- 4
sider a resolution declaring forfeited (
the franchises of the United railways.
President Patrick Calhoun of that corporation
was virtually called a liar by
E. P. Troy, a municipal ownership
advocate.
Mr. Calhoun's reply was a blow i:i
the face that nearly knocked Troy
down. Further trouble was prevented
by bystanders.
COTTON CHOPPERS STRIKE.
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Negro Farm Laborers in Texas Demand
Straight $2 Per Day.
The cotton planters of Texas are
coucerned with a strike among the
negro farm laborers, who are quitliug
work iu the various territories,
demanding $2 per day for chopping cotton.
The customary wages in the past
has been ?1.25.
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STATUE OF CORDON!'
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Unveiled at Georgia Capital j
With Imposing Ceremony. j
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GREAT THRONG IN CITY !
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Thousands of Georgians and Many
Visitors from Other States Gath
ered to Pay Homage to Great
Confederate Leader. j
Many thousands of Georgians and j
visitors from other states gathered in !
Atlanta Saturday to participate in and 1
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witness the exercises incident to the j
unveiling of the heroic bronze eques* 'n
trian statue of General John B. Gor- j i
don, which stands majestically in re- j
viewing attitude on the northwest cor- t J
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ner of the state capitol grounds. i.
Elaborate preparations for the !
event were made by the commission, j <
which, more recently, has had charge i
of the work under legislative resolu- |!
tion, and the occasion in every detail
was so arranged that it was one long ;
to be remembered. 1'<
The unveiling ceremonies which be- ! '
gan promptly at noon around the |
monument, upon stands erected for \.
the occasion, was preceded by a
splendid military pageant. 'In it par- :
ticipated state and federal troops, ' i
and one of its divisions was com- j i
manded by General W. S. Edgerly i
of the United States army. The oc- j
casion was indeed a significant one. |
The troops assembled at the June- J
tion of Peachtree and West Peachtree ' i
streets, and included the Fifth .and j
Second regiments infantry, national |
guard of Georgia, four troopfc of Geor- i;
gia cavalry, the Atlanta artillery bat-},
tery, federal troops from Fort McPherson,
cadets from the state university
at Athens, from Gordon institute
at Barnesville, from the # Marist col- j
lege of Atlanta, hundreds of Atlanta '
school children, confederate veterans ;
and many civic bodies which united i
in doing honor to Georgia's typical j
soldier, statesman and patriot.
The exercises took place upon a;
specially erected grand stand, upon j
which sat the many guests specially i
invited for the occasion, including the J
members of General Gordon's family, j
ex-governors of Georgia and their j
families, judges of the United States j
courts, members of the John B. Gordon
monument 'association, Sculptor
Solon H. Borglum, the officers of the \
Ladies' Memorial Association of tne J
United Daughters of the Confederacy j
and many others. Platforms had been
placed immediately in front of the
monument, where seats were provided
for those who took part in the chorus,
and seats were also specially ar- J
ranged for the 200 voices which |
participated in singing the song, "The !
New South," especially written and i
arranged lor this occasion.
The invocation by Rev. William F. j
Glenn and music by the band was- fol- j
lowed by the reading of the history !
of the John B. Gordon Monument As- j
sociation by its first president, Judge j
W. L. Calhoun of Atlanta.
Then followed the principal address i
of the occasion by General Clement A.
Evans, comrade and lifelong friend of
General Gordon, who was with him
on the famous 12th of May, 1S64, at [
Spottsylvania, when, by forcing Gen- J
erai Robert E. Lee to the rear, the j
gallant Gordon probably saved the in-1
trepid confederate leader's life.
The statue was unveiled, following >
General Evans' address, by Mrs. Frances
Gordon Smith and Mrs. Caroline j
Lewis Gordon Brown of Vermont, the j
two daughters of General Gordon. j
The dedication poem, following'
"Dixie," by band, was read by its au-1
thor, Charles W. Hubner, of Atlanta, 1
and the exercises closed with the for- j
mal delivery of the monument to the '
state by Captain X. E. Harris of Ma- j
con on the part of the commission, j
and its acceptance by Governor Terrell.
HIGHER DUTIES HELD UP. .
French Government Succeeds in Side- I
tracking Cotton Seed Oil Bill.
[ The French government has sue- j
I ceeded in sidetracking the bill which j
[ had 6een pending before parliament"!
to increase the duties on American 1.
eoltua seed oii. The action of tUe cabinet
furnished fresh proof of the desire
of the government to avoid tariff
complications with the United States, >
pending an attempt to arrange an j
agreement through a joint commis- i
sioii.
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CARS RUN IN EiR.t.NGHAM, !
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I Complete Service Restored by Employmerit
of No.-i-Union Wen.
Practically complete service has
been resumed uu the street railroad
system i:i liirmingham, none but nonunion
men being employed. Saloons
have been allowed lo reopen. .Mayor
Ward lias offered a reward. for the
arrest oil those cutting the trolley
wires, some instances having been rei
ported.
PAT CALHOUN INDICTED.J|
Head of 'Frisco Street Railways Must ; |
Answer Graft Charges Along With
Ruef and Mayor Schmitz.
The grand jury at San Francisco v->|m
Friday evening returned bribery inrV'j;|^
liciments as follows: 1
Against President Patrick Calhoun 13
of the United Railroads, fourteen.
Against assistant to the presidents
Ihornwall Mullaly, fourteen. jj
Against Attorneys Tierev L. j
and W. M. Abbott of the legal de? "wgal
partment, fourteen each. - *-iSM
Against Mayor Eugene Schmitz, sixA
fr r? 1 >1 r. f A Kro'nn tvi t? Anf f A!ll**AOn ?.
rvgaiuoL nui anaui ivcui, luuiic^u. ,v35fB
Against President Louis Glass
the Pacific States Telephone and Tel-?|||M
egraph company, two. 1
Against Theodore V. Halsey,
merly an agent of that corporation^^?
Reuf, Schmitz, Calhoun, Mulia^a
Ford and Abbott are charged ^
bribing fourteen supervisors to graat^? |1
an overhead trolley franchise to .the-Jj
United Railroads. Schmitz is furthe?||
charged with bribery in connectioa||w|j
with the fixing of the gas company's^M^
rate, and with receiving $5,000 in
United Railroad's franchise deal.
The indictments against Glass
additional to the eleven indictmentk||| :M
already returned against him on tkejl
charge of bribing supervisors to re? Vj!
fuse a competitive telephone
chise. The indictment against Halsdy^W?|
is for the same offense. :4"||
Superior Judge Coffey fixed bail
the sum of $10,000 on each of
charges, and gave the accused unt?3ipi xM
until Saturday morninz to furnisk5*fflii
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THE PLEA OF OKLAHOMA; X ^1
Commissioners Consult With Roos?^H^
veit Anent State Constitution.; -gHpl
President Roosevelt Friday gaveiiM:^
audience to Messrs. Ledbetter,
and Hayes, democratic, menjbeis
the Oklahoma constitutional conven^J |||
tion, who were appointed by the pi^jS|l
ident of that body to go to Washtaj??|||
ton to consult with the officials of tliefjt^
administration regarding its attitudel| il
toward the constitution recewSm:'M
The committee declined to statj^aBI
what the president said to them, btflyB
admitted that he had referred tnear^jgjj
to the attorney general for anothet^ ^
conference. They pointed out tha?^?|a
they were anxious that the president?!!
should indicate the objectionable
tures of the present constitution be^jfjpfl
cause thep the convention could bottli
reassembled and those features eor^sfilll
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They did not want to have the^on^^
stltution submitted to the people fpr|jg
ratification, to be followed by th^^^Sj
president's disapproval o! the jnstrajiBag
ment, which would delay the adixiis^m^
sion of the state until a later date. .|1
The committee said the people welfe^M^
anxious to have the constitution con^^Oj
form to the provisions of the enablinapjaM
OUSTER IS RECOMMENDED*,;?^
Oil Companies in Missouri May "$|j
Forced to Leave State. '
Judge Robert A. Anthony, appoiatl|S|||
ed by the supreme court of Missoojrt^
to take testimony in the suit insti- J '~Ih
tuted by Attorney General / Hadley^
against the Standard Oil c<5mpahyr the:Ji 'M
Waters-Pierce Oil company aijd'
Republic Oil company, charging a M
conspiracy, has made his report to f|
the court.
His findings hold that the oil com- v*9|
panies entered into an agreement
control prices. He recommends that^?|B
their charters he revoked and that : %
they be ousted from the state.
FOR THE RELIEF OF FAMINE^
Russian Parliament Votes Nearly
Millions of Dollars. /-3 ^
The lower house of the Russian par- wi
liament Friday by 176 to 146 vote^I
adopted the law providing foj*
appropriation of $8,73*3,000 for famine fJgB
relief purposes. The Poles and meatbers
of the group of. toil abstained-:J|m
from voting. " *
GARNER CAUGHT AT L<AST.-.
By Watching His Wife, Officers Lo?
cated Embezzler.
R. F. Garner, wanted in New Orleans,
on the charge of embezzling tI|I
J>3G,700 from the Southern Pacific road, '*s|
was arested in Cartersville, Ga:,
day afternoon at the Bell residence.
Garner has been., living near Oartersville
for about two months. Sev- J||
eral weeks ago his wife arrived in
Cartersvilie, and stopped at the Bell
home Since her arrival every move
she made has been watched and final- ''M
ly the detectives learned that her fiusband
had entered the residence. ' -^8
LIGHTNING HIT CLOTHES LINE. >: \%
As Result Boy Was Killed and Two
Sisters Seriously Shocked.
Johnny White, aged 12 years, a ^
son oi G. W. White, living near Flow-- ||
ery IJranch Ga., was struck and killed . &
by lightning. His two sisters were' >|1
knocked unconscious and may not reThe
children were taking clothes
from a wire line, when a bolt of lightning
struck it.