Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Wotherspoon ToHead United States Army
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Burnett Hickman. negro, was
placed on trial before Judge Ben H.
Hill. in Superior Court, Wednesday
afternoon on the charge OF the muir
der of n, G. Bennett. white, on Feb
ruary 27, 1914. Bennett, who was a
night Waterman for the Seaboard Air
Line at the lnman Yards, discovered
Hickman in box car supposedly try
ing to stea a quantity Of brass. A
pistol duel followed. in which Ben
nett was mortslIy wounded,
INDIANAPOLIS. April Rain
caused . postponenent Of tho Chi
oago Cubs Indianapolis game this aft
ernoon
ST. LOUIS, April THE second
Brown Cardinals game Of the spring
series was called off this afternoon on
/ account Of wet grounds.
/ CHICAGO, April THE owners
and managers 70 Federal League clubs
went into closed session at noon to-
day to complete the leagues sched-
! ule. No news Of what else was 90
ng on inside the conference room
was allowed to leak.
BALTIMORE, April t.-Rain pre-.
vented the Baltimore New York Yam
KEGS game this afternoon, As soon
as it was declared off, the Yankees
| left for New York, where they will
! spend the night resting up for their
game with the Dodgers tomorrow
CALUMET, MICH. April The
district union Of the Western Fedora
ton Of Miners at a meeting to day
decided not to adopt the suggestion Of
President Charles II. Meyer, Of the
Federation, to submit to a referendum
vote the question of ending the strike
The strike IS to be continued indeii-
nitely
ST. PETERSBURG, April The
police fired several voileys into mob
OF rioting strikers this afternoon fol-
lowing a demonstration in which
10000 men paraded through the
streets. A number of persons were
wounded.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-Repre-
sentative Palmer, of Pennsylvania
introduced in the House to day a bill
reducing the hours OF clerks and car
rlsrs employed at postoflces at night
from eight to six hours. The measure
has the support Of the National Asso-
citation of Postotflce Clerks.
NEW ORLEANS, April IA deal
has been completed whereby The New
Orleans Times Democrat will take
over The 9ioayune within the next
few days Tire Picayune owners are
to receive 100000 in the eonsolda
ton. The Picsyune will close publ
cation within fortnight THE Piosy-
une has been running for sixty years.
WASHINGTON, April t.-Fighting
has been resumed between the Zaror
and tho Theodore forces in Haiti, &C
oordrng to adViees to the Navy De
partment to-day from Captain Bost
wick, Of the aunboat Nashville, at
Cape Hsltien.
WASHINGTON, April by a vots
OF 256 to "a, the House late to-day
passed tho Key bill to pension the
widows and dependent minor chill.
dren Of men and officers who served
IN the Spanish war. the Philippine IN
surreetion and the Boxer uprising. II
is estimated the bill will add about
s2.5ooOOo annually 10 the pension
rolls,
WASHINGTON. April Tho Sen
ate 10 day passed the Weeks resolu-
ton calling on the Secretary Of the
NAVY for information as TO the ad-
visibility Of using Government cruis.
ers for the establ shnent Of a mail
and passenger and freight line be-
tween the United States and South
America.
WASHINGTON. April Dis
patches from Torreon received to day
at Constitutionalist headquarters,
state that General Villa has captured
all but a small portion Of that city
and that four ffths Of General We
aseos Federal army has surrender.
ed Senior Uruquid, confidential
AGENT OF the rebels, said these reports
had been verified by dis tehes from
Juarez which also stated that Villa
would be in complete possession Of
Torreon by Saturday.
WASHINGTON, April Tho an
nusl pension appropriation bill. one
OF the largest OF the yearly budgets.
was reported to the House by the
Appropriations Committee to day. It
provides s169, 10000 for the fiscal
year 1915 The pension roll for the
current fiscal year was StS0,300 600.
and OF this amount the Pension Blu
reau will have remaining about 81.
100000 because OF the high death rate
among the veterans.