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The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-19
L. NJ. Martin Store on Thursday,

L. NJ. Martin Store on Thursday,
Feby. 4th. 19i5.
Honea Path Mill on Friday. q. m.
Feby 9Th, 1915. 1-2 day.
Honea Path City on Friday, p. nj. e.,
Feby. 9Th, 1915. 1-2 day.
Honea Path City on Saturday, A.
NJ, Feby. 9Th, 1915. 1-2 day.
All new school lines for new school
districts must be in the hand of the
auditor on or before the. 1st OF April
so they can be listed in the prores
places. If they fail to get in by tnat
time it wont be put on the books
until the next year. Please see that
your property. Is listed In the right
school district. All tax levies for
school districts must be in hand of
the auditor on or by the 1st Of June.
WINSTON SMITH,
Auditor of Anderson County.
December, 1914.
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Alleged Pistol Man
IL Under Arrest.

Clifford Hawthorne. colored, who
Is charged with carrying concealed
weapons, and who was arrested
Thursday by Deputy Jim Williams
will he giyen a preliminary hearing
this morning at 10 o'clock by Magis-
trate W. c. Broadwell. 1t will be
remembered that Hawthorne Is the
negro who is charged with haviSg
drawn apistol on a white man by tie
name OF Fl. T.. Strickland. below the
Orr mills. on Thursday. and threaten
ing to kill him IL he did not that day
nav for some milk which Strickland
had purchased from his mother
Charges of pointing a pistol will not
he preferred against the negro, as
this constitutes q circuit court case,
and it Is the wish of the prosecuting
witness to have the matter disposed
Of Immediately in the magistrates
court.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE

Auditors Office, Anderson South Caro-
lima.
This Office will be open to receive
returns Of personal property for taxa
ton for the fiscal year from the first
day of January, 1015, to the Goth of
February following inclusive.
All personal property must be
itemized. Real estate not returr ed
this year but all transfers of real
estate made since last returns should
be noted upon the return blank when
listing say on return to whom sold
or from whom bought.
The township board OF assessors are
required by law to list for all those
that fail to make their own returns
within the time prescribed, hence the
difficulty OF delinquents escaping the
SO per cent penalty. as well asa the
frequency Of errors resulting from this
practice by all means make your own
return and thereby save expen se and
touble. Ex-Confederate soldiers are
exempt from poll tax, all other males
between the ages Of 81 and 60 years,
except those incapable Of earning q
support from being manned or other
causes shall be deemed taxable poll.
All trustees must get UP polls aDtl dogs
and turn into board of assessor on or
before the goth Of February.
For the convenience OF taxpayers
we will have deputies to take returns
at the following places:
Hollands Store on Friday, January
1st, 1915.
Barnes on Saturday, Jan End, 1915.
Iva on Tuesday. Jan. 9Th. 1915.
Iva Cotton Mill on Wednesday q. rn.,
Jan. eth, 1916, s.. ar
Starr on Wednesday, p. m, Jan. 8.
1915. 1-2 day.
Cromers store on Thursday. Jan. 7th.
1915.
Townyille on Friday, Jan. 1915.
Autumn on Saturday, Jan. 0, 1916.
Denver on Monday, a. m, Jan. IL,
1915. 1-2 day. ~,
Sandy Springs on Monday p. m,
Jan. 11th. 1915. 1-2 6ay. N
Pendleton City, Tuesday. Jan. ~.
Pendleton Mil, Wednesday. D. 10.
Jan. 18th, 1-2 day.
Bishop Branch on Thursday. Jan.
14th, 1915,
Five Forks on Friday. Jan. 10, 1915.
Piercetown on Monday. Jan. 18, 1915
Airy Springs on Tuesday, Jan. 1a.
1916.
slabtown on wedassaay. Jan 70,
cely Store on Thursday. Jan. s1st,
Nsatt store on Friday, Jalpary a8.
Wisingham Store ON Saturday. Jan.
23rd. 1915. 4
; . riefinai,, IN sAfand,,, rar OF safE
Pelzer Old Mill on Tuesday. Jan.
2ett. 1915, y q go 5 y s,lssss,
Pelzer No. Min on wednesday. I,
m. Jan sa7. 1915. Ia day.
Frankviile on "Wednesday. p H.,
Jan, 2z, 1915, Ia day.
! Williamaton city: on Thnrsday. Jan.
wiiliamston NH on Friday. a, M.
Jan. 29th. 1916.
Bel,on city. on Tueadsy, Eesy. aaa,
seitSn ilsls On wednesday,. repy.
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IIvrn up yuir sluggish iiyerI : Feel
fire and cheerful; make your work a
pleasure; be vigorous ai7d full OF ambi.
tiQn. But take no nasty, DANGEROUS
calomel becanse IL. nnlses you sicf and
sDu may lose q days work. 81 81 7;s 10
Calomel IL mercury or quicksilver
which earses necrosis of the bones.
Calomel craahes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up- That's wher,
you feel that awful nsnsea and cramrdr.,.
Listen to mel If you want 70 esliov
tka nicest Fentlest LIVER and bowl
cleaHsinis yos: elAsl experienced Just $atc
q spaoHfui Of haEnleas nSdsOR5 Liver
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Special Meeting
Of CITY Council,

Mayor Godfrey stated yesterday
that he is going to call a special
meeting of, city council for either
next Monday or Tuesday for the pur-
pose of taking up the matter of franz
ing bill to be pro/enteG to the gen.
eral assembly emp1D ering the city
of Anderson to put in effect the con-
stitutional amendment with regard
to assessing abutting property own
ers for share of the cost OF street
paving. Council will discuss also the
matter of holding a bond election at
the same time the people are asked
TO vote on the question of approving
the constitutional amendment other
matters of a minor nature will prob
ably come before the meeting.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-19
Show Would Come
Here This Month.

Secretary Porter A. Whaley of the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday re-
ceived n telegram from Louisville in
quiring IL the "Smart Set" an attrac-
tive play. could be staged at the new
theatre here on December 81. Mr..
Whaley wired the party that the new
theatre will not be ready before Feb
ruary I. and referred him &c the
Bleich Amusement Company OF Hop
kinsville. Ky. lessees of the theatre,
In case he desired to make an en-
gagement for staging the play here
at a later date.
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Funeral Services
OF Mrs. narrnn.

The funeral services of Mrs. Esther
Dargan. formerly Of this city. who
died Thursday afternoon ir William
ston. were held yesterday afternoon
at 5 o'clock in the Methodist church
at that place. after which interment
was in the Williamson cemetery. She
was the mother-in-law of Mr.. A. II.
Dagnall of this city. and Is survived
by the following children: Mrs. Julia
Gee Of Florence. Mrs. Annie Hood
and Miss Georgia Dargan OF William
ston and Messrs- William and Sidney
Dargan of Chicago.
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Palmetto Passes
Being Abused.

The following self-explanatory no.
tice was given out yesterday by Man
ager A. NJ Pinkston. OF the Palmetto
theatres Owing to certain abuses of
passes issued by the Palmetto thea
tre. 1t is hereby announced that pass
es presented for admission by any
one other than to whom It was orig
ipally issued. will be; taken up at the
door and the regular admission
charged the holthr5Tof such pass.
This action is made necessary by the
abuse of passes by lending them to
friends or the holders" Mr.. Pinkston
went OH TO state that IL O married
man holds q pass his wife can not
use it unless Il is so stated on the
pass IS
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-19
Touching Up New
Office OF Clerk.

Painters have been busy for the
past day or two improving the ap-
pearance OF the new quarters of
Clerk OF Court James n. Pearman.
The walls are being kalsomned and
tho woodwork repainted. Similar i'm
provements will be made in the new
quarters of the sheriff.
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y - r. - :. y - - + = = y = *x Il 4 y = a s. y T.
= ELECTRIC CITY SPARELETS
Items of Interest and Personal Mention Caught
Wireless ON the Streets Of Anderson 3
y | - r. y = y s. x ** x y - y * T. * y * 81 &
Alleged Gun.Man
Has Given Bond.

Alleged Gun.Mnn
Has Given Bond.
Sam Wessinger, who Is charged by
j. Il. Eichey with having pointed Il
gun ut him. was arrested yesterday
morning. Wessinger Immediately
gave bond before Magistrate w. G..
Broadwell, and will be given pre-
liminary next Tuesday. The offense
with which Wessinger is charged car
not be tried by magistrate, there
for" unless the matter is dismissed,
{ efendant will have to stand trial
in - court Of general sessions. 1t
Will be recalled that Richey alleged
that Wessinger came upon him while
he was peddling farm produce ut the
Riverside mill and drew shot gun
ON him and made certain threats.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-19
Knights Of Pythias
Elect Their Officers.

Chiquola lodge. Knights of Pythias,
have elected officers for the ensuing
year. as follows: G. 3. Green, C.
c.; S. NJ. Wolfe. V. c.: A e. Holman,
p-elate: A. S. Cathcart. K. r. and S.:
G.. Fl. Geiger. M. Of F.; T. S. Crayton
NJ. of E.; F. A. Williford. NJ. Al; DR..
5. G. Bruce. I. c.; C. II. Davenport
o. G.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-19
School Trus tees
Held Meeting.

The board of trustees of the city
schools held a special meeting yes
terdey afternoon at 4 o'clock in the
Office of Superintendent E. C. Nc
Cants for the purpose OF considering
some matters pertaining to school in
surance. 1t is understood that moth
ing of interest to the general public
tranSpired
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-19
Delightful Dinner
At Judge FOWIer's,

Judge j. S. Fowler yesterday after
noon entertained several friends al
delightful dinner served at his ele-
CANT country home. The dinner was
in compliment to Mr. William Laugh
lin. who has been recommended for
nomination as Anderson's next post
master. Among those enjoying Judge
FowlerS hospitality were: Messrs.
William Laughlin. j. II. Godfrey,
Gen. NJ. l.. Bonham, Porter A. Whaley,
T. p. Dixon, Blair Crayton, Swain
Gilmer and j. S. Fowler Jr.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-19
MasOns Choose
Their Officers.

Mountain Springs lodge No. 302.
A. F. NJ, have elected officers for the
ensuing year as follows: d. l..
Spearman. w. NJ; e. King. s. W.;
Thos. W. Johnson, ]. W.; a w.
Spearman, treasurer; B. F. Wiging.
ton. secrtary. Appointed officers are:
A. e. Smith. s. D.: C. ]. Murphy, J..
D.; Geo. w. Durham and Jas. A. Mas
sey. stewards; Jas. NJ. Freeman, ty-
lei.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-19
Scores Saw @Tlle
Man on the Box"


Scores OF men, women and chill
drcn OF Anderson, representing all
walks Of life, risilad the new Para
mount theatre yesterday for the pur-
pose Of seeing FAX F'igman in "The
Man on the Box" one of the bost
movie dramas that has been shown. in
this section of the country. Those
who went were delighted with the
splendid picture. The excellent act
ing of Max Figman, the exquisite set
ting of the picture and the unusual
clearness of the film were fine points
appreciated by the audience The
Paramount is offering for today a
special program for children. begin
ming at 10 o'clock this morning, and
including the following: Little Red
Riding Hood, The Midnight Ride of
Paul Eeyere, a Visit to the New York
Zoo. The Little Waits Christmas and
Little Jules Verne
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-19
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of The Calhoun Falls Invest
ment Co.. will be held at the dircc-
tors Room Of The Bank of Anderson,
s. c., Tuesday, January II, 1915.
w, +. cox,
P. e. CLINKSCALES. President.
Secretary.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-19
LEGAL
NOTICES
Delinquent 1ond Tax Notice.

All dinlenquent road tax collectors
are provided with an official receipt
book with numbes. and stub numbes
attached. Pay no money to collectors
unless you get the official receipt as
above provided or.
]. MACK KING,
X County Supervisor.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-19
WANTS

REWARD will be paid TO finder Of
large bunch OF keys with tag No.
90. Lost Dec. 18th, either in Iva
or Starr, or between Starr end
John G.. Pruitts residence. Finder
, will cali or write w. NJ. Robbins,
Box 391, Anderson, S. Clip,
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WHEN TNEXPECTLY detained down
town for luncheon. you cannot do
better than drop in hore. A light
lunch or q substantial meal. Cuisine
and service o. R and prices Just aS
attractive as our food. The Lunch
eonette.-dt2.
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FOR SALE

FOE SALE Or EXCHANGE-eO0
acre farm in good section Of Geor
gia. Within walking istance of good
town and good school. In section
OF particularly good roads. See
jno. LinleN
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NGIlCE--We are now prepared to do
your grinding OF all kinds Of feed
stuff-cotton stalks, corn stalks.
RhucltH. straw, grain, etc. Price zoe
per cwt, Strictly cash. Anderson
Mattress and Spring Bed Co.
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FINE FRUfTS-We carry the largest
and most complete assortment In
the city-keep 'em moving. Fresh
Florida oranges. grape fruit, ap-
plea, bananas, Wholesale and re-
tail, J. X, Manos. Phone 323.-dtf.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-19

WANTED EGGS-Smith's Laying
Mash properly used will make your
hens lay eggs--that is IL they can
--n they can't you had better eco
aorniEe by cooking the hen. Fur
man Smith, Scotsman, Phone 464.
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Classified Columns
Want Advertising Rates

Twenty-Five Time
Blk Times 81
Rates 1000 be used month
ton. ~
No advertisement taken
prompt payment
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o 90 Q. o o o o o o o o 0
q why don't your Clock run. @
O. Reese can make 1t run. $40 re- o
o ward II not.--dtf, o
o. o
q 0 o o o o % 90 900 o o
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-19

WANTRD-YGu 90 read our two
weeks bargain sale. on page five
of this issue. Southern Public Util-
tiles Co. ,.. dtf
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FOR IlENT--office upstairs in new
Watson -vandiver building and Office
tn front Of JOB department down
Apply at The fntelligencer Office.
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Change I,s Location,

] am now located over w.
A. Powers grocery store at
2t2 t-2 S. Main Street. |
thank my friends for their
past patronage and ask con-
tinuance of same.
l make plates at $3.50
i make gold crowns at$4.OO
Silver fillings, Soc and up.
Gold filings $1.OO and up
Painless Extracting 4Oc.
| make, a speciality, of
treating Pyorrhea, Alveo-
laris of the gums and all
crown and bridge work and
regulating NAL formed teeth.
All work guaranteed first
class.
S. G.. B r u C E
DENTIST
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AUTO SPRINGs-we make Auto
Springs. also extra plies on short
, notice. Paul E. Stephens,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-02
ARMY TO AID FLEET
Brigade of Infantry Calvary and Artillery Under Gen
Fred Funston, Sails From Galveston for Vera
Cruz to Support Admiral F1etcher-45oo
Men In Four Boats

the popuIace believed that Huerta
would accede to the demands of the
United States, until Huerta made
public statements informing the city
that he had refused the demands of
the North American government.
kater, boisterous and excited
crowds stoned several American
buildings and tried to pull down the
statue of George Washington in the
Plaza. Considering all things, how
ever, it is said unusually good order
WIS maintained.
Federal soldiers and city police
men guarded the American embassy
and the American legation. In some
cases prominent and influential
speakers mounted balconies ard
pleaded with the crowds of ire
sponsibIes to refrain from the de-
struction of American property and
to treat Americans with courtesy.
Reports from smaller Mexican
cities, notably, Ensenads, in north
ern Mexico, indicate that Americans
are in grave danger. MODS have
stoned American property and
threatened violence to the "grin-
goes" The U. s. monitor Cheyenne,
now in San Diego, CAL, harbor, will
leave Immediately under rush or
ders, for this Mexican port.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-02
TO HOLD OUT ALASKA LAND
-Four Tracts withdrawn for Military
Reservations and Town Sites
by President Wilson.

WashingtOn--Upon the joint recon-
mendatiOn Of Secretary. Lane and Sec
rotary Garrison, the President, II was
announced has withdrawn four tracts
OF public land in Alaska for military
reservations. The areas withdrawn
are prominent points on navigable
waters on the Alaskan coast having
strategic value for the protection or
coal fields and railroads
Preparing for rapid development ex-
pected to follow the construction OF
the government railroad in Alaska,
the President also has withdrawn sew
eral tracts of land which have natural
value for to%nsite purposes. The with
drawn tracts are so distributed as TO
provide localities for settlement along
three possible railway routes. They
Will be made available TO mona fide
viii be made available to bona hde
to land SPECTATORS
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-02
NO GUNS TO VILLA
President Wilson Orders Res.
t0rati0ns of Embargo on Arms
by Border Patrol.
MEXICO CITY MODS GOWED
School Boys and Clerks Stoned RuiId,
ings When News of Vera Cruz
Trouble Was PubIished-Hu-
erta Stops Disorder.

Washington, D. C.-The army has
been ordered to support the navy at
Vera Cruz, and a brigade, composed
Of five regiments of infantry, cav
airy and artillery, under Brig. Gen.
Frederick Funston, has sailed in
four transports from Galveston, Tex
Following unpleasant messages
from Carranza and Villa, the White
House has formally ordered the
restoration of the embargo of arms
into Mexico. The border patrol was
ordered doubled.
Admiral Badger has reported the
death of three more American fight
ers and the wounding of an addi-
tionaI twenty-five, in the operations
about Vera Cruz. This brings the
American total OF dead in four days
TO fifteen men, with nearly hun
dred wounded.
AIgara de Terreros, Huertista am
bassador at Washington, received
his passports from Secretary Bryan
and departed at once, under protec-
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CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Robert T. Miller of Cincinnati.
philanthrOpist and one OF the most
prominent laymen of the Methodist
Episcopal church in the United States,
and a thirty-third degree Mason, is
dead at his home there.
The quarter centennial anniver-
saTy OF the opening of Oklahoma to
settlement was celebrated here by the
annual meeting Of the Oklahoma State
Association OF Eighty-Niners, with a
parade two miles long, composed OF
prairie schooners, old time settlers
outfits, cowboys, Indians, military and
civic organizations and historical and
industrial floats.
Candidates for state Offices, ex-
cept governor and lieutenant COVER
nor, and for United States senator
were nominated and a platform was
adopted by the Republican state con-
vention, which closed q two days ses-
sion at Indianapolis. Hugh T. Miller,
former lieutenant governor, was chos-
en- to make the race for senator, hav-
ing defeated Charles A. BookwaIter
OF Indianapolis on the first ballot
-FOrty-fve dead, more than two
thirds Of them women and children,
a score missing and more than TWEEN
II wounded, is the toll IN tragedy and
death known to have been taken by
the 14-hour battle which ragged with
uninterrupted fury between state
troops and striking coal miners IN the
Ludlow district, Col
"A special to the Douglas, Ariz., In
ternational from Tombstone says news
reached there that fifteen members OF
Troop B, Tenth cavalry. are being held
by Constitutionalist troops at a point
Just below the border between Mace
and Hereford, Aria
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-02
SUES CARUsO FOR 500, 600
New York Woman Asks Singer to Pay
That Sum for Breach of
Promise.

New York.-Enrico Ca=Uso, idol OF
the Metropolitan Opera and acknowI-
edged world supreme tenor has been
served with papers notifying HIM that
Miss Mildred Meffert proposed to sue
him for breach of promise
Miss Meffert names 500, 600 as the
sum she desires in exchange for the
love which she contends the tenor
promised her. Caruso was served with
the complaint and summons in his
apartments in the Knickerbocker
Miss Meffert, said to be about %
years old, is rather plump and has
very dark hair and eyes In her af-
ficavit she charges that the first OF
Caruso's many and ardent proposals
of marriage came on April 3, 1909.
Again, she says, April 10, he proposed
and did so with such fervor that she
capitulated. She says that the sur
render took place in a house in West
Eighteenth street.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-02

kilograms from organizations and in.
dividuals all over the country, offer
ing support of arms and men.
It is more serious than an eager
ctism. Men, young and old, in every
community, at every crossroads, in
every village, in every ward and pre-.
cinct in the cities, are anxious to
support President Wilson in his de-
termination to enforce respect for the
stars and stripes before the whole
world
Mexico doesn't realize yet the seri-
BUSINESS Of her situation Mexico
doesn't appreciate the restraint which
the United States is practicing, and
the millions of her poverty stricken
poems, inflamed by greedy, 1awIess
military leaders, have no conception of
the tremendous power which backs
President Wilson's demands.
British government officials predict
the United States will have a harder
time in campaigning against Mexico
than the British had in the Boer war.
But all England is admirfng what the
London papers describe as the dra-
matte swiftness of the first move OF
the United States in enforcing its de-
mands"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-02

ton of Chief Flynn of the United
States Secret Service, for Toronto,
Canada.
Dispatches from London say that
Thomas B. Hohier, British charge
d'affaires at Mexico City, conferred
with Huerta, or instructions from
Sir Cecil spring-Rice, British am
bassador at Washington, and imme-
diateiy left for Vera Cruz.
1t is further reported that Hob
ier's mission is to meet Admiral
Fletcher and enter into negotiations
regarding a possible attempt to
solve the Mexican difficulty through
the Intervention of British dipIo-
macy. These reports are given
some credit by Washington officials.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, American
charge d'affaires in Mexico, and the
embassy staff, have left the capital.
Accompanied by an escort of Mex
lean general, they went in a special
night train to Vera Cruz. Admiral
Fletcher sent his chief of staff and
q marine escort to meet the train
just outside the seaport.
Refugees from Mexico City say
that Huerta used stern measures to
prevent outbreaks against Ameri-
cans in the capital. Mobs of stu
dents and clerks were dispersed by
the militia.
The more substaptiaI element of
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-05-02
Government bv cunmen.y

Washington, D. C.-"Mother" Mary
Jones, strike leader, appeared before
the house mines committee, and de-
scribed conditions in the strike dis
trict in the Colorado coal fields.
Mother" Jones said that IF she were
President" she would order the gov
ernor of Colorado to have the i'm
ported gunner with their machine
guns taken out Of the district COndi-
tions in Colorado, she said, had led to
government by gunmen"