Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-22
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TRINIDAD, COLO, Jan. PA
street riot which at times assumed pro-
portions broke out in Trinidad at 2;30
o'clock this Afternoon when crowd
of $500 men, women and children.
mostly strikers and their families, at
tempted to march to San Rafael Hos
pita, where Mother Jones is held
military prisoner. Mlitiamen, with
drawn swords, repeatedly charged the
thrones, knocking down men and
women and driving the crowds off the
streets. More than 20 arrests were
made.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 22.-Mrs. John
D. Rockefeller has presented the Eu-
cid Avenue Baptist Church $4,000 in
gold bonds of the Rockefeller Foun-
dation Fund, bearing S per cent in
terest.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 22.-Masano
Hanihara, former secretary of the
Japanese legation in Washington, held
long conference with the Japanese
legation in Washington, held a long
! conference with the Japanese Minister
to Mexico to-day. Though Mr.. Han
ihara is reported to be special en-
voy from the Mkado to Mexico, it
, was said at the legation that the con-
ference related to arrangements for
the reception of officers on the Japa-
nest cruiser idzumo on Monday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Pres-
| dent Wilson to day opened the filtra-
an electric button in his office. A
| toast was drunk in water during the
| ceremony by President Wilson and a
! few delegates present.
! NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-Abraham 8,
| RosenthaI, a member of the silk i'm
porting firm of A. S. RosenthaI g. Co..
! of this city, who was indicted in 1902
for customs frauds aggregating hum
| dreds of thousands of dollars, and
who has since resided in Japan,
| pleaded guilty in Federal Court to
day and paid a $4,000 fine.
WASH Jan. 22.-The Sen
ate Military Affairs Committee to-
| day ordered a favorable report on
| the nomination of Colonel William c.
Gorgas to be surgeon general of the
army.
|
| Two important Developments in ths
! Mexican situation to-day caused the
| general circulation of reports that in
| ternatioral action is soon to be taken
| to drive President Huerta from office.
| The first was the arrival of the in
| terpreter of the American Ambassy,
who came here from Mexico City on
a call from Envoy John Lind. He will
be present hereafter at all confer
ences in which Lind participates. The
second was an exchange of views
among the officers of various foreign
| ships. None of the naval men would
| discuss their conferences, but il was
reported that they had to do with
the rebels gain full control.
JUAREZ, MEXICO, Jan. 22.-Two
F, in-loads of ammunition were sent
| south TO day by General Benavides
to be used by General Francisco VII
las constitutionslists in attacks upon
Torreon and Mexico City. I'VE will
| have 10000 small arms with plenty
| of Ammunition, 30 heavy cannon, 45
machine guns and 5000 hand srenades
when the actual campaign around
the capitol begins" said General Ben
avides. The rebels are now being
| pdIu III specie H1lnteO D1 INC COUbLt-
nationalist Provisional Government.
PlTTSeuRG, Jan. 22.-Since tho
law holds that man may be fit for
custody in a lunatio ssvlum but may
nevertheless have sufficient mental
| capacity to make contracts and trans
act his own business, Judge J. j.
Miller, in Orphans Court to-day,
handed down an opinion in which
he says that Harry l.. Thaw should
not be deprived of his income, and
will be allowed to draw 3o,ooo of the
160,733.17 which is held in trust for
! him by the Fidelity Title and Trust
Company.
PITTSBURG, Jan. "a gift of
$4,000 was made BY II. J.. Heinze to
the University OF Pittsburs for it's
100000 building and equipment
fund.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22.-Mrs.
| Woodrow Wilson, through John r.
King her attorney, began fight be-
fore the Registrar Of the land office
here to- day for SO acres of date lands
in the Coachello Valley of Cali
fornia. A newspaper notice printed
wrong caused the sllt.
CHICAGO. Jan. PA jury in the
court of Judge Geor"e kersten to-
| day returned verdict Of n1anslsugh-
ter in the case Of George Waiter
Barnes, an actor. In 1910 Barnes shot
and killed his mother in law, Mrs.
7 Mary B. Fervoss, in her room in the
Hotel Wychmere after a quarrel, ao-
cordine to the charge of the State.
Barnes was sentenced to ID years.
The jury had been out 80 hours.
COLUMBIA, S. c.. Jan. 22.-The
General Assembly Of South Carolina
10 day adopted resolutions calling for
the repeal Of the fifteenth amendment
TO the Federal Constitution, which
! save negroes the right to vote.