The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 28, 1914, Image 3
STARTS TWO MORE
v VANDERBILT TO BE DOUBLY REPLACED
BY THE METHODIST
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NASHVILLE BIG LOSER
Kvidcut Determination to Move Publi.shing
House From City Because ,
of Its Attitude Towards Church 1
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Grows Stronger As Citizens of Atf
lunta Make Duplication OfTer.
Some interesting events are devel.
oping as a result of the recent docisf
ion of the Tennessee Stato Supremo
Court, by which Vander.bilt University
was practically wrested from the
control or uie Methodist Cliurch,
South. One of these is the transfer
by the General Conference to each
Stato conference its share of the Vanderbilt
claim, thus preparing the
ground for further action in the United
States Courts.
As a sequel to the loss of this university
there has been authorized tho
creation of two new universities, one
to tho east, and the other to tho west
of tho Mississippi rivor. Somo rivalry
existed among cities for tho location
of the sites, but it now appears
4 that Atlanta and Dallas, Tex., will
become tho sites of tho futuro universities.
Another feature of the dissatisfaction
of tho conference at tho attitude
of tho people of Nashville towards tho
church's control of the University is j
tho evident intention to transfer tho ,
huge publishing house rfom that city,
to some other. Atlanta has begun;
a fight to secure this big business for
Atlanta, and tho enterprising leaders
make the church a splendid offer.
When tho memorial of Dr. II. M.
DuUOse, of Atlanta, providing for
complete withdrawal from Vanderbilt'
university and creation of a commit!
^ sion to locate two schools, one oast
and (he other west of tho Mississippi
river, was first presented to the conference,
Durham, N. C.? and Atlanta
were the two cities mentioned as the
most favorable for tho location of
the university east of tho river. Dr.
P. P. Few, president of Trinity college,
stated at tho time that tho
North Carolina delegation would invite
tho conference to make of Trinity
one of tho principal educational
pocial efforts In that direction.
Owing to tho fact that Atlanta is
. favored by a great majority of tho
delegates and of the further fact that
pPHk' Trinity has three million dollars in
its endowment fund, it is reliably understood
that all propositions favoring
establishing of tho university at
Durham have been withdrawn.
Tho special commission created to
transfer all rights, title and interest
the church has in Vanderbllt to the
v patronizing conferences and empow
ered to locate the two universities,
will hold its first meeting in the near
future, probably within a month.
The first step looking to the removal
of tho publishing house of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
from Nashville, Tenn., to Atlanta, is
believed to have been taken when the
general conference last adopted a
resolution directing tho commission
previously appointed to inquire into
the condition of tho charters, also to
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vantage of relocating the central publishing
house. The resolution, bearing
the signatures of 110 members
of the conference, was presented by
Dr. II. M. DuBose, of Atlanta. Within
a moment after reading, the paper
was adopted by an almost unanimous
vote.
Introduction of the resoluton came
as one result of tho movement which
has been on foot since tho beginning
of the conference in favor of romov0
ing the publishing house from Nash'
J ville, wb.ere it is freely stated by dele//
gatos from that city, the sentiment
\ among tho people is not favorable to
tho interests of tho church. Dr. DuBose
was frank to admit that the
passago of his resolution was what
| ho considered tho first step in the
' removal of tho publishing house from
Nashville to Atlanta.
{ Dr. DuBob? and Asa G. Chandler
stated that Atlanta stnads ready to
offer as one inducement of tho location
of tho publishing house, a duplication
of tho flno flvo-story building
which was recently erected in NashIvill,
a duplication of the equipment
and everything else which the house
now has in tho Tennessee city, and
then somo moro That Atlanta will I
1 submit tho best offer and it stands the
best chance of getting the house, is
admitted by many of tho prominent
members of the church in attendance
to the conference.
^ Tho report of tho publishing house <
^ agents show that during tho four
years ending February, 2 8, 1811. the
sales of the Nashville house amounted
to $2,510,3f>,0, an increase of
$490,42 1 over tho sale of the pro
ceeding nuadrennium, The assets inelude
tho publishing, house and tho
(Q lot in Nashville, valued at $224,000;
machinery and fixtures valued at
$4 20,500; merchandise, $196,360. i
Between 4 00 and 500 peoplo are
given employment at tho Nashville
house, and it is estimated that por- !
^ haps 1,500 people received direct
^ benefit from that Institution. In tho !
removal of tho house, it must be <
BOTH DIE OVER WOMAN
TWO KENTUCKY YOUTHS FIGHT
1>UEL. OVER FAIR LADY.
Woman, Who Was a Divorcee, Was
Wounded Trying to Stop Firing?
Both Men Killed.
Madly in love with a young woman
who had been divorced, two youths
recently fought a pistol duel at Coon
Creek, near llyden, in the mountains
of Leslie county, Ky., killing each
other and wounding the young woman
who tried to stop the combat.
The dead duolists are Hubbard
Milliard, seventeen, and Henderson
Hensley, eighteen. The former was
a son of the county attornoy of Les
lie, and tho later a member of a
prominent family of the county. Tho
young woman is not considered to bo
In a serious condition. Tho boys had
been life long friends and their families
were on tho best of terms.
Tho womanxovor whom they fought
is Mrs. Martha Adams, twenty-four,
a blonde, who was separated by tho
courts early in tho year from a man
much her senior. Though sho was
aware that both youths were in love
with her, Mrs. Adams did not believe,
sho says, that their rivalry was
of a fighting nature; so she invited
both to spend tho afternoon with her
and several girl friends.
When young Milliard saw Mrs.
Adams in a whispered chat with his
rival tho jealousy which had been
smouldering in his breast for weeks
broko forth and, uttering a violent
oath, he challenged Honsley to a duel.
Doth quickly drew their revolvers and
fired. Mrs. Adams ran between them.
Tho young men tried to dodge around
her in an effort to hit each other without
endangering her life.
They did not save her, however,
for sho was struck three times. One
bullet entred her arm, another her
face, and the third her thigh. Sho
sank to tho floor, while tho lads continued
their desperato efforts to kill
oach other. Finally young Milliard
fell, pierced by four bullets. Then in
a minute or two Ilensley fell, also
mortally wounded.
Tho shooting had aroused the
neighborhood and many ran to the
scene, arriving too late to give any
aid to tho wounded boys. Mrs. Adams
was assisted to a bed and at last
accounts, it is said, she has a chance
to recover. Tho wall of the room in
which the shooting took place were
marked with blood, the furniture was
broken and thrown about, the floor
was stained in red. The families of
the duellists soon arrived and each
gave the other what consilation they
could. Their long time friendship
was not broken by tho tragic events.
No blame is attached to Mrs. Ahams,
tho authorities say, as she did not
encourage the attentions of tho boys.
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KILLED BY MOWING MACHINE.
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Little Barnwell Girl Meets With Horrible
Accident, Causing Death.
Saluda Creech, the six-year-old
daughter of Henry Creech of Barnwell
county, who was brought to a
Columbia hospital late Saturday
night, died about six; hours after an
operation. One of her feet had been
entirely severed and tho other one
nearly so by a mowing machine drivon
by her father. Tho accident occurred
a few miles from Barnwell
last Saturday morning.
The little girl, it is said, had carried
some drinking water to her father,
who was cutting oats in a nearby
field. She remained standing close
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u j hi u iuu n nig 111 iiv; it 11 it?, W II Oil lllfl
mules became unmanageable and
dashed off. The sharp blado of the
machine completely severed one of
her feet and cut the other one almost
off. She was given medical attention
and was later carried to Columbia,
where an operation proved unsuccessful.
FOUND BY CHILDREN.
Mystery Surrounds Death of Man
Whose Body is Found.
The dead body of R. J. Ransom, a
white man, whoso home is supposed
to be in Tlroxton, Ga., was found at
Aiken Tuesday near Coco Springs by
somo school children who were out
picnicking. A good deal of mystery
surrounds tho case as the body seems
to havo been lifeless for several
days.
Ransom was agent for a lightning
rod company with head oflico at St.
Louis, Mo., and has had traveling
with him a man from McCormiok.
On tho 12th Ransom took an order
from W. W. McDaniol iof Edgefield
county. Last Tuesday night he spent
the night at Kelly Tool's stablo and
the last time he was soon in town was
Saturday morning. The inquest has
not at this time born held.
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considered that a great majority of
these peoplo would follow tho house
wherever it is located. Also, the removal
of the publishing house necessarily
calls for the removal of the
publications of the church, such as j
the Nashville Christian Advocate and
Sunday school literature, and the removal
of headquarters for tho various
boards which aro now maintain
ed in Nashville. i
MORGAN WAS BOSS
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: FINANCIER WAS EVIL GENIUS OP
NEW HAVEN RAILROAD.
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Ex-President Mellen Tells How
Eleven Millions of tho Road's
Money Was Spent by Morgan.
A story of the late J. P. Morgan's
absoluto domination in affairs of the
New Haven railroad, of the spending
of millions in awed and ignorant silence
at tho command of tho all-powerful
financial ruler was told to the
Interstate commerce commission
Tuesday by Charles S. Mellen, former
president of tho Now Haven. It
was tho most extraordinary chapter
yet unfolded in tho commission's in
quiry into tho alleged exploitation of
the great New England railroad and
disappearance of fortunes from its
treasury through acquisition at extravagant
prices of subsidiaries' properties.
There was not time in a single day
in which to crowd all tho incidents
and events dealt with in tho witness'
testimony, lie barely touched on
some of the big things, paving the
way for exhaustive questioning that
will continue. Members of tho commission,
counsel and interested spectators
fairly hung on every word of
Mr. Mellon as his story developed
dramatically under tho examination
of Chief Counsel Folk.
Everybody listened with absorbed
attention and at times evident
amazement as he related how ho had
stood in awe of Mr. Morgan, because
of his comprehensive grasp and perfect
pescienco of financial matters;
how he had consulted with Theodore
Roosevelt, then president of the
United Statese, regarding tho purchase
of tho Boston & Maine railroad;
how ho had provented tho late
I. H. I landman from acquiring the
Boston & Maine by getting it himself
for the New Haven; and how ho had
dealt with the lato police inspector,
Thomas F. Byrnes of New York, to
obtain tho Westchester stock held by
persons whom he assumed to bo connected
with Tammany Hall,
As when on tho stand last week,
Mr. Mellen gave his testimony with
apparent willingness, answering every
question readily and concisely?that
is every question except one. Ho did
try to avoid tolling about the time
when Mr. Morgan humiliated him by
brusquely refusing to give him information
concerning tho Westchester
transaction to which he thought, as
president of tho Now Haven, ho was
entitled.
When he finally related tho incident,
his face was drawn into hard
lines, and ho clasped his hands over
the table in front of him almost convulsively.
His voice indicated no
signs of emotion, however.
Later he even gave tho story a
touch of humor. When Directors
Hemingway and Skinner of the NewHaven
demanded of him why the
road was expending $11,000,000 ono
tho Westchester purchase, ho said he
offered to appoint each of them a
committee of one to find out; that he
had "barked his shins" in a futile
endeavor to obtain information from
Mr. Morgan and that they could try
it of they desired.
"They ducker," concluded Mr. Mellen,
grimly, and a ripple of appreciative
laughter ran around the hearing
room. Particular interest was
aroused by Mr. Mollen's account of
his conference with tho then president,
Col. Rooseveut, respecting tho
acquisition of tho Boston & Maine.
He explained that ho was a groat
admirer of Col. Roosevelt, and frequently
conferred with him nhnnt lm
portant questions.
Col. Roosevelt said to liim at that
conference, according to tho testimony,
that ho was not a lawyer and
was not prepared to advise him what
to do about tho proposed purchase,
but on Mr. Mellen's statement of the
situation, ho said thero might be
nothing objectionable in it. Mr. Mellon
testified that tho president said
that he could countenanco no illegal
action in the matter, and suggested
that ho confer with Commissioner
Lane of the interstate commerce commission.
From Mr. Lane, he said, ho
got no expression of opinion.
A letter was submitted by Mr.
Folk, written on May 21, 19 07, by
ITenry W. Whitney to Mr. Mellen,
suggesting that ho "say something at
an early day touching tho Boston &
Maine matter," that "a large public
is still to bo reckoned with,"
"T havo thought it possible the
'Little Father' at Washington might
like to get his finger into tho pie, in
which case, if it should happen before
the public should become reconciled
to the change, might result in infinite
harm to all your interests."
Mr Folk then offered in evidence the
reply to that letter made the following
day, in which Mr. Mellon wrote:
"It lias been thought advisable by
all concerned that just as littlo oflicial
information should get out to the
newspapers regarding the Boston &
j aim mo matter as Is absolutely necessary.
This was agreed upon by Mr.
T.edyard, Mr. Tuttlo and myself, and
I we aro acting on this theory at the
present time. Tlio Washington situation
I have, 1 think, completely
cared for. One never knows for a
certainty regarding matters there, but
tho ground had been carefully
ploughed and every chance for trouble
considered, and, I think, successfully
eliminated.'*
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ACT LIKE TOUGHS
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FOLLOWERS OF GRACE PUMMEL
MAN WHO WAS AT COLUMBIA
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HIRED HIM TO A HOTEL
Sam Kit ten berg Allegs That He AVas
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Enticed to Hotel by Phoney Mes- ,
sage to Meet Friend, lUit on Arrival
Was Attacked by Two Iluf- 1
(ins and Heat Up.
The Charleston Sunday News contains
an interesting amount of an al
leged assault upon Mr. Sam Rittenborg
in that it was committed upon
to provocation of to State Convention's
action in refusing to seat Mayor
Grace and his delegates. It is
also interesting to note that some of
the Mayor's friends believe his statements
about being politically robbed
in Columbia and that they have some
rough ways of voicing their approval
of his words. Says the report:
Following a fight, in the Argylo Hotel
late Saturday afternoon, Sam Rlttenborg,
James Livingston and a man
who is said *o be named George llartnott,
were carried to the Polico Station
in an automobile patrol. Acting
Chief of Police O'Donnell released all
three, he said, because no charges
were preferred. Mr. Rittenberg said
that charges of assault and battery
and of carrying concealed weapons
had been onterred against him, but
had been withdrawn and that ho intended
to prosecute in the Courts, alleging
that he had been assaulted.
! Repeated efforts were made to locate
Messrs Livingston and Hartnett
in order to get statements from them
about tho affair. Mr. Livingston
was not. at his store nor at his residence
when a reporter called, and Mr.
Hartnett could not be located. The
clerk on duty at the Argylo said
that he had not been there when the
fight occurred, that he did not know
where tho other clerk was and that
he could mako no statement. No record
of the affair was entered on the
uiutier at tuo l'oiire Station and the
Police did not seem to want to discuss
the case.
Mr. Rlttenberg wade the following
statement for publication:
"At about 6:45 this evening I received
a telephone message at my
.home from a man who said he was a
hack man, informing mo that a friend
of mine. Senator Appelt, of Manning,
was do>vn near the Argylo Hotel and
that my presenco was needed there
an ft' urged my immediate attention.
Being anxious and not knowing what
tho trouble was I got on the first Belt
Lino car and go off at tho corner of
I Pinckney street, because my information
was that Mr. Appelt was near
the Argylo Hotel
I walked back to the Argylo and
not seeing Mr. Appelt I searched the
register, and not finding his name
there I asked 0110 of tho bell-boys
whether Mr. Appelt was there, and he
said no. I stayed around there a
couple minutes when a man whose
name I afterward learned is George
Hartnett approached me and said he
wanted to see me for a few minutes.
"As I approached the screen door
of the main entrance and was about
to open it I saw Jim Livingston and
another man, whom I don't know, on
the outside. As soon as I saw them
waiting there I suspected foul play
and drew back, whereupon Hartnett
said: "Come on, I am the man that
sent for you," and started after me
and assaulted mo in tho most outrageous
manner, calling me a Jew?
and saying that that, was for
stealing conventions. While we
were scuffling Jim Livingston picked
a pistol off tho floor r.nd asked me
whether it was mine. When Hartnett
was tired out Jim Livingston assaulted
me and struck mo repeated
blows, telling me that thev owed it
t.o me for my work in Columbia.
"A policeman whom I heard called
Quinn was thero at the time and he
stopped their lighting mo and sent
for the patrol wagon. While we
were waiting there Ilartnett told nio
to remember that it was a Grace beating
that they gave me and that there
were more coining to mo throughout
tho summer campaign. I was placed
In the patrol wagon in tho horribly
blooded condition and on tho way
up TTartnott again told mo that it was
a Graoo beating and that, tho next
man to get ono would be Sheriff Martin.
"At tho Station House they preferred
the charges of assault and battery
and carrying concealed weapons
against me. As a matter of. fact I
never in all my lifo owned and had
norio when I wns assaulted. They
subsequently withdrew (ho charges
and J, not being versod In Police
Station rules, did not prefer charges
against, them, bocnuso I did not think 1
that an aggnvated assault, of this <
character was to bo tried in a Police
Court. Of course, such cowardly ,
frame-ups and brutality cannot be '
passed off lightly. I feel that I owe \
it to the entire community to prose- |
cuto the case in the Courts to the full- \
est extent and 1 proposo to do so." ]
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Shoots Two Generals. ?
The Federal gunners were executed 1
by tho Mexican rebels after tho battle '*
of Paredon. <
ARMY IS TO STAY
UNTIL THE SETTLEMENT OF THE
MEXICAN SITUATION.
Reported That Huerta Has Advised
His Representatives to Withdraw
Him if Necessary.
President Wilson Monday told the
American conimissiotiers, who left
Tuesday for the mediation conference
at Niagara Falls, Out., that the Unit-|
ed States government regards the set- i
tlement of the Mexican problem in a
definite form as a prerequisite to the
withdrawal of the American forces
from Vera Cruz.
The president gave the American
commissioners no specific instructions.
He told them to place them
selves in a receptive mood and wait
proposals from the three South American
mediators, llut at the same
time ho outlined to his representatives
that peace in Mexico seemed to
him to bo conditioned on the elimination
of the lluerta administration
and the establishment in its place of
a strong provisional government.,
which would conduct an election giving
fair treatment to all factions and
parties and guaranteeing, moreover,
a solution of the agrarian problem
and other international difficulties
which have caused revolution in tho
Southern republic during the last
three years.
The president wishes tho Mexican
question settled on comprehensive
lines that will take into account tho
economic principles for which Zapata,
in tho south, as well as Carranza, in
the north, have been fighting, and at
the same time will conserve the rightful
interests of the people in the territory
now controlled by tho lluerta
government.
During Monday a dispatch came to
ono of the foreign diplomats from a
diplomatic source in Mexico City stating
that Gen. lluerta was ready to
resign and would permit his representatives
at tho mediation to eliminate
him if it should become absolutely
necessary. Intimations that
have como from tho three lluerta
delegates sinro flint r vt?tt nia
t v . . > v I A V? W til lO
country showed that they had realized
Iluerta's elimination was regarded
as essential to a setttlement. The
Huerta delegates, too, it is learned
from persons who have talked with
them, understood thoroughly that the
scope of mediation now comprises the
entire Mexican problem.
They are said to be ready to recommend
Iluerta's retirement, but only
on the condition that a definite understanding
is reached on tho kind of
government that is to follow. President
Wilson, in his final talk with
the American commissioners, at
which Secretary Bryan also was present,
spoke hopefully of tho mediation,
indicating that every power and
legitimate influence at the disposal of
tho American government would bo
exerted to make it succeed.
Although tho rebels have not yet
agreed to take part in tho mediation,
one high administration ofllcial held
out hopes that tho ultimate participation,
saving a misunderstanding,
which might be remedied in a short
time, was largely responsible for their
failure to be represented at Niagara
Falls. The president laid before the
commissioners the entire Mexican
problem as he saw it, emphasizing
that the duty of the United States was
to seek unselfishly to assist Mexico
to see set up a constitutional government
which could bo accorded recognition
by the world.
The Huerta delegates have ennfld
ed privately to their friends that international
phases of the Mexican
question are closely interwoven in
the internal affairs of their country.
The mediators have taken a similar
position in their communication to
Gen. Cararnza, sayng that international
and internal questions were inseparable;
in fact, they have worked
out in a general way a plan which
they will submit to all factions. One
feature of it became known definitely.
It seeks to eradicate the perplexing
agrarian question hy proscribing
a division of lands in a way that
will be satisfactory to tlie masses,
but its details havo not been revealed.
Economic questions, however,
will not be submitted until a satisfactory
agreement is reached.
All the suggestions and plans are
to como from the mediators to the
two parties represented at the negotiations,
and thero is high authority
for tho prediction that when plans
reach a tangible form they will be
submitted to Carranza as well as
those who aro believed to havo influence
with Zapata.
Tho president gave his representatives
autograph letters to present to
tho mediators. These letters refer
to tho unolheial character of the rep
resentativo, and indicate clearly that
final decision on all questions propounded
so far as tho Tailed States
is concerned will bo mado by the government
at Washington.
Tho mediation conference is expected
to a reach a climax in a short time.
The president does not look for protracted
negotiations, but believes before
many days some definite idea of
tho concessions which Gen. Huerta is
ready to make will bo obtained. If
tho Iluerta delegates are conciliatoryj
uul show themselves amenable to tho
plans proposed by tho mediators and
iceoptablo to tho United States, an
offort to draw tho constitutionalists
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HAS BEEN SETTLED.
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Tillman Says State Convention Fixes
Duty as to Free Tolls.
When asked Thursday afternoon
how his vote on the Panama repeal
bill would b? affected by the resolution
of the State Democratic convention
demanding that the South Carolina
senators support the president's
policy, Senator Tillman said that inasmuch
as this action of the State
convention was later than the action
ui liiu cv?uv^iilion which sent delegates
to Baltimore, ho would feel
bound to voto for the repeal bill. He
[added that without this subsequent
I action the Baltimore platform would
j havo been the final authority on the
canal tolls question, and that standing
on it he would have cast his voto
against the repeal bill.
Senator E. D. Smith, when ashed
the same question that had been put
to Senator Tillman, declared that he
would havo nothing to say until he
had received official notification of
the State convention's action. He
admitted that ho had received a telegram
informing him of the convention's
resolution, but ho positively
refused to indicate whether ho would
vote for or against the president on
the repeal bill.
It is generally taken tor granted
among South Carolinians in Washington
that tho action of tho State convention
will cause both of the senators
to vote with the administration,
though both might otherwise havo
voted against it.
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OAl'GIIT 1\ FliOlilDA.
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Anderson Sheriff Goes for Negro
Wanted in Anderson.
Sheriff Ashley went, to Jacksonville,
Fla., Monday afternoon to bring
back u negro, John Thomas, 2 0 years
of age, who is charged with making
an improper advance on the young
daughter of a substantial and well
known farmer of tho Honea Path section,
just across tlie lino in. Abbeville
county, Saturday. Tho negro was
concealed in tho bushes and attracting
tho young woman's attention
beckoned to her to come to him.
She screamed and an old negro man
working in a nearby field went to
her rescue.
A mob of 200 scoured tho country
Saturday afternoon and night and
prosecuted tho search through Sunday
without result. Sheriff Ashley
learned that a negro had bought a
ticket at Ninety-Six for Jacksonville
and wired tho authorities there. The
negro was caught early Monday afternoon
below Jacksonville.
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CALLS FOR TWO-CENT FARES.
Aiken Introduces Measure In House
to Regulate Interstate Rairroads.
A hill requiring all railroads now
engaged in interstate commerrco to
carry passengers after tho first of
next January at the rate of two cents
a mile and to issue interchangeable
mileage books, redeemable at any
time nt tho office of issue and to sell
such hooks at every ticket office or
accept cash faro of two cents a mile
on trains when for any reason books
are not on sale, was introduced Wednesday
by Representative Aiken. The
measure, which was referred to tho
committee on interstate commerce.
provides tliut any agent or officer of
a railroad company violating the
terras of the bill shall bo fined $10,000
or imprisoned three years for
each offense, and any railroad company
guilty of such violation shall bo
fined $10,000.
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To Kstnblisli Aviation Corps.
Tho House of Representatives
Tuesday passed a bill providing for
an aviation section of the army, to
consist of Officers and 2 60 men.
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Makes Kino Record.
Tho Southern Railway handled 73
Shriner Specials to and from Atlanta
recently on practical schedule timo
and without an accident.
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Forest Fires are Raging.
Forest fires in and around Iron
River, Wis., have destroyed lumberyards
and mills to tin
000.
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Well, they gone and went and done
it.
into tho agreement undoubtedly will
bo mado hv tho American government
tho mediation.
Tn Constitutionalist quarters tho
talk of a compromise arrangement by
which lluprta would rely in favor of
a neutral person and cabinet who
would conduct an election and guarantee
certain immediate reforms has
nnt tf?>f i""''" - *
?? . v inmm in in.;u oi an appeal.
Constitutionalist reports say that in
another month they will have settlod
tho Mexican question by forcibly taking
possession ot' Mexico City.
As to mediation, they insist that
tho mediators never have answered
Cen. Carranza'a last, uiegram, in
which ho sought to know tho exact
purposes of tho mediation before
sending a representative to Niagara
Falls. Tho last word from tho media|
tors to Carran/.a was that, in view of
his refusal to suspend hostilities with
Hucrta, they must withdraw their
! invitation for hiin to participate 1a
the mediator.