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[|OME EQITIOfI VOLUME XIX. No. 69. NO CONFLICT OVER BODY OF VERGARA Following Meeting of Cabinet, Sec’v Bryan Says There Will Be No Friction Between U. S. Gov’t and the State of Texas Regarding Its Recovery From Mexican Grave. STEPS DEMANDING THE PUNISHMENT ASSASSINS Officially Accepted View is That American Was Lured Across Border, Murdered and Remains Taken Back By His Friends as Individuals, Not An Armed Force. Washington.— No conflict will arise between the federal government anJ theiatate of Texas over the recovery of the bodv of Vergara, the murder ed American ranchman. Further steps demanding the punishment of Vergara's assassins will be taken. That was the status of the case after a cabinet meeting today. The officially accepted view was that Ver gara was lure 1 across the border and murdered and his body was subse quently recovered bv his own friends, who crossed into Mexico as private individuals and not as an armed ex pedition. U. 8. Consul's Telegram. After today's cabinet meeting Sec retary Bryan made the following par aphrase of American Concul Gar rett's telegram: “Consul Garrett went with Captain Sanders of the Texas Rangers and a deputy sheriff to Palafox. Texas, last Saturday for the purpose of making further investigation in the Vergara case. They went to the Vergara ranch and examined witnesses who saw the horses belonging to Vergara taken by the Mexicans and who also Baw Vergara cross the river and those who saw him captured. The investigation kept them up late Sat urday night when they reached Cole man's Camp two miles above Pala fox. where they ate supper and con cluded to remain over night. About 4 a. m., they were informed that Ver gara's body was on the Texas side of the river. Found the Body. “Consul Garrett roused his chauf feur and went five or six miles away to a pgl t opposite San Enrique's ranch tm/ut three miles below Pala fox. Mr Garrett there found the bodv with a number of the relatives of Vergara who had also been noti fied to come and identity it. Mr Garrett was informed that a small party of Vergara's friends had gone over the river at 2 a. m.. exhumed the bodv and brought if, across. Mr. Garrett adds tnat the Texas Rangers had no hand in bringing the body over but went there to view it when notified as he was.'' Brief Services Held at Tomb of Geo.W.Vanderbilt New York.—The body of Geo. \V. Vanderbilt was placed today in tho family mausoleum in the Moravian cemetery at New Dorp, Staten Island, near the old Vanderbilt residence where be was torn 52 years ago. The Right Rev. David H. Greer, Episco pal bishop of New York, conducted a brief service at the tomb. A smali company of relatives and friends who came from Washington last night af ter the funeral services In that city was at the cemetery. ATTACK FRUIT RATES •Washington, D. C. —The state of South Dakota before the inter-state commerce commission today attacked the freight rates on oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, kumquats and pine apples from Florida points to destina tions in South Dakota. The present rate of 84.2 cents a hundred pounds Is declared to be excessive and dis criminatory. MAY MAKE BIG IMPROVEMENTS SOON ON C. & W. C. RAILWAY $10,000,000 Mortgage Filed On Properties of the Charles ton Western Carolina Rail way Company. GENERAL MGR. ANDERSON MAKES A STATEMENT To Take Up Present Bonds and All Over and Above to be fd for Improvements When Can Earn Interest Charges Net. Heaviei Rails Ordered. A ten million dollar mortgage on the proportion of the Charleston and Western Carolina Hallway Company has been filed for record with the clerks of court In the various coun ties in South Carolina an<l also In Richmond and Columbia counties In Georgia which are traversed by that railroad. . , Mr a W Anderson, general man ager of the c A W. C., wan seen Mon day and asked for a statement with reference to the mortgage. *7 am afraid." said Mr. Anderson, - ■ THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. .■ ■ THE AUGUSTA HERALD NO BURNS ON VERGARA BOOK; NECK CHAFEO GenT Bliss Reports to Sec’v of War on Recovering of Re mains of Murdered American. Four Bullet Holes in Corpse. Relatives Paid S4OO. Investigation Into Circum stances of Execution Being Carried on at Laredo Under Orders of Texas Governor. Stories of Torture. Austin, Texas.—The burning of Vergara’s hand, which Is appar ently discredited In General Bliss’ report to Washington today was reported positively’ by Captain Sanders of the Texas Rangers whose official statement read, "ono hand was burned to a crisp." Garrison Gets Report. Washington.—Secretary Garrison re reived today from Brigadier Gdberal Tasker H. Bliss. commanding the American border forces, the following report on the Vergara case by Captain H. P. Howard, of tlje ltth U. S. cav alry: "Investigation shows Vergara was taken front the Hidalgo cemetery Sat urday night by relatives of Vergara and hired Mexicans. Captain Sanders states positively no Texas Rangers crossed the border. He met the body at a landing opposite San Knrlque with Undertaker Conver.v Sunday morning. Convery brought the body to Laredo. 7:30 p. m., Sunday, lie states there were no signs of burns on the body. Found four bullet holts. Neck chafed but not broken. Body decomposed but pants nmtrh coat left at home by Vergara. Identification seems reliable. Recovery of bod.v said to have cost T. Hill, brother-in-law of Vergara. J-400. Bode being held at request of Adjutant General Hutchings. No ex citement." ’ Would Find the Body. Secretary Bryan on entering the cabinet meeting, said American Con sul Garrett reported that Vergara's relatives recovered his body on Sun day and that Texas Rangers did not cross the border. Consul Garrett said he had been notified that If he would go to a place on the American side < f the Rio Grande across from Hidal go, Mexico, at \ o'clock Sunday morn ing he would find the body, lie went (Continued on page eight.) Would Hold Carriers For Actual Value of Goods Washington, D. C.—Senator Cum mins' amendment to the inter-state commerce law to define liability of common carriers for freight was ten tatively approved by a senate com mittee today with amendments. Carriers would he held liable for the full actual value of property notwith standing any limitation in hills of lad ing or receipts and It would lie unlaw ful to incorporate In hills of lading any limitation of time within which notice of loss or damage to property must he given or suit thereof begun, until the inter-state commerce com mission has affirmatively acted. "that an erroneous Impression may have been made by the Information given out by the newspapers tha a ton million dollar mortgage hid been record ed. ‘‘lt is one thing to mortgage a prop erty and entirely another proposition to get the money on that mortgage. In other words to sell the bonds. The prices that will bo offered for such mortgage bonds will depend entirely upon the confidence the monied Inter ests may have In our company's abil ity to earn the Interest charges. "If the country prospers, and If our road Is allowed to prosper In propor tion to the general prosperity through out the section traversed by our Uric, our people can probably sell this Is sue of first mortgage bonds as the money Is needed for Improvements, and when I say needed for improvements I wish to stress the Idea that only Improvements that will give a fulr re turn on the Investment can be made and our ability to earn a fair return on the bonds sold will be absolutely necessary In the opinion of the owners of the property before they would be willing to burden the property with bonds that In the absence of fair re turn in the way of earnings would soon swamp us. "Vou understand, 'if course, that I have nothing to do with the financing of our property. That la a matter that Is handled entirely by our board of dl (Continued on Page Eight.) AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 10. 1914. French Girl Aviator Hopes To Fly 'Cross The Atlantic »tS* P^rUpfljftj;' MLLE. HELENE CARAGIONI. New York.—“lf the men do not hurry and make that flight acrosr the Atlantic, we women will do it f Irst .” Tills was trie smiling asser tloti of Mile. Caragloni, girl aviator, who Is here with the monoplane in which she intends to do some Tlying on this side of the water Mile. Caragloni has been living in Paris since she was a child She was horn In Roumania "I have been flying only four months.” she said, "and I am already considered a first elnss air pilot. Mile. Helene expressed the wish that‘she be allowed to accompany Lieutenant .1 C. Porte, wtio is to pilot the Wanamaker biplane, " 'detruded by Glenn Curtiss, when he attempts to fly across the ocean Cross-Atlantic Flight. New York.—Lieut. John C. Porte, a retired British naval officer, who is to pilot the Rod man Wanamaker trans- Atlantic flyer, sailed today for ling land after spending a week with Glenn 11. Curtiss looking over the ma chine nnd making suggestions as to Its design and equipment. Lieutenant Porte plans to return here soon and remain until the actual flight takes place. He said he re gretted the United States Weather MR. C. HENRY COHEN BUYS THE EASTERN HALF SILVER BLOCK For 94 Feet on Broad, Extending Back to Jones Street, He Pays in the Neighborhood of $25,000. Tremendous Activity in Real Estate. Deal Made Through John J. Cohen & Company. * The salt* is announced of ihe East ern half <>T Silver Block to Mr. C. Henry Cohen. The price paid ww in the neighborhood of $25,000. The ptoperty was owned hv Mrs. Mary Chamberlain Reid, of Norfolk. Va., and is immediately west of the north west corner of Broad and Twelfth Streets recently purchased from Mrs, Bridget. Gallaher by Maxwell Bros. Th" deal was made through John .! SOIONS SMILE 11 PROSPECT 1 Congress Rapidly Acting on Appropriation Bills and an Early Adjournment Indicated. Washington.—Rapidity with which congress is disposing of appropriation measures was cited today by smiling members us an Indication of early ad journment. While admitting It was 100 early to /oreeast the time with any degree of certainty, they declared the speed record of the present session promised encouraging results. The agricultural supply measure was debated In the house today and probably will be disposed of this week. The rivers and harbors and the navai appropriation bills sre to follow and leave only four of the supply meas ures to he considered. These are the 14,000,000 diplomatic and consular bill, the legislative, executive and Judicial bill, carrying approximately $40,000, - 000: the sundry civil Mil, estimated at t 118.000.000, and the $170,000,000 pen sion bill. MELLEN DEMURRER UPHELD. Bridgeport, Conn,— Demurrer of counsel for Former President f'has. H. Meilen, of the New Mavan railroad, charged with manslaughter as the re sult of a train wreck In October, 1!* lU, was sustained by Superior Judge Tiit tle here today. The demurrer alleged there was In sufficiency of Information iri the com plaint which enlarged Meilen with manslaughter. It set. forth that the complaint did not show wherein Mr. Meilen was actually responsible for the wreck. Bureau did not have more informa tion about air currents at high alll t tides. “The tinniest problem ahead of lis," he said, "Is to tell at Just what height we should fly to get the most advant age of the stratle air currents above the earth. ff tests had been made by captive balloons we would know for a certainty what we'must now guess. I expert the trip to Lufope will he made at an elevation of 5,000 feet or there abouts." Cohen and Company The property on the 12b0 block Is rapidly enhancing in value and there have been many sales made recently In that section of flie city. What Is true of the 1200 block is equally true of all property In the business gee tion of the city. There is tremendous activity In all kinds of real estate In Augusta and it Is rising rapidly In value. "ARMY" ROUT IS COMPLETE ONE Leaders of the “Unemployed” in Jail, Balance, Broken and Bruised, Seeking Food. Sacramento, Cal Heaton and ba lly disorganized and Its leaders In jail, th e“unemployed army" driven from Sacramento was encamped today across the river In Yolo County. They had only scanty food and shel ter Deputies guarding the bridges will not permit any to return to the city uti l Yolo County officers heavily armed art! keeping the men within the new camp. With no spokesman and no leaders the “army" has put aside temporarily Its projected trip to Washlngtoii and turned ItH attention to the graver sub ject of subsistence. The city and county governments have sent enough money to provide two meals. Yolo County, which last. Friday paid the army’s transportation from Davis to Sacramento as yet has taken no action further to disperse the men. Sacramento citizens are breathing a sigh of relief after the exciting events of yesterday The police say nearly all the men who were scatter ed about the city have Joined tueir Irlesds In Yolo No one was seriously injured when the police and special del titles routed the mob with clubs and firehouse. A few scalp lacerations, bruised bodies and broken noses represents the ex tent of the clash between "the army” and the authorities. CHAMPIONSHIP FIGH T. Chicago.—The date of the coming cham lonshlp fight between Johnny Coolon and Kid Williams Iri lg»s An geles, Cal., was today fixed for June J 9th and the agreement was signed. | MILITANT CUES OLD 5500.000 WORK OF ART Vdasguez's Famous Painting, The "Rokebv Venus.” Hang ing in National Gallery Slash ed Badly With Knife By No torious Suffragette. Mrs. Pankhurst Again Arrest ed and Taken to London Jail. English Bobbies Lacerated by Barbed Wire at Speaker’s Platform at Glasgow. London.—. Miss K lchnt<ls<»n. after hrr a Trent, mild: "I trletl to doMtrny the |l<ture of the tnont hcßti.ifui wo mini In mytholo- Rh’al hlutorv na a protect auainsl the Kovrrunient for destroyinK Mrs. Km inelltie Pankhurst. who is the most heaiitlt.il eharaetor In modern Ids tory." A Farce, Say*. London.—Tin* maslsirafe commit ted Miss lUrhardson for hi.tl and re f»ise«l to grant lull. The keeper of the National Gallery told the maglatrate that the aelllng T»rlee of the pletur** had been depreci ated by the outrage by $75,000. The prisoner harangued the court, eaylng: '‘Reginald MeKtnna. the home ner* retary, lias turned the crlmbtal eode into a faree This is the tenth time I have been bn light before a magis trate this year, lie cannot eoeree and cannot compel nn to serve a sen tenee. • lie ran only repeat the faree of releasing me.” Prosented to Nation. London.—A militant suffragette In flirted severe damage today on the famous Velasquez picture known as the “Rokohy Venus.” which is hung In tile National Gallery, Trafalgar Sepia re. The picture* was purohased for $226,- 000 in 1006 and presented to the* na tion. Art expert# have estimated Its present market value at $600,000. The woman entered the gallery and attacked the picture with a sharp # ((‘ontinned on Page Right.) I. W. W. Leader Indicted; Misdemeanor, Not Felony New York.— Frank Tannenbanm, youthful leader of the army of the un employed of the Industrial Workers of the World, who. with nearly 20(1 of his followers, mis arrested after the In vasion of a t'atholic hureh, was Indict ed today, charged will, misdemeanor, in thut lie participated in an unlawful assembly. Tanot nhauin has been In Jail sine* his arraignment on a charge of Inut lng lo riot, t* felony. House of Commons Takes Up the Benton Killing London.—Tim death at .luare/, of Win H, Mejiton came up for discus hloh In the I louse of Commons to dny. The foreign secretary was ask ed whether It was not possible to re fop the question of redress to The Hague for arbltratkm. Sir Edward (irey replied that technically and theoretically it whs, and continued: “In practice however, at the pres cut moment there Ih no : atlsTuctlon to he obtained by arbitration I am not prepared to admit that In this case arbitration wou.d be the m ist fitting method for securing redress.’' After Delay of 900 Days Is Taken to Sing Sing New York.—William J. Cummins, one time head of tin- defunct Carnegie Trust Company, who was convicted nearly three years ago of the lareeny of $140,000, was taken to King King from the Tombs toduy to serve out a sentence of not less than four years and eight months and not more than eight years and eight months. By res son of appeals and other moves coun sel for Cummins kept him out of King King for nearly #OO days after his con viction. He will now appeal for a pardon on the ground that he rendered assistance to the state In the hearings regarding the trust company. Huerta Orders His Army to Take the Offensive Mexico City The federal army wtu today ordered to take the offensive against the constitutionalists. Gen eral Huerta again cautioned Ills fol lowers to give protection to for eigners. COTTON BEED CRUSHERS Memphis.—M K Hlngleton of Bt. (.outs, president of the Interstate Cot ton Crushers’ Assoelatlon, announced here today that the next meeting of the association would In- held in New Orleans, May IS, 1# and 20. Richmond, Memphis and Galveston also ask'd for the convention. BAIL FOR SOUTH AMERICA, Hamburg, Germany. I'rlnee and Princess Henry of Prussia sailed from here today for Houth America. They will visit In Argentina arid at Rio do | lunelro, Brazil and Santiago, Chile. TILLMAN ON EATING, DRINKING, SMOKING CLEMENCEAU BLAMES U. S. FOR MEXICAN TROUBLES mm FORMER FRENCH PREMIER Georges Cleiuenceau, former French Premier of Franrli amt authority on International law, who blames ,oe United Stall's for stimulating the trouble In Mexico by permitting the rebels to Import arms and ammuni tion from the t'nited Stales. NO MALE HEIR OF VANDERBILT 1 Mansion, Art Collection and $1,000,000 Outright Go To Cornelius Under Will Win. H. New York. -Because George W. Vanderbilt left no mnle neirs the mansion on filst Street and Filth Avenue, the art works collected by the late W. H. Vanderbilt, tne sum of ft,OOO,(HM) outright and other property will descend to Cor nelius Vanderbilt under flic will of lilh grandfather. W'm. 11. Vi*nlerbilt, who iliod In IXX.".. William II Vanderbilt left all his property to his widow during her life time: then lo Ills youngest son, Geo. W. Vanderbilt, during Ills life time. It was provided that Oeo. W. Vander blit should name one of Ills sons to Inherit alter him In ease Geo. W Vanderbilt died wltiiout shns It was provided that the property should go lo Win. II Vanderbilt, grandson or the testator and son of Cornelius Vanderbilt Furthermore It was pro vided that If Win. II Vanderbilt died before his time to Inherit the property should go to his younger brother Cornelius Geo W. Vanderbilt died without a sot, Win H. Vanderbilt, the grand son, died In 1802 when he was ft junior at Vale it Is several years since "a mnle descendant hearing the name ot Vanderbilt" lived In the Vanderbilt mansion. "Thinly Disguised Bribe” Is Offered Congressman Washington. Representative John son, or Kentucky, chairman of the Dis trict of Columbia committee, In the house today charged that Itralnerd 11. Warner, a Washington real estate broker, bad offered him "a thinly dis guised bribe.” ’’Warner,’* said Johnson, "told me an ex-presentutlve, as a member of the district committee had made mon ey through co-operation wltti him utijj be remarked that I was standing In the way of some of his real astute deals." Johnson declined to name the for mer member. lie rend from a pub lished statement that Warner sought to remove him from the District of < o lumldtt committee chairmanship. Rome Strikers Awed By the Military; Go to Work R orne . —Awed by the display of sol diery and Cheeked by several cavalry charges which frustrated attempts at disorder, the workmen of Homo who yesterdaj declared a general strike decided today to resume work. Be fore that announcement was made at noon strikers trying to march to the ministry of the Interior were dinners ed by pollen who fired several volleys into the air. FLOWERS FILLED CHURCH. London. Funeral services for the late Frederick Townsend Martin of New York took place today In Christ Church, Mayfair The church was filled with floral pieces Among those present were the Karl of Craven, the Countess of Craven, who was Cornelia Martin, daughter of the late Bradley Martin; Viscount Hfflngton, the Karl of uowe, the Maniuls of Jnifferln and Ava and Mrs. Bradley Martin. $6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY. His Colleagues Listened With Great Interest When South Carolina Senator Tells Them How to Lengthen Their Lives. UNANIMOUS ADOPTION OF NON-SMOKING RULE Dissertation on Over Indul gence in Food, the Stress of Washington Life, the Evils of Whiskey and Tobacco. Him self Much Improved Since Reading His Own Obituary Four Vears Ago. WaWahlngton. Senators today were discussing with usual interest Senator Tillman's declination In his address on lilh nun-smoking resolu tion, that he heller d he could length en the Hie of every man In the cham ber, "If I c oihl only get them to be lieve what I tell them and follow my advice. Th ■ South Carolina sena tor asserted bis colleagues ate too much. "Since I wait paralyzed, four years ago an l read my own obituary. ' li > said, ''twenty-one senators, including. Vice Piesiderit Sherman, most o. them younger than I hive died.” Fittinq Epltapu. A fitting epatph, he said, for sena tors who have (It'd in service would be "he lived not wisely lint too well and killed himself eating.” "There Is no doubt t i my min 1 that this grett; mortality among us Is due to the way we live in Wasoing ton," declared Mr. Tillman. "Thei ■ 1s a continuous succession of bao qnests, dinners and receptions. Au tomobiles and street ears are used by senators instead of walking aqil pure air and sunshln'* are tilings ot which we got too little."’ Tobacco, Whiskey. Continuing. .Senator Tillman said, "tobacco I have been told by physi cians is a narcotic or sedative, while whiskey is a stimulant, as every on*’ knows Many men use both an 1 are constantly on the Journey from the garret to 'he cellar and hack, being whlpsawed and their nerveß racked by the constant conflict going on in their HVHtom, while th" stimulant and the sedative contend for mastery. It is the abuse, not, the use of whiakey and tobacco that is so dangerous to health, for in moderation they are both harmless. I think. In Four Years. "Since mv illness four years ago 1 have learned more about the human body than during all the balance ot my life put together and I am mire I discovered some of the secrets or nature and laws of health of whigli most men know nothing whatver. The pity of it Is that I had to ruin my health before I discovered those tliingH and learned how to live ra tionally. Had I lived ten years ago as I am doing now my health never would have broken down at all. Will Power, Self Control. “I owe whut degree of recovery 1 have made —and I am conatantlv be. lag told I look a great deal better, and I know It Is so—to will power and self control In eating—the will power to exercise my muscles and serves sufficiently to glvo them the one. and keep the rust out of the Joints. Hut the greatest help to mv health arises from the self control, which enables me to keen from eat ing tilings l ought not to. Senator Tillman's resolution unani mously adopted, forbids smoking dur ing executive suasions. Me said h« had been forced to leave tile chamber and tile caucus room during secret sessions because he could not endure tlr; fumes of tobacco. > - | THINK HIM INSANE. Meadville, Pa.-rlndlrallons thnf In stead of being brought to trial for the murder of his wife in 188!), to which he Is alleged to have confessed to Rev. J. It. I‘ook nt Girard, I‘a., John Turner, aged 82, will lie examined as to Ids sanity. Court officers from this coun ty, where the murder was committed, have returned from Girard where they Interviewed Turner who was said to have told them, “If Mr. Cook says I confessed to htin [ must have done so.” BEST IN WORLD, THEY SAY. Berlin.—Herman Artllery Is the best In the world declared the ministry of war today In denying a report cir culated yesterday In Munich that a Mil would he Introduced for the re armament of the German artillery at a cost of $ 125,000.000. Many Motorists Are Buying New Cars The great automobile shows, with their wonderful exhib its. lead many owners to purchase late models. This throws on the market hun dreds of used cars at bar gain prices. Watch the offerings In The Augusta Herald’s "Want Ad” columns . owners and deal ers are constantly listing there cars of all standard makes, from which the most exacting buyer can make a satisfactory selection. If you are Investing In a new car, the quick way to turn the old one Into cash Is to offer It, adequately de scribed and attractively prlo* ed In The Augusta Herald 731 Broad Street. ||OME EDITION