THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTIO Dully Siutdaj. carrier delivery. 12 c«ta weekly. Vol. XLVI.—No. 304. ATLAlifTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 1914. —FOURTEEN PAGES. *» the Htrect* «*4 mt Huerta Refuses a Salute to Stars and Stripes Though Threatened bv 4 6 American War shit FOR SEVEN ALL ARRANGEMENTS Mexico's Trouble-Maker and His Place of Refuge Dictator Says Arrest of Marines Was No Insult to the United States, That to Salute "Old BOARD BATTLES IN FOR TUESDAY WILL Glory" Would Admit Undue Influence of United States in Mexico and That Huerta EFFORTTO ELECT STAND FOR TODAY Will Uphold Mexico's Honor at Any Cost. After Taking 305 Ballots Mayor Issues Proclamation, and Remaining in Session Chamber of Commerce Re- Vera Cruz, April 14.—The Mexican foreign minister. Senor Nearly All Night Police news Requests and Mer- Portillo y Rojas, has transmitted to the American charge, Nelson Board Is Deadlocked and chants Agree to Close This O'Shaughnessy, a note dealing with the arrest of the assistant pay- No Chairman Is Elected. Afternoon. master and a detachment of bluejackets from the United States gun- boat Dolphin at Tampico and the demand of Admiral Mayo that the American flag be saluted. VERNOY SWITCHES HIS WEATHER IMAN SAYS HE In effect the note says that the Mexican government cannot see SUPPORT TO THE MAYOR WILL SQUARE HIMSELF wherein, Under^ international law, the federals have inflicted any BY TODAY'S WEATHER insult on the American nation; that its ordering the army publicly On the Ground That the to salute the'American flag under the circumstances would be an Board Was Not Legally Big Auto Parade With the admission that the United States is exercising undue influence over Mexico's free action, and that the president is disposed to uphold Organized Fain Will Pro- Drum Corps and Bands. the honor and sovereignty of Mexico at any cost. test Business Transacted Dent of Atlanta Faces at Last Nights Meeting. More of Nashville in the VILLA WON'T AID At 1 :nO o'clock this morning, aflei Opener. "being in session for seven ho in *?. the DICTATOR HUERTA; board of police commissioners, having WILSON SENDING, fought out a minor issue to the bitter HUERTA IS HATED end, was still locked in more or less I <|padly warfare over thrf chairmanship AT <;i,\NCK FOR FAftS Juarez, Mexico. April 14 —Develop- An adjournment was taken till Tues- TLv VMS—\tlanta and Nashville PRESIDENT HUERTA ments at Tampico excited far more In- ATLANTIC FLEET day week. At this meeting the sesb'on PL-VCi:—Ponce de Leon terest here than reports of a new rebel •will be limited to two hours The vote TIMK—^ 15 o'clock victory at San Pedro. No official would etood thus: TICKBT SAJ-,15—Tumlin Broth- lend his name to comment on the sit- Kor Fain—Commissioners Fain, Bas- ei"=' btotcs 01 at ball park. Extra uation, but one man in a confidential kin, Dixon. Kins. Johnson and Smith TO MAKE HUERIA box of tic c under amusement park constitutionalist position said: For Pace—Vernoy. Colcord, Clark ithotl t'o facilitate handling of big "In case of a foreign invasion Gen- and Mas or "Woodward. <- ro w d eral Villa and General Carranza long For Vernoy—Commissioners Garner ADMISSION—Bleachers, 25 ce,nrs; ago agreed that they simply would and Pace t grand stand. 30 cents; reserved, content themselves with opposing any SALIMEFLAG Ox'er 3»0 ballots had been taken At & eAts, 25 cents, extra armed torce which entered rebel ter- the previous meeting: tnere were IS 3 STREET CARS—Special ball park ritory." A ballots taken. Commissioner Vci noy Cars leave Broad and Walton It Is known gthat Villa would find had surprised everyone at the begin- it almost impossible to co-operate with Forty-Six Ships of War of 1 streets every two minutes pine ning by switching over to the Wood- street-Ponce de Lieon and Ponce de Huerta, who, it is related, at the battle All Kinds, Carrying About ward faction. Garner, Pace and Col- Leon-Druid Hills cars leave Five J of Bellano two years ago, compelled cord were voting for Pace and Vernoy Points eveiy ten minutes ' Villa, then serving under him, to get on 20,000 Men, Are Under alternately. One vote was needed by BATTERIES—For Atlanta,. Detft hi* knees and apologize for some ot- cither faction to decide the battle and Dunn; for Nashville, More and. fenae. f^"^ Huerta threw Villa into Orders to Proceed to Tam- Tgmored tfte CTa^or. : Smith. , '^-*jf*^.',**•?*^•* '^~?e 1- prison in Mexico ,Clty, wh«ce Villa THie Tnirror issue winch precipitated ATTENDANCE—Last^^ear At. learned to read and write.- Yl-Ia final- pico and Enforce Demands ' -offe of the strongest factional fights lanta had 8.S36 paid admissions at ly escaped a-nd made his way north, in the history of the board began the park. There must be more to where, on the assassination of Madero of the United States. •when Commissioner B. I*ee Smith, o£ , w.n the tiophy this season. and the elevation of Huerta to th tho Fain faction, moved to take up *- WEATHER—Fair and warm. provisional presidency, he started ; the election before turning to regular ) revolution and in due time Joined oth business. The lines of the ensuing , of insurgents under Venustinao Car CONGRESS IS PLEASED • fight over the chairmanship were [ By nick JemJson. 1 j ranza. AT THE ACTION TAKEN drawn immediately. Maj-or Woodward | AH arrangements for the opening of f called -for regular busine&s. ' the baseball season in Atlanta that CASTUE.p/:.CHAPyLTEREC( BY PRESIDENT WILSON The Fain faction sat back m its | were made for Tuesday will stand for chairs, yawned, grazed at the ceiling, j tod President Huerta has moved from is an almost Impregnable fortress. It one captured by - th« American forces and pretended that Mayor Woodwai d Is believed that General Huerta took in the Mexican war, when General OH,'Man J. P. Jumped into the pro- J£ cts\^f ^naPuUepe"^^ Sr'c this step to insure his personal safety Winfleld Scott led the attack on Santa IN WEEK'S FIGHT didn't exist. Mayor Woodward went ceed.ngs Mondaj night by deluging the fortress on the outskirts of the city, Anna's men. It is now heavily forti- Special Envoy John Lind on with business Just the same. The In th'e event of an uprising: in the cap- fied, and Huerta could probably with- Fain faction put its wishes in motion citi with about 2 inches of rain that famous for its beauty and because it ital. This fortress is the celebrated stand a long- siege Urged President to Deal form Commissioner Dixon promptly] carne up unexpectedly and without went over to Mayor Woodward, and j warmng froiVi the gulf coast j .FQRCESOFHUERTA With Huerta in Forceful the motion failed This did not dlb- , The weather moderated and cleared turb the Fain supporters. The.v st.ll I as the day wore along, but;, although j Manner—Orders to Fleet it was clear overhead, it waa mighty j SERIOUS CHARGE MADE Blushing Bride Kidnaped refused to vote, or to have anything ] Followed Meeting of the to do with the business in hand. May- \ soggy under foot Not only was the UOO REBELS or Woodward went steadily on. An 1 Continued on Page Nine. Cabinet — No Ultimatum effort was made by Commissioner j AGAINST DR. MILLER By Her Indignant Mother Clark to secure from Commissioner j Villa Reports Great Victory Issued Yet and Huerta King- an expression regarding the pro- 1 It Is Charged That He Sold cedure of a committee -on which the clared she w'as married, bu^the moth- Will Have Several Days to MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION Miss Morrow, of Rome, Is East of Torreon — Losses latter had served. Commissioner King | Licenses to Practice er, in reply, began to administer some^, ga\e his questioner an "I-don't-know- ORDERING A HOLIDAY ! , Medicine. • Separated From "Shooting severe physical punishment, beginning on Both Sides Very Heavy. Consider Plans for Defy- you" stare, and continued to gaze into with a straight left hook to the blush- ing cheek of her daughter. .the atmosphere. Presently the mayor It has come to my attention that Gallery Willie" at Calhoun Villa Wants Cartridges. ing the 46 Warships and became exasperated. i the mayors of the cities of New The state board of medical ex- The remonstrances of the bridegroom "If you don't want to vote," he ad- ' aminers met Tuesday afternoon at the, were unavailing, and the outraged 20,000 Fighting Men. Orleans and Birmingham have is- capitol with all members present ex- Station. father and mother hustled their daugh- vised the hangers-out, "h.elp yourself. , Juares, April 14.—The rebel wound- If you're not going to fill your jobs ] sued "baseball" proclamations and cept Dr. Peterson, from Tifton, to re- ter onto the train as it pulled ;mt and ceive the report of a special committee left the young husband aloi-e with ed during a six days' battle at San down here, though, you'd better re- I Calhoun, Ga., April 14.—(Special.)— Washington, April 14.—President sign." . ] have ordered city business sus appointed to look into the affairs of his friends and the rice. A few hand- Pedras de los Colonais, east of Tor- An interesting matrimonial comedy in Mayor Could Rfttl&u. j pended on the opening day. There- ' the .Southern College of Medicine and fuls of the latter were given him as reon, is placed at 5.000 in an official Wilson today ordered Tirtually the f Surgery and the Georgia College of which a bride and groom, a mother- his bride was carried almost, hyster- report of General Villa to General Commissioner Johnso,n immediately' fore, it' is my desire that Atlanta j Eclectic Medicine and Surgery.