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VOLUME XIX. No. 72.
PAGE SAYS HIS TALK ON
MONROE DOCTRINE AND
CANAL A ‘PLEASANTRY’
“The SDeech Was Innocent
Enouqh, Wasn't It?” Asks U.
S. Ambassador—Surprised at
Action of Senate in Request
For An Explanation
»
In Extemporaneous Talk, Am
erican Envoy Had Spoken of
the Panama Canal and Its
Coming Great Benefit to
Britons.
Washington. Senator Chamber
lain, author of the resolution calling
for an explanation of Ambassador
Page's speech said today he was grat
ified to learn today that Secretary
Bryan had acted upon the senate’s
request.
“I see the ambassador says he was
joking," said Senator Chamberlain.
“vVell, it strikes me that ambassa
dors of this government should not
joke about matters which President
Wilson said in his message might
provoke war.”
Words Amid Laughter.
London—Ambassadod Walter Hines
Page today received from Secretary
Bryan notification of the senate res
olution about his speech on the Pan
ama Canal and the Monroe Doctrine
delivered before the association of
chambers of commerce on Wednes
day.
The Secretary of State requested
the Ambassador to cable an explana
tion of the speech and Mr. Page im
mediately began preparation of his
reply.
Senate Misled.
After reading fuller accounts of the
1 roceedings in the senate. Ambassa
dor Page came to the conclusion that
the senators had been misled by the
excessive condensation of his re
marks in regard to his interpretation
of 'e Monroe doctrine.
Mr. Page declared that he had dis
tinctly said that the United StHes
would object to prohibit an* Euro
pean power from taking more terri
tory in the new world and then in
concluding had said atrild the Inuen
ter of the audience:
Remarks Condensed.
‘‘So you see that the United States
would prefer that no European
powers should gain more territory in
the new world.”
The ambassador's remarks he de
clared. had been too greatly con
densed. When referring to the Pan
ama Canal, he had said that Great
Britain would profit most from the
cana] because Fhe owned the great
bulk of the world's shipping.
“A Pleasantry.”
Londan. —Walter Hines Paco, United
States ambassador, was much surpris
ed when told today of tile senate reso
lution in connection with Ids Rpeoch
last night. He declined to discuss the
matter until lie had received an offi
cial demand for an explanation, lie
put the question to the interviewer:
(Continued on Page Ten.)
Calls Wilson Message a
Classic; Candid Diplomacy
Washington.—lhresident Wilson's
message on the Panama Canal, con
sidered purely from a literary stand
point, is regarded by Alfred G. Gardi
ner, editor of The Daily News as a
•'classic of which all English speak
ing people can be proud.”
Mr. Gardiner made this statement
in an address to the American
Luncheon Club today. He continued:
"The greatest evil of Europe today
is secret diplomacy. I believe when
the history of the time comes to l|p
written it will be said that the great
est gift America made to the world
was that of frank and candid diplo
macy.”
EXPECT WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY;
ENGAGEMENT M/SS ELEANOR AND SEC’\ McADOO
Rumors That After Marriage
in June, Sec’y Would Resign
and Be Appointed Ambas
sador to France Not Credited.
Washington. —Formal announcement
of the engagement of Secretary Me-
Adoo and Miss Eleanor Randolp Wil
son youngest daughter of the presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson, was expected
U> he made today at the White House.
Persons in a position to know said
confirmation of reports of the engage
ment had been decided upon by the
White House family, although It had
not been intended to make the an
nouncement at so early a date.
Take It As True.
Official Washington had taken the
report as true today because of its
wide publication without any denial or
comment from the White House.
Rumors that after the marriage,
which is expected to take place In
June the secretary would resign and
be appointed ambassador to France.
White House officials said wore with
out foundation.
Secretary McAdoo has been an in
timate friend of the Wilson farmily
for many vears. He is a widower and
has six children, three sons and three
d. ghters. One son and one daughter
are married.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
HAD DYNAMITE
FOB THE JUDGE
All Persons Are to Be Searched
When Trial of Terra Haute
Mayor Begins.
Indianapolis, Ind.—David Master
son, who was prominent in efforts
to break the Indianapolis street car
strike was arrested here today at the
request of Terre Haute. Ind., author
ities. He is charged with an attempt
to kill Felix Blankenbaker, the spe
cial judge who presided over elec
tion fraud cases at Terre Haute re
cently. He was taken to Terre
Haute.
‘‘l’ve been trying to keep Donn
Koberts. mayor of Terre Haute, from
going to the penitentiary,’ Master
son said jokingly after his arrest,
“now 1 suppotr I’ll get a chance to
go there myself.” a
Earl Dickens is in jail in Terre
Haute on an idictment charging him
with conspiracy to dynamite the
homes of Judge Charles M. Fortune,
Judge Blankenbaker and Jos. Roach,
special prosecutor in the election
case. Shots were fired under the
Blankenbaker home last Friday night
and the next day Blankenbaker re
ceived a letter, threatening his life.
Mayor Roberts will be placed on
trial Monday on charges of election
fraud and the court officials have ap
pealed to Governor Ralston tor state
protection for witnesses and court
officials. Dennis Shea. . heriff of
Vigo County, has announced that
each person entering the courtroom
will be searched at the doors for
weapons and Hint when the trial
star'.- the (triors will lie locked, to
remain :• lorg as the court is in ses
sion
Says He Saw the Sheriff
Throw Bread Into River
San Francisco, —“We are going to
get food to the unemployed army in
Yolo county if we have to send It
through with armed men.” declared J.
S Wight man, a representative of
“Gen.” Kelley, who arrived here last
night to organize relief measures.
"The treatment of these men has
been one of the most brutal chapters
in the history of labor,” he continued.
“Yesterday I saw the sheriff of Sac
ramento county dump into the river
a automobile load of bread that had
been supplied by the labor unions.”
43 Ships, Including Five
Steamers, on the Rocks
Melilla, Morocco.—Forty-three ships
lie wrecked today near this port, hav
ing iieen driven on the rocks and
shoals by a terrific hurricane which
started yesterday. The wrecked ves
sels include five steamers and 38 sail
ing craft.
The storm increased in violence to
day and a number of large vessels put
to sea to avoid being smashed against
the jetties.
KILLED 263 ARABS.
Bengasi, Tripoli.—Severe fighting
in which Italian troops killed 263
Arabs took place on Wednesday near
the Oasis of Seuetina. oceording to
dispatches brought here today.
An Italian column, cominsed chief
ly of native levies, was attacked by
2,000 Arabs.
The Italians lost two officers and
forty-two native soldiers killed and
a number of officers and 100 native
soldiers wounded.
“Ass’n of the Grand Jury”
Will Keep Tab on Things
New York.—A new way of keen!, g
tab on city officers and city affairs
has been developed through organi
zation of "The Association of the
Grand Jury." It is compose] of
about 80 members of the general
grand jury panel. From two to four
members of each curernt grand jury
will be asked or allowed to join.
Thp business of the association
will be to keep a constant lookout for
all forms of evil doing In municipal
or private organizations. If a mem
ber hears oT anything that appears to
be illegal he will bring It to the at
tention of the association. Inasmuch
as it has always among its members
at least two members of a current
grand jury ths subje'et can be hand
ed over to these members and they
can bring it to official attention.
DR. ANNA SHAW TO SF.E THE
POPE.
New York—Rev. Dr. Anna H. Shaw,
president of the National American
Woman's Suffrage Association will
sail April 16th for Rome. Dr. Shaw
expects an audience with the pope
and she will he. it is said, the first
suffragist to he granted such an
honor.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 13. 1914.
Governor of Texas Who Would Like io
Take a Hand in Mexico
fl&Svt ■ -a-a
V .<■« rc u’ • **
GOVERNOR O. B. COLQUITT.
Governor oT Texas who declares that the i nlted States should
abandon its namby pambv policy toward Mexico and pursue a vigorous
course to the end that American citizens are protected of their lives
and property.
DEPOT SITE WON
BY CHARLESTON
Contest For the New Light
house Service Settled Today
By Secretary Redfield.
Washington.—The new lighthouse
service depot for the South Atlantic
coast will be located at Charleston,
on a site on the mainland known as
Chisholm’s Mil] Landing.
Secretary Redfield today selected
the Charleston site and thus ended a
contest which has raged tor months
among Charleston, Wilmington. Sav
annah, Brunswick, Fernandina and
Jacksonville. Congress has appro
priated $125,000 for the depot which
will be the supply station for light
house inspection district No, 6.
Extensive hearings on the advan
tages of the competing cities were
held here several weeks ago. The de
pot for the district was formerly lo
cated at Charleston but not on the
mainland and was destroyed In a
gale. The new location is a safer
one, officials say.
Georgian Lost His R’way
Ticket; Ruling in Case
Waihington.—Mislaid, lost, unused
or stolen passenger tickets, in whole
or in any part may' not be redeemed
by the selling railroad unless requests
for the redemption are accompanied
by the tickets themselves, the Inter
state commerce commission decided
today.
The principle was laid down in the
case of David E. Miller against tho
Atlantic Coast Line and connecting
roads. Miller lost an unused portion
of a ticket from Albany, (Ja., to Phil
adelphia and it was never presented by
anybody.
Part of $250,000 Worth
of Hanan Jewels Found
New York. —About $65,000 worth of
jewelry valued at $250,000 stolen from
Mrs. John H. Hanan at Naragansett
Pier last July, has been found in
Amsterdam and Paris, according to
announcement published here today.
Private detectives fix the robbery
on a band of International thieves,
including a woman, whose appearance
enabled her to mingle in society and
locate collections oT jewelry. The
same band probably had a nand in the
175,000 robbery of Mrs. Charles Cary*
Kumsev in Newport and in other not
able thefts.
FLORIDA TOMATO RATES.
Washington.—Proposed increase of
freight rates on tomatoes of 2 1-2
cents a hundred pounds and a reduc
tion of the minimum weight of car
loads from 24,000 pounds to 20,000
pounds from Florida points to desti
nation- west of the Mississippi River
were held unjustified by the inter
state commerce commisi.on today.
The railroads were ordered to can
cel the proposed tariffs and to main
tain existing rates for at least two
years
'BOKEBY VENUS',
WOMEN'S VOTES
Organ of the Suffragettes
Comments on Mutilation of
Famous Painting By Miss
Richardson.
London.—" Votes for Women," the
suffragette newspaper edited by Fred
erick and Emmeline Pet hick Lawrence,
comments today on tho mutilation of
tiie “Rokeby Venus” In the National
Gallery as follows:
“Miss May Richardson has demon
strated once more that society rests
upon mutual forbearance and consent
and that if one section, however, pow
erful, outrages the feelings of another
section, however small, there are means
of retaliation open to those who have
been wronged which will lie keenly
felt by the community at large. Miss
Richardson's action is of course widely
criticised and condemned hut the real
culprits aie Premier Asquith and Ids
government, who have taught women
by'precept and example that they care
nothing for equity or justice or tile
prireless traditions of liberty. The
only thing which Influences them Is
a strong right arm which can strike
an irreparable blow."
Shriners Return From
Their Trip to Orient
Seattle, Wn. -One hundred and fifty
nobles of ttp; Mystic Khrine, represent
ing most, of tiie Important temples in
the United States, are here today from
Manila, where they went to install 150
novices. The shriners, who left Seat
tle Dec. 30, made the longest pilgri
mage In the history of tiie order, vis
iting the principal ports in the Orient.
Mrs. Wilson Still Feels
Effects of Recent Fall
Washington.—Although steadily im
proving from the effects of a fall of
two weeks ago, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
is still unable to resume her social
duties as wife of the president. It is
expected, however, that she will call
on some of her intimate friends next
week.
FRENCH CRUI3ER ARRRIVE3.
Washi n qto n.—Com maud er Tay I or,
of tiie cruiser Buffalo at Guaymas, re
ported to the navy department to
day the arrival of the French cruiser
Montcalm, commanded by Rear Admi
ral Huget. The Montcalm will go to
Santa Rosalia on the coast of lower
California, where there is a consld
eral French colony.
PRES'T. GETS BHAMROCKB
FROM JOHN REDMOND.
Washington. -President Wilson
today received a box of Irish moss
and Hhamroeks from John Red
mond, Irish leader In the English
parliament Mr. Redmond had been
sending Shamrocks to the White
House for many years for Kt. Pat
rick's Day.
VILLA OFFICER
SLEW BENTON;
ORDERED THE
DEATH BAOCH
Major Fierro Held on Blind
Charqe of Killinq Two Mexi
cans. Are Now Looking For
His “Disappearance” in Turn
Convincing Evidence Gathered
That German-American Was
Executed on Order of Rebel
Garrison Commander at
Juarez.
El Paso, Texas.—Unconfirmed re
ports received ht*rt* that the comtnls
idnn appointed by (ten. Gnrranza had
calmed the arrest of Major lit idol so
I'ierro, one of Gen. Villa’s subordi
nate officers, as the slayer of Win. S.
Benton, a British subjeet, were klvoii
r rede nee today by those interested In
the ease. The reports stated that Ma
jor Fierro was held on a blind
for the killing of two Mexlean rail
road men In a resort at Chihuahua. At
the time of Benton’s exeeutlon it was
reported Fierro was In Gen. Villa’s of
fice, said to have been the seene of
the exeeutlon.
Convincing Evidence.
Gen. Carranza’s eommlsslon is said
to have gathered convincing evidence
that Col. Fidel Avila, commander of
the rebel garrison at Juarez, ordered
the execution f Gustav Bauch, a Ger
man-American, who was tried as a
spy hut in whose case no verdict was
rendered. Bauch was not executed tin
til two days after Gen, Villa had left
Juarez, it is said. It Is not known
whether Avila had orders for the exe
cution hut the commission is said to
have evidence Indicating that he di
rectly ordered the execution of the
German-American.
Developments connecting Fierro with
the Benton case have been looked for
since Monday, when the major was
removed as general manager of tin;
rebel railroads. Many had looked for
Fierro’s "disappearance” or apparent
ly accidental death.
WESTHOUSE
LEFT MILLIONS
Dead Inventor’s Holdings
More Than $60,000,000. No
Change in Policies of Business
—Burial Saturday.
New York. —George Westinghouso,
engineer and Inventor, who died here
yesterday of heart disease, provided
in his will for continuation of his in
terests under a trusteeship, it was of
ficially stated today that his death will
not cause any change of policy or
operation In connection with any of
the Westinghouse Industries.
The Individual wealth and holdings
of Mr. Westinghouse have been esti
mated at more than $60,000,000.
Mr. Westinghouse, who was In ills
si.(ty-eighth year, will he hurled Sat
urday In Wodlawn Cemetery, this
city.
Mr. Westinghouse was 68 years old
an 1 was perhaps best known as the ln
■ventor of the airbrake Which hears his
name and which revolutionized rail
roading in this country.
He was the president of nearly thir
ty corporations. The airbrake which
lie Invented Is used throughout the
civilized world and in almost every
part of the globe are great plants
which he founded.
25.000 Quit Work.
Pittsburg, Pa Twenty five thou
sand men are Idle today In tho Tur
tle Creek Valley out of respect to
the late George Westinghouse. lie
was a factor in the industries of that
section which were ordered dosed
until after his funeral.
Shot Dead As Escaping;
Bride From Savannah
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Philadelphia. I/Oeal police were to
day notified by the sheriff of Marion
county, Calif., that John R. Davis,
known as Daval and also as Andrews
of Philadelphia, was shot dead last
night while attempting to break Jail
Da via, who was 27, was arested at a
fashionable hotel here several months
ago while on his honeymoon, charged
with passing a worthless check. IIIh
bride was a young woman of Savan
nah, <in, who was left penniless here
after his arrest. Davis was turned ov
er to the police of Kan Rafael, Calif.,
where he was also wanted on the
charge of passing had checks Davis
had another wife here who, the police
said, was deserted by him, six years
ago.
SAY STEAMER UNBEAWORTHY.
Gibraltar. —I’art of the crew of the
Tlrltish steamer llatlscan on her
arrival today refused to proceed on
the voyage to Philadelphia, declaring
the vessel was unseaworthy.
CONFEDERATE VET. DEAD.
Roanoke, Va. Col. Peter llalrstone,
who resigned from West Point to be
come a Confederate soldier, died to
day at Martinsville. He was seventy
nine years old. Col. llalrstone com
manded the 241 h Virginia Regiment
and was wounded six times In buttle.
SENATE LOBBY PROBERS
ITEM: ‘PROPAGANDA EOR
PANAMA TOLLS, $7,469’
HEARD SCREAM
OF WOMAN ON
MURDER DAY
Another Affidavit Presented in
Case of Leo Frank —Scream
Came Two Hours Later Than
Time State Contends Phaqan
Girl Killed
Mrs. Simmons Also Declares
That it Came From Basement
of Pencil Factory, Not the
Third Floor, As Charged By
Prosecution.
Atlanta, Ga.-An affidavit further
further attacking the theory of tho
slate us to Hie time and place Mary
Phagun was killed was nrnide puolic
here today by counsel for Jg»o M.
Frank, under death sentence for tho
factory girl's murder. Mrs. J. It. Slm
motiH, the nffiunt, alleges that she
heard a woman scream In tho National
I’emll Factory hero between two and
three o'clock on the afternoon of April
26, ISIS two hours later than the time
the state contends the murder occur
ed.
The affidavit further declares that
scream came from the factory base
ment. not from the third floor of the
building where the state charged tiist
Mary l'hugan was killed.
While Passing Factory.
Mrs. Simmon's home Is in lllrmlngr
ham, Ala. In her affidavit site says
she was visiting In Atlanta on the day
of the murder and heard the scream
from the street ns she was passing the
pencil factory. She further alleges
that she reported the incident to local
authorities on May 6, more than two
weeks before the Indictment of Frank,
hut Hlie was not subpoenaed to appear
either before the grand Jury or at the
trial. At the trial of Frank, the state
sought to establish that Mary Phagan
was killed on the third floor of the fac
tory near the office of the accused su
perintendent, a few minutes past noon.
James Conley, negro factory sweeper
and principal state wttneHM testified
that between 12:30 and 1:00 o'clock ho
helped Frank take the girl’s dead body
to the, factory basement and secret It
there
At About 1 O'clock.
The stale also contended that at
about I o'clock Frank went to Ids
home for lunch, returning to the fac
tory again after 3 o'clock.
The affidavit of Mrs. Simmons. 11 Is
expected, will be Included In the ex
traordinary rnotlon for a new trial
soon to be filed by the Frank attor
neys. Counsel for the convicted man
would make no statement today as to
the probable date this motion would
be filed, but II Is understood It will be
ready early In April. It may be filed at
any date prior to April 17, I tie date set
for the prisoner's execution.
CARTER IN COMMAND.
Honolulu.—Major General Wrn II
Carter, U. S. A . assumed emnmaud
today of tho Hawaiian Department,
relieving Brigadier General M. M. Mii
rornb, who will leave so in for Wash
ington to lake up Ills duties ns a
member of the war college.
HANGED AT NOON.
Tamps, Fls.—For (lie cold-blooded
murder of Ids wile, Ethel Henson,
whom lie shut down In tie' streets here
last August, because she would not re
turn to Key West with him, Iteiinle
Henson, white, was banged at noon
today In the Jallyard here.
Henson did not confess.
... THE ...
DAY OF DAYS
April 80 Day*
14
... BEGINS ...
TOMORROW
$6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY.
Activities of Carnegie's Peace
Plan in Favoring Repeal of
Exemption Clause, Brouqht
Out Before Investigating
Committee
MILLION COPIES OF A
PAMPHLET DISTRIBUTED
Was Allotment of $23,000
For Circulation of Canal
Literature. 716,000 Copies
Senator Root’s Speech Sent
Out Under His Frank.
Washington.—Tu expedite action on
repeal of the l'nnama tolls exemption
Senator Owens of Oklahoma introduc
ed today a hill similar to the Sima
measure pending in the house.
1,000,000 Copiai.
Washington.—Activities of AndreV
Carnegie’s Kndowment for Interna
tional l’eaco In favor of a repeal of
tile I'anama toils exemption were
brought out before the senate lobby
committee today In the testimony of
James Ittown Scott, secretary of tilt*
foundation. Scott testified that more
than a million conies of a pamphlet
urging repeal under date of March
K>. ill 13, were distributed. The en
dowment also distributed. Dr. Seott
testified 715,000 copies of Senator
Hoot's speech urging the repeal.
Senator Walsh brought out that
there was an allotment of $23,000 for
circulation of i'anama (.’anal litera
ture and that the 716.000 copies of
Senator Root's speech had been sent
out by the endowment under tne sen
ator's frank. Mr. Scott said tho
order of the executive committee di
reding this action had been taken In
Senator Hoot's absence.
It Is, Said Scott.
''This Is a peace society isn't it?
demanded Senator Iteed.
“It Is,” answered Scott.
‘‘.lust what lias It to do with Pan
ama tolls questions?”
“Its business Is to smooth out mis
understandings."
"And yield to other nations? ask
ed Senator Heed.
•'You will find no yielding to other
nations in our attitude," Scott de
clared.
• The Issuers.
Tile pamphlet Issued by “Members
of the tioard of trustees of the Car
negie Kndowment for International
Peace," under date of March 15 last,
was signed by Jos II t’hoate An
drew I) White, ('has. W. Eliot John
I, Cadwahlor, Klthu Hoot. Duke K.
Wright. Charlemagne Tower, H. «•
Woodward. Austen G. lox, . G.
Hchmldlupp. Hubert 8.
Oscar H Strauss, Samuel Mather.
James S. Slyden. ('has. 8. Taylor.
Henry W I’rltehct, Wiu, M. Howard,
Cleveland H. Dodge, Robert A.
Franks. Nicholas Murray Butler, Ar
thur Win. Frazier and Janies Brown
Scott.
The Appeal.
Its appeal was as follows:
"The greatest Interest of the Unit
ed States as a free nation Is »0 rep
resent worthily before the world the
principles of civil and religious lio
erty" and the public efficiency ami
well being which these principles de
velop and thereby to promote the
adoption of these principles Uio
W< “Thls V |s Of great material as well
as a great moral interest. In com
parison with this large interest, the
interest of the United State. In. IU
coastwise vessels sinks Into insignlf
*' "Wy securing the repeal of that part
of the act of congress on the Panama
Canal which provided f«n the ex
emption ot the coastwise vessels front
the payment of tolls the American
people would embrace a precious op
of nltv to prove that they under
sTood their highest Interests and
recognize their duty to promote It
•for the benefit of mankind..
D« Knight Collapse*.
It was the circulation of the pam
phlet to which Senator
had reference, in part, when ho made
lil* n*™nt attack in tho senate upon
tfm CarnoKie lCn<lowinent.
\ iih yule lan notified Chairman
Overman* that Clarence W. DeKnight
who, was examined yesterday had s if
fared a nervous collapse and would
be unable to appear. DeKnight had
promised to produce hie contract
with Former Hear Admiral Bowie*,
head of the Fore R ver Shipbuilding
Oompany, relative to work he did
during pendency of the Panama Canal
ll ’ Tnmilry Into tho peace endowments
records showed an aliotment of
$7,46!) In 1913 for “propaganda for
' disclosed, never was
expended and still was carried on the
books.
THE TEXAS TO GALVESTON
TO GET SILVER SERVICE
Washington. The superlreaxl
nought Texas, which was placed in
commission yesterday at Norfolk
will soon visit Galveston to receive a
silver service from the state of
Texas It Is believed here that ad
vantage may he taken of this trip to
have the Texas Join the American
fleet In Mexican waters or replace
one of the battleships now there.
THE DELAWARE ARRIVES
Norfolk, Vs.—The battleship Dela
ware, In fiorn Vera Cruz, was today
coaling In Hampton Roads preparatory
to the coming fleet target practices
In Tangier Sound. Tho Delaware ar
rived last night.
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