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VOLUME XIX. No. 77.
BIDE LITTLE CREDENCE
TO 15-WORD CENSORED
WIRE OF VILLA’S DEFEAT
Thousands Awaiting Authentic News of Result of the
First Battle in Move on Torreon—lf Federals Claims
Are Correct, Rebel General Cut Off From Retreat
With Enemy Front and Rear, With Mountains and
Desert on Either Side
NUMBER TROOPS ENGAGED
ONLY GUESSED AT: DEAD.
WOUNDED NOT MENTIONED
Belief is Strong That Huerta's
Forces Were Whipped at
Escalon and Constitutional
ists in Rifle and
Trenches. Constructed m
Previous Revolutions.
Mexico City.-A.s««Hns the poUcy of
the United States toward Mexico, a
editorial article In El Dmrto today de
rlares that "behind the American pol
icy is a determination to wrest t
Mexico lower California, Sonora and
parts of Nuevo Leon and Coabutla.
To See Lind?
Mexico City. —The departure from
minister of foreign affairs, gave
KTth Jocund, personal represen
tative of President V' ilson.
Just Fifteen Words.
pi Paso Texas.— Thousands of per
In the las .f n„t<h >U seeiied through the
a press dispatch s t^leerapn
censor and over the sing le teles ap^
line connecting Jua l*l icted a g to he
n isTj.tfled the cenaor remo c l
serted that «en. o{ Torreon ,
expected "them and was
Kscalon on the main line of the ra
wa y and ■t p<)tition
If the" federals’ claims are correct.
s
there were rumors to that
which {£fj^ c *ssc«s3?
lng tath. direction of Parral was^aid
to have come upon .J*’ iotter was
ss-s-sas. rt,v “
The federal attack stEscaftn al'pa
column'on* the'ofhersldeof themoun
*sss is
entry Of the Huerta troops Into Jim -
onrry , veß (rue much of V il
Zl' a m has been cut off from re
with an enemy in front and be
hind and mountains and the desert on
either l '“ Lit tl o Credence.
m MVn U ce h f ere tht '
*°we*re° E^'.on
S/V--In^ e frs^
Bellano could occupy rifle pits and
mumhes constructed in the course of
previous revolutions and there make a
fT The “number of men engaged in the
aiwed battles can only be Kissed at
and even rumor omits to mention dead
mounded except in the case of
r-ll Benavides reported by Huertistas
to have been killed at Escalon,
where his column, the Zaragor.a br'K
, _# i too mpn was said to nft'o
no the brunt of the federal attack.
It pointed out that the revolution
> l:?,v k rsunu-ss
srssKeSs <"««"• *
battle.
apology SAVES SIOO.
Atlinta. G*.—R. H. Jones, a lumber
dealer seAod a cool 1100 by an apology
in the superior court yesterday sfter
l!)>on. Jones was on trial on
of assault and battery on VUlllam L.
i " o lorai attorney. W hile Ar
nn"d was on the stand *tvln« testi
mony Jones arose In hts seat and tried
out: „
Hill immediately adjudg
ed him In contempt of court and soak
ed him with a JIOO fine. When court
nrllourned he offered his profuse apol
ogies to the Judge and his fine was
remitted.
SOUTH DAKOTA MOOSE.
Hudson. S. D.— Progressive leaders
todav announced that no definite plan
for ihe future of the party In South
Dakota had been decided on at yes
terday’s conference because of the
small attendance. They said a tem
porary committee probably would be
appointed to call a convention to
names a state ticket. i
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
WANTED TO QUIT
MEXICAN POST
Sir Lionel Carden's Visit to
England Not Due to Rep
resentations of any Power.
London. —The visit to England of
Sir Lionel Carden, British minister to
Mexico, was not in any way due to
representations on the part of any for
eign power. So Sir Edward Grey, Brit
ish secretary for foreign afffairs, told
the house of commons today. The
foreign secretary repeated the story of
Sir Lionel's appointment as head of
the British legation at Mexico City,
and conditions attached to his occu
pancy of that post. Sir Edw'ard then
added:
“After 36 years of valuable service I
desire to recommend him for one of
the highest posts In South America,
but as there was a crisis in Mexico I
asked him last July to go there. Sir
I.ionel reluctantly consented, but he
stated that for private reasons he
could not stay in Mexico more than a
year.
“The crisis in Mexico," Sir Edward
continued, “having apparently become
chronic and various complications
having Rrisen I requested Sir Lionel
Carden to come home to discuss the
situation. He will return shortly to
his post."
Dissension in Ranks of
Unemployed; Charge Graft
New York.— Dissension broke out in
the ranks of the unemployed today,
when charges were made by several of
the workless crusaders that there wore
grafters among their number who had
held hack some of the funds raised to
buy food and shelter. Three of the
leaders are said to have fled, claiming
they feared they would he killed If
they remained. The unemployed wom
en are being organized hy the Indus
trial Workers of the World and will
have outdoor meetings tonight.
Not Enthusiastic Over
Arrival of Unemployed
Fonda, N. Y.— Fifty of the seventy
unemployed New Yorkers who canto
here yesterday as the first installment
In Governor Glynn's campaign to place
the city's workless people on up-state
farms, were lodged today in the village
engine house. Only twenty of the sev
enty arrivals accepted offers of em
ployment with farmers, although the
wages were those generally paid to
farm hands here.
The 50 who are Idle are dependent
on townspeople for shelter and food.
The neighborhood farmers do not ap
pear enthusiastic over their new help,
as the men are Ignorant of farm
work.
Villa's Guard Removed
Before Murder American
Juarez, Mexico.—Property of the
Madera Company, Limited, at Pearaqn,
Chihuahua, was raided yesterday.
Merchandise from the company stores
was moved by Pandits unler Manuel
Gluterrez. The raid closely followed
the murder of Oscar Allen, an Amer
ican, who had been employed as
watchman at the store of the company.
American Consul Edwards advices said
the guard of Villa's insurgent soldiers
placed at the American lumbering
town had been removed before the
raid.
5-YEAR-OLD SHIPWRECKED.
New York.—A 5-year-old girl was a
member of the shipwrecked company
of nine brought home today by the
steamer Brin/. Eltel Friedrich from
Kingston, Jamaica. She Is the daugh
ter of Captain Oscar Johnson, of the
schooner Laura M. Lunt, abandoned
at sea on March 4th during a voyage
from New York to Jacksonville.
In the nick of time the British
steamer Windemere rescued all
aboard.
NOT MORE BUT BETTER FARMERS
Buffalo, N. Y.—" Americans will nev
er again be a rural people ” Liberty
H. Bailey, former dean of the Cornell
College of Agriculture, told the Farm
ers' Association here today. "There
is todav less than three per cent of
our population on the farms. As the
yeaTs go on we shall need, not more
farmers In proportion to the popula
tion hut better farmers."
$250,000 TUSCALOOSA FIRE.
Tuacaloosa, Ala -Fire In the bsul
iness district of Tuscaloosa early to
day destroyed property estimated at
a quarter of a million dollars in value.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 18. 1914.
New 900 Foot Liner Has Double Hull of Steel
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THE 8. 8. BRITANNIC IN COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION AT BELFAST.
The above Illustration shows the new White Star liner Britannic with all of the steel plates on tier hull
In place, shortly before the launching at Belfast She is practically “a ship within n ship." as site has a double
hull of steel, laith below and above the waterline. When In commission the Britannic will he the largest ship
In the British service, her length be lng 900 feet and her displacement at.ooo gross tons
JUST MISSES
SHFESJSJOD
Chicago Hotel Robber Turns
and Flees As Clerk Was
Handing Out the Money.
Chicago.—A robber entered the
Briggs House, one of Chtongo's oldest
downtown hotels, early today, shot an
assistant manager, took $l5O front a
cash register and fled, just as the uigiil
clerk had opened the safe and was
about to hand him the $5,000 It con
tained. The bandit, with a companion,
who stood guard outside, drove raptu
ly away.
“Open the safe and hurry," the rob
ler had commanded after I’. D. Green
wood, the night clerk, had handed ovet
the money in the cash register. A
hell boy overheard the robber’s order,
then ran for belli. William Sturmct,
assistant manager, and Bred Hagcl, a
steward, rushed to the lobby just at
the clerk had opened the safe and was
about to reach for the money and Jew
elry belonging to the guests. The rob
ber heard them, turned and fired five
shots. One shot struck Stunner m
the leg.
Postpone Inquiry Into
Methods of Tobacco Co.
New York.—The conference to con
sider the complaint of independent to
bacco dealers that the Metropolitan
Tobacco Company of New York has
been restraining trade in violation of
the Sherman anti-trust law which, it
was announced, would he held today by
H. Snowden Marshall, United States
district attorney, and representatives
of the tobacco companies, was post
poned until a week from today on ac
count of the illness of Assistant Dis
trict. Attorney Thompson, who had
charge of the case.
Southerner Speaks at
Child Labor Conference
•
New Orleans.—What should he done
with children at home, waa dlacused
at the concluding sessions today of
the Child Labor Conference here.
Hpeakera emphasized the necessity of
educational work among parents to
teach them the kind of work heat suit
ed to their children.
Wiley H. Swift of Greensboro, N. c.,
s*ld "southerners are not Indiffer
ent to the rights of childhood but we
have allowed ourselves to be deluded
because our manufacturers have said
thlmts were all right, and we have re
spect for the opinions of men of In
fluence and wealth."
BRITI3H HANDICAPPED
FOR SUPPLY OF OIL FUEL
London.—The British navy Is being
handicapped by inability to keep up a
continuous and adequate supply of oil
fuel. This Is said in naval circles to
be the real cause of the decision not
to hold any Brand mannuvres this
summer and for the cancellation of
the review of the fleet which the king
had Intended to hold at Hplthead. Kv
ery effort Is helm? made to husband
the supply of oil at the supply stations
and to use It only in such ships as
burn oil exclusively. The desroyers
have been kept In harbor since they
arrived at Christmas.
GET NO MORE BODIES.
St. Louis. —No additional bodies
were found today In the ruins of the
St. Louis Seed Company's building,
which was crushed yesterday by a
falling vail of the burned out Missou
ri Athletic Club. The bodies of three
men were found and twelve pesona
were hunr by the falling walls.
SHOUT DENUNCIATIONS
Lima, Peru.—Twenty people were
seriously wounded here today during
a demonstration in front of the resi
dence of Robert E. Logula, first vice
president of the republic, who return
ed here on March 16 to succeed tiie
exiled President Bllllnghurst.
The people shouted denunciations of
Legula and several shots wer fired.
Mounted police dispersed the crowd.
FIRES BROADSIDE
AGAINST PRES’T
Senate Hears Intimation That
Executive Asked Congress to
Repeal Tolls Exemption As
Price of Non-Intervention in
Mexico By Foreign Powers
FOREIGN POLICY CALLED
HUMILIATING. CRAVEN
Senator Jones Asks: Why
Have We Become So Inert,
Supine and Servile in Sus
taining of the Monroe Doc
trine?
Washington—The broad charge that
President Wnson determined to ask
congress to repeal the Panama tolls
exemption us a consequence to Ids
recent conference with Sir Lionel
Carden, British minister to Mexico,
and that the president's action was
the culmination of negotiations with
Great Britain for preservation of the
Monroe doctrine threatened by tn«
Mexican situation, was made in the
senate today bv Senator Jones, re
publican of Washington. He watt
speaking on his pending resolution
calling on the president for full Ui.4*r
mat ion on the tolls controversy. Sen
ator Jones intimated that a repeal or
the tolls exemption was the price of
non-interference In Mexico by other
loreign pawers.
Confederate Bonds.
He further declared that "it is re
ported as one of the conditions that
Great Britain will seek reparation on
its losses through Confederate bonds
issued during the civil war by a plan
bv this government under which, n
successfully applied, the burden of re
paration will fall upon the Southern
States." For t'bat rei ort. Senator
Jones maintained, developments have
shown there was a basis.
What Is It?
"What Is the foreign policy that re
quires such humiliating cowardly,
craven action on our part?" the sena
tor demanded. "What are the deli
cate matters that demand this hum!!
lation, this price. Have we become
so Inert, so weak, so supine, so ser
vile that the Monroe doctrine must
be sustained and invigorated by the
very powers agalnHt which It was in
voked? Are we so weak or so en
tangled In the mashes of our own di
plomacy that the demands of England
based upon the selfish Interest of the
Canadian Pacific Kallrod Company,
must be granted rlg'bt or wrong' Have
any nations besides England objected
to the legislation it Is proposed to re
peal 7 There are questions that must
be answered to the satisfaction of the
American people."
Economic Blunder.
Senator Jones quoted from Presi
dent Wilson's i re-election speeches In
an attempt to show that the chief
executive then favored the exemp
tion. . ,
Senator Jones argued that a repeal
would he "a great economic blunder,"
that It would "benefit the Canadian
Pacific Railroad, Canadian Interests
nd the trans-contlnentl railroad lines
and no others, and Injure more or less
every other Interest in this country.
lie contended that the exemption
contravened no treaty obligations
either In letter or In spirit and there
(Continued on page seven.)
Many a Fortune has been
built through the persist
ent and judicious use of
Herald Want Ads. oe
FREEZING WITH
FROST TONIGHT
High Wind Today Was a Fore
runner of Ice By Morning.
Mercury Few Degrees Off
Today.
Freezing temperature tonight with
frofct iu the forecast for AiiKUKta i߻ue<l
for Augusta today by Mr. Ed Rmlffh,
the observer.
While the temperature today was
only a few degrees cooler than yester
day it Heemed worse Immune of the
wind from the went and northwest
which blew with increasing velocity.
Shortly afternoon it wan blowing, ac
cording to the forecast er'n inKtru
ments, between 25 and 20 ml let* an
hour.
The wind wan an indication of the
cooler weather coining. It was usher
ing in the cold wave which will bring
down the temperature in Augusta to
night. Pair weather will continue.
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Kaiser Orders Holiday
As Sixth Grandson Born
Brungwick, Germany.—A battery of
artillery fired a royal salute in honor
of the I,fill of a son to duke and
duchess of Brunswick today while the
counsellor of the British embassy In
Berlin was drawing up the birth cer
tificate oT the newly born prince, who
is also prince of Ureut Britain and
Ireland.
General School Holiday.
Berlin.—Emperor William today or
dered a general school holiday In Mer
lin In celebration of the birth of his
sixth grandson at Brunswick this
morning. The young duchess ot
Brunswick, who Is the only daughter
of the emperor, was reported to bo
doing well.
tomorrow to see Ills latest grandson
tomorrow t osee Ills latest grandson
Let ore departing for Ills annual trip
to Corfu on March 22d,
City of Sydney's Hull
Pounding on the Rocks
Halifax, N. B.—The bow of he steam
er Gity of Sydney, abandoned yester
day after running aground 2f> miles
east or Halifax, was still clinging to
a Jiiggi-d edge of Hambro Hock today
The constant pounding had shattered
the bottom of the steamer and lri the
after-part the water was almost up o
the decks. There was no hope of sav
ing the vessel.
Captain McDonald sold the City of
Sydney was enveloped In fog during
the whole r,f her run up the coast from
N‘ew York. IB- was trying to ph'k up
the lightship Halifax, southeast of
Hambro Island when the steamer
Ntruck the rocks. Hho was several
miles out of her course.
ARMED GUARDS PATROL
STREETS OT PARIS MID
TURMOIL EXCITEMENT
'naval nr
BIGGEST BUDGET
Great Britain's Estimates
Submitted. Churchill Says
They'll Match All Delays in
Construction.
London. —A variant on the “naval
holiday" suggestion was i roeured hy
Winston Spencer Churchill, lirst lord
of the administration In the House of
Commons today. In Introducing the
ttavul estimates for 1914-15, amount
lng to $357.750,000 lie said:
"Every delay, accidental or delib
erate, bt the next strongest power to
England, will he matched by us."
Admitting that the naval estimates
were the largest that had ever been
submitted to the house. Mr. Churchill
gilded the pill hy making the predic
tion that In the absence of any new
departure the estimates for 11)15 111
would lie substantially lower than the
present ones which show an increase
of $17,700,000 over those of last
year.
Mr. Churchill reiterated that It was
the policy of Great Britain to com
plete eight battle squadrons hy the
time Germany had established five,
without calculating ships of foreign
stations. He explained that the de
velopment of the German fleet had
not been so rapid as had been antici
pated owing to difficulties In man
ning the vessels. Great Britain there
fore had been enabled to postpone the
completion of her Gibraltar squadron
which now consists of only four hat
ties hi ps. The Increased expenditure
he said was largely attributable to
the change to oil fuel, to the estab
lishment of a naval flying corps and
to the increased pay of the blue
jackets.
Russia Imprisons German
Aeronaut; Say Espionage
Is Anxious to Enter Race in
United States; Fears Will
Not Be Released in Time
Berlin—liana Berliner, German aero
naut him been Imprisoned at Klrgl
schaitxk, Russia, since February 10, on
auHplelon of espionage.
Berliner and two companions landed
at Klrglsclmnsk, In the llral moun
tains, after a voyage of 47 hours, from
Bltterfield, Germany, selling a new
distance record of 1.563 miles for sphe
rical balloons. He and his comrades
were immediately arrested and In spile
of official Intercession have been de
tained there ever since hy the Rus
sian police.
Berliner Is anxious to enter the race
for the Gordon Bennett International
Aeronautical Trophy In the Hnl'ed
Ststes In October, lie fears, however,
lie may not he released In time to make
Ids entry for the elimination contests
for the selection of German represen
tatlvea and a letter received today hy
the director of the Berlin Aeronauti
cal Society asks him to make the en
try in Berliner's absence.
Naples is Crowded With
Americans; 2,800 Today
Naples, Italy. Eight hundred Airier
lean tourists who arrived here today
from New York found some difficulty
In ohlulnlng accommodations because
there were 2.000 American visitors *1
ready In the city besides other for
eigners. Among them are represent
atives of thirty-three states or the
n 'large pnrty climbed Vesuvius to
day anil unfurled an American Bag at
the side of the crater.
No Specific Charge But
Dismissed From Service
Washington. As one result of the
Investigation Into the lighthouse ser
vice |,y Hecretary Redflehl and a com
mittee of other officials of the De
partment of < 'omrnercc, George War
rington, superintendent of naval con
struction of the service, has been dis
missed and Edward G, Gillette, assist
ant engineer, has been appointed by
President Wilson to succeed him.
Gillette, a native of Philadelphia,
Pa., was formerly Inspector of the
light house district with headquarters
at Boston. No specific charge was
preferred against Warrington, his dis
missal being due, It was said to the
desire for Improvement In the service.
$25,000 Fee to Jerome
In the Harry Thaw Case
Albany, N. Y. The expense bill ap
proved by Attorney General Carmody
iri connection with the state's efforts
to return Harry Thaw to Matteawan
includes a fee of 125,000 to Win, T
Jerome and fees of more than *l-1,000
to other counsel.
Jerome’s fee covers "not only past
services rendered but also any future
services In reference to this case."
$6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY.
Assassination of Figaro’s
Editor Has Aroused Pol
itical Factions. Soldiers
Preparing to Act Sharply
in Quelling Disturbances
MADAME CAILLAUX HAS
BECOME POPULAR HEROINE
Sensational Newspapers
Among the 139 Daily Publi
cations of French Capital
Fomenting Trouble. Prisoner
at St. Lazare Breaking Down
Under Observation.
Pa ris- ArmiMl detachment* of re
publican guards appearing at at rate-
Kte point a of Paris today, added to th<>
Intense excitement aroiiHed among po
litical faction* by the assassinatlnn of
<lantern Calmette, editor of the Figaro.
At every point where there was likeli
hood of trouble the police were sup
ported by HoldierH. The oTflce* of the
Figaro, the Fhamber of Deputies, the
residence of M. CalUaux and the St.
1-azure prison where Madame Falll&ux
has occupied il t'ell since she killed the
editor to clear her husband’s name—all
were magnets which attracted the
populace.
To Act Sharply.
At each point strong bodies of po
lice and soldiers were on duty prepar
ed to act sharply in quelling disturb
ances. In the southern part of Fart*.
In the Fat in quarter and in the work
ing » clans districts where it is only
necessary for a turbulent individual
to shriek “death to Faillaux” or “as
sassin.” for him to be Joined by doz
ens of others, the police kept zealous
watch, Heveral times they cleared
away noisy groups who, however, re
assembled as soon as the police had
passed
Popular Heroins.
Madame Falllaux seems today to j
have become a popular heroine amid
all the turmoil Among the crowds of
excit* dating people her name
is heard constantly. Hhe Is talked of
as the victim of her love for M. Call
laux and his instrument In commit
ting the crime which has robbed the
press of a prominent writer and the
lYench cabinet of Its leading spirit.
Excited Crowds.
The crowds have adopted as their
own the assertion of Deputy Delhaye
In the chamber last night that '‘cabi
net ministers nowadays send their
wives to kill those obstructing their
pal h."
Excitement among the populace Is
worked upon by the many scnnallonal
newspapers among the 139 dally pub
lications of Paris. These exxagerate.
Invent und tilnt at things ami the pa
per vendors yell the insinuation*
among the crowd, exciting tho people
still further.
Always Watohad.
Madame Calllaux meanwhile sleep*
In a narrow Iron bed In the prison of
Halnt 1 Azure. Her hitherto remarka
bly calm attitude today was said to he
breaking down under the torture of
being always under watchful obser
vation. Hhe Is never for a moment
left alone. Belays of nuns, two at a.
time, continuously sit In the eell with
her and prison wardens frequently
look Into the cell through the finely
meshed wire partition to see thpt no
breach of regulations is committed.
Wardens talk among themselves of
the firmness with which this woman,
accustomed to luxury, endures the re
straint.
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Governor of California *|
Asks Troops For Border
Washington Secretary Garrison to
day forwarded to Major General Ar
thur Murray, commanding the west
ern department, Gov. Johnson’s re
quest for additional troops to protect
the southern California border from
Mexicans. The secretary will leave
action entirely to Gen. Murray’s dis
cretion.
1 1 t
Called School Principal
a "Suffragette”; is Fined
Cologne.—For calling a woman
school principal a “suffragette" the
wife of a physician In a suburban cll
lage was today convicted and fined
on a charge of alander.
The offense was committed in the
course of a quarrel over the punish
ment by the school principal of the
physician's daughter. The complainant
In supporting tho charge before the
court argued:
“The suffragettes have shown them
selves to he scarcely normal. Edu
cated people are enraged against
them, owing to their outrages and no
body would entrust children to me It
1 were a suffragette."
The defendant refused to apologize
and declared that the teacher had
acted "like a suffragette." Hhe was
ordered to pay a fine.
THE ATLANTIC POOL.
Berlin. —A mib-ewnmlttee to nego
tiate the allotment of trans-Atlantic
traffic was appointed today by the
conference of British and continental
companies. Other lines represented
ussert the Canard and tlamburg-
Amerlcan will not make sufficient
concessions.
jjOME EDITION