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Newspaper Page TextjjOME EQITIOfI VOLUME XIX. No. 70. DIAZ IS AGAIN UP WITH PEACE PLAN Refuqee Who Helped Huerta Overthrow Madero and Later Fled to Havana Under Pro tection of a U. S. Warship Returns to Washinqton Today Tells Senate Foreign Relations Committee His Scheme Would Recognize Neither Huerta, Carranza or Villa. No Ap proval Given. Washington.—General Felix Diaz, helped Huerta overthrow Madero ana later fled from Mexico under pro tection of the United States, return ed here today with a party of Mexi cans and Americans interested in Mexico From what was told the senate for eign relations committee last week t>v Pedro Del Villa, who accompan ied Diaz today, the purpose of, the J tinz adherents is to restore peace in Mexico I"' a plnn that would recog nize nei hor Huerto nor Carranaza nor Villa. tVnators said sanction had hern cskel for a counter revolution arc m ivement Members of the party today accom panying Diaz denied they wished the help of the United States in an arm ed revolution. . Senator Shively, acting chairman of the so eign relations committee, eaid todrtv that while the Mexicans had given the committee some inter esting irlorntation tio sanction or approval had been given to any rev olutionary movement “A Official.” In the Diaz party was A. A. Brown - lee, a lawyer and mining engineer *’ New York, who, it developed, had re cently asked for a conference between Diaz and Secretary Bryan and Presi dent Wilton. The request was denied. Members of the ; arty declared Dla/ had been intited to confer with ■' high official.” , Consul Simpich, at Nogales, reported to the slate department today that no lad assurances from Carranza that lives and properties of Americans and other foreigners would be protected and that all molestation of foreigners would he avoided throughout the No gales district. Immediate Release. Carranza Issued the orders upon Consul dtlnipieh's complaint under in struct h&l’f'om Secretary Bryan, pro testing against if bet depredations o« George peveridges ranch and thi lianahl Hacienda in the Nogales dis trict. Authorities at Tampico ha • promised the immedi te rdease of an American named P:> fd near thue. Before Expiration. Washington.—The senate foreign t -- latlons committee today in ordering » favorable report on extension «> > _ general arbitration treaty with i ara guay, signalized a policy net to pn ‘ further similar treaties to expire be fore considering their re-ratification. Walker Hill, of St. Louis, For the Reserve Board ? Washington, D. C.—Walker Hill, a native of Virginia and ''resident of the Mechanics-American National Hank of St- l.ouis. is being considered for a Place in the federal reserve board which will administer the new currency system. .Mr. Mill was prom inent in banking circles Jn Richmond nrior to 1905 when he went to St. Louis to become president of the AmericM exchange National Bank and later become president of its successor, 1 Mechanics-American National. He was born in 1955 and began working in a bank as a messenger. White House officials said no se lections had been made. Deaths of 3 Aviators Follow Congratulations London.—ln recording the three fa talities to British army aviators with in two days London newspapers say they make a tragic sequel to congratu lations expressed to the country last week by Col. Seely, secretary for war „ n the fact that no deaths of army aviators had occurred within a year. The secretary attributed that to the su perior safety of British aeroplanes and declared that flying was now safer than voyage in submarines. The re cent flying exploits of Winston Spen ,er Churchill, first lord of the admi ralty are criticised on the ground that ris^hlT^fT^rroolhardy'expkdts. N.Y. Supreme Court Rules Against Turkish Sultan New York—The sultan of Turkey todaV. lost a test suit to establish his riaht to control property of Turkish subjects who die in the United .States. Through the Turkish consul general here the sought to take and dis tribute as public administrator the estate of Hovhannes 8. TavshanJian, H wealthy Turkish rug dealer who died In New York. The state supreme court today decided against him su staining a demurrer entered by Tav shanjian’s executors . SHOT IN HEAD. Pittsburgh.—Two young men entered the store of Morris Goblins a pawn broker, today and after buying a re volver loaded it. One of them point ed it at Coblina while the other moved toward the open safe. Coblins scream ed and was shot in the head. Tr.e bandits ran from the store and were , hasei' until one of them was captured. The other escaped on a street car. THE AUGUSTA HERALD 35 Detained Hindus Must Return to Philippines San Francisco. —Thirty-five Hindu* detained on their arrival here recent ly and who obtained their freedom on SSOO bonds each must return to the Philippines, according to a decision bv Federal Judge Dooling. He held that all Hindus landed in this country after procuring pasports at Manila were aliens and should be deportei on the ground that they were liable to become public charges. Pas Sports obtained In the Philippines are not. legal in the United States, according to the ruling. Immigration authori ties, the court aserted were proper officials to decide whether an alien had the right to land in this coun try. No Rush of Women to Vote in Illinois Towns Chicago.—Although yesterday gave Illinois women their first chance to take part in selection of municipal nominees in hundreds of villages and small cities, there was no rush of newlv-made voters to the polling place's. A review of the various elec tion reports today disclosed that ex cept w-liere local contests were of paramount importance women as well as men stayed at home. In Canton a woman ran third for nomination for mayor on the citizens' merger ticket. In Mount t’arroil an other woman candidate Tor nomina tion for mavor was defeated, 270 to 30. Meagre Advices Yet on Ceiba’s $1,000,000 Fire New Orleans.—Whether there was loss of life in the fire which is re ported to have practically destroyed Oeiba, Honduras, Monday and Tues day could not he learned here today. Advices received by steamship and Insurance interests here still were meager. Steamship eompanles esti mate the damage at about $1,000,000. How the fire started is not known here. U. S. Records Saved. Washington.—Minister Ewing at Te gucigalpa. Honduras, cabled the statu department today that although the American consulate was destroyed in the fire at Oeiba, most of tbe records were saved. Mr. Ewing says the fire loss is estimated at $1,000,000. “Arson Squad’’ in Action After Painting Slashing Nottingham, Eng.—A suffragette ar son squad early today set fire to and destroyed all the buildings belonging to the town corporation at Bulcote, six miles northeast of this city. The loss is many thousands of dollars. Suffrage literature Was found strewn about the vicinity. Prohibition of Tobacco Coupons to Lessen Use Washington.—L. M. Strook. counsel for the United Cigar Stores Company, told the house ways and means com mittee today that if a law were passed prohibiting the distribution of tobae ,co coupons, there would be a decrease in the amount of tobacco used in tills country. He was testifying at a hearing on the Underwood bill to put a prohibitive tax on the coupons. John W. Yerkes. former commissioner of revenue, told the committee that con gress had ample power to enaet such legislation. British Public Aroused By Closing of Galleries London.—The closing of public art galleries because of outrages by mili tant suffragettes was the subject of a question in the house of commons today. Reginald McKenna, home sec retary, promised to confer with the authorities to see whether it was not possible to arrange for efficient police protection so as to avoid the complete closing of public institutions. It was pointed out that in addition to the Palaces of Windsor. Kensing ton, Hampton Court and Holyrood, the closure order affects besides the Na tional Gallery, the Wallace Art Collec tion, the National Portrait Gallery and others. Johnston’s Business Section is Burned Johnston, S. C.—Between ten o’clock and midnight last night the business section of Johnston suffered from a conflagration which destroyed four mercantile establishments and their buildings. Three lairge warehouses also burned and six box ears on a siding near the houses. The fire started in the rear of a res taurant, presumably from a defective flue, and then spread. The fire de partment got the flames under control after they had eaten into the sur rounding buildings. Several other buildings caught dur ing tile fire, from sparks, hut they were quickly put out. DISTRIBUTE TOBACCO SHARES. Now York. — Directors of the Amer ican 1 obacco Company voted today to distribute to stockholders on April 20 the 360,729 deferred ordinary shares of Imperial Tobacco Company. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 11. 1914. COURT WORK TELLS ON MRS. BEN LINDSEY MRS. BEN LINDSEY. Denver.--That Mrs Ben B. Lindsey, wdfe of Denvers noted Ju venile court judge, is now confined to a room in Hie Morey Hospital. Is due her friends sav to her strennous work since arriving here in aiding'her husband in his care ot the many juvenile offenders. Mrs. Lindsey was interested in settlement work in Detroit before her mar riage, and she insisted on cooperating with Judge Lindsey on their return from their honeymoon. FOR 2 DISTRICTS SOUTH CAROLINA Senators Tillman and Smith Appear to Urge Judicial Division of State. Washington, D. C.—Senators Till man and Smith, says a special to the State, today appeared before the sen ate committee on judiciary in behalf of the hill pending in the senate to di vide the state of South Carolina into two judicial districts. They were told that the committee would make a re port on tiie matter Monday. Although the committee would not commit itself to exactly what would he done, it is practically certain that the report will be favorable when it is made known. The division of the state into two dis tricts probably imeans the appointment of an additional Judge and other court machinery, although, on account of the numerous hills which have been intro duced hearing on this matter one way and another during the past few years, it may he that a new division, if creat ed, may not necessarily mean in the end an additional Judge. At any rate the report of the committee which will he forthcoming Mondy will doubtless he looked for with interest by many persons in South Carolina. Conferences Over Irish Home Rule Bill Tension London.—The offer of Kir Kdward Carson, Ulster unionist leader, to sub mit the government's proffered con cessions in the Irish home rule con troversy to an Ulster convention pro vided no limitation was placed on the period of exclusion of the Ulster coun ties. was the subject of a lengthy con ference between cabinet ministers mid nationalist leaders today. The concessions offered to the unionists provided that before the home rule bill became operative a poll should be taken of the parliamentary electors of each of the nine counties of Ulster to decide whether there should be an exclusion of those coun ties from provisions of the'bill for six years from the first meeting of the new Irish parliament. If Miners Willing, Moyer Ready to Call Strike Off Chicago.—"We will sanction the calling off of the copper miners strike IT the men themselves want to do it,” declared Chas. H. Moyer, president of the Western Federation of Miners, here today. Moyer recomended a ref erendum vote to determine whether the strikers desired to waive their de mand Tor recognition of the union to surrender tneir union cards and re turn to work. COLQUITT RIGHT, SAYS RLEASE S. C. Governor Wires Texas Paper That Their Executive Within His Rights to Protect. Fort Worth, Texas. —Gov. Colquitt, addressing the Texas Cattle Raisers Association here today, declared he had formed the policy of opening ne gotiations directly with the Mexican authorities for the righting of wrongs to Texans. Blease Would Do It. Columbia, S. C. —Governor Blease wired a Texas newspaper yesterday afternoon that in his opinion Govern or Colquitt would be within his rights to protect the people of Texas and their property against Mexican dep redation. ”1 certainly would ns c.overnor ot my State,” read ills message in re sponse to a request for a 300-word letter, “advising your views as to State rights” In the mutter of the border protection. Governor Blease stated that he doesn’t know wnat conditions in Tex as are and can not say that the Fed eral Government is not doing Its duty, hut thinks the Texas Governor is within Ills rights In .protecting the people of his State. Introduced Free Lunch in Saloons; Dies Insane Chicago—Joseph C. ( "Chesterfield"». Mackln, considered a powerful factor In Illinois democratic politics thirty years ago and who was credited with hav ing Introduced the free lunch In sa loons, died today at the Chicago State Hospital lor the Insane After the < leveland-Blalne campaign In ISM Mackln served a term In the state pen itentiary for election frauds. He had been 111 for four months and was ad judged Insane last week. He was 73 years old. Atlanta Receives the Votes For Women Heads Atlanta, Ga.. — Headed by Miss Jane Jane Addams of Chicago, the exeou tlve board or the National Woman's Suffrage Association arrived here to day and began a series of metings in the interest of equal sujfrago, At lanta Is the second eltv to be visited by the board In its campaign through out the South Meetings have been held during the past two days ut Birmingham. Ala, Today was devoted to conferences with local and state suffrage leaders. The first public meeting will be held tonight when Miss Addams and other visiting suffrage workers will .speak. SENATE HEARS TELEGRAMS OF TEXANS HEAD Sheppard Says That His Recent Declaration is Sustained. Ma jority Alonq Border in Sym pathy With Administration's Mexican Policy Constitutionalists Issue Decree For Distribution of Public Lands. Carranza Off For Chihuahua. Replies to Bryan. Washingtcn- Informal discussion of the Mexican situation occurred in the i-enate foreign relations committee today but no action watt taken nor any witnesses heard. Senator Sheppard of Texas Itad read lo the scant■ several telegrams from Texas along the border endors ing the senator's recent declaration that the majority of the people of Texas were in svintathy with the ad ministration's Mexican poJ» t . Land Distributed, Chihuahua, Mex The constitution alist military government today is sued a decree of distribution of pub lic lands among soldiers of the revo lution. disabled veterans of the Mu dero revolt and widows and orphaus of the two rebellions. In advance of a survey it is esti mated that each beneticiary will re ceive a farm of sixtv-two acres. The decree safeguards the gifts with pro visions that they shall not lie subject lo execution for debt nor can the owner sell the same within ten years. While those who have suffered In the wars will be given first choice in the distribution, civilians have a right to apply. Provisions of Decree. The decree provides that no person with resources pi|Uhl to one of these farms shall participate in the plan. Should hii owner of a farm fall heir to another he must dispose of It with In a year. There also will lie a dis tribution of town lots. The derope excited great Interest here as it is the first attempt to ap ply tile rebels’ l lun for solving the land problem. The commissioners from Gen. Con treras, who is at. the head of the rebel forces at Pedricena, state of Ihtrango, conferred w'ith Gen. Villa toduy about the Torreon campaign. They said the federal garrison of Torreon is about 7,000 men and that the place is sur rounded by rebel forces It has no outside communication, they report ed. Carranza Off. Aqua Prieta, Sonora. —Dlscuslaon was revived today regarding the re lation of the United States govern ment with the Mexican rebels with reference to the Interests of foreign ers in Mexico. Frederick Simpich, American consul at Nogales arived today and conferred with Gen. Car ranza, who was preparing to leave on his march Into Chlruahiia. The con stitutionalist commander delayed Ills departure to answer what Is believed to tie another communication from Secretary Bryan. Supreme Court Approves Nick Wilburn Conviction Atlanta, Ga.—The conviction of Nick Wilburn, under death sentence for the murder of Charles A. King in Jones county more tlian a your ago, was ap proved today by the supreme court of Georgia. Wilburn appealed when de nied a new trial several months aij<* by the superior court. GOTT. ELECTRICIAN. DEAD. New York. John Gott. chief elec trician of the Commercial Cable Co., and one of the pioneer submarine tel egraph engineers, is dead at Brighton, Kng , acordlng to advices received to day. Mr. Gott was one of the llrst men to work tiie mirror galvanometer for transmit!lug and receiving cable mes sages A year ago lie perfected an invention liy which the Morse moth od of telegraph code can he trims mltted In trie same manner over land and sea. NEW OFFER TO COBB. Chicago.—Special correspondents siy President Wei-ghmaii, of • the Chicago club' lias made a new offer to Ty Cobb* while George Stovall, manager of the Kansas city l-’ederals, Is reported to be offer Wilbur Good, of the Chicago Nationals. Both Good and Cobb ar-- under contract with their respective teams. DIVIDENDS DECREASE Nsw York.—The American (express Company today declared a quarterly dividend of IV4 per cent, which Is a reduction of half of one per cent from tiie last quarterly dividend declared, Dec. .1. The dividend declared today Is payable out of Investments held by the company. The previous dividend of two per rent was payable out of transportation proceeds. SIX TO WORKHOUSE. New York, —Three more members of the mob -if unemployed arrested for disorderly conduct after they had fol lowed leaders from ihe Industrial Workers of the World Into a church last Wednesday night In search of food ond shelter, were- sent to tin- work house today for 15 days. Mix others were released, only two men remain to he tried. GOT RICH LOOT. Toledo, Ohio. —Bobbers who wrecked the safe ill Joreph Xiist’s clothing store lasi olglit escaped with 130,0(10 bonds of a New York amusement com pany, Jewelry valued at $350 unci $::0 cash. SEA DOGS ROW ON ‘PLUCKING ’ BOARD Richard to Be Name of tho Colonel’s Baby Grandson. * \ ms MRS. RICHARD DERBY. New York. Dr Richard Derby, -'toe proudest man in New York,” lias admitted that the eight-pound baby boy presented him by Ills wife, formerly Miss Kthel Roosevelt. Is to christened "Richard, Jr" Richard, Jr , Is Hie first grandson of Colonel Theodore Ttoseveit and It would not he surprising to hear that Ihe ex presldent had cut short his tour of the South American Continent to hurry home and Inspect the “bully little eight-pounder. Cures Stutterers By Use of the Moving Pictures Pari* -A new method of curing stlitterlnf by means of the cinematograph was described to the Academy of Science today. Dr. Mar age, who devised It, has found that stutterers cun he rapidly cured it their mouthing of words Is shown to them on the film He takes a moving picture >-T a stutterer und a normal person sitting shin by side and pro nouncing the same sentence, ihe film serves as a model for a course jf practice which leads to a cure. R'ways of Country Have Great Financial Problem Albany, N. Y. "The railroads of the country are face to face with the greatest financial problem In the his tory or railroading in the United States,” sa, a a petition sllmmltted to the stale legislature today by the presidents of 12 leading railroads ask ing for repeal of tiie full crew bill. Tills law in the past six months lias cost the railroads |r>00,000,” the pe tition declares, “and no additional safety has hen given to the public.’ Submarines Dock in One of the Big Gatun Locks Washington. »A novel use has been found for one of the Idg locks of the Panama Canal at (latun which has temporarily been converted Into a reg ulur dry dock for the overhauling of five of the naval submarines 0 I to C fi- which have been stationed at tlie Atlantic entrance of the canal. At the lock chambers are aranged In pairs It Is possible to use one of them as a dry dock without lnterfer Ing with the passage of vessels through the other President Waits to Sign the Alaska Railway Bill Washington. The bill for the first government owned railroad a line In Alaska was ready for the presi dent's signature today and officials of the Interior department w-re ready to go ahead with plans for the work. The measure authorizes the con struction of a thousand miles of rall rotwl to connect Alaska’s coal fields with the coast, the route to he select ed by the president, to whom are left many other important details. An appropriation of $35,000,000 Is an tnorlzed. RUSSIA TO BE THERE. St. Petersburg. Russia today an nounced It had decided to accept the Invitation of the United States to par ticipate In the naval review in Hampton Roads In 1915 In celebra tion of the opening of the Panama Canal. $6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY. Senate Naval Committee Hears Plea of Captain Potts. Who Was Drooped After Passing Examination For Promotion, Was Rankinq Captain Admirals Blue, Osterhaus and Wainwright Appear. Former Says Navy Department Act ing Consistently and Had No Malice. Want to Avoid Bad Precedent. Washington. Captain T-einplin .NT. Potts, who was retired from the act ive list by the plucking hoard, wag before tho senate naval committee today asking apt ointment to the Uhl ol rear admirals under a bill by Sen ator Chilton. As ranking captain last March lie (passed an examination for promotion when the plucking board retired him. Rear Admiral Ulus, chief of the navigation bureau, who appeared for the Navy DepartmehU said the examining board had Ignor ed or disregarded instructions us to sea service requirements. Admiral Osterhaus, who was chairman of the examining board, said members of tho liouni bad been associated with Captain Polls and knew bis <iuallfira tlons. They did not ignore any in structions, ii" said, but used discre tion In deciding what constituted ad equate service. Not Talked About. Adtulrul Wainwright. who appeared for Captain Potts, said turn was the first time an officer retired was one who had not been talked about in tiie ward rooms and elsewlierotg one who should be ‘'.plucked." Captain Potts contended his case was different from otlioif, because the secretary of the navy by letter had stated that as soon as no com pleted sdditional sea duty he would he promoted as rear admlrlal. his commission to date from tho time be passed Ills examination. Also he (pointed out that if lied been promoted be would have been out of reach of the plucking board. Admiral Mine said lie appeal I merely to show that the Navy u->. nartment was acting consistently ami had no malice, itc said the passage of the bill would create a bad prece dent. Pennsylvania Man Will Be Sent to Uruguay John L. DeSaulles, Famous Football Star, Named En voy By President. Washington.—President Wilson to day nominated John L. da Kaolles of Pennsylvania for envoy extraordinary and minister plenlisitentlary to Uru guay. Best Qusrterback, New York. John do Kaulles was known during ids undergraduate dins as one of the best quarterbacks that ever led a Yale football team. After being graduated from college- In 1901 he went to make his fortune In Houth America, lie spent some time In Chile projecting a broad gauge trnns-contl nenlnl railroad through Chile and Ar gentina. He married Hen or It a. Blanco Errazurlza of Santiago, niece of a former president of the Chilean re public. Digging For the Bodies in Athletic Club Ruins Bt. Loula. More than 100 men to day were digging away the ruin* of the Missouri AtliJetle Club, under which are hurled 20 to 35 bodies of members who perished In the fire that, destroyed ihe building Monday morning. Ten bodies have been re covered. Investigation Into the cause of the fire were opened by a coro ner’s Jury und a Joint, committee from both branches of the municipal as sembly today. BURGLARS KILL CONSTABLE. Montreal, Four burglars running to escape after robbing a St. Laurent, shop early today killed Constable Bourdon and shot down another offi cer who probablv was fatally wound ed. Big News in Short Paragraphs All the Important events are not to bo found under display type headings on th first page. Away back in tiie paper are Ihe “Want Ad” column*, with their numberless interesting an nouncements. The Augusta Herald readers who are alert to thetr own Interests should scrutinize these columns carefully day by day. The habit Is a pleasant and profitable one, for it keeps one in touch with money-saving opportu nities. If you want a house, an apartment, a room, a post tlon. a helper for household or business, an automobile or any one of a hundred use ful articles, road the "Want Ads.” The Augusta Herald 731 Broad Street. f|OME EDITION

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