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[|OME EDITIOm 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 —. . -3sss= ~i| 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 iß»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. 1 « 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. I 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