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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09
Mexico City
an Armed Camp.

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. Eight
thousand troops, fully equipped for
field service and backed by machine
guns, preserved order in this city to-
day and We're on the alert to prevent
any attempt at an uprising by foes of
the Huerta Administration.
There was considerable excitement
during the night because of reports
that the garrison at Guadalupe had
mutinied and that there had been a
delivery of all the prisoners at the
Santiago penitentiary. To-day it was
learned. however that the mutiny at
Guadalupe had consisted of a meeting
of disaffected soldiers, at which reso-
lutions demanding that the Govern
ment pay their back salary were
adopted.
The Government officials admitted
that there had been an attempt to
free several political prisoners from
the Santiago prison, but this effort
was easily batlled and the ringleaders
In the plot were arrested.
wild rumors current in the city
during the night and early morning
caused the greatest excitement that
has prevailed since the overthrow of
President Francisco l. Madero. They
were to the effect that the troops at
Guadalupe, which is only two and a
half miles from the Capital had re-
VOTED, had killed their officers, and
were marching on the city to unite
with insurrectionists here and loot
Mexico City.
The alarming reports were imme-
dlately carried to Minister OF War
Banquet and President Huerta. The
entire Mexico City garrison was or
dered out. A regiment OF trusted
troops was placed In and around the
National Palace. Soldiers were de-
tailed to the tops of the Government
buildings, and machine guns were
hurried through the streets and
thrown into position to cut down any
invaders.
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TROOPS RE VOLT,
SEIZE ARSENAL
At TANP|CO

VERA CRUZ, Feb. IA private
that the garrison there has revolted
and taken possession of the arsenal
and the Government buildings.
The dispatch said that the MeXi-
can gunboat Vera Cruz prepared to
lombard the city, but was prevented
by the foreign warships in the harbor
The leaders in the mutiny We're re-
ported to be in league with the Con-
stitutionalists who attacked and cap
tured Altamira, near Tampico, four
days ago.
The members of the Tampico gar
rison had not been paid for weeks
and were ripe for sedition.
The guard at the arsenal was tri-
pied, ANA because OF the rumor that
the police had decided to cast their
lot with the rebel soldiers with drawn
bayonets replaced them on the street
patrols. AT the height of the excite
ment caused by the Guadalupe ru-
mors reports were circulated that all
the prisoners at Santiago had been
liberated. Three companies of troops
were dispatched there Immediately by
General Banquet but when they ar
rived they found that the prison
guards had been able to cope with the
outbreak
Capital Armed Camp.
When dawn came II found the Cap
ital an armed camp, but there was no
sign OF disorder III any section. Cen
eral Banquet had been on duty at his
office ali night and he and his staff
sought their homes early in the day to
get a little sleep. General Banquet
denied rumors that the Government
had discovered a widespread plot to
overthrow the Government.
I'VE had no fear of an uprising
here" he said, but merely called out
the garrison to calm the fears that
had been aroused by the wild and
baseless rumors President Huerta is
stronger now than. ever before
The troops will be kept on duty
instead OF the police for several days
the Minister OF War added, but when
the excitement has been thoroughly
Gained the regular guardians of the
law VIII return to their duty.
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boy FLOGGED IN CONVICT
CAMP, WEAK WITH Grief
AS HIS MOTHER IS DYING

ness he shouted, You do what
tell you!
so l went into the office where
the captain sat at his des~. and said:
"Mr. Brooks said to tell you to
whip me-"
Captain Thomson didn't ask me
what l was to be whipped for. He Just
said, All right, get your clothes Off
He gave me about ten lashes. J
think and after he got through l ask
sd him why I had been whipped, and
he said on general principles.
Another time Same Davis and l
working got stuck in the mud. He
got * lashes and / got II.
Chased by Drunken Guards.
81 was whipped several other times
eight in all. and they never would
tell me what they beat me for
THE guards cursed us and called
US all kinds of names, except Aaron
Isom. who seems to be the only guard
there who is willing to treat anybody
like they are human.
I'VE used to see the guards on
watch Sunday drink whisky and get
drunk and chase the convicts around
with their shotguns and whips,
threatening to kill them.
rive seen lots OF men whipped
while they were chained and shackled
to gangs of other men.
1--WE were fed peas with weevils
in them. Once we had peas every
day for three months, and every day
there were weevils and worms in
them. The other food was just as
bad. The eornbread was filed with
worms
1--WE were allowed to take but one
bath a week during the wintertime,
and from one to eight men had to
battle in the same tub. In the sum
mer they let US battle twice a week.
and sometimes we would have to use
the water that eight or ten other
men had used"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09
Georgian Story Finds
2 Girls Lured AWAY
By Town Boys on TriIp

Through a story printed in ~.
Georgian Friday afternoon, ]. w ""
of Mathis, Ca, has located his ~ ~,
young daughters who he char
were kidnapped from his home bv t5s
boys of the town and brought 10 A0
lanta. Mr.. Key wired to Chief r.
vers asking that the boys be arrss,
ed, but he gave no names, and w.
Chief took no action.
Flagman George t. Green. wort,.-
on L. and N. train No. 6, which learass
Atlanta at 4:05 o'clock, read ms s
Georgian story. In one of the cars 10
saw a red-headed boy and a blacr
headed boy, with two young Girls ana
two suit cases. which later wsr.
found to contain whisky and heas
They had tickets to Blue Ridge Ga
Green was convinced that the rirl,
were Keys missing daughters. ana
when the train reached Woodstoek ~
put them into the custody of tbS
Woodstock authorities, and then nv
titled the Atlanta police. The bows
gave their names as Gordon Nation
| and Jesse Moss, and are said to havs
admitted that the young girls win
them were Keys daughters,
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stitution in the land Those in charge
Of all the desperate and hardened
criminals must of necessity be deter
mined men, else you could not main
tain discipline. This being true, there
will occasionally be acts OF seeming
brutality, and when these occur ana
come to the notice of the Prison Com
mission correction Is always ap-
piled. Il must be remembered that
in a republican form of government
the theory is that the man next 10
duty will perform that duty, and then,
too, we are compelled to rely on off1-
GERS to do their duty and conform TO
the rule of the Commission.
In order to take extraordinary pre-
caution that this is done, while the
law requires serai-a annual inspec-
tions, we have monthly inspections at
an expense of about $4,000 per year
we are constantly striving to prevent
abuses while carrying out the law.
Plan to Abolish Stripes.
Recently the Commission adopted a
rule (Which has not yet been put into
complete effect on account of the ex-
pense 1t would entail to put in i'm
mediately, abolishing stripes except
for the lowest grade of convicts. we
hope by this to encourage the men 10
good behavior and thus avoid the ne
cessity for whipping.
Each member of the Commission
went before the legislative commit
tees and urged the passage OF the
probation law We also urged the in
determinate sentence law, which we
feel will aid very much in maintain
ing discipline, for 1t will largely abol-
ish the inequalities of punishment
now inflicted by the various courts
and thus the convicts will have IN
stilled in them a greater respect Tor
the business Of the law.
We also urged the establishment OF
a girls reformatory. There are va
rious other efforts that we have made
and are making to make our penal
laws and institutions as near perfect
as humanity possible.
We also have made strenuous er-
forts to secure from the Legislature
sufficient funds to better equip our
boys reformatory, so tnat better
training can be given for usefulness
In their future lives.
For Road Work.
am opposed to some of the meas
ures proposed In the article in ques-
ton. ! do not believe the conVicts
should be taken from the public
ROADS. l DeleVe ILLS iOdu
while promoting the improvements in
rural conditions, also is an aid to the
reformation Of the convict. The fact
that there is no private gain from
his imposed labor, but the public gets
the benefit and he himself will share
In it when he Is released, stimulates
that principle in him that encourages
and elevates.
1t is true also that health condi-
tons are better in Georgia than in
any penal institutions in the coun
try. This is attributable very largely
to the outdoor life that is followed
both at work and in camp. The men
are built up physically, and the rec
ord shows that a large majority OF
them when they leave prison became
law abiding citizens, so we can infer
that they are also built no in their
character.
Yours truly,
T. E. PATTERSON.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09
Americans Seized
BY Mexican Bandits.

JUAREZ, MEXICO, Feb. 7.-Troops
from General Villas army and par
ties of American cowboys from
ranches on the border are to-day
securing the foothills Of the Sierra
Madre Mountains, in Western Chi
huahua, for Maxine Castillo's ban
dts, who seized a number of Ameri-
cans at Big Cumbre tunnel on the
Mexican Northwestern Railway.
The known captives are NJ. j. Oil
martin, superintendent OF the Juarez
division Of the railway; II. Schoen-
field, superintendent Of the terminal
at JuareZ; Lee Williams. assistant
superintendent OF the commissary de-
partment of the railway; E. j. Me-
Cutchen, engineer Of the passenger
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Continued From Page I.

gang; | know more vicious habits,
and l think more about how easy it
would be to rob a store or a house
than ! did before l went in the chain
gang ana had men standing over me
with loaded guns al! day long, apply
ing vile epithets to me and to my
mother They made me work six
teen hours a day, shoveling dirt with
as they were and couldn't do as much,
and they'd have me beaten because l
couldn't work as hard as the big men
could.
81 was whipped eight times while l
was IN the Adamsville camp, six
times without any reason at all and
twice for trivial offenSes and viola
tons of the rules. One time | was
hogged because l dropped a spot of
grease on the floor of the mess hall,
while | was getting my breakfast,
and Captain Thomson gave me five
lashes on my bare back.
Whipped on General Principles"
IL had been there only seven days
when | was whipped the first time,
and / never did know what ii was for,
except that they told me it was on
general principles They called me
Spider at the camp. The guards
gave me the name because was so
little and seemed to be all legs and
arms, / guess. l never was very
strong. One morning before we went
out on the chain the guard, a man
named Brooks, stopped in front OF
me and yelled:
Spider, &C back into the office
and tell the captain l said to beat
he'll out of you!'
what have / done?' / asked
That's none of your d bust
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09
Editor Georgian:

HuItoi Eeois lah'
In your Issue OF the 9Th Inst Is
card signed bv B. G. M. that goes $50
wide Of the mark that I deem it wise
to reply to il. | do not care to en-
gage in anv newspaper controversy.
hut simnIv n set yoiIr readers right
on the questions discussed. l appre-
ciate tho statement in the card that
tho writer Goes not believe Judge
Da+tersnn To he either ignorant or
cruel" The subject of the article
contains n supposed quotation from
me hut which | disclain. The young
WOW Who onotad me NAV not have
fuIl,, understand me and thus was
led into giving an erroneous idea of
nv nosition.
stated in substance nv position
TO he that the ideas of a great many
newspapers and others on the ques-
ton of crime and its punishment and
prevention were erroneous, and while
: did rot a ree with some that It
,,,a 9, ",,,a,I5in sentiment that it was
hased ON a tyrbne. vIewpoint.
Nj cot.I,,ss., eafo~,.a4ion
wy '0'oV 'o
Inc ldea OF punishment - ny '''S
" for reformation of character. If
that could be done, we would stop
churches and other means for the
building up of character ana send
everybody to the pen1tentiary untll
they were reformed and then turn
them out, But that society in It's or
ganized state as government MAKES
laws and provides punishment TOT
their violation in order 70 protect us
members in their lives, their persons
their property and pursuit OF nap
piness.
Experience shows that you can take
community of say 100 lnhapltahts'
and while the vast majority VIII pe
law abiding and respect the rights
of the others some Will De lawlesS
and disturbers of the peace ana uli
mindful Of the rights OF others. ms
being so, the laws are so Iralneu ma ma
the Government instltuted TOT .nls
purpose can lay lts hahds on tHese
lawless ones and thus remove tne
evil influence and proVloe proper plo-
lection for the others.
Prisons TOT rum s,'''iet' NV,
The parable or the Ieaven nus rus
trates-leaven is synpol OF eNll anu
corrupting influence, ana the STATE
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09
Federals Give Way
About Torreon.

CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, Feb. T.
The second victory within two days
for the Constitutionalist troops ma
neuvering for the attack on Torreon
was recorded to-day with the capture
of .Mapimi. The Federals evacuated
the town after showing little resist
ance.
1--WE are drawing the net tight
about Torreon," said General Villa
when he received the official report
"Huerta will be unable to relieve the
town, and the more soldiers he sends
north the more we will capture"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09
Germania Fire Insurance Company
OF NEW YORK

the laws the state New York made the Cover
taf 1 os State
1 Whole amount of capital 80. =. 100000 -
Amount paid up in cash ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of real estate owned by the oooooo oooom
s:Ss dssa eSs ga ;n f:s, ~
STOCKS s5mp sa 9 p 7sls s s4a market ky 1
Cash o ss shs
ca sanf hands of agents and in cour.. of 'I'S04
transmission 5s41s276
Total . .. -. -. ... -. ...... -. .$1Os50gs9s -
D. and unpaid ~. -. 49,. =. ...... ~. ~. 4475OS4
Total of company
H. LIABILITIES
Losses due due and unpaid - adjustment a. ,'1O0Sssi
suspense including all reported and -
including interest $4,000
a. Total amount of .....s2s24sss5
1s4 IS . :sfiss
All CLAIMS asains the e company mp o.. d oSsS
surplus all liabilities 25ss2e6ss
IA Total n.s1l!s. :.Iasels -,
Of cash pre-, premiums received s15 %25ssss
T. income received from all -. 2686Ss
G. Total actually
v EXPENDITURES DURING MONTHS OF THE YEAR
easR DIVIDENDS ID Noses actually paid " " " " o6So0o
paid including fees salaries and noo7sn
PAID G9 fp stSte natena and local taxes apd other
All other payments expenditures 4. -. " .. I7S8l2s
Total expenditures during he las of ,
1 spy ag ss act o dung S' A.. in the
STATE or Ppead efrs be williams who bs
rancn S0 COMPANY ad that
is correct and true .r
Sworn and subscribed before this 81 dy Gs6y M
Name of State Agent-GEoReE HARRINGTON.
Name of Agent at Atapta-WlLLiAMS BROTHERS.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09
Electrotypers Quit
As One Is Dicharged

Electrotypers in the Southern Ri.
ralist plant, No. 11S East Huntsr
street, walked out Saturday IN
sympathy with one of their numhsr
who had been discharged for being
repeatedly late to work.
The management said that ,hs
plant had not been crippled 10 anv
extent. and that new men had heon
hired to take the places Monday. Only
three or four were involved In the
walkout, according to officers of the
company,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09

train which was held up; j. p. Web
ster and II. f. Mardens.
An appeal in behalf of the captives
has been lodged with the State De-
partment.
Officials of the railway line who
went to Big Cumbre tunnel to inves
tigate the damage done by the bri-
gands. reported from MADEIRA that a
freight train and a passenger train
had been burned. and that part of the
tunnel had been wrecked.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09
81 .OO0 DIAMOND RING Of
SLAIN WOMAN SOUGHT
IN MYSTERY Of TRAGEDY

leans: I am going to look for my
dear wife that love and all care to
live for She has disappointed me
and refused to live with me am
going to look for her and beg her to
reconsider and live with me, and If
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the Cover
of the
William
!. CAPITAL STOCK.
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FULL POWER FOR COCKTAILS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. An offices
in the Panama Canal Zone win be
filled under the direction OF Colonel
George w. Cocktails according to an
executive order signed by President
Wilson.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01
BIDS WANTED

e Notice is hereby given that the
board Of public instruction. 1T its
meeting on Friday, June S, 1914,
will receive and open bids for the
erection of a school house at the Fell
lowship school. according to plans
and specifications on fle at the once
Of the superintendent of public in
struction in the court house at Ocala.
Florida.
Bids will be received for q general
contract covering the furnishing all
the supplies and labor for completing
the building or for the work Of erect
ing the house only.
The board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids. Communica-
lions should be addressed to
]. H. Brinson, Secretary,
mon-wed-fri Ocala, Fla.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01

since then and taken up the fight for
the other fellow. Did the gas COM
pany call on the Banner for help?
Did Mr.. Hunter call for help, that it
rushes dn the fight, or did it volun-
taHi1y enter it? In either case, the
Banner is not living up to it's motto.
because / don't consider it fair for
the Banner to butt" in on mine and
Mr.. Hunters fight. Mr.. Hunter, we
must all admit, is an unusually
bright fellow and is perfectly capa-
BILE of conducting his own fights. It
is unfair in the editor of the Banner,
as he is considered the best and old
est journalist in Florida. What
chance will l have in three-corner-
ed fight against such odds? A CON-
mon countryman with only a COM
mon school education and that all in
German and German schools. Its
not fair, and the Banner should keep
off the grass. ]. NJ. Meffert.
Ocala, Fla, May Goth, 1913.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01
COAST LINE SCHEDULE
Jacksonville and ST. Petersbure

No 9-Leave Jacksonville p. m. I;
arrive Ocala 9:05; arrive st. Peters
burg 3 a. m.
No. 1O-Leave st. Petersburg II
p. m, arrive Ocala sos; arrive
Jacksonville, 1885.
No. 39-Leaves Jacksonville Al
$3.50 a. M; arrives Ocala at 2:40 !
NJ; arrives St. Petersburg at $40.
No. 4O-Leaves st. Petersburg q,
$50 a. M; arrives Ocala 1884 p
m; leaves Ocala 1:14 p. M; arrive.
Jacksonville at $50 p m
Ocala and Lakeland
No. 35-Leaves Ocala GAO a. m. (;
arrives Lakeland 1905 a. m.
No. 32-Leaves Lakeland 5:4S p.
M; arrives Ocala $50 p. m.
Ocala and HOmOsassa
No. 49-Leave Ocala, $3.50 a. m. /;
arrive Homosassa, / p. m.
No. 47-Leave Ocala, 2:20; arrive
Homosassa, $50.
No. 44-Leave Homosassa, 10 a.
M; arrive Ocala, 1850 p. m.
No. Leave Homosassa, 1880 p.
m; arrive Ocala, 6 p. m.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01

Superintendent Caldwell and his
assistants were hard at work nearly
all day yesterday. They took adj
vantage of the Sunday morning lull
to change connections on the Ocala
House block so that it would be on a
circuit of its own instead of coupled
inconveniently with the residence
section. BY hurry and hard work,
they were able to clear. the wires in
time for the churches to have current
a church in the city had fans; now
they wouldn't think of trying to
exist without them.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01

Mr.. c. Green, the popular man
ager of the Majestic and Auditorium
theaters, has leased the Dixie theater
in Barlow and will run same in con-
nection with his two Lakeland play
houses. He will book the same COM
panies that appear here in the win
ter for Barlow, thus giving the peo-
pie of that place the very best in the
theatrical line. He will place a man
ager in charge of the theater and
home, devoting his personal atten-
ton to his two theaters here
Lakeland Telegram.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01
AN IMMENSE ONION

The Underground Apples will Com
mand q Good Price this Year
There is a huge fat, white onion
grown on the Oklawaha Farms, on
display in the Munroe & Chambliss
Bank The onion is by no means
the largest we have ever seen, but it
is beauty and measures 5 n inches
across. By the way, those who have
good crop of onions should see that
they get good money for them, for
the produce papers state that there is
great shortage. The Texas crop
has been exhausted, the Bermuda
crop Is failure, the Egyptian crop
is only half and there are inquiries
abroad for American onions.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01

The joke was ON the candidates
Saturday night. They went to the
courthouse, to speak to the dear peo-
pie, but the people stayed away So
the candidates sat on the courthouse
steps and tried to persuade each
other to retire.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs

Ocala Lodge No. -. Conventions
held every Monday at 1880 p. m, at
Castle Hall, over the James Carlisle
drugstore. A cordial welcome to WIS.,
iting brothers VIM NJ. Gober c. c.
Chas. K. Sage, X. r. S. Ad
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01

Ex-Policeman Fomby, now of
Webster, was in the city Saturday.
He expects to leave DIN a few days
for Arkansas, and may go to Califor-
MIA, or to Mexico If there seems to
be chance for excitement.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01

Secretary Rooney, with his usual
patriotism, and knack of arousing
our own interests in our home af-
fairs, has placed the display of ar
ticles made by the pupils of the pri-
mary school in the Board of Trade
windows. All show great cleverness,
and attract the notice of strangers
as we'll as our people.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01

The fireman's park becomes more
and more every day beauty spot
and the firemen take the greatest
pride in keeping it In good order and
improving it. 1t calls forth the ad-
miration of all who pass on the
trains, and many of our own people
find it pleasant and refreshing
place to stop and look at
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01

Mr.. S. G. Mayo of Reddick has a
display of cantaIoupes at the Munroe
& Chambliss Bank that are excep-
tionally fine. Mra Mayo will be
shipping in a day or two and his
fruit is we'll netted, fair size and OF
excellent quality.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01
INDIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION

about five years ago / began TAX
ing Chamberlain Tablets after suf-
fering from Indigestion and consti-
patton for years without finding any
relief to me. Chamberlain Tablets
helped me at once and by using
them for several weeks ! was cured
Of the complaint" writes Mrs. Mary
E. McCullen, Phelps, n. Y. For sale
by all dealers. I'd
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-01

Mr.. s. NJ. Grubbs, formerly of
Ocala, now of Raiford, came over
Friday to comfort his son, Mr.. w. e.
Grubbs, in his great misfortune. He
returned to Raiford today, accom-
few days with his parents in their
new home.