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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
CAPTAIN BERRY
HELD NEGLIGENT
RESPONSIBILITY FOR NORFOLK
DISASTER FIXED BY sEcRE-
TARY REDFlELD.

Washington. Secretary Redfield
has directed that charges Of negli-
gence be preferred against Captain
Osman Berry of the Merchants and
Miners steamship Nantucket, which
collided with and sank the old Domin-
ion liner Monroe with loss of forty
one lives off the Virginia coast.
Investigation of the charges will be
entrusted to the local board of inspec-
tors at Philadelphia, with instructions
that testimony be taken and a de-
cision reported.
This action followed conference at
the Department of Commerce on re-
port from R. E. Tapley, the department
inspector of hulls at Norfolk, Va.
The secretary announced that evil
dence brought out by the inspectors
preliminary inquiry, held on board the
Nantucket while that vessel was max
ing her way into Norfolk with the
Monroe's survivors aboard, tended
to show that there was negligence on
the part of Captain Berry" He added,
however, that it would be quite i'm
proper to pass upon that question at
this time, further than to decide that
there is sufficient evidence to require
that charges be preferred against
Captain Berry and that the question
of his innocence or guilt be made the
subject of further investigation"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
PlNDELL REFUSES POSITION
Illinois Man Declines Appointment As
Ambassador to Russia Because
of Controversy.

Washington.-Henr M. Pindell, of
Peoria, ILL.,, who was nominated re-
Gently and confirmed as ambassador
to Russia, has declined the appoint
ment, according to letter to Presi-
dent Wilson, made public at the White
House.
Mr.. Pindell wrote President Wilson
January % that, although the senate
had investigated accusations in con-
nection with his appointment, he felt,
nevertheless, that no controversy of
any kind should surround the appoint
ment of any ambassador.
The controversy over Mr.. Pindell's
nomination grew out of publication
Of what purported to be a letter from
Senator Lewis, of Illinois, to Mr.. Pin
dell, urging the latter to accept the
post of ambassador to Russia for a
year, and saying he would be relieved
Of diplomatic responsibility for impor-
tant negotiations and could travel
freely in Europe, Senator Lewis
charged that the letter was forgery.
A senate committee investigated the
and recommended the
confirmation of Mr.. Pindell.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
suFFRAGISTs VISIT WILSON
Four Hundred Women Workers Ask
President to Aid in Establish
ing Committee on Suffrage.

Washington.-Clad in frocks, repre-
sentative of their trades, 400 woman
workers from ten Eastern states, in
tent upon enlisting support for woman
suffrage, wore received by President
Wilson at the White House. They ap-
pealed to the president to assist the
suffrage movement by lending his in
fluence to the effort to establish a
house committee ON suffrage.
1t was the second time the president
has been brought face to face with the
suffrage question in an official way
and his attitude toward the petition
Of the women already was known. He
holds that he cannot urge legislation
upon congress that has not been the
subject of Organic party considera-
ton"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13

of the scheme. Nor has this result,
according to its advocates, depressed
private enterprise. Landlords, i'm
bued with a spirit of enlightened self
interest, entered into healthy compe-
tition with the state, and leased 10000
other acres to 5000 tenants. The
scheme has cost the state about $751;
100000. In the towns, last year, $4,000
dilapidated houses were made fit for
human habitation by the laws control
of landlords, $4,O00,OOO was loaned for
workingmen's dwellings and all on the
basis of economic prices and rents.
Private enterprise was here, too, ap-
parently stimulated for in two years
the number of new houses of low val
uation and rent, constructed by land
lords and real estate owners, under
state-approved plans, increased by
100000.
State to Build Laborers' COTTAGES.
The British county council is often
controlled by landlords and other own
ers of real estate, who, In spirit of
shortslghtedness, seek to keep rents
high. Walter Runciman, the British
Minister of Agriculture, plans to have
the state at large build cottages for
farm-lnborers and town workingmen
when necessary. The state, he esti-
mates, could build cottages Of ade-
quste size and character, at $3.50 each
ana rent them. without loss, at 75
cents a week. He thinks 100000 such
cottages are Immediately needed.
With each cottage would be provided
land sufficient for small farming and
gardening. Housing is regarded as q
central evil In the present situation
alike Of the farm and town laborer
The insanita~ and ill-provided cot
tage which the laborer on the farm
receives in part payment for his labor
from the farmer or which the town
workman rents at an exorbitant price,
keeps the farm laborer In economic
subsection or promotes congestion in
the towns. The Runciman plan com
mits Great Britain to further step
toward solving this housing problem.
The Client Congress heard that Great
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
STORM COSTS SEVEN LIVES
Heavy Snowfall in Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and Michigan Causes Sew
eral Railroad Wrecks.

icago.-Northern Illinois, Indiana
and Ohio are covered with deep snow
as result Of storm which contin-
ued for twenty-four hours. In many
places the snow was accompanied by
high wind and severe drop in
temperature. Southern Michigan ex-
perienced the heaviest snowfall of
the year and many Of the states to
the west of Illinois were buried un-
der snow.
The effect of the storm was felt in
railway trains, the breaking of tele-
graph lines and several railroad
wrecks due to the disorganized signal
service. Seven deaths were reported
throughout the states. The storm was
particularly violent in Eastern Indi-
ana and Ohio.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
PLACE DEPUTIES ON TRIAL
Michigan Officers Charged With Sec
ond Degree Murder for Shooting
of Striking Copper Miners.

Houghton, Mich.-Six deputy sher-
ifs have been placed on trial here
charged with killing Aloise THAN and
Steve Putrick, strikers, at the Seeber-
vile location, near Painesdale, Aug.
IA The charge is second degree muir
der. 1t is said the men will plead
self-defense.
THAN and Putrick were the first
men killed in the copper miners
strike, which began last July. The
deputies had gone to boarding house
to arrest two men, alleged to have
threatened the life of mine guard.
They did not find the men they were
looking for and started to leave the
premises, when, the defense says, one
of the deputies was struck on the back
of the head with missile. The shoot
ing followed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
SAY HUERTA HAS
SLAIN PL0TTERS
ARRESTS MADE IN CONNECTION
WITH CONSPIRACY AGAINST
MEXICAN PRESIDENT.

Mexico City.-Several additional ar
rests have been made in connection
with the alleged plot against Huerta.
The police have also seized large
quantity Of arms and ammunition
which is claimed to have been Sc
created by the conspirators for use
in the uprising which was set for the
anniversary of the overthrow of Ma
dero.
Several of those already arrested
are reported to have been executed,
but the more prominent under arrest
are believed to be safe from this fate.
The government announces that
when the rebels took the town of
Conception del Orc few days ago,
Lieutenant Martinez and fifty FEEDER
ais refused to surrender to the six
hundred rebels, and were all shot
down.
General Arreita, the rebel COM
mander at Durango, is said to have
issued a proclamation threatening
the immediate execution Of any of
the inhabitants who aid or favor the
Federals in any way.
Currency issued by the Bank of
Sonora, the Bank of Minero and other
banks established under the Diaz re-
gime will be treated as counterfeit
money after February 10 under de-
cree issued by the rebel government.
The free and unlimited coinage Of
silver will be offered as a means Of
providing ample money.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
MAKING T0n7OrrOw,S
U1OrLd:
TOWN AND HOUSE PLANNING

subordinated to the interest of the
community. The crowded housing,
which the greed of real estate pro-
motors so frequently brings about in
small as well as large towns, is not
permitted under the new town-plan-
ming legislation. Society has rights
which even the real estate agents
must respect. Cities, which were for
merly built for the power and the
glory of the overload, and, more lat
terly, for the pocket Of the landlord,
are to be constructed for common,
ordinary folks, the class to which most
of us belong. Life is to be preferred
above mere property.
Now all this can not be brought
about In a day. The building of
Rome took longer, whatever its plan
ming or lack Of planning required.
Progress, remarkable progress, has
been made. The Client Congress
showed that much has been accom-
plished In less than a decade. The
reconstruction of Vienna, the working
mems houses in Germany, the max
ing over of certain poorer quarters
in Paris and Brussels and Client, Gar
den City, near London. and other city
suburbs in Great Britain, are examples
Of the new but widespread movement
for better housing for town and coun-
try.
Better Housing Progress In England.
Great Britain. where conditions Of
life are more nearly similar to those
In the United States, contributed the
results of it's recent experimental leg
islation This legislation, in substance,
was designed to simplify and cheaper
the existing procedure for acquiring
land for housing purposes and to deal
with insanitary areas and unhealthful
dwellings, to require landlords to keep
rented houses in proper repair, and to
provide for town planning. Under
this act 140 British towns have
adopted schemes of town planning to
guide their growth and development.
Farm land to the amount Of 100000
acres has been purchased and upon it
have been installed $4,000 smallhold-
ers. Ninety per cent Of this state &C
QUESTION Of land was not by compul-
sion but by voluntary agreement with
landowners. Ninety-eight per cent of
the $4,000 Stockholders rent the land.
Only two per cent bought it from the
state, the others preferring to be ten
ants of the county councils, to which
is entrusted the local administration
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
RevoIutlonlsts Are JublIant.

Nogales,' Ariz., Feb. 4-The news
that President Wilson had decided to
lift the embargo on shipments OF arms
to Mexico spread rapidly along the
border, and constitntionalist officers
and sympathizers predicted that the
decision presaged early termination OF
warfare in Mexico.
Thousands of men in Northern Mex
leo cannot join the constitutionalist
army because no arms have been avail,
able. The lifting of the embargo, rebel
commanders said, will equip large
bodies of men to reinforce troops al
ready operating against Huerta.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13

levard and avenue and park, contrast
sharply with dwelling houses. Edin-
burgh has Princes Street, most beau
tiful, but has-or had-also North
Canongate. Paris has the Champ
Elysees and the Avenue de / Opera,
and all the sparkling boulevards, but
also the sidestreets of Montmartre and
Belleville. London has st. James
Park and-Whitechapel. The same
was true Of every city yesterday and
is true today. The town-planners hope
for change tomorrow. Parks and
broad avenues and plans with noble
monuments may be beautiful and de-
sirable, but If the space which makes
them possible is taken from the living
rooms Of the people, they become, to
him who sees beneath the surface
show Of the city, undesirable and
hideous. Parks are city's lungs, the
breathing places for its people, but
one may not live at his best If he
breathes only on Sunday afternoons.
So the new town-plan, as the people,
particularly the little people, can not
come to the big park far removed,
takes the park to them. Town-plan-
ming and building of towns and coun-
try houses are taking on new and
totally different aspect.
Landlords Subordinated.
In Great Britain the Conservative
party, When in power some twelve
years ago, passed through Parliament
the Small Dwellings Acquisitions Act.
The Liberals, by the Housing and
Town Planning Act of 1909, added to
the provisions of the earlier act the
feature of town planning, for the first
time in British legislation. France,
Germany, Belgium and other substan-
tial countries have made large prog
ress, though not always on the same
lines. Speaking generally, the new
legislation sanctions loans by states
and municipalities for the acquisition
OF land for the provision Of parks,
the erection Of dwellings and other
purposes. The interest of the land
loyd or the owner OF real estate Is
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13

town planning which takes into &C
count the great majority Of the
people who dwell in the towns.
The new town-planner is a prac-
teal democrat. This was the CEN
trail and significant thought of the
First international Town Planning
Congress held In this quaint, historic
city of Client, Belgium, in the Palace
of Congresses Of its beautiful exposi-
ton. Town-planning involves house
planning. Plans are futile unless
workable. The provision Of funds and
the direction and control of expendi-
ture were discussed. And because
complaining takes into account in
its largest vision the city's suburbs
and the country side, even far re-
moved, there was report of farm
dwellings and farms, of the provision
of houses in country as in town. The
gathered experiences of a dozen ma
lions, through official representatives
from their chief cities, were presented.
Conspicuous was the object lesson
presented in an exhibit by learned
st. Andrews professor, in picture.
chart and model, Of the changing
plans Of towns, from the Qualification
Of the Caesar, the church or the state,
Berlin or Rome or Washington, to the
good Of the men and women and even
of the boys and girls, who were the
~esidents.
Takes Parks to the People.
We have built our towns not to fit
MS but to fit our neighbors' eyes.
Cathedral and castle and capitol, bou-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
Horse,s Wondarful Enduranoe.

To test the staying powers of q
thoroughbred horse New Jersey man
rode an animal from New York to
Chicago He covered the first seven
hundred miles in less than twelve
days of actual riding. This horse once
made the distance Of seventy-eight
miles in twenty-four hours, carrying
a rider over the mountains betw cen
Jamestown, Pa. and Pittsburgh
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13

Client, Belgium.
IT o W n q n
ming is not a
modern inv g n
ton. Only the
purpose Of the
pl a n n | n 6 has
changed. Towns
were planned yes
terday for the
glory Of the great
and the enjoy
ment Of the few,
for show or for
safety against in
vasion. The town
planners Of to-
day are working
OH other and to-
t tally different
lines. A m o 8 t
within the decade
has developed the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
$4,000 Idle In New York

New York.-Statistics gathered by
the employment bureau of the Society
for Improving the Condition of the
Poor, showing that $4,000 men in New
York city are out of work, furnish an
interesting study for employers and
social economists.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
Four COMPANIES Indicted.

Chicago.-Indictments against three
railroads and the packing firm of
Swift & Co. were returned by a fed
eral grand jury on charges of rebat-
ing, brought by the interstate com
merce commission.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
Twenty-two Killed in Mine.

Dortmund, Germany. = twenty-five
persons are known to have been
killed and seventeen injured in an ex-
plosion of firedamp in the Achenbach
colliery.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
XIII Jim Crow Law.

Norfolk. - Race segregation laws
here seeking to separate the white and
negro inhabitants in definite parts Of
the city stand adjudged unconstitu-
tional in test case before the state
circuit court.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
Tornado Plant Wreok.d

Sisterville, w. Va-The plant Of
the Young Torpedo Company was
wrecked and $4,000 damage was done
to property within a radius of ten
miles when lightning exploded 500
quarts Of nitro-glycerin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
800 Haitian Rebels Killed.

Port au Prince Three hundred,
men of the rival revolutionary armies
were killed in battle at Gonalves, ac-
cording to advices received here. !
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
c,orola Bank closes Doors.

Hazlehurst - The Farmers state
Bank Of Hazlehurst failed to open its
doors fpr business and its affairs are
in the haLds of the state examiner.
The brink was organized three years
AGO,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13
REMOVES BAN ON
ARMS TO MEXICO.
PRESIDENT WILSON ISSUES PROC.
LAMATioN LIFTING EMBARGO
ON SHIPMENTS.
FACTIONS ON EQUAL FOOTING
Many Believe Presidents Action WIN
Hasten End Of the Revolution in
Short Time-Rebels Are
Jubilant.

Mexico City, Feb. 4.-Many of the
American residents here, on learning
of President Wilson's decision to raise
the embargo on the expectation OF
arms from the United States to Mex.
leo. made preparations to leave thf
capital for the coast.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-02-13

| Washington, Feb. 4.-President VII,
son, by an executive order dated yes
terday and made public at the White
House last night, removed all restrle-
tons against the expectation of NUM-!
| tions of war into Mexico from the
United States, placing the contending
Mexican elements on basis of equal
| ity with respect to the purchase of
arms and supplies in this country.
The executive order emphasized that
it was the desire of the United States
to be in the same position of neutral-
ity toward the contending factions In
Mexico as were the other powers,
Accompanying the order, the White
House issued the following statement
of explanation:
THE executive order under which
the expectation of arms and ammuni-
ton into Mexico is forbidden was de-
parture from the accepted practice Of
neutrality-a deliberate departure
from those practices under a well con-
sidered joint resolution of congress
determined upon in circumstances
which have now ceased to exist. It
was intended to discourage incipient
revolts against tire regular constituted
authorities of Mexico Since that or
der was issued circumstances of the
case have undergone radical change.
There is now no constitutional govern
ment in Mexico, and the existence OF
this order hinders and delays the very
thing the government of the United
States is now insisting, namely, that
Mexico shall be left free to settle her
own affairs and as soon as possible
put them upon a constitutional foot
ing by her own force and counsel
The order is, therefore, rescinded."
Think War VIII Soon End.
Many members of congress are con-
fident the presidents action means the
termination of the revolution in short
time. Senators did not venture pre-
dictions as to what kind of govern
ment would succeed, but they pointed
out that the constitutionalists had a
semblance of organized and regulated
power, even though they had not es-
tablished civil government in the terri
tory under their control. They do not
feel that the time has come for the
United States to recognize the con-
stitutionalist forces as belligerents in
the diplomatic sense, and persons
close to the administration were care
full to point out that todays develop.
ments should not be construed as in
volving the United States as a parti
san in the Mexican situation.
Action Marks Climax.
Coming at the end of nearly a year
of warfare and bloodshed, which began
with the killing of President Madero
and Vice-President Suarez, the raising
of the embargo will mark climax of
months of strained relations with Mex
leo, during which President Wilson
has reiterated that the United States
would not recognize the provisional
presidency of Victoriano Huerta under
any circumstances, and has repeatedly
stated that the United States could
recognize only those governments
which were founded on Flaw and or
der"
President Taft issued the proclama-
ton which barred the expectation of
arms to all sides on March IA, 1919.
He did that under the authority of a
Joint congressional resolution which
the president of the United
States to take such action.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1914-10-02
9i. RiFonrier aepfel iinS beHer,
ais bic Der @eititaatcn.

Sol. CHARLES 6. Bell bon Cooper
Goluptp, beiien s(epfel Floirtaeel,
bel Der 8eu Stotion or Der !Daii-
ioliri Eaciiic&abn lid, eincn rieii.
gem gaanlerl gerrpedH babmt talt bon
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stepfeIerilae i'm btalent Snbre I'M
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aber bos gronu ut lnn 10 foItlider
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1914-10-02
Sllt @lanS.

Reaer batten mir geipiigelro 1Hth
oas &setter IGBt lebt in ieber Sln-
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