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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-01-15
MEETING OF STATE
SCHOOL OFFICERS
Opens at State Capital January
13. - Governor Hooper to
Address Meeting.

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 1.-The
coming meeting of the Public
School Officers of Tennessee is
attracting considerable attention
throughout the State. This meet
ing will be held in the hall of the
House of Representatives at the
State Capitol and will open Tues
day morning, January 13, and con-
tinue until noon Thursday the Is.
Governor Hooper will deliver the
address of welcome which will be
a notable feature of the meeting.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction, S. H. Thompson, who is
an ex-officio Chairman of the
Executive Committee, when seen
by a newspaper reporter today
said: las is well known the Public
School Officers Association is the
most effective single organization
for educational advancement in
the State. 1t very largely shapes
the public school people and is a
great agency creating public senti-
ment for school Improvement and
the advancement of educational
ideals. This meeting will be the
most noticeable yet held in many
respects. In addition to Governor
Hooper delivering the address of
welcome there are two other
speakers of note not usually
found on public school programs,
namely, Vice President Robert B.
Stansell, D. D., of the University
of Chattanooga, and Bishop Thos.
F. Gailor of the Episcopal Church.
! DR.. Stansell will discuss the rela-
tions Of the denominational school
to the public schools and his ad-
dress will be worth while from
every standpoint. He is one of
the strong men of his church,
having graded A in philosophy at
both Harvard and Columbia Uni
versities. Bishop Gailor is too
we'll known in Tennessee and the
entire South to need any COM
ment. He will discuss Moral
Ethics in Education" and will be
listened to with great pleasure.
So far as we know this is the
first time any bishop has address
ed this Association and we count
ourselves very fortunate to get
Bishop Gailor. There are many
other men and women of promin-
ence on the program SO that there
will not be single dull period.
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RESULT IS NO new DEPOT
Railroad Commission Writes the
Local Aldermen Asking Them
to Submit to the Railroad Com
pany the City's Side of the
Matter and to Show Whether
the Citizens Have Made the
Price of Their Property Prohib-
tive or Not.

Southern Railway officials claim
that the reason they have not
built the Newport depot is because
the citizens have tried to hold
their property at prohibitive
price. The railroad commission
has written to the Newport Al
dermen for their side of the mat
ter. The correspondence follows:
Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 2, 1914
Mr.. F. H. Taylor,
Newport, Tenn.
Dear Sir:
| note in the Newport paper
that the depot to be constructed
in your city is still hanging fire
The last communication we had
from Mr.. Loyal was on October
10th, and the same was forwarded
to you on October 18th. Please
let us know from the City's stand
point, why the depot has not
been built. AS soon as we hear
from you, we will take the matter
up again with Mr.. Loyal.
If the property, upon which it
was agreed that the depot should
be built, cannot be secured, then
other property should be obtained
and the depot built. Very sorry
to see that abutting property
owners are exhorbitant in their
prices. l had hoped that the re-
suit of our visiting your. City
would bring about speedy set
tlement of all questions, and that
the depot would have been COM
pleted long ago,
Please let me hear from you.
Very truly yours,
FRANK AVENT,
Commissioner.
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HELD WITHOUT
A FIELD GOAL
Carson and Newman College
Played to a Standstill On
Own Floor

The Newport basket ball team
journed over to Jefferson City
last Saturday night and played
the Carson and Newman College
five. Just what the final score
was has mot been determined, but
it is known that the college boys
bumped UP againstsuch a stiff de-
fense that they never got credit
for making a single field goal
They almost made one just before
the game broke up but when the
ball passed through the basket it
was discovered that foul had
been called ON the man who had
shot the goal for travelling and
there was nothing doing. The
Jefferson City audience as well as
the players were greatly peeved
because of the fact, and Coach
McElyeen determined that the
Umpire's decision was not going
to count, so he ran upon the stage
and grabbed the ball, and as this
was the only ball in sight, and
the Newport players had been
used to playing with a ball, it was
decided to quit, regardless of the
fact that there was five minutes
yet to play.
Newport proved too much of a
team for the college boys and
scored seven field goals and five
foul goals while the college boys
were throwing twelve foul goals.
1t looked very much as though
the referee was about to take the
game bv calling fouls, as he called
twelve IN succession on Newport,
but Coach McElveen very kindly
came to the rescue of the New
port team by taking the ball in
stead OF the game. To him, there
fore the Newport team offers
thanks. The game got beyond
the power of the officials early
and what promised to be a real
basket ball contest was turned
into a farce. A game played ON
the Jefferson City floor between
the two teams with a competent
non-interested official would be
a contest well worth seeing.
Tho lipo,,p opd ccoro.
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Newport, Tenn, Jan. 9TH, 1914.
Hon. Frank Avent,
Railroad Commissioner,
Nashville, Tennessee.
Dear Sir:
Replying to your letter of Jan.
End, will say that the depot ques-
ton has taking very surprising
and unexpected turn.
The Southern Railway Company
has recently instituted suits in the
Chancery Court here claiming
that Messrs. w. B. Robinson, Den
mis- C Fisher and the Newport
Mill Company, whose property
was tentatively selected for depot
purposes when your Commission
was here, are on the right of way
of the Railroad Company, and
asking for a decree of the court
ousting them from this property.
They assert in their bill filed in
these suits that the Railroad Com
pany has and owns right of way
200 feet wide through the town of
Newport. This is a matter that
directly involves not only the
town with reference to its streets
but every property owner along
Main Street, as all the business
houses along Main Street are
built on a line Of fifty feet from
the center of the railroad.
These property owners directly
interested in these suits intend to
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LONG BATTLE
LOST TO DEATH
Eugene Grace Dies In Newman,
Ca, HOme-Who Inflicted
Death Wound?

Newman; Ga, Jan. 13.-Eugene
Grace died here at las this morn
ing from the bullet wound he
mysteriously received in Atlanta
nearly two years ago. He had
suffered from partial paralysis
since shortly after the shooting
occurred and had been in a seri-
Gus condition for several days.
Grace was wounded at his At
lanta home in March 1912. Police
Summoned by telephone cali,
found him in 'semiconscious con-
dition. At the hospital he accus-
ed his wife, Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace
of the shooting. Mrs. Grace was
found at the home of Grace's
mother here and was arrested on
his accusation. Later in the same
year she was tried ON a charge of
attempted murder and found not
guilty.
AT the trial Grace, brought into
the courtroom on a cot, made a
statement that he had been shot
by his wife for the purpose of Sc
curing a large amount of life in
surance which he held. Mrs.
Grace stated at the trial that her
husband had been wounded in a
struggle between them for the
possession of a pistol and that she
had left him and gone to Newman
in the belief that he was not in a
serious condition.
Soon after the trial Grace left
his Atlanta home to live with his
| mother in Newman. His death,
physicians said, was due directly
to uraemic poisoning which set in
about the wound in his back.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12.-Mrs.
Daisy Ulrish Opie Grace, whose
husband, Eugene H. Grace, died
early today at Newman, Ga, from
a bullet wound inflicted nearly
two years ago, declined to have
anything to say regarding his
death. lf
Mrs. Grace could not be seen
at her home in West Philadelphia,
but sent out word to inquirers
that she would not make any
statement at present on advice of
her council. 1t was said at the
house that the news of her hus-
bands death was sent to Mrs.
Grace in a telegram from the
South.
Mr.. Grace has been living here
since she was acquitted of the
charge of the attempted murder
of her husband.
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attributed the activity of the fire
marshals of the Hooper admins
tration, and also the statement of
Fire Insurance Commissioner
Taylor, whom many republicans
here term Take a Drink" Taylor,
that thorough campaign of the
State to prevent over insurance
would be made. The latter is be-
ing termed false pretense to
cover their activities.
1t appears here that having de-
termined to eliminate Sells, a pri-
mary election has been ordered
for April II, and Sells invited to
enter with the promise of being
given one-half of all the primary
election officers. Republicans
here having the reputation of be-
ing sufficiently wary to stay in
out of the rain, say this looks
good" and that in the interest of
harmony and the success of the
republican party the Hooper ad-
ministration expects to force Sells
to submit and enter the primary.
Once in, it is said the fire marshals
and the Hooper forces are to
turn the trick, eliminate Sells, re
unite" the party and prepare the
way for a third term for Gov.
Hooper and the fire marshals.
COL. GEORGE TAYLOR MEN
TONED FOR CONGRESS
Another interesting feature of
the situation is the report that
after Sells is committed to the
primary, Col. George C. Taylor,
late private secretary to Gov.
Hooper, who resigned as such
and accepted a position of fire
marshal and located here where
it was easy to look after the gov
ernors interest in the first district,
is to become a candidate for nomi-
nation to congress. Col. Taylor
has the reputation of being a very
astute politician and is credited
with having largely furnished the
republican modicum of brains for
the Hooper administration, while
recently Maj. E. B. Stahlman and
Judge John A. Pitts are given the
credit for the grey matter on So
called democratic side. But up
to the present, observers here say
the Sells fly has not walked into
the fire marshal spider web.
/ The Hon. Bird Lovett, of
Greenville is chairman of the con-
gressional committee of the Sells
faction. He is given general credit
=! for being somewhat of a politician
and schemer himself, and is the
same O. B. Lovette who was
nominated by the republican
caucus of last legislature to sue
ceed Judge James Maynard, of
Knoxville, as the republican men,
ber of the state board of elections.
However after he had been made
the nominee, it is said Gov. Hoop
er decided he did not want an elec-
ton commissioner who might be
closer to Sells than to him, and so
the caucus reconvened and recon-
sidered the action in havingLovette
for Commissioner. Gen. James R.
Penland then was nominated and
elected. 1t is thought here that
this was the beginning of the
work to eliminate Sells, but when
the end will be it is difficult to
find anyone here to guess.
Sells, his friends declare, is a
game fighter. Heretofore, he has
been successful. In his factional
fight he has been able to get a
fair division of the democrats, but
he is said to be in bad with them
by reason of the fact that last win
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Why" he will ask. 1T was the system
in Mexico that made me II bandit
This IL the only explanation he gives,
hut everybody in chihuahua knows that
one OF Portrio Dlaz's soldiers. an officer
over twenty five years ago. insul'ed the
Young sister OF Pancho villa. then "a boy
about town, and that Pancho Villa shot
IN, man dead an hour later that gem
darm-s came to the villa home an hour
later to arrest him and that instead OF
submitting to arrest and long impris-
oument. probably eXecution-for the
courts were then dominated by the mp
per class and poor man had little
show--Nila mounted his horse and rode
into the mountains.
He killed part of the posse that fol-
lowed and from that day forward was
"Villa. the bandit His name was used
to brighten babies. but Villa never robbed
Il poor man. He would ride into the
mountains and sleep where he pleased,
with whom he pleased but he always
paid the poor for his accommodations.
villa Is not boastful. He accepts the
obedience OF his men as natural His
bandits had 10 obey him He Killed those
who did not. He has always been obeyed
ana he sees nothing strange In 10000
meN subjoctinG themselves to his orders
and obeyinc him infinitely. He Is always
clear headed. he takes plenty of sleep,
eats well and has never been seen to
drink.
II am bandit, hut ! never stay up
after bedtime To gamble and let wine
and women alone" he says.
THIS Is the man who Is running state
and all its industries for the benefit of
the people. running the first successful
socialstic state government in America.
bu: running 1t with drawn revolver.
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any Government. for Villa says he is
going to make every dollar an honest dol
lar when he starts his mint and Villa
has always been a man OF his word,
whether his word was 4 promis. To pay "a
debt or TO execute AN enemy.
Once when he was In the mountains a
refugee from justice, "A police chief in
chihuahua boosted that he would arrest
villa in n month Villa sent word Il
will kill YOU in week
In less time Villa rode into the city Of
Chihuahua. met the chief on business
street. shot him dead and rode out again
to his band In the mountains. That ~ the
way villa keeps his word His friends
say that is what enables him 10 get
together and control nm army of 10000
men.
While villa ha. been all his life ban
dit he is not an ignorant man.
Il became possessed of desire To hc
able to read like other men" he said one
day recently. when | was Ia tho noun
tains. Ny inability to read often cost
me money. Sometimes when | robbed a
bank | overlooked papers that would be
worth money to me. because | could not
read. set out to learn and did learn
how TO read and write
Then when was put into prison in
Mexico city | had nothing to do 80 ! sent
out and got "a slat. and some paper and
pencils and | set IN to write To-day
I am regular business college
And villa laughed and shrugged his
shoulders. This is his reilly TO the stories
often circulated that he il illiterate, He
will sit down and sign his nam. to dts
prove this any time.
villa will also take limo to tell why
he became Il bandit
~ have always been a bandit, but
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lions prevailed anywhere to the southwark
for several hundred miles.
The Navy Departments explanation
handed out from Washington. to the effect
that there was no occasion FOR haste on
the part Of the Chester, provoked ripple
of laughter here, for the Chester 10 the
fastest vessel outside the destroyer classes
in the American navy.
The statement. also credited to the
Navy Department, that there has been no
need for communication with the Chester,
Is also regarded as odd. II was pointed
out that the Chester's radio equipment Is
the most powerful In the naval service.
She could communicate with the shore
from any point Of her Journey. and IN
view Of the importance Of her mission and
Of the Presidents interest On the com
munication which Lind will make the
statement finds little credence here.
All day the population Of this winter
resort region stood on tip toe awaiting
the coming Of Confidential Agent John
Lind.
The nearest approach TO the noted
Swedish statesman they saw
was the Scandinavian biueJacket who
held the tiller Of the power boat Of the
revenue cutter Winona in its noisy trips
about Pass Christian harbor.
close to the President was that the status
OF affairs announced yesterday continued
without change. The President was
awaiting the coming Of Lind and plans
for his reception had been made. but
nothing elise could be learned.
The President passed the morning at
home going over his mail. debating many
letters and putting IN the busiest day
since he came to Pass Christian. He
took short walk with Mrs Wilson just
before luncheon and shorter motor ride
In the afternoon
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defenders Of the city admit that they
have lost nifty men. among them Capt,
MHncillas.
Red Cross Workers who crossed tn.
battlefield durnS the noon lull In the
fighting say they came upon more than
200 dead bodies They report also that
the wounded are being cared for under
difficulties
During the afternoon fight "A gun squad
left tho main body OF the rebels and
poured shot into the Federal stronghold
with deadly accuracy. The Federals as
signed -four machine guns to return this
FIR. OF the four guns In the rebel squad
only one was used at time and Il
Freuchman said to be named Brien. con
trollcd the lire. This attack enabled tn.
rebels to work in closer to the city and
when the tight is resumed dynamite
bombs may I've used
RccncorCements are SAID 20 be coming
20 the rebels from Hdal,o. Eight hun
dr-d men are expected to Join Gonzales
during the night. and a renewal ~ the
night In the morning will pr"cipitatc 4
furious struggle
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EDWIN P. GRosvENoR RESIGNS.
Quits Department Of Justicc 60 Join
Cadwalader Law Firm.

Edwin r. Grosvenor. who for num-.
Der of years has been special assistant,
to the Attorney General at Washington
and special counsel In important anti.
trust cases. resigned from the Department
of Justice yesterday to become mem.
Der Of the law firm OF Cadwalader,
wickersham & Taft at 40 Wall street, this
firm succeeding the old firm Of Strong &
Cadwalader.
Mr.. Grosvenor was Junior counsel 20
Attorney General McReynolds in the case
against the American Tobacco Company
During the term Of Attorney General
Wickersham he had charge OF a number of
big antitrust suits. He also won tn.
case against the Kentucky night riders
At the request of Attorney General Ne.
Reynolds Mr.. Grosvenor Will continue in
charge Of the several cases now pending
The law firm of Strong Cadwalader.
which now takes the name OF Cadwalader.
wickersham & Taft. Ia one Of the oldest
firms in the city. perhaps the oldest,
having been In business over 100 years
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Makes Many Promotions

To celebrate the new year Gen. Huerta
made many military promotions. among
them being the appointment of four Gen
erals Of division, besides number OF
Generals OF lesser rank
Gen. Jose Ines Salazar was appointed
Governor OF the State of Sonora, while
Gen. Marcelo Caraveo. Gen. Miguel Ruelas
and Gen. Felipe Mier were named Cover
nors OF the States OF Durango. Aguas-
calientes and Guerrero respectively
The Government announced tonight
that an uprising had occurred in the
Costa Chica region of Guerrero, due to an
outbreak OF the rurales, who revolted
under Julian Blanco, "A former Maderisto
and commandant of the ruralcs in the
region affected. The negroes have Joined
the mutnocrs
Col, Silvestre Marisc.,l left Acapulco to
qucll the uprising and In the lighting that
followed nifty OF the revolving rurales
were killed and more than one hun
dred wounded He captured many new
American rifles and cartridges which are
said to have been landed recently on the
coast OF Guerrero near the Oaxaca State
line.
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w1THDRAws FROM spEYER & co.
Hans Wintcrfeidt quits Bccaus. -,
wtfe's III Health.

Hans wintcrfeldt, considered one Of In,
best informed men on railroad finance In
Wall street, has withdrawn from tho
firm of Speyer & Co.. according to an.
nouncemcnt made yesterday. That Mr.
Winterfeldt was to withdraw WAS r..
ported In THE SrN November I las,
Because of Mrs. Winterfeldt's fa.lu;
health he has Joined her IN Germany
where they Will reside.
Mrs. winterfeldt has been seriously I'll
nearly u year.
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. NO TROLLEYS UP GREYLOCK.
Petition Refused for Road 10 Ma,
sachusetts' Highest PEAK,

RosToN, Jan. 1.-The Public Service
Commission refused to-day to approve the
petition of the berkshire Street Railway
Company fdr "a location near the summit
of Greylock Mountain. 1856 feet high.
The company estimated that the extension
would necessitate an expenditure OF ST.
100, 900.
The commissioners reported that the
line would be used only u short time
each year that the interest charge on tho
cost of construction would be about
$4,000 a year and that the investment
might prevent the company from building
other extensions in western Massachusetts
which would be permanent benefit to
the public
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the two Is to take place in the next d.,
or so.
No advicos regarding tho conference
are being received here, II WAS slid
State Department dispatches from g..
border reported that two battles arc nov
In progress between the rebels and FED
erals, at Ojnaga and als0 Al Susys
Laredo. The indications are that bo,s
cities will be taken by the rebels even.
tualy. as the Fsdorals are reported 10 be-
outnumbered
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an cdict Immediately forfeiting them all
TO THE people" and followed II with an
other ordering them t. resume in the
name Of the Cons .itutional Government"
As villa keeps ne books, the Government
administer II. but nobody has yet accused
villa Of enrichins himself. They call him
robber. but they admit that he rohs and
distributes II among the men he CONF
mdnds
with some men the matter OF starting
NJ the different Industries would nav"
been "a problem Not 50 with villa. He
immediately summoned all the workmen.
especially the experts. who had been en-
poy,d In the dlffercn, factories. and told
them TO return To their tasks. He did not
ask them il they would he ordered them
back.
II is cc5 miles to the border from
Chihuahua and villa controls the railroad
Only those who have passes signed by
himself can get out. Therefore. the men
villa told to so To work went to work
They and their families are being pro-
tected, they are being paid rs in normal
times and have no objection TO working
rny that they are at IL again.
Officers of his army were placed IN
charge Of the different institutions by
villa with Instructions to sell the output
and give him the money. after paying FOR
labor and material Every night rolls OF
bins some small. some large, are turned
over to the rebel chief by his lieutenant
receipts from the concerns operatlns
under the rebel Government.
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FURIOUS ATTACK ON LAREDO
All Day Battle Ends with FcdcraIs
sim Holding Town.

LAREDO, Tex, Jan. 1.-The rcbol attacl,
upon Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, began at
daybreak this morning and with the IN.
ception OF a lull at noon, the heavy firing
continued until darkness. Tonight from
$50 to 300 men are lying where they fell
and the relative positions of the two
armies are about as they were when the
battle began.
The rebel forces under Gen. Pablo Con
GALES were within n mile OF the town.
They say they lost about 100 men, includ-
Ing Capt. Eziquel Parrss The Federal
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WASHINGTON NOT IN SECRET
NOthiMg known About Details q
Wilson-Lind Conference,

WASHINGTON Jan. AT both the
state Department and White House com
plete ignorance Of the plans Of President
Wilson and John Lind was expressed to-
day by officials, who declared that all
they knew was that conference between