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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-07

Miss Marion Goldsmith entertaihe =
a. enend- the-day party Tuesday al
her home in the Wyckliffe apart apart
ments. complimenting Miss virginia ma
Pound and her guest, Miss Josephine
Colyar, of Chattanooga. with
The luncheon table was gay WIZ
mink and lavender hyacinths. culleu
from Mrs. Goldsmith's garden covers
were laid for eight. o.+
Miss Colyar was the honor guess cues
Monday night at supper at the zap air
ital Citv Club, following the theate, !
Ssturday evening Harold Arnlstea d
viii give an informal dancing parry
for her.
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Auction eridoe for sride.eIect.

A pretty compliment to Miss sallie
Fanny McKinnon, whose marriage TO
William Taylor Mayor Will be an
event Of April Is, will be the auction
bridge which Miss Nell Lewis VIII
give Saturday afternoon at her home
in Kirkwood
The guests will be Misses Eva Mae
Willingham Ursula Workman, Mill
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-07
For Mrs. Hull in Athens.

Mrs. Marion Hull, of Atlanta, who
is visiting Mrs Rosa D. Hull in Attn
ems, was honor guest at an informal
party given by Mrs. John A. Darwin.
The guests included a few close
friends and neighbors, who brought
their work bags and produced some
dainty handiwork. Miss Lalage Oar
win frequent visito herer assisted
her mother
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-07
Inspector Dupin Is
Slain by a Husband

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, April Because he believed
that Police Inspector Raymond Dupin
had stolen the affections of Nine Della
croix, the woman's husband, Maurice
Delacroix, another police inspector, shot
Dupin dead at headquarters to-day,
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White Star Orders
Liner Of $4,000 Tons

LIVERPOOL. April THE White
Star Line has ordered another le-
viathan passenger steamer for the
service between Liverpool and New
York
The new vessel is to displsce $4,000
tons and is to be an improvement on
the Adriatic type.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-07

Mrs. Herbert w. Wood, Of Cnica 20
S Ssi Of the Ladies' Aid Society OF
The Christian Church on Tuesday'
April Il, at the Hotel Ansley, MIS- 4,Is
Wood is now in Jacksonville, RIA Ia
She has given musical readings oe-
fore enthusiastic audiences.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-07

Tho marriage OF Miss ATWOOD
Moore. of Marietta, and F. H. Lans-
dell. If Atlanta, is announced Tue
ceremony having been performed d.
the narsonaVe Of the First Methodist
church in Marietta by DR.. Duvall'
pastor. on Sunday. April s.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-07
Mrs. Wilson's Lecture.

Mrs. A. Med. wilson VIII sive ~
illustrated lecture on Panama Tor tne
benefit of St. Luke's Church on wed ,e,i
nesday afternoon. April 10 Mrs. VII
son has given this lecture so success IS
fully that she has been asked 70 re,
peat it for the benefit OF the Far ns
Street Church and for the benei1t Oh
the Uncle Remus Memorial Assocla-
ton
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Farewell for Dr.. and Mrs. Walker.

DR.. and Mrs. Hugh K Walker, who
will leave Tuesday for Los Angeles,
Cal, their former home, were ten
dered reception by their congrega-
tion Monday evening. Spring flowers
were lavishly used as decoration, and
a large crowd was present.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-07

Mrs. P. ]. McGovern has cameo th q
meeting Of the executive board c. OF not rng
T,adies' Altar Society of the sacreu
Heart Church for wednesday aIter
noon at 3 o'clock at Marist Hall a
full attendance is urged.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-07
PRETTY MORNING WEDDING
is S0LENN|ZED AT TERRACE

mediately after the ceremony for Biz
mingham, the bride was married in a
chic travelling suit of blue serge, the
skirt made with two circular ruffies
of black MORE. The cutaway coat
opened over blouse of white chiffon
and lace, and broad outstanding col
lar of lace gave finish. The lisere
hat of black was adorned with black
wings and not of tiny French roses
beneath the brim The costume was
completed by a corsage bouquet of
lavender sweetpeas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman will be at
home in Birmingham where the
bridegroom is in charge of the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph office.
bred Parks, Sarah Burr, Jean and
Roberta Robson Esther Banks. Mar
RET Wilson, Lillian McHan. Minnie
Mae Baldwin, Marjorie Webster An
ME and Laura Featherstone. Ruth
Harris, Kathleen York, Livey. and Bell
Long, Lillian McKinnon, Pauline Bell,
Ruth Cowsert, Elizabeth Dudley, Luz
Gle and Maude Mayor. Maize Lewis,
susie Cone Mrs. w. T. Meyer. Mrs.
George Brice, Mrs Wester Bruner
and Mrs. Tom McKinnon.
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suffrage Committee Meetlne.

.hd r Hktlsnia EQUAL Suffrage Associa-
tinn 1t, eli meet in the parlor at the
I 0H AnsIev Wednesday afternoon
Of "a . o'clock to arrange for the votes
Gor Women" lunchroom during the
Shriners' convention in May
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M.n,oriaI Book Shower.

no a of the program Thursday after
p poI for the meeting of the United
D I19oie of the Confederacy. Be-
s;das tbe business session, there VIII
he a donation of books for the = Emmy y mn,
park Memorial library at the Rapuh
Can school in North Georgia. MEN, me a.
beTs If tbe society are expected To
carry or send book for the no I ~
which is sorely in need of WORKS loi
circulation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-07

A marriage of interest both in At
lanta and in Birmingham, the home
.of the bridegroom, was that o< Miss
Cynthia Elder Keith, of Atlanta and
George Norman, of Birmingham,
which took place in the parlors of the
Georgian Terrace Tuesday morning
lat II O'clock.
The bride has been making ner
home at the Georgian Terrace Tor
some time. and the impressive cere-
monv. performed by Father Guinan,
of the Sacred Heart Church, was SAID
in the parlors of the hotel In the pres
ence of number of friends.
since the couple were to leave i'm
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-07

The North Side Embroidery Ciu9
r,,il meet Wednesday afternoon at
o,fIock with Mrs. ]. D. Bellah at NO.
go North Boulevard. All members
ars expected to be present.
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M. BeIIessort Lectures in French.

M, BelIessort Lectures IN FRENCH
The Atlanta branch of the Alliance
Francaise introduced to its members
Monday afternoon M. andre beLle ta
sort. the noted French lecturer, VINO
rave a delightful address on France
as the tourist seldom sees it. he
talked in his native tongue, in lig n
bright way, and severely criticised t, the
critic who writes of Paris from wna'
he sees in cafes and PUBIC piS MTs
M Rellessort was introduced by MIS-
Sitter president of the alliance:
The Alliance Franchise has grow row,
ing membership, although 1t is a ne"
n org making the French IAN
guage, writer's and drama its 81; st u { "
Besides the proficient Frehcn sc.io IT,
in the alliance, there are many STU
dents enrolled who have only recent recent
" Si taken up the study of the French n
language, Which is spoken exclusively
at ali meetings of the organization
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Suitable Dress for All Occasions

of the day from the simplest
church.
forlun
andlo
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at
$3.50

Street and calling dresses of taffeta
plain and lowered, also the loveliest of
lowered and plain crepes de chine, in
the fashionable gold, amber and other
yellow tones, pretty, dull blues Mahog-
any violet grays, wistaria and green's
They are charming dresses, trimmed in
varied and delightful ways with laces,
chiffon, nets, frills, founces and ruffles.
They are regular $25 dresses-all new
and up to the last minute in style.
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visional cabinet at Hermosillo, Mexico.
He formerly lived the quiet life of
scholar and professor of law. He was
speaker of the Mexican chamber of depu-
ties at the time of the Madero overthrow,
and it was he who made an impassi one1
address in the chamber opposing the
Huerta regime. He did not stay in
Mexico City long after that
A funny story is told Of Senior Escu-
dero's arrival in Washington on a finan-
cial mission for the constitutionalists. Ha
came straight from the front. Tall and
dark, he presented a rather fierce APP
pearance. He wore a cartridge belt about
his waist and his hip pocket bulsed sus-
piciously. His chief characteristic. how
ever, was an enormous mustache. waxed
at the points. which would have made
even Emr error William blush with envy
had he seen it.
Friends of the constitutionalists here
quickly persuaded Senior Escudero to lay
aside the cartridge belt and give up the
bullying hip, but to requests to, at least,
trim his mustache he turned deaf ears.
He was in love with that facial adorn-
ment and liked to curl it's ends. His
friends here were desperate. for arrange
ments had been made for him to appear
before the Senate foreign relations COM
mittee and they feared he would make a
bad impression
X
idea. Senior Escudero was stopping at a
local hotel and the barber there was
known to all the constitutionalists. SO
the barber was persuaded to agree to
clip the mustaclle the next time the rebel
leader came in to be shaved Meanwhile
the junta members were in deep sus
pense. The next morning the crisis came.
The former speaker of the deputies
went into the barber shop. soon alter
ward he emerged. His lace was Dlack
with rage He stormed and said many
things in Spanish. But instead OF tne
fierce hirsate adornment to his upper III
there was a small mustache which might
have adorned the face Of the most par
ticular dandy. The barber had done
his work we'll
In close Insulation with the junta
but not actually member of it, has been
DR.. Nasquez Gomez, vice president IN tht
provisional government which Maoeft
maintained while fighting against Diaz,
who is expected to be a candidate tor
president If the revolution is successful.
He is a brother of Emilio EasqueZ Co
mez, minister of the interior III tiie tenn
porary government of Francisco de Ia
Barra which was in power in the inter
val between the DiaZ and Madero re-
gimes. DIR. Gomez has not entirely APP
proved of some of the acts of the Car
rama revolution.
His escape from Mexico City before he
came here was sensational in the eX-
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lated from Copperfield that Sam Akin, a
merchant of the town, had received a
postal, mailed in Copperfield. which con-
tanned a picture of lighted bomb and
the words We VIII arrive soon PEN
ned upon it. Then Gov. West quietly
ordered Col Il. X. Lawson. superintend-
ent OF the state penitentiary. TO take
members of the state militia and Coast
Artillery and board the rear of the
train.
Whether Miss Hobbs knew they were
there or not, or whether she cared, is
not recorded. but il is known that she
paid no heed TO them and went her way
with her message. That message never
left her as she took that journey of 4.a
miles. through Portland down the Co
numbia river TO Huntington. winch town
Gov. West not long before thought 50 pad
that he cleaned if up personally And
thence down the lerky SNAKE river ioau
to Copperfeld.
When they heard that a mere wonl-
an was coming to tell them to behave.
the buriy men Of Copperneid thought !,
IL great joke. Loud were the laughs ana
many were the jeSts.
u cts decorate III he honor" said one
We should put cut flowers on the bars
and pink ribbons on the saloon fronts,
said another.
All Coppertield was at the depot when
the little woman, dressed plainly IN blue
and with a little hat covering her wealth
Of blond hair. stepped from the tram on
Friday, January =. There was such a
pretty smile iii her blue eyes anu sach a
womanl, gentleness about her that,
when she asked for the city ofhcials-
they We're still city officials from me
old days-rude tests We're turned TO az
lliration. That such a WomanlH niue
woman should brave them WITH theil
,-eyolyers and guns ready, ana that she
should carry only feminine hahdtas,
was worthy the praise of strong men
Wherever he, ladyship went. she touna
admiring men ready to fight for ana
serve her. 49,
soon they gathered the officials, the
men who had ruled the town, before
her in the main street. There is ON!
one street in Copperfield and 1t is rightly
uamed Independence street, Tor the peo
pi, had been independent Tor years. -
the crowd gathered around her inc oroau
shoulders We're above MISS foops heai.
Then she did the most winning, WoflaHis
thing She asked a favor. Could she
have A platform so that she could ID
to All OF them? Instantly there were d
dozen men scurrying to ind something
suitable. and finally they produced soap
hoy Mounting this she started To de-
liye. her message to Garcia.
In a quiet. clear tone she SAID tnat
she had been sent with a message from
The Governor of Oregon. Then the men >
paI,antry grew keener and they invited
har 70 the town hall. She mounted the
old nSatform where a short time before
had sat the musicians that scraped out
tunes for the dancers IRON the IiNer' the
railroad and the plains. The ma was
crowded with men and there was oniv
one door through which to escape.
Miss Hobbs opened her handbag, drew
out the message and began to read II TO
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LUIS Opr1z EoRnER
,&cRETAM % mE LATE
IG-PREsIDENT. OF
MEXICO Mo SuARLz.

same day An attempt was made to
arrest him. but he escaped under an
assumed name and went to join Gen.
Carranza He was in charge of con-
stitutionalist work along the Texas
border for some time.
Senior Pesqueira tells exciting stories
of attempts to get him since he left
Mexico He relates how, several times,
efforts were made to have him smuggle
arms into Mexico. Should he have been
caught III such an undertaking ne
would have been liable to arrest by
United States officers and probably i'm
prisoued.
Once while ne was at work IN call
fornia beautiful woman agent OF an
arms manufacturing company was SEM
to involve him in this way. But ne ola
not swallow the bait. He was never
caught because. he declares, i never
struggled anything
During several months Of the present
revolution, Senior Pesqueifa was apseh n.
from Washington doing other WORK,
and in the interval the junta here was
in charge of Perez Romero, brotnei-
in-1aw Of President Madero, VINO IS
now in the field with Gen. Carfahza
and is leading q force of troops 'o"aF"
Mexico City.
He. too, was a member of the chahi
her of deputies during the resi OF
his Observation-Disclosures and was IN Mexico
I,ity during the exciting days preced-
ing and following its overthrow "
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ME MEXICAN EMbASsY

to all diplomatic functions and was
guest at the White House wedding.
A man of wide diplomatic experience
and a member of an old and honored
in his position, He still looks after
Mexican business in the United States.
The commercial interests of Mexico III
Washington are now taken care OF by
Senior A. L. Godoy who was recently
made Mexican consul here and who has
Opened rooms in an office building. He
is the son of the Mexican minister to
Cuba, who is now in Washington and is
absent from his post at Havana because
Cuba has not recognized the Huerta
government, following the lead OF the
United States.
The constitutionaist junta has no
diplomatic standing and never deals di-
rectly with the President or with the
State Department. The constitutional
lists have never sought recognition by
the United States government and have
studiously avoided doing anything in
Washington which might embarrass the
administration. On several occasions.
however letters have been sent to the
State Department by Individual members
of the junta for the purpose of convey
ing information.
Senior Pesqueira, the constitutionalist
confidential agent, young, keen, alert, al
ways dressed in the height of fashion,
IS an ardent partisan of Gen. Carranza.
Seated before a map of Mexico. on which
the contending armies are represented b
pins and small streamers of colored pa
per. with safe nearby containing the
secret correspondence of the revolution.
he directs the movements o. a small
force of agents in the United States
Often he is found dividing a piece of
paper into small squares. into which he
writes letters and symbols, thus working
out the cipher of kilograms from the
front. Needless to say, the code books
are most carefully guarded.
Senior Pesqueiras father was an
enemy OF the Diaz regime. and his
uncle Gen. Pesqueira. was one of the
leaders against Emperor Macmillan in
the days of the French regime in
Mexico After President Madero went
into Office ne was elected to the lower
house of the Mexican congress and was
in close touch with the president. He
is a landowner in the state of Sonora.
and represented that state in the con-
ference held al Monclova for the pur-
pose of devisins means of opposing
Huerta.
He was at the national palace in Mex
leo City a few minutes before the ar
rest of Madero and Pine SuareZ. the
vice president, and left the city the
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On Town to Their Knees and Made Them Respect the

as strange an audience as one could
conceive. 1t was as quiet as death and
the little woman quietly and fearlessly
delivered the message that meant the
loss of control to the officials else
The loss OF what they had fought for in
the last five years-their business. which
meant their livelihood.
Had a man delivered that MESSAGE
there would have been strong resent
nent probably desperate resentment.
But their admiration of the little woman
" woman was 50 great that all We're
her champions and were more concerned
that she be respected than in what size
read. The governor had said that the
must resign all offices or get out of tht
saloon business. With all the chivalrH
strong men can show, but with an eve IL
the future each replied in a tone fun of
respect for their visitor that he could
not accept the governors terms.
Her message delivered, Fern Hobbs quiz
city returned to the depot. Col Lawton
and his soldiers then came up but She
went her way without paying heed to
them, for they had kept quietly in the
rear of the train on the trip and away
from the message bearer while she de
iivered tie governors demands. Col.
Law,on at once declared martial law.
ard 1t Was found that practically every
In the hal! was armed. The pres
ence of Fern Hobbs in the town pre-
vented the mUch-feared clash, ard sooIi
the soldiers had all the arms of the
citizens and were guarding the saloons
and main street 10 prevent disorder.
The citizens gave up their methods OF
defense quietly and allowed the soldiers
to search their places. Then We're the
gambling devices and liquor seized. 10 be
hauled out of town ami destroyed, A.
u result OF her visit Copperfield now has
no saloons and new council is ruling.
Another result is that Wiegand and
knezevich declare they have quit the
liquor business for good and others arr
thinking seriously of doing the same.
Copperfield may also be wiped from the
Iaap. The railroad officials have asked
the state railroad commission to allow
them to abandon the depot there.
When Miss Hobbs returned TO Gov.
West and reported. II have done what
you wished she found herself famous
The story Of her trip and her triumph
had spread to all parts of the country,
In the state Of Oregon they were taking
of her for governor. for Oregon ADOPTED
woman suffrage only year ago last
November.
But she took the fame and the idea as
quietly she does all things.
TT may be that some day Oregon VIII
have a woman for governor. but the time
is not right now. Besides. ] am too busy.
I have my work 10 do and must do II,
she said as she took her place among
the clicking typewriters and began TO
sort her mail.
Miss Hobbs Is an Oregon girl and was
raised in Hillsboro, her birthplace. Sh.
is VERY fond of her parents and her home
life lust as are other women, and th.,
constant strif. in the world usually cred
tied as being for men has taken away
none of the gentleness of her romanli-
ness.
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men. Copperiieid lies in a can
yon surrounded by high mountains and
IS shut off from. the world There are
only two entrances to the place. one at
each end, and these are so small that Il
few men could easily guard 1t against
outsiders. This made Efe free and easy
in Copperfield and those who went there
took chances.
When the railroad was finished and the
tunneiing of the OK Bow completed. the
workers dTifted away to more lucrative
fields. The railroad sent only a small
train three times a week down the branch
line and then only a few strasSlers who
had particular business in the place went
in. only to get out as soon as the train
started back to civilization. The saloon
men stayed, however, hoping that the OK
Bow project would resume and the town
would thrive again. Time dragged and
the project slept. so that life became poor
for those who held on.
The only business was that done BY the
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PA o. WHICH FOLLOWED FERN


loon and the building and the hotel next
door burned to the ground. The couple
escaped by quick fight. knezevich start
ed anew at the end of town. Just where
the cattlcmen came in from the ranges.
His opponents then won their ticket III
n hot city election and took away his Ii
/ceHse Stewart was mayor, and his part
ner in the saloon business. Warner. was
councilman. William Wiegand, a saloon
keeper; Charles kunt2, a bartender. y.
w. Parker a teacher and j. J. Burns, a
Hveryman, We're also councilmen Burns
was an eX-convict Some one stole some
horses Burns went out with others and
CAPTURED the thief. They tied the man
under the horse and dragged him back to
Copperfied, nearly dead.
Knezevich would not leave. and last
November. soon after the election, his
saloon again burned. did Wiegand S.
Both found oil-soaked kindlne III their
places. and each accused the other, say
ing they had started the two fires to
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ROBERTO EsQOE1R.A,
Observation-Disclosures
CONFIDENTIAL
...AGENT go.

was formerly a student at the univer-
sity of California.
with Senior Romero and his wife IN
Washington until recently was Mrs.
Madero, widow of the slain president.
After trying by every means In her
power--through appeals to American
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson and
others-to save the life of her husband,
she was taken under the protection OF
the Cuban minister. and finally left Next
co on the Cuban gunboat Cuba ana thei
came to Washington. Sad-eyed and
dressed in deep mourning. she was an
object of general sympathy at the Junta
headquarters last July and August.
Extremely bitter against Gen. Huerta
and his adherents, she has always main
tanned that her husband was murdered
in cold blood. She remained in seclu-
sion during much of her stay here. but
at the boarding house where she ate her
meals sometimes talked freely with ac-
quaintances. She received part of her
education in the United States and speaks
English perfectly. She is now staying
with members Of the Madero family d;
East Orange, n. j., and is credited with
making many valuable suggestions for
the conduct of the anti-Huerta reVo'G-
ton.
Until recently leading member of the
junta was Senior Francisco Escudero.
later minister of finance and minister 81
foreign relations in Gen Carranza S pro-
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little town was once big in the days of
the free and easy west.
Then it was city with a council
There Were 300 men working on the
OK Bow project. building It tunnel
through the mountains for an electric
power proposition on the Snake river Il
short distance away. and nearly as many
more Were working on a railroad that
was pushing its nose through the can
yon of the hills into Coppereid. The
saloons fourished and gambling was the
diversion of the men, and OF the women
as well.
At times there would be battles royal
between the OK Bow workmen and the