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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.
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