The Montgomery Times from Montgomery, Alabama • 1

YOU 11. MONTGOMERY, ALA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAY 5, 1914 NUMBER 183 COTTON STAHDARO f.HLITARY ASPECT THE OLD VETERANS OF CONFEDRACY inn IS FAVORED Hi' COTTON MEN JACKIE3 TELL KIDDIES GOODBYE. 1 Il -i Member of th creir of the I vV.i' l' 'United States Steamship North Da- ota, playing with their children on A 1 deck of their ship shortly be- i i the big warship hoisted anchor "i "'i an(1 atarted for Mexican waters on 7 f4 "'-y? 2f i --if' rush orders from Mexico. Iff rvr vf vjtt.

I 51 fr' 4 1 Irv. Kr j.1" At 1 iif v-r- HCEfiERrfFVAiiS nnS FVFflTRFTTFR RFC-nnHfY'Rir AGAIN TO MEET MSssssw TWENTY-FOURTH REUNION AS-SIJMULES Af JACKSONVILLE TOM01UIOW. Jacksonville, May B. The Twenty-fourth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans, pons of the Conledcrate Veterans and all the allied organizations, will start here tomorrow and continue three days. The first feature of the reunion will bo t.

parade exclusively of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, their sponsors, maids of honor and chaperons. This parade will be given, the first day of the reuniqn. Next day there will be a parade for maids and sponsors, in flower-covered automobiles. The plan Is to decorate the antos with red and white native flowers to tepresent the colors of th -o The etians parade will be given the third Bed last day pf the reunion. It will be delusively for the' veterans and official ladies.

As many of the veterans who care to ride in automobiles, will be accommodated that wav. Others will be- on foot find horseback. Extensive preparations have been mafie by the State Committee on turning service' for the American National Red Cross to handle all of the medical relief work during the union. The committee has established five medical relief and emergency stations in various parts of the city, The stations will be in charge of e. perieaced physicians and nurses, i In addition to local nurseB, twn ty nurses of tbe American Red Cri Society will alo aslst the work.

i A romhjcrtt' entertainment tea. turo of the week will, be May Day festivities i of publU'- sch ool; children In one of the large parks of the lty4 will be brilliantly lighted with thousands of electric lights, and many electric novelties. The, indications now are that three strong delegations' will be In Jacksonville to compete for the next reunion of the Confederates, Richmond. and New Orleans are already organizing their forces for the contest, and letters have been -received from indicating that that city will be in the fight also. The champions of Richmond have as one of their best campaign cards the fact that the Confederate Memorial Institute, of Battle Abbey, will be ready for dedication during next year, and they are urging that the dedicatory ceremonies be held during the Confederate Reunion.

The calling together 6f the United Confederate Veterans Is the signal for the mobilization of all the fairest daughters of Dixie Land. Along with Confederate Veterans will come sponsors and maids of honor from all parts of the South. The reunion of the veterans has turned Into a great social occasion. The belles of Dixie will be out In force. The and maids of honor are the official ladies of the meeting and are enlertamed as such.

The entire South unites to do honor to them when they come. Twenty odH -years ago a Mississippi camp" of Confederate Veterans appointed Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Jefferson Davis, sponsor at a reunion. Miss Davis, In turn, appointed a couple of her young friends to be her maids of honor. This incident, Intended at the time aa a temporary honor tor the family of Jefferson Davis, became a custom, and now every organization In) the United Confederate Veterans' Association appointed sponsors and maids of honor, The young ladies must have an older female along with them, and each organization appoints a chaperone and matron of honor. The Sons, of Confederate Veterans following in the footsteps of their fathers maintain organizations in every Southern State and hold thel? reunions on the same dates.

They appoint sponsors' and maids of honor. Tho two organizations, closely atr lied, therefore, send to each Confederate reunion several hundred official ladies selected from' ffie best families in the 1 Nothing to equal the, annual reunion ball In splendor can be seen in the United states, nless it be the Inauguration ball at the national capital, now fallen Into social desuetude. Miss Corinne Hampton, of Columbia, S. has been appointed chief sponsor for the Confederate reunion by General Benett H. Young.

Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate "Veterans' Association. In so doing he recognized one of the most famous families of the South, Miss Hampton la a daughter of Honorable H. McDuffie Hampton, of Columbia, and a granddaughter of the late Wade Hampton, JOin FEDERALS GATHERING IN LARGE NUMBERS VT VERACRUZ. SfiinfornfiTiiflTits t.n.Bfl Rent There Mediators Have Failed to Stop Hostil-ities Outcome Doubtful Washington, May 5. The Latin-American mediators have failed' to accomplish their chief aim, the of hostilities in Mexico, Whether they will bring peace between Huerta and the United Kates is The military aspect la more prominent today as the result -of General Funaton's report Of Mexican activity outside of Vera Crji: Preparations are belnfi made to.

send reinforcements to Fun-tou. AMERICAN OUTPOST8 STRENGTHENED; MEXICANS IN LARGE FORCE NEAR C3TY. Vera Crox, Mexico, May 5. All American -outposts were strengthen-el Jodav by General Futston 'because of the increase In numbers of Mexican Federals lying West and "Northwest of the city. Admiral -Badger wasaake -to hold sailors-in readiness tor tu.tthes -operations- on land.

It is reported that artillery and several thousand troops from Mexico City have joined General Maas in the last twenty-four hours. Zapata after securing munitions, as a result of his professed alliance with Huerta, has turned against tho dictator and his -Issued proclamation saying he will capture the cap- HaUn a few days and execute Huerta, and Minister of War Blanqut-t. Huerta's downfall la thought to be AnUAmerioan Demonstrations. code dispatch London Anti-American, demonstrations were resumed last night and continued today, rears that foreigners will be attacked tonight as a culmination of celebration of overthrow of Troops guarding the city are rc-inforced at Important points. O'Shanghnessy Arrives.

New May 5 Nelson O'Shaughnessy arrived early today on hie way to Washington. SAW MILL MAN KILLED IN ROW OVER 30 CENTS. Moultrie, Ga May 5 In a dispute wr 80 ents, Brantley! Timmons. who riheratAc aawmllf W.cf- era part of Colquitt, County, was shot and killed by Jesse Holland, a young farmer afternoon at o'clock. The shooting occurred at Lost Creek bridge in the! (Hamilton District, to which point the two men had repaired to settle their differences.

Brantbsy had been cutting timber for Holland and the difference In cttlement occurred last week. The two men met Sunday morning and had a warm dispute, about the matter. Late in the evening they met at Lost Creek bridge, eadh accompanied by a friend, and they pullde off their coats and proceeded to settle the issue between them by first light. FRESNO GETS HALF. Final Deere Entered In Court Dis.

posing Or RoMell.Esbate. Cambridge, May 5. A final decree directing the executor to turn over the estate of the' late Daniel Ruaeell, of Melrose; about which there has been several years of litigation, to the estate of the elder sob, William C. Russell, was entered In the Supreme Court Under the terms of the will of William C. Russell, Daniel Blake Russell, the younger son, who returned home after he had been missing for a quarter of a century, will receive one-half of property, Two claimants te the birthright of Daniel Blake Russell 3 appeared, but the courts decided In favor of the California maa.

known as "Fresno Dan," ana against the claimant who came from North Dakota. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE ON SITUATION. The Standard Favored Waa Adopted at Liverpool Last Year, and Officers are Elected. Angnsta, May 5. Adoption of the Government cotton standard by all c-xchanRes represented and the adoption by tbe Government 'Of the international standard fcr cotton, were recommended in recolutionH favorably acted upon by ths Executive Committee of the National Cotton Conference which convened here for a two days' session.

Recommendations of the committee: consisting of one representative from each authorized delegation attending the conference will be presented to the organization tomorrow. More than twenty delegations from cotton exchanges and cotton- trade, organizations throu3hout the country attended the opening session ol the Discussion of meth- ods for Improving cotton trade conditions wa confined to the.Executlve Committee, as the -conference held only a brief session. Deliberations of the Executive. Committee today were in connecaiih'ba spot -it-uaUon. Before adjournment tbaiglt it was announced that problems or the future contract system would be considered tomorrow.

The Resolutions. Lengthy discussion preceded the of the cotton standard reso- lutions, introduced hy W. Gordon M. McCabe," of Charleston, 8.1 0, They provided that the exchanges represented in the conference adopt' the Government 'standard for cotton," and that "the National Cotton Conference request the Government to adopt the International standard tor cotton." Frank H. Barrett, of AugUBta, favored the formulation by the Government of three sets of standards for cotton to include the growth in the Texas, Gulf and upland sections.

A resolution to this was opposed by Edmund J. Glenny. of New and others. Mr. Glenny read the resolution- adopted, at the National Assembly of Cotton Exchanges in Washington last October, favoring the international standard for cotton.

Officers were elected and business proceeded with. FOR PROHIBITION. Cardinal Gibbon a Supporter of oal Option. Baltimore, May S.In a signed statement issued today to the Anti-Saloon League, Cardinal Gibbons expresses the hope that Charles County will go "dry" at the special election on May 16; -The statement is as follows: "I believe that the right of the people to determine oy the operation of a local option law" whether saloons shall or shall not be closed within their respective communities Is In harmony with the American principle of self-government and I congratulate the people of Charles in that theyj have the right to settle this question by ballot on May 19 next, and, realizing the damage which paa been done "by the liquor traffic in this county. sincerely trust that ajt.tha.

earning election they will banish, forever tna licensed saloon, I believa that It will be to the best interests of their people. The statement was. Issued by Car-, dlnal Gibbons, when told that interview on prohibition, given in New Orleans, was being used by- the "wet" advocates as an argument against the county going Tho Cardinal -issued -a statement some time ago declaring ''local to he in harmony with the American principle of "self-govern ment. TALLADEGA POSTMASTER IS TO rJ3 R. M.

JEMISO.V. Wawhitieton. D. OJ 'Mar K.T! 1 Jemison is to, be postmastRr at ladega. Representative Blaclr- today recommended the sppointtn of Mr.

Jemison and his nomina: will go to the Senate within a I A.r MEET OKLAHOMA ON WEDNESDAY AND THERE ARE MANIC IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO. BE CONSIDERED. Oklahoma City, More than ministers and laymen, are expected to attend the quad, riennial conference of the Methodist Episcipola church, south, which will convene here Wednesday. The conference will adjourn May 28. While a number of matters of im-poriance are to be discussed before the conference, the law-making bedy of the church, interest centers "Chiefly in the action to.be taken with regard to Vanderbilt University, which the Supreme Court of Tennessee- has held not to be the property on under the jurisdiction of the church.

Whether a new college will be built or some existing school selected as the representative educational in I stitution of the church Willie threshed oiit first before the educational committee and later before the conference as a whole. The question of equal suffrage for women and whether' or not greater power should be vested in tbe laity of the church will also be considered. Another matter which is expected to be tho subject of considerable debate is whether or not permanent places of residence or not permanent places ef residence -of the bishops should be determined by the conference. At present bishops are permitted to choose their own place of residence. Men prominent in church affairs deMaro it is not probable that any new; bishops will selected this year.

1 Eeven bishops were elected at ti" last quadrJennlal confernce'. -Secretaries, and general officers of the church beard, however. will be elected. The of the church, in 'the order of their seniority, in the episcopacy, will preside over the sessions of the-eonference. ASHEVTLLB SEF.KS NEW METHODIST UXIVERSITX'.

Asheville, N. May 5 Asheville commercial organizations will aid the Methodists of weeterri North Carolina in efforts to secure the proposed $3 000,000 Methodist university, the irtr-atlon of which probably will be decided at the quadrennial meeting Of the General conference or tne Mer.n-odist Episcopal Church. South, which opens Wednesday at Oklahoma City; t'-. 'f Mnt letters have been written to prominent men connected with the asking their influence. IS HI HDJ.1E HE OOMES TO LOOK OVER MOBILIZING CAMP SITES AT -ATLANTA.

-Atlanta, Brigadier General Robert K. Evans, commander the Second Brigade 01 the First Division which is now stationed on 'Mexican border, hut- more re- cenflr. id charge of the Department of the. East at Governor's Island, arrived in Atlanta Saturday afternoon -and is at- his Peachtree Street home foi a few daysk' He la accompanied by Mrs. Evans and his son, and side, First.

Lieutenant Horhsby 1 Oeneral Evans declined to talk for publicity or to discuss the Mexican! situation from any angle: "This Is no time to he said. He ad-, mlttod, liowever; that the Associated Press dispatches from Washington stating that he was here for the purpose of looking over the proposed mobilization sites were true. Further than-this he was silent. The General said -that he' would probably "be here until" Saturday un- less orders to the contrary were received. BANK OF MEXICO SUED.

i I New York Firm Brbifrs Actfm-On Unpaid Draft For i New Yrk, N. 'May-'; 5.Th4 banking, firm of Speyep and-Conii pany today brought th Banco Nacional do Mexico (the-NaA tional Bank of Mexico), to recove? 2 35,560 on a draft made, by the bank on Maitland Coppejl and Comi pany, its New York agents, and remitted to Speyer and 'Companr foK the purpose of meeting interest on certain bonds. Eecause of the disturbed "conditions in Mexico payment on the draft' was stopped after its remittance: Ta protect the interest 6f their bondholders Speyer and Company' there-: fore brought the suit; desksergEavtcokerof the police; is ill today. Motorcycle Offices T. K.

Williamson-is acting Desk Sergeant at Police Headquarters in the absence of Sergeant who is ill. Coker has been sirreaht, for about four months, and Mr many friends at. headquarters tgret "his serious illness. Reports from his be 'a that his condition is much, i BUTSTILLSUFFEfiS HE SAVED PART.Y FROM GOING OVER FALLS AND GOT A GASH IN FOOT. Snntarenjj Brazil, May 5.

Colonel Theodore Kooeevelt, who' is on his way home from the Brazilian jun-t gles, will reach Para tomorrow. His health Is much improved, but he is still suffering -from a wound, which he sustained while saving three members of his party from going over a cataract in. their canoe on the Duvida River. The Colonef jumped into the water, and, in sav-j ing te canoe from a dive over the falls, sustained a gash in the foot. ThlsNvound became Infected.

M. B. MANNING FOUND DEAD i AND EVIDENCES OF ROBERY, Sylacanga, May S. Late Monday afternoon as an. party were returning from Rockford, In Coosa County, the dead body of M.

B. Manning was found about two miles South of town. He had been killed and the evidence indicates robbery as the motive. Mr. Manning lived near Thorsby, in Chilton County, and came up on the noon train and left town on foot early in the afternoon.

pistol shot wound was In his an. open knife was found in tbe road and evidences of a struggle were to be seen. The body' was brought to town and turned over to a local undertaker 3 SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY DEBATE WAS WON BY NEGATIVE. EusUco Allen and C. A.Haskey Rep, resent Side lor Clarisophic Greensboro, A Ay May 6wThe challenge, the cliTaic debate which is an annual event between the two literary Boieieties of the Southern University, the Belles Lettres and the Clariosophks, was held at the college Friday evening.

Tho subject for discussion was, -'Resolved, That Fed. eral Incorporation of the Trusts Would Better Subserve the Interests of America Than Dissolution Under the Terms of the. Sherman Anti-Trust Act." The afRmatlve, taken by the Belles Lettres, was represented by Eustice Allen and C. A. Haekew, and the negative or tho Clariosophic side, by M.

M. Mathews and Howard Baley. The flebate was of a high order, and all of the speakers acquitted themselves with great credit. Tbe decision of the judges was given favor of the Baiatlv. OF TOLL REPEAL THT IS WHAT THE SENATOR FROM MICHIGAN SAYS ABOUT IT, Washington, D.

'C, May 5 Asserting that the tolls repeal propaganda supported by unlimited money which "has been and is being expended with a lavish Senator Townaend, of Michigan, in opening the Panama Canal tolls, battle in the Senate upheld the' doctrine that the repeal would Involve a compromise of American national sovereignty. He declared he could not consent to a surrender of the rights of the United States in which would leave this nation "naked and helpless in the struggle of "The tountry will not be deceived by the false -issue raised in this said Senator Townsend "He who utters the cry of special benefit to American shipowners, who during all our past have- been encouraged to build and operate American ships, and he who asserts that the advocates of national doctrine "are working in the interests of a ship trust, will invite the inevitable criticism upon himself of be-t ing interested in a propaganda to destroy competition of railroads and to yield a right of sovereignty which ought not to be surrendered." PARTLY CLOUDY AND UNSETTLED TODAY AND TOMORROW. Forecast till P. W. For Montgomery and vicinity Partly cloudy and unsettled tonight and Wednesday.

For Alabama Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. River 'ForecastThe Coosa 'land the upper Alabama will not change much tonight and Wednesday. i Weather conditions -A storm of considerable intensity is centered in the Ohio Valley; This disturbance the last twenty-four hours, caused precipitation in the Atlantic and Gulf States, Ohio Valley, Lake region and Mississippi Valuer, The rainfalls were locally heavy in. Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee and, Mississippi. An area of high atmospheric pressure attended by freezing temperature, centers In Montana.

It Is" canning generally fair and cool weather, thi morning in the Rocky Moutafn and Plateau regions and in the Pacific Slope. Warm weather continues In Texas, Louisiana, and In the East Gulf and Soith Atlantic States. P. H. SMYTH, Section JDiracioa,.