Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
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VERA CRUZ, Feb. 2o.-Hiah india-
nation was caused here to o-day when
Jose A. De Ia Pena. the Jefe poIitieo
Of the district, gave orders that the
niVary of the assassination OF Fran
CISCO ]. Madero, should not be held.
Many pertons had subscribed funds
for the services. The Jefe poiitieo de-
elared he would arrest the priests and
all the person sattsndina.
SOFIA, Feb. 2o.-The widely. eireu.
lated reports that czsr Ferdinand Of
Bulgaria will visit the United States
were officially denied to-day by Pre-
nier RadoslavoH.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2o.-The en-
gagement Of Miss Ruth Gaynor, the
third daughter Of the widow Of the
late Mayor William J. Gaynor, to (.
7. Bedford, y, former vice president
Of the Standard Oil Company, was
announced to-day. Mrs. Gaynor said
that no date has yet been set for the
wedding. Mr.. Bedford, who is many
tunes n1illiontire, is president Of the
Corn Products Company and the Bed
ford Oil Company Of France.
LONDON, Feb. 2o.-The Foreian
Office admitted that il was without
official confirmation Of the report that
William s. Benton had been executed
by General Villa.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2o.-Dyna.
mite will be used in an attempt to save
the naval tug Potomac from destrue-
ton, five miles off Crows Head, New
foundlsnd. The American Consul at
Curling Point, NJ. r, to-day was in
struoted by the State Department to
have the ice blasted away from the
tug.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2o-The
sylvania Railroad of lake and rail
traffic between New York and Chi
caao, the exclusion Of composition
from foreign lines and the DETECTION
of shipments from water lines to rail
lines at a greater cost to the shipper,
was shown in the testimony given be-
fore Examiner Hines OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission to day or the
application Of the Pennsylvania to
retain it's water carriers to the Great
Lakes and canals.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2o.-critieis-
ing the Democrats for refusing to give
the woman suffraqists a separate
House committee, Representative Jo-
seph r. knowland, Of California, to-
day declared: ~ say to my Demo
cratic friends that the success Of the
equal suffrage movement is inevitable.
You might as we'll capitulate now as
later. The strength of the cause is
its Justice"
OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLA, Feb. 2.
Attorneys for Mrs. Minnie E. Bond
to day filed in the District Court a
motion for a new trial in her case
against Senator. Gore, tho principal
the court to allow to 90 before the
Jury certain questions as to Senator
Gore regarding alleged acts OF i'm.
morality in the past and alleged
bribery while a member OF the terri
torial legislature.
TRINIDAD. COLO, Feb. 2o.--cap-
tain Edward a. Smith and other Off
GERS Of the Colorado National Guard
were witnesses to- day before the
Congressional committee investigat-
ing the coal strike conditions in Col.
orado The guardsmen were called
to present their side in reply to
charges OF cruelty and brutal conduct
toward strikers.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2o.-Pres-
dent Wilson 20 day sent to the Senate
the nominations Of John e. Green, Of
Texas, to be United States Attorney
for the Southern District Of Texas,
and William c. Hammer, of Asheville,
NJ. c., to be United States Attorney
for the Western District Of North
Carolina.
LEAD BULLETIN
BOSTON, Feb. 20.--Much anxiety
is felt here for the safety Of the Hol-
land American line freiehter Zyldyk,
nine days overdue from Rotterdam.
The Zyldyk carried crow of SO men
when she sailed for this port on Jan
uary 28 She should have reached
hero February II.
RALEIGH, N. c., Feb. 20.-The
first tangible result of the confer
enoe of representatives of six colleges
here yesterday resulted to-day in the
adoption by A. and M. College Of the
proposed plan for the better regu-
iations of athletics.
QUEBEC, Feb. 2o.-Fire broke out
this afternoon in the Grey Nunnery
and the connecting church and threw
several hundred orphans and aged
persons into a panic,