Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-25
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MOBILE, ALA, Feb. 24.-Eiuht
hundred and fifty more American ma
rines will be sent to Mexico to-mor-
row on the transport Prairie, which
viii also be accompanied by the cruis
err Chester, Monitor Tonopah and five
submarines. The COMMANDING officers
would not discuss their order to-day,
but It is the belief of several that part
OF the marines will be sent to guard
the United States legation in Mexico
City.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The SEN
ate to-day confirmed the following
nominations of postmasters: Georqia,
lonnle c. Brown, EIberton; Frank S.
Murray, Fort Valley; John C. Stilwell,
Montezuma; Samuel n. Zimmerman,
Plains. The Senate also confirmed (.
Marvin Underwood, of Atlanta, Ca,
to be Assistant Attorney General Of
the United States,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The
President to-day sent to the Senate
the following nominations: Harvey
M. Hitchison, of Porto Rico, to be AS
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court
of Porto Rico; oliver c. Harper, of
California, to be Register of the Land
Office at Independence, Cal.
PARIS, Feb. 24-Hhe Chamber of
Deputies to-day voted 100000 for
official French representation in the
PanamaPacific exposition in San
Francisco.
WINNIPEG, Feb. 24.-TweIve per-
sons were in ured, five seriously, this
afternoon when an express train on
the Canadian Northern Railway was
derailed near Mimic, Manitoba. The
entire train went into the ditch. Most
of the injured were taken to a hos
pitaI at Mimic.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The At
lantic Coast Line Railroad must COM
ply with city ordinance of Colds
boro, N: c., directing the road to
change its grade and desist from
shifting cars in the main street of
the city, according to decision of
the Supreme Court of the United
States to-day.
WASHINGTON, Feb. pa Mary
land law imposing a tax of one cent
a bushel on oysters shipped in COM
merce in that State was declared I'M
constitutional by the Supreme Court
Of the United States to-day.
TERRE HAUTE, IND, Feb. a.
President Heilbroner, of the Central
League, to-day announced that
special meeting of the league mag
mates would be held in Dayton, Ohio,
to morrow to decide what action The
league should take on the question
of putting a team in Toledo to replace
the American Association team which
was moved to Cleveland.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 24.-After ov-
empowering the Waterman and chain
ing him to a post, three burglars blew
open the safe in the office of the
Academy of Music early to-day
escaping with between $4,000 and
$4,000.
WASHINGTON, Feb. PA Penn
sylVania law which limits the amount
Of coal that may be taken from a
mine, the purpose being to protect the
lives of mine workers, was declared
constitutional by the Supreme Court
of the United States to-day.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-Constru-
ing the clause of the constitution
which bars the States from placing
taxation burdens on the United States
Government, the Supreme Court of
the United States decided that States
and municipalities have not the right
to tax bonds issued by the territories
of the United States.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.-Mrs.
S. L. johnson, of Tacoma. WASH, a
Titanic widow and a bride of two
weeks, was shot and instantly killed
at the Suffer Hotel day by Abra-
ham Pepper, former sutton. Mrs.
johnson was formerly Mrs. Herman
KIaber, her husband, who went down
with the Titanic, left her $4,000.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. Feb. a.
Miller Higgins and twenty of his
husky ST. Louis Cardinals buckled
down to real training to-day.