Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11

WHICH ContdtHueO throughout last
night and to-day, rendering the track
opening day of the meeting-were
declared off.
SAN FRANCISCO, April H.
Washington won the eighth annual
intercollegiate regatta for the Pacific
Coast title which was held to-day on
the Oakland Estuary. Leland STAN
ford finished second and the UniVer-
sity of California third. The race
was rowed at flood tide.
WASHINGTON, April 11.-Repre-
sentative Green, of Iowa, to day an
ncunced he will ask the House to au-
thcrize the Interstate Commerce
Commission to begin immedi lately an
inquiry into the financial affairs of
tho Rock Island Railroad as part of
the general Investigation of the finan-
eiaI history of all railroads provided
by the LaFoIlette act Of 1918.
LOUISVILLE. KY, April 1.-THE
conference Of coal miners and opera
tors o. Western Kentucky, which has
been in session here for two weeks,
adjourned to-day without an agree
ment on a wage scale and working
conditions being reached. The mat
ter will be referred back to the miners
and another conference will probably
be called.
WASHINGTON, April 11.-Speaker
Champ Clark left Washington to-day
for Atlantic City to deliver a lecture
to- night at the seaside town He
plans to stay over to observe the
Boardwalk parade to- morrow.
ST. LOUIS, April 1t.-The game
scheduled for this afternoon between
the Browns and Cardinals was post
poned on account of rain.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 1.-THE
game between the Detroit Tigers and
tn" Indianapolis American Associa-
ton teams scheduled for this after.
noon was called off on account of
rain.
DELAWARE, OHIO, Aoril H.
Rain o-dav forced the calling off Of
the game this afternoon between the
Cubs and Ohio Wesleyan.
WASHINGTON, April t1.-The SEN
ate Committee on Interoceanic Canals
to-day sent invitations to ten men
prominent in public affairs to address
the committee on the proposed repeal
of the exemption clause of the Pana-
ma Canal act. The list includes Will
liam Reeda, Of Chicago; o. G. Heraet,
Of Chicago; Or. Ben iamin l.. Wheeler,
Of Berkeley. CAL; Frederick NJ Jud
son, Of ST. Louis, and Frederick w.
Lehman, of St. Louis.
MADRID, April 1t.-co'oneI Joseph
E. Willard. the United States Ambss-
ssdor, day was requested by the
Spanish Government TO ask his Gov.
ernnrant TO intercede in behalf of the
Spa exIed from Torreon. Mexi-
co, bV General Villa. The Spanish eE-
lies have appealed to the Madrid
Government, and this furnished the
basis Of the appeal for protection
made TO-DAY. Spain may ask the
United States 70 prevent the rebels
from exiting other Spanisrds from
Mexico, and then protect their prop
erty.
5OURNEMoUTH, ENG, April H..
One Of the most thrilling exhibit
tons ever uven in England was seen
here this afternoon when Aviator Gus
tave Han1el, Wills at . HEIGHT OF 1000
feet, looped the loop Fl consecutive
times. Afterward he Ioooed the loop
with Prince Maurice of 5attenberg as
a passenger.
WASHINGTON. April 11.-seeds
found in bales Of imported Egyptian
cotton may contain the larvae Of pink
hollworm, the Federal horticultural
Board to-day asserted in a warning
to the cotton mills to burn all such
seeds.
eAsTPoRT, MAINE, April H.
The million dollar summer hotel
Algonquin, of the Canadian Pacific
Railroad. at St. Andrews. N. g., IL
miles up the ST. CroiN River from
this city, was destroyed by fire to-
day. together with two new cottages
Of the company, and also an older
cottage nearby. The workmen we're
engaged on repairs on the building
when the fire started.
FOND oU LAC, Wis, April IL
Mrs. cornelia Williams Bragg, 81,
widow Of General Edward S. Bragg,
commander Of the famous Iron
Brigade, in the war between the
States, died at her home here this
afternoon. Mrs. Bragg leaves one
daughter, Mrs. oargaret Sherman, Of
Oak Park, III.
NEW YORK, April t1.-Five hun.
bred and fifty passengers on tho
Spanish steamer MonteVidea, which
arrived to- day from Southern Euro
pean ports, were detained by tho i'm
migration authorities because Of tho
finding of a case of small poN on
board.
PHILADELPHIA. April 1.-THE
new sectional she'll imported from
England for the use Of the UniVer-
sity Of Pennsylvania Grew sank in
the Schuylkill river this afternoon
during a practice spin. The varsity
oarsmen were thrown into the water
but swan ashore. The sections Of
the shell were later recovered from
the bottom Of tho river and faund TO
have suffered no damage. "