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fjOME EDITION VOLUME XIX. No. 68. “REMEMBRANCE" CARD AT VERGARA’S OPEN GRAVE ONLY TRACETO MYSTERY Texas Rangers Had No Part in Recovery of Mur dered American's Body From Shallow Mexican Sepulchre. Corpse at Laredo Awaiting Further Examination of Crushed Skull and Mutilated and Charred Hand. SEC’Y OF WAR GARRISON CALLS ON GEN’L BLISS FOR OFFICIAL REPORT Rumors That Mexican Author ities Might Have Taken This Method of Returning Corpse Dispjsed of. Consul Garrett Thinks They Don’t Know of Its Removal. Washington. D. C.--Offioials of the atate and war departments wore with out any advices whatever today on the removal of Vergara's body to Texas soil. Secretary Garrison called upon Brigadier General Bliss on the Texas border for an official report. “Recuerdos." Laredo, T ex.—“Recuerdos”—remem - hrance—written on a card attached to a shovel that protruded front an open grave was the single trace found today of the party of men who mysterious ly entered Hidalgo Cemetery in Mex ico. exhumed the body of Clemente Vergara and returned it to Texas. Vergara's body was carried across the Rio Grande, forty-five miles above Laredo early Sunday morning, and there it was found by a federal offi cial, a state officer and a county dep uty sheriff Who was responsible for its,removal from Mexico was a ques t still unanswerable. The body was here today awaiting an examination which state authorities hope may dis close something to aid them In plac ing blame for the ranchman’s violent death after he nas taken prisoner by Mexican federal*. Wounds Disclosed. A superficial examination of the body disclosed two gunshot wounds in the head, one in the neck, a blow a# if from a rifle butt which crushed the skull and the mutilated left hand, twisted and charred by fire, suggest ed that torture had been inflicted be fore Vergara was executed. ’.'exas Rangers of the troop of Cap tain J. J. Sanders were first declared responsible for the return of Verga ra’s body but later this was denied. Captain Sanders was one of the men who “were informed" the the body could be found at a des.....ated place. The other two were American Consul Garrett of Nuevo Laredo, Mex., and Deputy Sheriff Petty. They went to the scene ostensibly to secure further information on the Vergara case but admitted later that they had been told that the body had been returned. Who were their informants was one of nu merous questions each of the officials in turn refused to answer. They did say however, that neither United States nor state officials had any part in the actual trip into Mexico. Chafed at Delay. I.ater rumors had it that former em ployes of the Vergara ranch, chafing at delay in securing the body for pro per interment, had taken matters into their own hands. Surmises that Mexican authorities might have taken this method of re turning Vergara's body were forestall ed by a remark of Consul Garrett, who expressed belief that they did not yeti know of the incident. Despite the mystery as to who was responsible for the return of the body there seemed lltle doubt as to the ac tual facts of its recovery. Only Nine in Party. There were only nine men in the party who gathered on the river bank late Saturday night, near where Ver gara was alleged to have beep seized February 18th by Captain Apolonio Rodriguez and three federal soldiers, A Mexican who claimed to have wit nessed both the execution and burial „f Vergara led them across country toward Hidalgo and skirting the sleep ing town, showed them a new shallow grave in a far corner of the cemetery. A rude pine box soon was lifted out. Evidently the workers had known the ranchman, for they made certain they ha ' the body they sought. Rested Their Burden. The homeward Journey began with the party still unchallenged. Once hack on American soil they rested their burden for final Identification. Thiß was made by the family and the body was consigned to the waiting of ficials. , , , The party had no permission from Mexican authorities to make the trip an' secure the body and Consul Gar rett said last night that he had never reouested permission from the federals to have this done. What complica tions if anv, might result from the trip into foreign territory, apparently caused no uneasiness among Vergara’s friends, who pointed out the peaceful character of the party. 2k ‘Dynamiters' To Jail Probably Now Washington, D. suprcnre court todav refused to grant a review of the conviction of the "dynamiting cases” of Frank M. Ryan and t?, other members of the bridge workers union Only a pardon can now keep the con victed men out of the penitentiary. - - THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. THE AUGUSTA HERALD COLQUITT DID NOT GIVE THE ORDER TO 60 i , Governor of Texas Explains leleqram Received From Can’t Sanders. Word “Here” Did Not Apply to Laredo. Didn’t Enter Mexico. The Lone Star Executive In timates That the Persons Who Did Do So Intend To Keep Their Identity a Secret. Washington.—Senator Fall, of New Mexico, today received this telegram, dated March Sth, from Governor Col quitt, ot Texas: “Am just in receipt of a telegram from Captain Sanders, of Texas Han gers. saying he had returned from Hidalgo, Mexico, with Vergara’s body and now has it on American soil. (Signed) “O. B. COLQUITT, “Governor of Texas." The Governor Explains. Austin, Texas. —Texas Rangers did not cross the Mexican border, nor par ticipate ill the expedition by whldh Clemente Vergara’s body was secretly exhumed from an Hidalgo, Mexico, cemetery and deposited by persons as yet unidentified on the Texas side of the Rio Grande before daylight Sun day morning, according to the official version of the Vergara incident from state capitol sources today. This ver sion was borne out by dispatches from Laredo, Texas, the nearest point to Hidalgo, where investigation could be made and transmitted by wire. The Telegram. Last night’s statement that rangers recovered the body was bused on the following telegram from Ranger Cap tain J. J. Sanders: “I proceeded to Hidalgo, Mexico, ob tained body of Vergara. Have It here.” The telegram was’ dateil Laredo but the word "here” was explained today referred to the point above Laredo where Vergara made his home. State officials accepted the telegram as meaning that Sunders actually enter ed Mexico. Governor Colquitt wired Sanders for details early today and after talking to the ranger captain over the long distance telephone gave out the following statement: Governor’s Statement. “Captain Sanders, commanding Com pany B of the Texas Rangers, at La redo, advised me by telegraph that he hail recovered the body of Vergara. I wired him for full particulars, lie advises me that he did not go into Mexico at all, hut was informed that the body of Vergara would he de livered on the Texas side of the river at a particular place named at 3:30 o'clock Sunday morning, where he went and found it. As to who brought it across the river he does not know. He had no assistance in this transac tion except from the family and rela tives of Vergara, who fully Identified the body." The governor said today he did not know whether he would have a fur ther statement to muYte until he could get additional fucts. Didn’t Give Orders. He declared last night that he had not issued specific instructions for rangers to cross the border. The per sons who exhumed the body from its Mexican grave have so far indicated that they intended to keep their iden tity secret If any ranger or rangers, acting as Individuals, participated In this expedition, which report credits to Vergara's former aequantances, the state did not authorize it and has at present no official Information to In dicate that its rangers crossed the in ternational line even In such capacity. Two Meanings, Austin, Texas. The word# of r»p tain Handers' first telegram, “f pro ceeded to Hidalgo.” In the light of his later report to the governor are cap able of two meanings. Handers Is stf.tioncd at Laredo, 43 miles from the point where the body was brought across the river near Hidalgo. To get the body Sanders and Am erican t'onsul A. R. tiarrett at Nuevo, Laredo, had to make the 43-mile trip from Laredo, Hidalgo being one of the few places In that section large enough to have a name designating its loca tion, Sanders' telegram has been in terpreted as using the words "to Hl dal-” simply to indicate a section of the border. Hidalgo is on the Mexican side of the river close to the American side. PENROSE FOR U. S. SENATE. Philadelphia. Senator Boise Pen rose today made a formal announce ment of his candidacy for re-election to the United States senate. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. MONDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 9. 1914. URGES USE OF ARMED FORCE AT ONCETO END IT Senate Addressed By Falls. Gives List of 63 Outrages Against Americans. Asks Im mediate Intervention by tbe U. S. Army and Navy. Washington—Specific charges that 83 Americans and other foreigners have been killed, murdered or out raged during the lust three years of revolution in Mexico were laid before the senate today by Senator Fall. Secretary Bryan, when he heard of Senator Fall’s charges, said lie would make no statement until he hud‘P ud all of the senator’s speech. Not War, But Protection. Washington.—Urging use of tne army and navy of the United States lor protection of Americans and other foreigners in Mexico, whieli, he said, would prevent war. Senator Kail, re j publican of Ne.w Mexico, addressed the senate today and gave a list of 63 outrages upon Americans, con cerning which he said he had per sonal knowledge. “With the solemn declaration that we do not war upon the Mexican na • tion nor people, said Senator Fall, “that it is not our purpose to acquire teritory, ami an invitiithin to the masses of the Mexican people to co operate with us. we should imme diately direct the use of the land and naval forces of this government for the protection of our citizens and other foreigners in Mexico, and lend their assistance to the restoration of order and maintenance of peace in that unhappy country. “I might cite authority after au thority, and pile precedent upon pre cedent as justification under interna tional law for such action, hut 1 will only read from the message of the martyred McKinley with only the suggestion that we insert the name •Mexico' in lieu of that of Cuba or Spain.” QUOTES M’KINLEY Quoting McKinley he said: " 'lt is not to he forgotten that tinring the fast few months tile rela tions of thi United States has vir tually been one oT friendly interven tion in inanv ways, each not of itself conclusive, but all tending to the ex ertions of a potential influence to ward an ultimate pacific result, just and honorable to all interests con cerned. The spirit of all our acts hitnerto lias been an earnest, unsell ish desire for peace and prosperity in Cuba, untarnished by differences be tween us and Spain and unstained by the blood of American citizens. " The forcible intervention of the United States as a neutral to stop the war, according to the large instates of humanity and following many his toiical precedents where neighboring states have interfered to cheek the Hopeless Haerifiees of life Internecine conflicts beyond their bonders, It jus tifiable on rational grounds. It in volves, however, hostile constraint upon both the patrtes to the contest as well to enforce a truce as to guldo the eventual settlement. ” APPEALS FOR LIGHT Senator Fall appealed lor light on the Mexican situation and referred to a senate resolution asking for infor mation which the president did not answer on the ground of Incompati bility with public Interest. Senator Fall continued: ‘‘McKinley nnd other presidents have thought It not incompatible with public interest to furnish this body with similar information realizing that In a great, national crisis Hilb one branch of the government which must finally act ” Senator Full picturing conditions in Mexico, included a statement he had received Iron) Kmetrlo l)e La (iarza, who came 1 1 Washington last year for the Huerta government. Quoting De I-a Garza's letter refenng to the contending forces in Mexico. Senator Fall read: “ ‘Those who now rule In Mexico — both at the Azteean capital and that, of the revolution ar”, by til.or bloody deeds a legion ot intoxicated demons who are courting flat fail ure.’ ” Much of the (larza letter was criti cism of President Wilson's Mexican policy. THEIR ONLY AIM The fiarza letter continued: “Their only aim is to fight, they only take pride In winning, In killing, in shooting, and severing neails from bodies, in eating the raw flesh or burying alive their errmles; ferocity Ih their natural condition, temerity Is their supreme virtue. " ‘Not a single word about peace, not a single thought about harmony, not a rav of hope about conciliation, not a voice rained In remembrance, not a single soul which would throb In favor if order, country and human ity. “ 'The government and the revolu tion both of them are unhealthy and have gone mad, as their aim is none Continued on Page Seven Carranza Ordets Search tor Bauch ' j,y ' / UJSiAV BAUCH. General Villa, at the behest of his chief. General Carranza, has ap pointed a commission to make a careful search for Gustav Bauch, the American citizen, who has disappeared since he was released by his reb el daptors in Chihuahua. Bauch is rumored, to huve been executed by the rebels, but Villa denies this. 100.000 00 ON STRIKEJT ROME Fiery Speches Made, But No Disorder. Protest Hospital Changes. Cavalry Patrol Romo— Squadrons of cavalry charged and dispersed crowds of turbulent strikers In the streets of Rome today, wounding several of the demonstra tors. The action of the troops follow ed rioting between the strikers and po lice after an Immense demonstration on the Piazza Del Popolo. In theso disturbances several policemen and manifestants hud been badly Injured. Protest the Change. Rome.—A meeting of 11)0,000 Italian workers who started a great strike to day took place on the Piazza Del Poplo this morning. Fiery speeches were delivered but there was no dis order. The meeting merely passed » resolution demanding that tho public hospitals be reorganized for the ben efit of the working classes. The os tensible reason for the strike was to protest against changes recently in troduced in the hospitals The an thoritles, however, believed the move ment to he the outgrowth of a desire of the leaders of the workmen to test tne strength of their organizations. The entire garrison and notice force were kept In readiness Besides the 15 000 men, several regiments were brought In from th provinces. Kvery strategical point In the city was oc cupied with soldiers and cavalry pa trolled the main thoroughfares. Simple Services Over Geo. W. Vanderbilt's Body Washington, D. C.—Funeral services fur fJeo.W Vanderbilt took place here today and his body was taken to New Dorp, Staten Island, N. V., for burial at the old Vanderbilt home, The services were simple and brief und only close friends and relatives at tended. Henor fUa.no, ambassador from Spain, <lj Beadle. Arthur Wlllet, (Ilf ford Plnchot, Overton Price, Henry White, Herbert Putnam, ('has. D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian institution and Major Heneral I*-o nard Wood, chief of staff of the army, were honorary pallbearers. NOT OPERATED ON. Baltimore. Reports that Miss Julia Marlowe, tile actress, was ill at a hospital here were proved to be untrue today when it wds learned that Miss Marlowe was In her home In New Fork. DREDGING ENGINEER DEAD. San Franelaco.— L'&pt. <‘fias. A, Mor ris, a well-known dredging engineer and who aided J. P. Holland ln»the construction of submarines, died yes terday at Los DA toe near here. 3,500,000 CHINESE EGGB ARRIVE AT VANCOUVER Vancouver, B. C. -A Canadian Pacific steamer arrived today with 3,300,000 Chinese eggs consigned to places In the United States. MILITIA GUARD RELIEFS ARMY “General” and His 1,700 Must Obey Orders and Leave on Special Train for Frisco. Bacramento, Cal. —Three militia companies stood guard today To see that "General” Kelley and 1,700 un employed men obeyed orders when a special train was made up to carry them out of the city.,lt was planned to ship them hack to Kan Francisco. The marchers who left. Han Fran cisco last week for the purpose It was announced, of going to Washing ton. I). (J.. have linen camped on Southern Pacific property. The situation at the "urmy” camp Sunday was both ludicrous and threat etilng. Baseball games, boxing matches and impassioned oratory were features. Thousands of persons viewed the camp. Sanitation was becoming had city health authorities said, and It was asearted that If the army was per mitted to remain It would become a menace to health. Mayor Talks. San Francisco, Cal. James Itolph, .1 r. , mayor, said today regarding the plan to return 1,700 unemployed men from Sacramento that he would pur sue a policy of “watchful waiting." The mayor called attention to the California statutes of 1001 under which It Is a misdemeanor for any person, firm or corporation to bring into a city or county any person who might become an indigent. Reports Say Ga. Prison Camps Are Well Managed Atlanta, Ga. —Col. K L llalney of the state prison commission, has Just returned from a tour of Inspection among the prison camps of the state. Colonel llalney reports that as a whole the camps are not only lining well managed, hut that who ever possible continued improvements arc being made und progressive methods adopted for the better carl and treatment of the convicts. A .large number of tents have been provided recently In some of the camps, and in others the permanent sleeping quarters have been enlarg ed and bettered. The new convict system of Leer gia, which was inaugurated only a few years ago on the abolition of the old lease system, la being graduacy but steadily Improved, as guarda and officials gain experience. The other members of the "ojimis sion, Commissioners 11. K. Davison and T L. Patterson, have also I ecu traveling extensively around the camps this winter and their reports are to the same effect as that of Col onel Rainey. RIOTING IN BPAIN. Madrid, Spain,—Disturbances In connection with the general parlia mentary elections yesterday in Spain are reported from various places. A riot at Bonagalbon in the prov ince of Malaga resulted In the wound ing of two policemen and a score of citizens One pollcemena Is missing nnd probably was killed. In the cllv of Bllboa also disorders occurred The chief of police and a number ot rioters received severe injuries. 33 PROBABLY BURNED TO DEATH; FIFTY SERIOUSLY HURT; MO,OOO FIRE PBES'T WILSON AND MR. BRYAN AWAIT REPORT Full Account of Removal of Verqara’s Bodv From Mexico To Texas Soil Expected From Gov. Colquitt and U. S. Con sul Garrett. Lengthy Conference Follows Receipt of Advices. Presi dent Knows of Nothing of Report That Germany Has Is sued Warning. Washington, D. C.—Acting rhnirfnan Shlvrley, of the senate foreign rela tions committee conferred with Presi dent Wilson and then with Secretary Bryan about the Vergara ease and said afterwards that little official in formation had been received. The President’s Views. Washington, D. C.— President W’ll son expects a full report from Gov. Colquitt and American Consul Garrett as to the scanner In which the body of Clemente Vergara, an American oltlzyn killed In Mexico, was returned to American soil. After reading news dispatches, some saying Texas rangers had crossed Into Mexico and had availed themselves of permission by the Mexican federal au thorities to American Consul Garrett to recover the body, the President and •Secretary Bryan conferred at length. The President said ’afterward that no official Information had been received that he doubted very much whether Consul Garrett had any permission to take the body and that he would await a full report from Gov. Colquitt before making uny comment Little Information. The President pointed out that the Huerta government had supplied lit tle information about Vergara, de claring simply that It would Investi gate, but expressing the opinion that Vergara bad Joined the constitutional ists Consul Garrett’s dispatches have said Vergara came to his death at the hands of Moxtcan federals. The President had no further ad vices today about the Inquiry Into the Benton killing, on the subject of pro tection of foreigners In Mexico the President indicated clearly that the American government would contlnuo to use ItH good offices on behalf of subjects of those powers which had recognized tho Huerta government and could not, therefore, deni with tho con stitutionalists No information has been obtained as to whether Gen. Car ranza has altered bis attitude of deny ing to the United Slates the rigid to Inquire for the welfare of nationals other than her own. President Denies It. Incidentally the President denied that the American government knew anything of a published report that; Germany had warned Mexico that any Injury to German subjects would meet with retaliation. The President told callers that Germany’s attitude toward the position of the United States In the Mexican situation had been satis factory and friendly and that Germany bail occupied a most dlglnlfed position throughout. He did not believe re ports, lie added, that Germany was dis posed to complicate the situation. Grant Application In New Sugar Rates Washington, D. C. The supreme court today granted the state of Isiu- I Miami permission to file an applica tion for an Injunction against Secre tary McAdoo enforcing the reduced sugar rates of the Underwood tariff act. The court fixed April « for the secre tary of the treasury to show cause why the Injunction should not b» granted. Just as Easy as Moving Your Hand That Is how Simple It Is to get a good position—provid ed you move your hand P> the right way. And that wiry is the writing of a "Sit uation Wanted" ail for The Augusta Herald. If you have any special training or aptitude, some business man or firm or corporation wanls you. State your qualifications tersely and leave the little ad with Your Druggist or Tell it to Phone 296. $6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY. Magnificent Home of Mis souri Athletic Club De stroyed in Spectacular Blaze. Frenzied Inmates Drop to Death *mid Ex ploding Boilers and Huge Falling Embers. _ #* FIRE FIGHTERS DODGE HUGE TOPPLING WALLS OF BRICK AND GRANITE Hundreds of Autos With Friends of the Missing Line Streetb. 135 Were in Build ing. $1,000,000 in Bank Vaults Covered by Ruins. St. Louia.—Six men were killed, about 27 are unaccounted for, ami about fifty were seriously injured in a fire that deatroyeri the ssven-atnrv building of the Missouri Athletic Club today. Three dead are unidentified. Savannahian Safe. Savannah, Ga.—William Hhlelda. of HI. Louia, president of the William Hhlelda Lye Manufacturing Company, among those reported mlsalnir in Ht. lxmla fire has wired Savannah rela tives that he is safe. Given Up as Lost, St. Louia—At 8 o’clock this morning, besides the three known to be dead In the Missouri Athletic Club fire, offi cers of the organization had the names of fifteen unaccounted for. These wero pructlcuiy given up ns lost. Fifty Seriously Injured. St. Lou's.—Three men are known to be dead, dozens of others are be lieved to have been burned to death and over two score were seriously In jured In a ftre which early today de stroyed the seven-story building hous ing the Missouri Athletic Club and the Postman's Bank, at Fourth street and Washington avenue. The exact number of dead In the ruins of the magnificent clubhouse may not be known for several days. (iff leers of the club differ as to the number of persons In the building when the fire alarm was given. Ks tlmates of the missing vary between fifteen and one hundred. Hundred and Tthirty-five Registered One hundred and thirty-five persons wer registered at the club last night. How many were In the building at the time of the fire Is not known. Of those wrto were In the club, thirty-five have been accounted for. The victims whoso deud bodies hsv* been recovered are: John Martin Rickey of St. Paul, Minn.; James Riley, and an unidenti fied inan. The property damage Is estimated at more than *1,000.000 In currency and *7,000 In coin. At daylight only part of the front and rear walls remained. The roof had caved In. carrying seve ral floors with it and tho side walls had collapsed from the roof to the ground floor, which Is occupied by the hank. Shooting From Roof. When firemen arrived flames were scooting out of the roof and all tho windows above tho second floor. Men were Jumping from windows or climb ing down ropes mado of bed clothes. More than a dozen Jumped several stories to roofs -.1 adjoining buildings and suffered broken h gs or less seri ous Injuries. Those who escaped un hurt ran about tho streets In Iglit clothes, apparently frenzied, until they were forcibly carried Into neighboring hotels. Tho fire fighters repeatedly dodged one falling wall only to find themselves under another tottering mass of gran ite and brick. Theodore Levy of Ixiuls vllle, Ky„ clung to a window sill un til both his hands wero scorched al most black. Just as fie was about to let go a fireman grasped him about the waist und carried him down a ladder. Levy said two of the men who had been killed Jumped from the window to which he hud clung. Showers of Huge Embers. As walls and floors collapsed they sent showers of huge embers onto roof* of neighboring buildings and for a time threatened to cause a general conflagration in the heart of the retail district. All firefighting apparatus of the city was brought to the scene. Robert C. Maglll, manager of the club, and his wife wero aroused by the smoke. They discovered the fire In the dining room on the third floor. Before seeking their own safety they rushed up and down the halls waking guests. Both were badly burned. Tlu>-telephone operator, a boy, rs (Contlnued on Page Two.) AMERICAN BAWLING CONGRESS. Buffalo, N. Y.—The fourteenth an nual International tournament oT the American Bowling Congress opened here todav with an entry list ex ceeded only twice In the history oi the organization. The entrance fees amounted to $30,000. of which two thirds will be divided among the five men and two teams and 1.026 individ uals at the end of , the sixteenth day's play*. NO DECISIONS TODAY. Washington, 0. C.—No decisions 1* the railroad rate cases or other im portant suits pending before the su preme court were announced tmlpy. |jOME EolTlo|||