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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-25
MEXICANS KICK
At SUGGESTION
OF INTERVENTION
uncle sam KEEP HANDS OFF
In Holding Of Elections Down
There

Washington, D. c., July 24.-Dis-
|cussion of the Mexican situation tc,
day turned toward proposals that the
United States act as mediator
while elections are held and a consti-
tutional government established.
Although such suggestions have at
various times been made to Presi-
dent Wilson, Secretary Bryan AMI
members of congress by persons in
this country and Mexico, the PROPOSE
ton never has reached the stage of
serious consideration because of the
insistent attitude of the constitution
alists that they would not entertain
mediation under any circumstances.
who will guarantee the honesty Of
an election? The only guarantee
We can have is to take possession of
the government by arms, put in q
provisional president, and hold cleo
tions when the country is pacified
Elections with most of the country up
ill arms would be impossible"
This was the answer of the con-
stitutionalist representatives here to
day to reports that mediation was
about to be undertaken through the
offices of the United States.
The constitutionalists profess to see
in such a proposal an effort on the
part of the Huerta government to Sc
cure a suspension of hostilities dur
ing which time it would take retalia-
tory measures to suppress the con-
stitutionalists' cause.
The constitutionalists point out
that the same kind of proposals were
repeatedly made in the declining days
of the Diaz administration.
81 had many letters" said Senator
Bacon, as he left the white house,
"and there has been much talk among
senators about the possibility of me-
diation, but we recognize that it all
depends upon the attitude of the fac
tions in Mexico We would have to be
invited to mediate, we could not ey.
ercise any authority. don't know how
practicable it would be.
Perhaps the best thing would be
| if both sides could get together with
cut mediation by any one else, and
name a provisional president who
would be satisfactory to both, AMI
hold an election. But the chief point
about this discussion shows how anx-
ious the American people are for So
luton of the situation in Mexico, and
that we are not thinking of anything
like intervention. The value of these
suggestions is that we test out public
opinion both in this country and ir.
Mexico"
Senator Bacon said that so far as
he knew no formal recommendation
for mediation was being considered
by the president, and that the matter
had only reached the stage of discus
sion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-25
BARROW COUNTY BILL Is
KILLED In The SENATE
Twenty-Five Ballots On COun-
ty Bill

Atlanta, Ca, July 24-The senate
this afternoon after a debate of near
ly fve hours, rejected the proposition
to create the new county of Barrow.
twenty-five votes were cast for the
new county and seventeen against.
Fifteen votes against it would have
made the proposition fall below the
requisite constitutional majority.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-25
Mr.. STEWART EN- ROUTE
To POST in EUROPE
Americas FamiIyLedve Home
in Durham

Americus friends of Consul Nathan
iel B. Stewart and family will be i'll
terested in knowing that they have
sailed from Durham, Natal, for Milan
Italy, to which more desirable posi-
Consul Stewart was recently appointed
by President Wilson. They will ar
rive at Milan in about ten days, and
will soon be "at home in one of tlls
most beautiful cities in southern Eu.
rope.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-07-25
BARBECUE CLUB Will HOLD
REGULAR Meeting TODAY
Lovers of Cue Will Gather
At Holly Springs

A regular assembly of the members
of the Americas Barbecue club will be
held today at Holly Springs, at which
time the members of the club will en-
oy their monthly picnic It is hoped
that rains will not interfere with the
occasion, which will otherwise be a
most enjoyable one.
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
STATE BRIEFS.

Ignace Murwaski, a laborer, was
struck and killed by a Michigan Cen
trail train at Jackson Junction. The &C
cident occurred at the Elm avenue
crossing.
Roy Kivel. Is years old, of Hol-
brook, while leading horse, was
thrown to the ground and suffered in
juries and exposure. He died seven
hours later.
A monument and marker will be
placed on the trail of Fr Marquette
through the Arlington Park. according
to the decision of Petosega chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution.
The state military board has decided
that the summer encampment of the
Michigan National Guard shall be
held Aug. Il TO q, but the place will
not be determined until the legislature
accepts one OF the proposed sites. The
camp will be either at Ludington or
on the Hanson site. In Crawford
county.
William Barnes, of Lansing, awaiting
a decision OF the supreme court in
case in which he was convicted on a
charge of killing little girl with an
automobile. confessed TO the police
that he was one of a party OF three
young men who pulled several fire
alarm boxes causing the fire depart
ment to make four unnecessary runs.
A petition signed by Supervisor En-
erick and SO taxpayers of Saginaw
township, Saginaw County. was filed
with the town board asking that their
seven schools be combined as a town.
ship unit. special election will be
held at which time the question will
be submitted to the voters This is
the first township in the county to
take the step.
Allegan city is anxious to secure an
electric railroad connection with the
ortside and there was great disappoint.
ment when the Kalamazoo-Grand Rap.
ids line decided 10 leave the city out
Because Rev. Thornton Anthony
Mills, new minister of the Indepen
dent Congregational church at Jack
son. every Sunday afternoon reads
a play and adds sermonesque com.
ment. local theaters complain that
their Sunday crowds are smaller thar
before he started bis plan. tn,
church notes that it's attendance ant
its collection are doubled
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03

The elder Morgan started the sen in
the department called foreign eX-
change. Here the son had to study
international trade. After an appren-
ticeship in New York young Morgan
was sent 10 London.
The Importance OF this branch OF
banking will appeal to the layman
when it is understood that the money
transactions between the United
States and the foreign nations run
from $75,O00,O00 TO 5 100 100000 for
each business day in the year. These
debts are paid in drafts. on which
there is a commission. The Morgan
bank has profted immensely by writ
ing large percentage of this business.
For many years it was ]. Pierpont
Morgan's special study to control a
large share of international exchange.
Morgan had at his fingers ends the
worlds credit system, in its broadcast
aspects.
1t is noteworthy that j. Pierpont
Morgan started his son, ]. P. Morgan,
Jr. in the foreign exchange depart.
ment of the Morgan banks.
Slowly Morgan came to eminence.
In 1860 his associations with George
Peabody brought him experience in
handling vast sums, together with
profits worthy of kings ransom. In
1881 the firm of Drexel, Morgan & Co.
was formed. On the death of the elder
Morgan, 1890. ]. Pierpont Morgan be-
came the responsible head of the great
est financial machine in the world.
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
Many Rescued by a Cable.

Many thrilling stories were told by
the Dayton refugees who had been
trapped in their attics and on their
roofs in the very heart OF the flood
A. j. Bard of Belmont avenue, who
was penned in the City National
Bank building on Third street, near
Main. Tuesday was rescued.
"One hundred and fifty of us were
caught in the building" said Mr.
Bard. I'VE remained there until the
fire started, then we began to plan an
escape"
I'VE cut the elevator cable and OBJ.
tanned ball OF Irvine and some small
wire from one of the Offices. We at
tracted boatman, who risked his life
to come 10 US. We gave the boatman
one end OF the twine and he roWed to
the old courthouse. He then pulled
the wire over and after that the heavy
cable.
One end Of the cable was made
fast in the bank building and the
other in the old courthouse. Then,
with only the light of the burning
structure, the $50 persons in the bank
building made their way, hand over
hand, along the cable over the swirl.
ing torrent to the courthouse, | be.
lieye every one, men and women,
made the trip in safety. During our
Imprisonment ! had two crackers and
q slice of Clipped beef to eat
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
Raise Standard of School.

The state university regents at their
meeting raised the standard of the
school pharmacy and took definite ac-
ton regarding the courses of bother
the engineering and medical depart
ments. The pharmacy degrees will be
granted hereafter are as follows: At
The end Of two years, graduate in
pharmacy: three-year course, phar-
maceutical chemist; four.year course,
bachelor Of science in pharmacy. The
board decided to make the require
ments for admission the same as for
admission 10 the literary department.
In the engineering department, the
great number of degrees which have
been granted will be reduced to two.
Formerly there has been given
bachelors degree from every depart
ment Of the school. Hereafter the
two degrees will be bachelor of sci
ence in engineering and bachelor OF
science in architecture.
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
Less of Life at Peru.

An official report received by Mayor
Charles l.. Goetz, of South Bend, said
that 800 persons were drowned at
Peru. that 10 bodies had been recov.
cred and that there was less than one
block of the entire city that was not
under water.
The report was telephoned to May
or Goetz by the relief party sent from
South Bend, which reached the out
skirts OF Peru. It stated further that
only two feet Of the upper parts of
the houses in the submerged districts
could be seen that the court house.
the hospital and some factory build
ings were crowded with survivors in
need of food and that Gov. Ralston
had been asked to send more supplies
from Fort Wayne.
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
J. P. MORGAN DIES
WHILE ABROAD
AMERICAS GREATEST BANKER
PASSES AWAY IN
ROME.
PHYSICIANS SAYS MONEY TRUST
INQUIRY HAsTENs END.
Career Extending Over Many
Years-Starts Son as He
Started.

John Pierpont Morgan Is dead. The
foremost American banker called ~
many the king of the world of finance,
died at Rome.
Mr.. Morgan had been indlsposed for
weeks. A critical condition was an
nounced for the first time on the night
previous TO his death.
DR.. Allen Starr, of New York, called
into consultation in connections with
Mr. Morgan's illness, attributed the
financier's breakdown to emotion caus.
ed by the investigation carried out by
the Pujo committee at Washington as
to the operations of the money trust"
Mr.. Morgans splendid achievements
as a pre-eminent financier are con-
densed in the last three decades. In
1851 he was living in Boston and two
years later was at Goettingen, Ger.
many, as a student. At 81 he began the
banking business under instruction of
his father
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
Surgeon Tell. Graphic Story.

DR.. Ray Il. Harris. a police surgeon
OF Dayton, Ohio, and one OF the chief
workers among the injured immedi-
ately after the cyclone, told a graphic
story Of the surerinss OF the hun
dreds who were hurt.
When we began TO collect the bod
les we realized for the first time the
fearful state OF AFFAIRS" said the ply.
sician. 1T was as grewsome a task
as ] ever worked at. Some of the
bodies were twisted into frightful
shapes and some had pieces OF
wreckage-wood and iron--driven
through their bodies. Dozens were
smothered 10 death, some were
burned, still others were crushed and
beaten to death by the flying timbers.
Every physician in the city, and
even the medical students, were at
work Sunday night and all day Mon
day. ! impressed two dentists myself,
although / didn't want any teeth
drawn. They worked like Trojans,
too.
Some OF the taxicab drivers thought
II was a golden opportunity to reap a
harvest, and demanded huge sums for
carrying the injured to the hospitals.
The doctors wouldn't stand for any.
thing like that, and / personally
thrashed two drivers who presumed
to haggle."
Another husky young doctor had an
argument with a chauffeur who de-
manded So apiece for conveying two
injured women to a hospital hen
he would not yield the physician
seized piece of board and knocked
the man senseless with il. Then he
took the chauffeur TO the hospital with
the women and ministered to him.
1t is such incidents as this that evi.
dence the fearful night of terror and
panic and the day of sorrow that fol-
lowed.
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03

places OF safety. and on the roofs
of buildings, only to die from expos.
ure.
The suffering Of the survivors hud.
died together in the marooned build
ings was awful. Food and water
could not be taken TO them.
Foreigners killed their country
men and even members OF their fam
lilies in their desperate efforts to OBJ
tain food, according TO John Volbrecht
OF Yukawa street, in North Dayton,
who was taken from the one remain
ing abutments OF the Herman street
bridge. Volbrecht said he was at his
home with his family when the food
struck North Dayton. The house was
picked up by the current and car
ried against the Herman street bridge.
Volbrecht said he chung to the bridge
and didn't know what became OF his
family.
One woman with a ten-day-old baby
climbed over the roofs OF three houses
to reach the rescuers.
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
Heroes In All Glasses.

II a great loss of life was averted
at Peru, this Is due TO some heroes OF
the Owen Wister type. river men and
water rats from surrounding lakes,
who by unbelievable prowess with a
pair OF frail oars rescued the doomed,
and in splendid harmony with their
virile efforts shines the spirit OF WON
en- who valiantly helped, supremely
oblivious to distressing surroundings.
Among the latter are Mrs. r. II.
Bouslog, Mrs. r. G. Edwards, and
Mrs. Albert Shirk, all three wives
OF local millionaires, and also leaders
in the self-sacrifices required to pro-
vide sandwiches, coffee and smiles to
n panic stricken multitude in emer-
gency quarters.
Among the boatmen two brothers.
Charley and Ted knight, are praised
on the corners left in Peru. Ted, with
w. A. Huff, a dentist, braved the tur-
bulent waters Of the Wabash river,
cutting off Peru on the south side
and rendering uncertain the fate of the
Inhabitants OF South Peru. According
TO the report the two rescuers reached
the opposite shore alive, after having
been overturned several times.
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
Forty Dead At Bridge.

Richard Lee. an engineer on the
Pennsylvania, who brought In the last
train over that line from Logansport,
reported a terrible condition at the
Pennsylvania bridge over the Wabash
on the outskirts Of Logansport
This bridge is braced across an
island and is as near indestructible as
a bridge can be made" said Mr.. Lee.
1T is eighteen miles down stream
from Peru and has caught all the
debris from that town.
Il think we saw the remains. of
more than 100 houses stacked up
against this bridge, with the current
tugging and pulling ct them. We
could make out thirty or forty dead
bodies in the crushed lumber, and II
seemed as II some section Of Peru
must have been overwhelmed sudden
ly and swept down stream to destruc.
ton
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
Mhole Families on Roofs.

All of the first terrible night, while
the city OF Peru, Ind, was in inky
darkness because Of the cutting of OF
the gas and electric light supply, men,
women and children, and in some in
stances entire families, lay fiat where
they had crawled to the roofs Of their
homes. waiting for daylight to bring
relief. Hundreds OF others were
damned in the courthouse and lodge
buildings, which were in the only four
blocks of the city not under water.
The first thought OF rescue parties
was TO send into the town boats to
carry to safety those who were threat
ened with drowning. Telephone COM
munication had been opened with
points in the residence and business
districts and from those marooned in
buildings it was learned that many
persons, including some women who
held their children in their arms, had
been on roofs exposed to an almost
freezing temperature all night. One
man telephoned he had seen several
fall from exhaustion and slip into the
water. It was the purpose of the res
cuers first to reach those in greatest
danger. Hundreds of others huddled
together at the courthouse, although
in want OF food and water, were to be
taken later.
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
HANG 70 Roof Thirty Hours.

After hanging to the roof of their
home for thirty hours. with a strong
wind blowing and heavy snow fall.
ing, August Schmidt, wife and two
children were rescued. None OF them
could move a muscle, being chilled
through. They were removed to Van
Cleve School, where hundreds Of other
rescued were taken.
I'D have fallen into the water if it
hadn't been for daddy" exclaimed the
little girl, who was first of the four to
recover sufficiently TO talk.
When the water came into the
house we had to climb on the roof
Daddy held me and mamma held
brother. Oh, it was cold | thought
| was going TO die, but daddy kept
hold of me"
A little boy, who. during the night
chung in fall sight Of the rescuers,
was rescued. He probably will die.
The little fellow was discovered after
the food had risen so high he could
not weather the waters.
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
FLOOD DANGER ALARMS CAIRO
All Along the Mississippi Waters Are
High and People Are Fleeing
From Their Homes in
Terror.
Terror.

Tsinloads OF persons left Cairo fol-
lowing receipt OF news that the Ohio
river was expected 10 reach a higher
stage than during the disastrous food
OF last spring. X. r. Lindley. the local
weather forecaster, issued statement,
| saying:
With weather conditions beconi-
ing somewhat unsettled in this river
district and rapid rises continuing in
the Ohio and Wabash rivers, a 54-foot
stage is regarded as certain at Cairo il
the levees below hold Fifty-six feet
is regarded as strong possibility
here. AS prudential measure II is ad-
visable that women, children and the
infirm seek more secure refuge"
The Ohio has reached 51.3 feet Ev-
cry attention is being given the levees
here. Labor is scarce and an appeal
was sent TO Governor Dunno for help
and he responded that he would send
1000 mon. zoe national guardsmen,
10000 rounds of rations and 100000
sacks.
On the Missouri side of the Missis-
sippi river water is reported every
where. Hundreds OF refugees have
come into Cairo Conditions in this
entire district and are very serious.
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
Personality.

Personality is just ones centralized
experience of the world, and there is
no way of making it greater except by
making that experience greater and
more centralized in other words, be.
ing bigger, broader, better man or
woman. Every intellectual achieve
ment, every moral victory. every bit OF
solid work, will leave personality rich
er, profounder, more delicate. In fact.
to cultivate it, the plan is don't cult
vate it. Let it alone and do your duty
and it will GROVE. Is. Andrews, ia
the International Journal of Ethics.
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
FLY TO PIECES.
The Effect Of Coffee on Highly Organ.
lied People.

Il have been a coffee user for
years, and about two years ago goI
into a very serious condition of dys.
pepsia and indigestion. 1t seemed to
me / would fly to pieces. / was so
nervous that at the least noise / was
distressed, and many times could not
straighten myself up because of the
pain"
Tea is just as injurious, because II
contains caffeine, the same drug found
In coffee.
My physician told me / must not
eat any heavy or strong food, and or.
dered a diet, giving me some medi.
cine. followed directions carefully,
but kept on using coffee and did not
get any better.
Last winter my husband, who was
away on business, had Postum served
to him in the family where he board.
ed. He liked it so well that when he
came home he brought some with him.
We began using it and 1 found il
most excellent.
While | drank II my stomach never
bothered me in the least, and got
over my nervous troubles. When the
Postum was gone we returned to cot.
fee. then my stomach began to hurt
me as before, and the nervous con.
ditions came on again.
That showed me exactly what was
the cause OF the whole trouble. so /
quit drinking coffee altogether and
kept on using Postum. The old trou.
bles left again and have never re-
turned"
There's reason" and 1t is explain.
ed in the little book, The Road to
MELVILLE. in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. new
one sppeerr frons time 60 time. Thev
are penuinc. true. ind fuli of human
Interest.
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
The Man on the Roof.

There were two heroes on the Day.
ton floods. Their names are NJ. L.
Stohl and G. d. Williamson, and they
are employees OF the American Tele-
graph and Telephone company.
Stohl is a wire chief at Dayton. He
reached the Dayton Office OF his CON-
pany late the night before the floods
came. The rush of the waters but all
the telephone batteries and power out
of commission. Forgetting thoughts
of escape, Stohl rummaged around
until he found linemans test set.
With this he rugged up a sending and
receiving apparatus, and cut in upon
the wire on the roof OF the four-story
building. This wire connected him
with Phoneton. a testing station eight
miles away. Thus he established com
munication with Williamson, whose
batteries we're still working.
Then Stohl sent messages from the
flooded city. otherwise cut of from
communication with the outside world.
All night he stuck to his post. All next
day he remained. The following noon
found him still on the roof of build
ing whose foundations wero being
sapped by the waters.
There he stayed In the rain and cold.
with the prospect OF death staring hln
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
Robher Prices of Roatmen.

Boatmen in Peru, Ind, reaped for.
tunes by carrying flood sufferers
from the danger zone at exorbitant
prices, according to NJ. S. Scott, a
travelling salesman OF New York. who
arrived from Peru with two other
travelling men.
THE condition at Peru" said Mr..
Scott, cannot be told. was at a
hotel across the street from the court
house and last night six babies were
born to women who lay on the bare
floor OF the building. When we learned
of this We had them rowed across the
street and gave them our rooms. The
boatmen charged SIS each to row three
women across the street. We paid
SIS to be hauled three miles, and
were lucky to get off that cheaply."
The Yale expositor., 1913-04-03
Passengers Give Refund Money.

The flood relief fund collected in
Chicago was increased 1852 by the
two hours delay OF the Twentieth
Century Limited from New York. For
every hour the train is late the pas
sengers are given 81 by the company.
II arrived in Chicago two hours be.
hind time.
]. L. Daube of Philadelphia con.
ceived the idea OF giving the 81 which
would be refunded by the railroad
company to the fund. He made known
his intentions to Joseph Horowitz of
New York and Fred X Townsend OF
Rochester. who also we're passengers.
They became enthusiastic and formed
a committee to collect the refund
slips of all the passengers on the train
Out of eighty passengers seventy
six readily gave up their slips. Among
the four was an Englishman just ar
rived. The food situation was ex
planned to him and Daube pictured the
sufferings of the victims.
Il don't believe It," declared tn,
Englishman. 1T is some bally Amer
can scheme to defraud strangers
Show me your credentials. ] neve
heard of any food. know all abou
your schemes in this country to ID
fraud travellers