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VOLUME XIX. No. 71.
DESPITE FEAR OF VETO
BY PRESIDENT, LITERACY
TEST REMAINS IN RILL
Senate Committee Will Fav
orably Report Burnett Im
miqration Measure, Contain
ing Much Discussed Subject,
to Senate For Action
THOUGHT THAT OPPOSITION
OF ADMINISTRATION TO
CLAUSE BE LESSENED
Senators Karn and Gronna, the
Latter Not in Favor of Test,
Reserve Right to Offer
Amendments on Floor.
Washington.—The much discussed
literacy test will remain in the Bur
nett immigration bill wnen it is pre
sented to tile senate for action. This
was decided today by the senate im
migration committee which will re
port the bill favorably.
It was suggested that tile literacy
test be omitted for fear of a veto but
the majority of the committeemen
did not believe the president would
carry his opposition to that feature
so far as to veto the entire bill,
which contains much that he is
known to favor.
Opposed to Test.
Senators Kern and Gronna of the
committee reserved the right to of
fer amendments on the floor. Sena
tor Kern is opposed to the test.
The provision for American health
inspectors on immigrant vessels
leaving foreign ports to which Italy
and some other governments object
ed. was changed to provide that im
migrant vessels carrying persons sus
pected of balng derortable pn ac
count of disease may be detained af
ter reaching port and the suspected
persons confined on board until their
cases are determined.
The provision for a nead tax of s•>
was changed to sfi for each unmar
ried »hd *4 for each married alien.
Sweetheart's Foot Caught
in Trestle; Instant Death
Williamson. W. Va—While attempt
ing to save the life of Miss Dixie
Blackburn, his sweetheart, whose
foot was caught in a railway trestle
near here today, Wm. McCoy was
struck by a train and tossed into a
ravine fifty feet away. Miss Black
burn was instantly killed and McCoy
was mortally wounded.
THE TRIANGLE FIRE.
Now York. —Twenty-three suits K>-
gun by persons whose relatives were
among the 148 killed in the Triansle
shirtwaist factory fire and by persons
•who were injured, were settled today
so far as the owner of the building
was concerned by the payment of $77
in each case by the company ftiat car
ried the accident insurance for the
owner.
Suits against the firm that rented
the building ."Viay yet be instituted.
IS RUMOR OF ANOTHER WHITE HOUSE WEDDING;
YOUNGEST DAUGHTER PRES'T, SECY McADOO ?
Head of Treasury Says It
Would Be Indelicate to Dis
cuss It; No Comment or De
nial By Officials. McAdoo is
50, Miss Eleanor 24 Years
Old.
Washington.—Prospects of another
White Ho'.se wedding became more
definite today with the persistent re
newal of * tie leiort that Secretary
McAdoo and Miss Eleanor Randolph
Wilson, youngest daughter of the
President and Mrs. Wilson were en
gaged, the marriage to take place in
June. There was no announcement
from the White* House and when the
attention oT officials was drawn to
the report they refrained from mak
ing any comment or denial. Secre
tary McAdoo said himself it would
be indelicate for him to comment on
tne subject.
Take It as Fact.
Nevertheless official Washington
is taking it as h definite fact that
another wedding at the White House
will be golemnized in June after the
adjournment of congress.
Many persons who know Secretary
McAdoo were not surprised at the
report because lie has been a fre
ouent social visitor at the White
House during the last year. Wash
ington society has observed the
couple at many a dance as well.
50 and 24.
Mr McAdoo is 50 years while Miss
Wilson is 24 He is a widower and
has six children, one son and one
daughter being married. Recently a
grandson was born to Ills eldest
daughter in Arizona. Mr McAdoo
knew the Wilson family before his
entrv into the cabinet and has been
an Intimate friend of the president
since early in the pre-convention
campaign. Miss Wilson was educat
ed in the private schools at Prince,
ton N J-. and during the last few
rears has been making frequent
trips to Philadelphia to an art school
where she has studied painting.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
SENATE ASKS
FOR COPY OF
PAGE SPEECH
Unanimous Resolution Passed
For Explanation of Ambas
sador’s Words on Panama
Canal. Particularly Regarding
Monroe Doctrine
“The United States Would Pre
fer That No European Gov’t
Should Gain More Land in
the New World."
Washington, D. C.—A resolution
calling upon Walter H. Page, ambas
sador to Great Britain, for an explana
tion of a Panama Canal speech which
he is reported to have delivered last
night before the Associated Chambers
of Commerce in London, was adopted
by the senate.
The resolution was introduced by
Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, a bit
ter opponent of the repeal of the free
tolls provision in the Panama Canal
Act.
In its preface Senator Chamberlain
set forth a published report of the
purported speech.
The Resolution.
Tlie resolution then asked the sec
retary of state to "furnish to the sen
ate without delay a copy of the speech
made by the American ambassador
and particularly that part thereof giv
ing his definition of the Monroe doc
trine and that portion thereof in which
he is alleged to have stated that the
British would profit most by the use
of the Panama Canal and that he cnll
upon the American ambassador to
furnish forthwith for the uac of the
senate any evidence upon which that
portion of his speech was based where
in he is alleged to have said that it
added greatly to the pleasure of the
people of the United States in the
building of the Panama Canal In
know that the British would profit
most by its use.”
Its Definition.
The definition attributed to the am
bassador was: "The Monroe Doctrine
simply meant this: ‘That the United
States would prefer that no European
government should gain more land in
the new world.' ”
Senator Uhamberlain asked for im
mediate consideration of his resolu
tion. It was granted by unanimous
consent and the resolution passed
without delicate.
$60,000,000 FOR ARMY.
St. Petersburg.—Extraordinary mili
tary estimates submitted to the Rus
sian duma amount to more than $60,-
000,000, showing an increase of thirty
per cent as compared with 1913. That
amount is apart from the ordinary ap
propriations for the army.
1,000 PUPILS
MARCHED OUT
Fire Was Making Rapid Prog
ress When Command Given.
Girls Collapse When Street
Reached.
Baltimore, Md.—One thousand pupils
of public school No. 20 were marched
from the building in good order by
their teachers today while fire, which
originated in the cellar, was making
rapid progress through the structure.
The building was completely destroyed.
In the flight from the building the
first to receive the attention of the
teachers were a number of crippled
children. They were carried out.
Though the pupils displayed rare
courage, many of the girls collapsed
when the street was reached. The re
port. that the school building was on
fire spread quickly and soon hundreds
of anxious mothers, many of them
hysterical, were on their way to the
scene. They were quickly reassured
that all had escaped.
President Signed Alaska
Railway Bill at 3 P. M.
Washington.—Arrangements were
made at the White House today for
President Wilson to sign the Alaskan
hill at three p. m. Members of the
senate and house and secretary Lane,
who worked for the passage of the
bill, were invited to he present.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 12. 1914.
VENUS SLASHER
GETSS MONTHS
IN ENGLISH PEN
Militant Suffragette Pleads
Guilty, Glories in Fact That
She Lives in Same Century
With Mrs. Pankhurst. Miss
Richardson Wan and 111
Inadequate Sentence Says
Judge. Could Have Given 18
Months For Smashing Win
dow. Declares Medical
Evidence Shows She is Re
sponsible.
Glasgow, Scotland.—Militant suf
fragettes today burned to tile ground
a large unoccupied mansion at Stew
arton. belonging to the Free Chunk
of Scotland. A message was left
stating "this is in revenge for the
brutal arrest of Mrs. Pankhurst."
Pleads Guilty.
London.—Miss May Richardson,
miltant suffragette, who hacked Ve
lasques's "Rokeby Venus" in the Na
tional Gallery, was today sentenced to
six months imprisonment.
The public prosecutor said that one
might well doubt whether the pris
oner was in her right senses. There
was/ however, no medical evidence
to show that she was a person not re
sponsible for her actions.
Miss Richardson has been on a
"hunger strike” since her arrest.
She said her act was premeditated
and she pleaded guilty.
Addresses Court.
Addressing Judge Robert Wallace,
who presided over the court, Mi*s
Richardson said:
"I am an art student, hut I care
more for justice than for art. I firm
ly believe that when the nation has
shut its eves to justice and has al
lowed women who are fighting for
justice to be maltreated and tortured
such an action as mine should be un
derstandable.
“The slow and i rpmeditated mur
der of Mrs. Emmaline Pankhurst is
the ultimatum which has made nee
essarv the recent acts of bar follow
ers. The nation seems to be dead or
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30 Degrees Expected
in Augusta Tonight;
Mercury Rises Friday
"Fair and somewhat colder tonight,
with a minimum temperature of 30
degrees; Friday fair, with a slowly
rising temperature,” is tlie way tlie
forecaster sums up the next twenty
four hours of Augusta’s weather.
Old man Peepttl is willing to stand
for a few wintry hours tonight, "pro
vided" the "slowly rising temperature"
part of the forecast pans out O. K.
tomorrow.
It's awfully hard to keep cool on a
weather prediction like this, coming as
it does just immediately after two of
the most balmy, spring-like days Au
gusta has ever had in March.
While It was freezing this morning
in Atlanta the temperature here was
37 degrees. Tlie mercury remained at
this level for several hours as there
was no sun shining to induce its altl
tudinous movement.
In Own Writing,
Vanderbilt Wills
his $50,000,000
New York. —The will of George W.
Vanderbilt, who died on Friday in
Washington was to he filed for pro
bate late today. The estate, it Is
said, is valued at about 150,000,000.
It is said that the will Is in Md.
Vanderbilt's handwriting and that It
is remarkable Tor Its brevity. Only
a few lines, It is said, will cover the
actually important parts of the doc
ument. The greater share vs the
millions was said to have been idl
to Mrs. Vanderbilt.
Water Front of Portland
Swept By $1,000,000 Fire
.
Portland, Ore.—Fire today swept all
that section of the Portland water
front on the east side from the upper
I to the lower Albina ferries, destroying
Columbia dock No. 2 and Montgomery
dock No. 1, the steamships Cricket
land Olenroy and much other property,
entailing a loss estimated at $1,000,000.
i The area burned covered six blocks.
Firemen cut the Cricket loose early to
permit her to slot down the river so
they could better tombat the flames on
the dock, but the big ship. Instead of
going to the center of the stream
floated along the docks, spreading the
flames.
TURKISH AVIATOR DEAD.
Jaffa, Paleatine. —Muri iiey died
here today after he and another Tur
kish army aviator fell into the sea.
Their aeroplane broke down and they
had made a rapid descent to the wa
ter where they managed to extricate
themselves from the machine and
, reach the shore in an exhausted con
| dition.
Son of ex-Secretary of State a Hero
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Palm Beach, Fla. Philander C.
Knox, Jr., son of the former Secretary
of State, is being lauded as a hero
here because of his recent rescue of
Miss Doris Itryden, daughter of John
Hryden, of Scranton, Pa., when she
was drowning in the surf. Miss Dr.v
den was caught by an undertow and
was carried to dangerous deep water.
Becoming exhausted from her strug
gles against the current, she was about
to sink beneath the surface when
young Knox reached her and buoyed
her until the life savers’ boat reached
them. No verification can be made
here of the rumored breach between
Mr. Knox and his wife, who was for
merely a shopgirl In Providence.
Believe Carranza
has Changed View
Washington.—The state department
today was awaiting reply from Secre
tary Itryan's latest comunicatlon to
Carranza. Officials believe Carranza
has receded from his previously an
nounced determination not to receive
representations from the United States
in behalf of uny but Americans.
Meanwhile however nothing tias
been received about the Bauch or lien
ton cases and officials hero are not
advised as to whether the Investiga
tion by Carranza's commission is act
ually under way.
ROBBERS KILL R’Y. POLICE.
San Jose, Calif Robbers attempting
ing to board a Southern Pacific pas
senger train from Han Francisco to
Dos Angeles here early today killed
Michael Uuerln, a railroad policeman,
who interfered, then fled.
THE HERALD'S NEW SERIAL
DAY OF
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jyy
Watch for Opening Chapters in Saturday’s Herald
Two Englishwomen Are
Missing After Attack
London. A dispatch to The Central
News from Shanghai says two English
women attached to the station of the
China Inland Mission at lain Ho-Kow,
In the province of llti-Peh have been
missing since that town was sacked
and burned by brigands yesterday.
The two women arc Miss E. Black
and Miss J. Black.
The China Inland Mission Is a Brit
ish imlsslonarv society with headquar
ters in London. I was represented In
Uo Ho-Kow by five persons. The
brigands, when the saeked the city,
killed Dr. T. Froyland, a Norwegian
missionary, and wounded several oth
ers.
There are 17 persons attached to
Protestant missions in the city.
TannenbaumJ.W.W. Chief,
Has Pleaded Not Guilty
New York. Trank Tanwnbaum, of
th«* lndiiMtrial Worker* of the World,
recently Indicted for participating In
unlawful assembly because he led an
army of the unemployed into a <’nth
olio church, pleaded not guilty today.
It 1h expected the trial will begin next
week.
HAVANA SANITARY DEP’T
CONTROLS BUBONIC PLAGUE
Havana.—The sanitary department
announced today that It lias the bu
bonic plague under control. So far
all the himpeded cases under obser
vation have proved negative, It is de
clared, the only real case having been
that of the Spaniard, Francisco Fer
nandez, last week. The patient !h
recovering rapidly from the attack.
DIG WITH SEARCHLIGHTS
DURING NIGHT FOR BODIES
St. Louis. The body of one man and
fragments of another were found to
day In the ruins of the Missouri Ath
letic Club. The body was Identified
as that of Thomas Wright of this city.
Twelve bodies now have been recover
ed and from 20 to 30 more are sup
posed to be burled In the wreckage.
Men worked among the ruins all night
hunting for bodies with searchlights
and digging away debris.
DAYS
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCF
Copyright, 1912, by Ihe Frank A. Muosey Co
THE 1/TH INFANTRY IS
LOAD! ITS BAGGAGE
TRAINS FOB SAVANNAH
THE 'ARMY' TO
USE DYNAMITE?
Detectives Search For Box,
Negotiations Continue to Rid
Section of Gen. Kelley's Un
employed.
Woodland, Cal The armory <>t
Company F, here was broken Into
early today, supposedly by members
of the unemployed "army.” Twelve
rifles and several hundred rounds of
ammunition were taken. The mili
tiamen are camped in Sarromentn.
Search for Explosives.
Sacramento, Cal.—Detectives <>t
Sacramento Count., are searching lo
duy Tor a camera box containing dy
namite said lo have Ir-cn sent from
Sun Francisco to one of the leaders
of the "army" of unemployed, camp
ed across the river, which it was said
to lie used ill blowing up one of I lie
Sacramento's file engine houses.
It is reported the feeling of the
men liiih changed hut little against
what they cialm to hare been annec
esHniily brutal treatment by firemen
and deputy sherltfs when they were
ejected from the Southern Pacific
Band lot Monday.
Negotiations to rid the county of
the 'army" were resumed today.
Interview the "General.”
San Francisco. —The report on Hie
condition of the uiicmplnypil tit fhte
ramento son • will he made to the
federal Industrial relations commis
sion by Harris VVelnstock, who inter
viewed "General” Kelley in the Sac
ramento Jail Wednesday. Ilia object
was to have Kelley explain the ns
scmhluge rtf ids "army" and suggest
remedies for the situation
“Kelley,'' said Welnstock, "Inn toss
ed me as a man of considerable men
tality. His arguments are well found
ed —from the view of the unemployed.
I asked him why the army wits going
to Washington, explaining thr.t the
commission's report on the situation
would be awaited by congress before
action would be taken
"He asserted that the committees
of previous years had their reports
shelved and that unless he was there
with a forre of men to hack up this
report ft stood a good chance of be
ing similarly treated.
'“Whether the members of the
'army' are honest, hard working men
out of employment or petty criminals
anil toughs I cannot say now."
COTTON MEN COME
TO DISCUSS TRADING
INVESTIGATION
BY CONGRESS
At Suggestion of Congressman
Hardwick Sub-Committee to
Investigate Trading in Cotton
Futures.
Washington. Congressional Investi
gation of trading in futures of cotton
and grain was foreshadowed today
when the house ruleH committee ap
pointed a sub-committee to draft a
resolution for such action.
The proposed Investigation would
require Ihe sanction of the full rules
committee and congress. The sub
committee comprises Representatives
Henry, Texas; Hardwick, (IcoiVla;
Fantrtll, Kentucky; Lenrgot, Wiscon
sin and Kelly, Pennsylvania, fts crea
tion was suggested by Mr, Hardwick.
"Wo will make a thorough study of
the legal situation and facts regarding
gambling or speculation, If you want
to call It that, on th« New York and
New Orleans cotton exchanges and the
grain exchanges,” said Chairman Hen
ry.
He added that the resolution was
not aimed at (lie stoek exchanges but
only to the grain and cotton exchan
ges.
"The gambling In food products Is
one of the largest questions before
congress,” be ssld, 'and the committee
believes the Baltimore platform prom
ising a curb upon such speculation
should be carried out "
FOSSIL HUMAN SKELETON
OF THOUSANDS OF
YEARS AGO.
Berlin.—A valuable anthropo
logical discovery In the northern
part of German East Africa Is
reported today in the Dokal An
zieger by Dr. Hans Rick, of the
Geological and Palaeontological
Institute of Berlin University. It
is a fossil human skeleton In a
magnificent state of preserva
tion. This is held to prove that
"many tens, nay hundreds of
thousands of years ago a highly
developed rare of men Inhabited
the African continent.”
$6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY.
War Department States
That Georgia Regiment
Will Make Trip to Gal
veston in Army Trans
port Sailing Tuesday
INCREASE IN MILITARY
STRENGTH OF U. S. ALONG
MEXICAN BORDER ORDER
Vergara Incident Has Caused
Uneasiness. White Houso
States That Restoration of
Confidence is Only Signi
ficance of Movement.
Washington. Two more regimen!*
of I'nilcd Hinton troops were moving
lo Join the Mexican Imrder patrol to
day. Two liiitinlions of tlie 9th Infant
ry at Fort Thomas, Ky„ and Fort lai
gan 11. Roots, Ark., ami the 17th In
fantry at Fort McPherson. Oa , were
loading baggage trains to proceed to
I.a redo and Kagle Russ to become part
of a military force in Texas larger by
3000 men Ilian the one Gen Hhafter led
Into Cuba.
Vergara Incident.
The border patrol is being Increased
at requests of Senator Sheppard and
Representative Garner of Texas, who
explained Hint the Vergara Incident
laid caused uneasiness it was point
ed out that .utile were being stolen
from Texas ranches and that inas
much as tlie American banks along
the line were full of rash, confidence
would be restored In a greut measure
by the presence of more troops. At
the White House and at the War De
partment it was stated that such was
the only significance of the
troop movement.
Entrain Monday.
At the War Department it was Bald
the two regiments would jirobably act
ually begin to entrain Sunday or Mon
day. It is expeeted that the Seven
teenth will make the trip from Savan
nah to Galveston on one of the army
transports leaving Havannah Tues
day.
Conditions along the east coast of
Mexico were aummarixed today by
Rear Admiral Fletcher In the follow
ing report to tlie navy department:
Quiet at Vera Crux.
"Rear Admiral Mayo reports from
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Board Directors Auqusta Cot
ton Exchanqe Passed Res
olution at Meetinq to Invite
Reoresentatives From South
ern Exchanqes
WANT CONFERENCE IN
AUGUSTA EARLY IN MAY
Directors Met Yesterday, But
Took No Definite Action.
Another Meeting Was Held
Today After Which An
nouncement Was Made.
A meeting of the board of directors
of the Augusta Cotton Exchange was
held at noon today nod a resolution
was passed Inviting all of the South
ern cotton exchanges to Hrrul dele
gates to a meeting to be held In An*
gusla In the early part of May to dis
cuss the question of cotton trading.
After the meeting today the resolu
tion was telegraphed to every cottOn
exchange In the South.
There was a meeting of the board
of directors of the Augusta exchange
held yesterday, when the matter was
discussed, but nothing official was de
cided on. At the urgent request of
officers of the exchange The Herald
did not print the story yesterday af
ternoon. It was represented to this
newspaper that premature publication
might cause embarrassment and there
fore nothing was said.
Today, after the directors' meeting,
a copy of the resolution wus furnished
and Is printed below.
Interest In the question of cotton
trading, and particularly In futures, Is
very great Just now and It Is prob
able that a congressional committee,
a nub-committee of the rules commit
tee, will Investigate the question very
thoroughly.
The form of contract of the New
York Cotton Exchange on cotton fu
tures and spots has been objected to
for somo time, so It is said, and there
are many features of cotton trading
which will come up fur consideration.
The Resolution,
The following is the resolution:
"The present agitation concerning
the conduct of the cotton trade being
a matter of serious consideration, and
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