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VOLUME XIX. No. 78.
READY TO LISTEN;
WAIT ON TORREON
While No Official Word From
the White House Reqardinq
Huerta’s Desire to Re-open
Neqotiations. United States
Willing to Hear Proposals For
Peace Settlement in Mexico
IMPORTANCE ATTACHED
TO IMPENDING BATTLE
Prediction is Made of a Simul
taneous Attack on Both Tor
reon and Mazatlan By the
Rebels.
Juarez, Mexico.—Simultaneous at
tack on Torreon and Mazatlan "as
predicted in advice* received today, it
was said that while Villa'* rebel army
was moving against Torreon forefi
under Oen. Alvara Obregon would as
sault Mazatlan with 12,000 troops
The fall of Mazatlan, it was said,
would mean virtual control of the west
coast while the capture of Torreon.
the railroad center of Central
would threaten the capital If- the
rebels captured these two points, both
armies would, it was said, move against
Guadalajara, the strategic key to the
south.
Willing to Listen.
Washington.—While no official
word came to the White House todav
of the reported purpose of
Huerta to re-open parleys with the
United States by sending his minister
of foreign affairs, Jose Rojas, to Vera
Cruz to confer with John I.ind, ad
ministration officials indicated a wil -
Ingness to listen to any new proposal
for a peaceful settlement. They seem
ed to attach most importance at this
time to the outcome of the impending
battle at Torreon. which is expected to
mark a critical turn in the strength
and prestige of the contending fac
tions. . .
Firmly Established.
When the exchange ot notes among
Senor Gamboa and Charge O’Shaugh
nessy and John land was
last fall the attitude of the Washing
ton government was firmly established
ns opposed not only to recognition °
Huerta but any successor of his choos
ing* TJie United States government
)u I.' en mindful that a peaceful set
tlement in Mexico depended not alone
on the choosing of a man to whom
diplomatic recognition might be ex
tended but that it was equally depend
ent on the attlude of the constitution
alists. Should the constitutionalists be
reversed at Torreon it is considered
possible here that a compromise can
didate might he agreed upon, though
speculation in official circles was not
based on any definite information.
Senate Votes $7,500 to
Senator Bacon’s Widow
Washington.—The senate voted to
day to pay to the widow of Senator A.
O Bacon of Georgia, $7,500—a year s
senatorial salary. That is a senate
custom at the death of members.
May 20th Fixed
the Richmond
Will Have Sub-Committee of
Six to Levy Assessments on
Candidates to Defray Ex
penses of the Primary
RESOLUTION ASKING
PEOPLE TO REGISTER
Resolution Also Passed to
Vigorously Prosecute People
For Buying or Selling Votes.
The Democratic Executive Commit
tee of Richmond county. Col. Henry S.
Jones, chairman, presiding, met at
noon today at the court house and
named May 20 as the date for the
county primary. This action was
taken as a result of a set of resolu
tions offered by Hon. C. E. Dunbar,
member of the committee from the
First Ward, and unanimously passed.
There was no friction regarding the
date for the primary named In the
resolution, the only discussion being
a suggestion from Col. D. G. Fogarty,
member from the Third Ward, that
instead of May 20 it be earlier in the
month. There was no amendment off
fered, however, and the date remains
fixed’ as set forth in the resolution of
Mr. Dunbar, which is as follows;
Mr. Dunbar’s Resolution.
RESOLVED, First, That a demo
cratic primary be, and the same is
hereby ordered by this committee to
be held on May 20th, 19X4, for the
nomination of county officers only,
being such officers as the State Dem
ocratic Committee has not exclusive
jurisdiction over for primary purpos
es; said primary to be held under the
management of the sub-committee of
this committee, and under all the pro
visions and regulations heretofore and
in the primary of two years ago in
this county obtaining as to booths,
the secret ballot, etc.; and said sub
committee being hereby instructed to
close the entrance for said primary at
noon, city of Augusta time, on April
20th, 1914.
RESOLVED Second, That a like se
cret primary be held in this county
through such sub-committee and on
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
SUPREME COURT
UN MAN'S BEARD
Called on to Determine Its
Value. Mr. O’Sullivan Has
Sued For $60,000.
Washington.—What is the value of
a beard? That is a question which jus
tices of the supreme court have been
asked to determine.
The case is that of E. A. O'Sullivan,
a prominent Louisiana lawyer, who
placed a value of SBO,OOO on a growth
of his heard. O'Sullivan, who former
ly was district attorney, state senatam
and city attorney of New Orleans,
claims he wns forcibly deprived of his
hirsute adornment on election day In
November, 1908. On that day, he as
serts, Paul Felix, a Justice of the peace
in Jefferson parish, and William W.
Stiles, a deputy sheriff, conspired to
prevent several men from voting.
O'Sullivan claims he went to the polls
to advise about the conduct of the
election. He asserts that a number of
men Imported to the election place by
Felix siezed him and tied his arms.
Then, he claims. Stiles cut off his
beard. O'Sullivan brought suit In 1911
for SBO,OOO damages under the fede
ral civil rights act.
Felix and Stiles claim the salt was
barred by the one-year Louisiana
statute of limitations. The Louisiana
courts so held, but O'Sullivan hps
brought the case to the supreme court
on the ground that the statute of lim
itations has no application to a suit
arising under a federal statute.
SNOW FLURRIES
IN THESOUTH!
Biting Wind Accompanies Fall
in Texas. Latest on Record in
Centre of State.
Memphis, Term.—Snow nnd rain, ac
companied hy a biting wind from the
northwest was .joport-d today from
various sections of Oklahoma, outral
and West Texas and Arkansas. The
snowfall was one of the latest on Tec
ord in Central Texas. With predic
tions of colder weather for tonight,
fear is felt for fruit trees and gar
dens.
rour Inches at Stevenson?
Nashville, Tenn.—Snow fell today
throughout Tennessee and Northern
Alabama. In most sections only light
(lurries were experienced, but Steven
son, Ala., near the Tennessee line, re
ported four Inches. Much lower tem
peratures accompanied the storm.
in Nashville and practically all oth
er sections of the state except the
mountainous region of Eastern Ten
nessee, snow fell intermittently dur
ing the greater part of the day, melt
ing an it struck the ground.
As the Date of
County Primary
Resolution in
Endorsement of
Wilson Administration
A resolution, offered by Mr. Ga
naltl, praising the country's pres
ent administration, was passed at
the meeting of the county execu
tive committee today. It follows:
Resolved, That the Executive
Committee of the Democratic
Party of Richmond County con
gratulate the people of the United
States upon the able and states
manlike administration of our
President, Woodrow Wilson. The
principles foT which the Demo
cratic party have for go long striv
en In vain are now being crystal
lized into law, and in the space of
one year more legislation of real
benefit to the musses of the peo
ple has been enacted than in any
equal period of our country's his
tory. We confidently predict that
by the time this administration
Bhall have run Its course all the
campaign pledges of the Demo
cratic Party will have been faith
fully carried out and our country
will have returned to the the po
litical faith of Us founders:
“Equal rights to all and special
privileges to none.”
such date as such State Committee
shall fix, for the nomination of such
officers as may be under the exclusive
Jurisdiction of fsaid State Committee
for primary purposes.
Sub-Committee.
RESOLVED, Third. That a chair
man of this committee be. and he is
hereby authorized to designate a sub
committee from this committee of six
members, one from each ward of the
city of Augusta, naming the chair
man, and adding thereto as adjunct
members, each to have the supervision
of the primary in his own precinct,
the members from the out of the city
precincts of Richmond county; said
sub-committee to be charged and em
powered with all the management and
Continued on Market ?ace)
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 19. 1914.
His Assassination By Wife of
Political Rival Stirs France
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M. GASTON CALMETTE.
The late editor or the Paris Figaro, who was shot and killed (at the
desk shown in the picture) by Mine. Henriette Caillaux, wife of the French
Minister of Finance, M. Joseph Caillaux. It was a political-love tragedy.
The editor attacked the fcjnance Minister for his official sets, but broke the
unwritten lawny puhlttflTfftg part of a love-letter written by Minister
Caillaux to Mme. Caillaux, when she was the wife of another man.
‘SKATING ON THIN
ICE/ SAYS PRES’T
Executive Uses There Words
in Interview With Senator
Jones. Latter Thereupon Re
turns and Tells Senate That
His Remarks of Yesterday
Were Made Under a “Mis
understanding.”
Washington. —President Wilson told
Senator Jones, republican, of Wash
ington, today that he was “skating on
thin ice” in his speech yesterday when
he broadly Intimated that the presi
dent had not decided to read a mes
sage to congress on the Panama tolls
question until after Sir Lionel Car
den, British minister to Mexico, visited
the White House.
The president told callers afterward
that he could not get a suggestion on
the Mexican position out of Sir Lionel
"with a corkscrew” and that the con
ference was purely for information on
the general situation in Mexico.
Had Written Message.
The president had written his tolls
message and decided to deliver it be
fore he saw Sir Lionel. Officials said
neither the tolls question nor any sug
gestions for future policy In the Mexi
can situation came up in the talk with
Sir Lionel.
Senator Jones then returned to the
capltol and told the senate:
Misunderstanding.
‘‘The president assures me that there
was no basis of fact in the articles
I referred to, to warrant the conclu
sion with regard to this government's
relations with Great Britain In the
Mexican situation. I think I was mis
understood In lhat I did not draw the
conclusions myself but took them from
published reports. I think it only Just
to the president that I make this state
ment.”
Senator Jones stated that the mis
understanding served to illustrate the
necessity for more information about
the tolls exemption situation.
Action on Senator Jones resolution
calling on the president for informa
tion was again deferred.
DISABLED BCHOONER FOUND.
Norfolk, Va.—The disabled four
masted schooner Elisha Atkins of Bath,
Maine-/ bound from Tampa, Kla., for
Baltimore, was towed into the Vir
ginia Capes early today by the United
States revenue cutter Onondaga, which
picked her up at sea yesterday after
a search of 48 hours. The Atkin's
principal trouble Is a disabled rudder
head. Inside of Cape Henry the At
kins was taken In tow by the Balti
more tug Dauntless.
AMMONIA FUMES KILL
Cleveland, Ohio. —One man was kill
ed, another fatally hurt and two oth
ers seriously Injured In the Cleveland
Brewing Company’s plant today when
a compressor head was torn from an
engine in the ice room, permitting the
escape of deadly ammonia fumes. The
man who was killed was James U
Bowman, chief engineer of the plant.
Women Suffragists Are
Facing Senate Defeat
Washington.— Protests against Im
mediate action on the proposed con
stitutional amendment extending suf
frage to women, under debate in the
senate, continued to reach the capital
today from suffrage leaders through
out the country. Senators leading the
fight for the amendment, however,
were prepared for a final vote within a
day or two, satisfied that while they
face almost certain overwhelming de
feat, nothing con be gained by further
efforts to delay action.
Senator Ashurst, in charge of tho
proposed amendment, said he had can
vassed the senate and found sentiment
strongly In fuVor of disposing of tho
question as quickly as possible.
Slight Operation After
Fall of Mrs. Wilson
Washington.—Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
was well on the road to complete re
covery today from the effects of a fall
over a rur at the White House. Offi
cials of the executlce offices said her
Injury was an external one of no seri
ousness and that she would be out
again In a day or two.
White House officials said today
that Mrs. Wilson hud undergone a
eliglht operation to correct the ef
fects of the bruise which resulted
from her fall hut they said it was
entirely a local one. They denied
that social engagements cancelled by
members of the family yesterday were
on that account.
UNLUCKY NO. 8.
Kansas City, Mo. After seven mun
icipal prisoners hud escaped by sliding
down a thirty foot rope made of blan
kets today, It. parted under the weight
ut an eighth fugltleve, preventing the
• scape of 30 other men. Most of them
'had been sentenced on vagrancy char
ges.
LAUNCH SUBMARINE.
Seattle, Wn.—United States subma
rine K-4 wag launched today. Mrs.
J. P. Oldrlng, wife of the lieutenant
who will take command of the vessel,
christened It.
AMERICAN CREW SAVED.
Kinsale, Ireland The British steam
er Nubian, for Liverpool, which pass
ed here today, signalled that she had
on board tin- crew of the American
schooner Julia A. Truhee which was
abandoned on March 7 while on her
voyage from Perth Amboy to Martini
que.
NEGRO ELECTROCUTED
Richmond, Va. —Marion lee, a Ken
tucky negro, was electrocuted this
morning for the murder last July of
Delaware Brown, at Taono, near Wil
liamsburg, Va., In a fight over a crap
game.
MANIPULATION
COTTON UP IN
THE SENATE
Notice is Served That South
Carolina Senator Will Ask
For the Passaqe of His
Cotton Gradinq Bill Tomor
row (Friday)
Manuipulation Hurts Both
Farmer and Manufacturer,
Says Hoke Smith. Senator
West Makes His Maiden
Remarks.
Washington.—Notice was served In
the senate today by Senator Smith-of
South Carolina that he would ask to
morrow for passage of his cotton grad
ing bill.
Senator Smith read quotations of
Tuesday from the New York eotton
exchange, when March middling was
sold at 12.54 and July for 11.77. He
said It cost from five to ten points
to carry cotton from March to July
and that it was only by manipulation
of the grading of cotton to lie deliv
ered that the excitant l ' could afford
to sell July cotton for less Gihii Man'll.
"Thla manipulation hurts both the
farmer and manufacturer,” declared
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia.
Want It at Once.
“Yesterday the exchange showed
some appreciation of public sentiment
by adopting government atajidards t«
become effective in 1915," said Sena
tor Overman. "What wa want to do
Is to puss the Smith bill and mako
this grading effective at once."
Senator McCumber remarked that
the complaint of Southern senators re
minded him of his bill for govern
mental grain Inspection.
"You stand by the people of the
South in their fight agalnat cotton
manipulation and we will stand by
your Western people," replied Senator
West of Georgia, speaking for the first
time in the senate.
INDIANA STANDS
BT PRESIDENT
Plank For State-Wide Primary
Submitted to Democratic
Convention. Praise For Bryan
Indianapolis, Ind.—A plunk for a
state-wide primary law was Included
in the platform submitted for consid
eration to tho democratic state con
vention hero today. The vote on the
plank In tho resolutions committee was
seven to six.
The primary proposal was submitted
by Senator Shively. After Its adop
tion Mayor Bell of Indianapolis, who
wuis chairman of the committee, de
dared it had been accepted only after
Senators Kern find Shively and seve
ral of the Indiana congressional dele
gation had pleaded that if huoli a
plank were not Included In the plat
form It would reflect on President
Wilson’s policies. Only one out of the
thirteen members of the committee,
said Bell, previously had been for the
primary proposal. Bell asserted that
without the convention system the
party’s organization would disinte
grate.
Candidates for state offices, cxecy*
the governorship ad a nominee for the
United States senate, are to be choseu
by the convention.
Record Praised.
After lauding the record of the dem
ocratic party and the achievements of
President Wilson, the temporary chair
man of the convention, Gov. Ralston,
said “a grateful people also should not
fall to pay tribute to those who have
stood by the president.”
"Much of the popularity of the pres
ent national administration,” he de
clared, "Is due to the stand It has tak
en for the things that have been advo
cated for years under the leadership of
that masterful man, Wm. Jennlng>
Bryan.”
Debate Over $500,000 to
Support Mexic Refugees
Washington. An appropriation of
$500,000 to support Mexican refugees
In the United states provoked debate
in the senate today over the American
policy of dealing with them. Senator
Martin stated the appropriation was
necessary for the United States to
meet Its International obligations. It
finally was limited to soldiers, offi
cers and military refugees.
SCHMIDT GRANTED STAY
OF NEXT WEEK’S SENTENCE
New York. Hans Schmidt, slayer
of Anna Aurnuller and sentenced to
electrocution during the week of
March 23, was granted a stay of ex
ecution today by the filing of a notice
of appeal. That Is based on the claim
that Anna Aurnuller came to her death
In the performance of an Illegal opera
tion.
CHICAGO’S BOYB’ COURT.
Chicago. —Chicago’s hoys’ court, su'd
to be the first tribunal of Its kind In
the world, was opened today as a
branch of the municipal Judicial sys
tem. The court will deal with cuses
of boys between 17 and 21 years of
age. Its object Is to keep the boys
from contact with mature criminals
and to give their eases sympathetic
consideration.
Public Career Ruined, Will
Devote Himself to De
fending Wife.
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M. JOSEPH CAILLAUX.
Paris.—M. Joseph Caillaux, whose
resignation as Minister of Finance ha*
been accepted, has severed all ills form
er relations of public life, so that lie
may devote all of his efforts anil time
to aiding the defense of hi* wife, Mme.
Henriette i'allluux. now in the prison
of Rt. Lazare, for the murder of M.
(hiHtnn Calmette, editor and political
enemy of M Caillaux. Caillaux Is
heartbroken over his wife's terrible
deed.
Raise Insurance Rate
Against Appendicitis
London.- A frrmip of I.loyHn under
writers Home time n«ro a pre
mium of $:.60 for policies of inmiranr*
aKiilnftt appendlcitln rovorln* all
olalm* for expense* up to SSOO. Thara
have been mo many rlairriH that It ban
been found impossible to continue oi\
terinH. A new nyndlcato Hah
been formed, however, and tho pre
mi uni has been rained to $5,
His Ashes Go Forward By
Parcel Post; Cost $1.05
New York. The ashes of Baron
Carl Gromadzlnsky, who died at New
Rochelle a month ago, were shipped
today by parcel post to his old home
in Germany.
The package, weighing eight pounds,
cost $1.07 to send and was addressed
to Baron Sonderrnann at Ham ten Ros
en, for burial In an ancestral vault.
Pinned Under Wreckage
37 Hours; Begs For Water
. ,Ht. Louis. fI 1m rn.lln for a drink of
water today Ind to tho redone of Thom
km Burke from rulriM of the St. Loulm
Hound o>rnpany’H hulldlmt .'l7 hour* lif
ter the structure collapsed under the
weight of it fallen well of the burned
Mlhhoutl Athletic Club hulldinK.
Rescuers who hud been digging in
the ruins nil night were working to
extricate a body when they were Htart -
Id by Burke’s cull for help. After HO
men had worked for half an hour they
found Burke pinned under it Mention of
flooring lie u;is rushed to n hospital
where he was treated for Injuries to
his feet.
Near Burke was found the body of
an unidentified man, bringing the to
tal dead recovered to six.
Burke died ut a hospital several
bourn after being taken from the ruin*.
Ships Through Canal in
the Next Three Months
Washington Though merchant
ships are expected to lie passing
through the Panama Canal within the
next three months, yet builders of the
big ditch still have much work ahead
of them. Nearly all of what Is known
as the permanent dam and lock con
struction has been finished but owing
to the earth slides In the Culebra Gut
many hundreds of thousands of cubic
yards of earth must be removed there
in to broaden the channel to Its full
width. During the month of February
total excavation was 1,435,050 cubic
yards as compared with 1,614,072
yards In January.
CAR HAD 90 PASSESNGERS.
Woburn, Mass Seven persons were
badly Injured when an electric car
containing !>0 passengers Jumped the
track on a sharp curve at the foot
of a steep hill here today. The car
plunged forty feet across the street
Into an embankment.
$6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY.
SYMPATHY OF
PARIS WITH
THE WOMAN
Crowds Continue Gathering m
Gates of St. Lazare to Watch
Visitors and Counsel Engaged
Bv M'me. Caillaux For Her
Defense
Minister of Marine Resigns,
Following M. Caillaux From
French Cabinet. Caused By
Statements of $20,000,000
Swindle on Public
Paris.—Madame Caillaux'* assassi
nation o( Gaston Calmette, editor of
The Figaro, brought about another
change In the French cabinet today
when Ernest Monts, minister in ma
rine, added Ills resignation to that of
Joseph Caillaux, minister of finance.
A meeting of the cabinet council
accepted the resignation. For the
present Albert F lasbrun, minister of
rolonies. will uct also as minister of
marine.
3reat Curiosity.
Mine. Caillaux is still the object of
deep i opt.lar sympathy Crowd* took
advantage today of the inld-Lenten
holiday to gather at the gates at St.
Lazare prison, where *lte Is In cus
tody The people munltested great
curiosity in the visitor* In the jail
who included the lawyers engaged In
her defense.
Police on Guard.
In the central districts of Pari* a*
well as In the more turbulent quar
ters on the south Hide of the Seine
the police had taken every precaution
to prevent political demonstrations.
The residence of M. Caillaux was
strongly guarded as were also the of
fices of the Figaro, the setiule and
the chamber of deputies.
The resignation of M Monla was
caused by statement* made In tha
chamber of deputies that while he
was premier Tie had exerted powerful
Influence on the public prosecutor,
Victor Fabre, to postpone tne trial of
Henri ltoohette who was alleged to
have swindled the inblic out of sums
aggregating $20,000,000 by fraudulent
stock promotion*. Hochette disap
peared while on ball.
Geo. Westinghouse Left
Estate of $35,000,000
Two-Thirds Go to Widow, One-
Third to Son.
Pittsburg, Pa.—The will of George
We*tlnglioiise, who died last week,
wa* filed here for probate today. No
estimate of the value of the estate
Is made but it is *aid to bn' about
$35,000,000.
Margaret E. W Westinghouse the
widow. Is given two-third* of all the
capital stock of the Westinghouse
Air Spring Company, of which ha
was owner and one-third of such
stock to Ml* son. Certain personal
office and household employes arn
given ii year's salary, and a bequest
of $50,000 is made to Alexander Car
den UptegraTf, of Pittsburg.
The residue of the estate Is di
vided 40 per cent to the widow, 40
per cent to the son and twenty per
cent to a brother, Henry II Westing
house.
FOR ALABAMA TRAIN ROBBERY.
Montgomery, Ala. —Federal war
rants were issued here today charging
Harry Marx, Frank Moore, and John
William* with robbery of the Alaba
ma Great Southern express and mail
train held up and looted near Hlbb
ville, Ala , last December. The three
accused men have been under arrest
here since March Ist on suspicion.
HOTEL HOLD UP.
Detroit, Mich. An armed rohl rr
held up W 11. Hums, night clerk in
the office of the Hotel Metropol! early
today nnd compelled ttie clerk to give
oil $360. The robber then leaped Into
a waiting limousine, pressed a revol
ver against the head of the driver and
ordered him to speed toward the sub
urbs. The driver obeyed and the ban
dit escaped.
Character Reading
Reading character from hand
writing Is an old endeavor.
Hut the reading of business char
acter from a study of advertising
Is far more Interesting and prot
ltable,
Just glance over in The Herald
advertisements of ti.e merchants
whose places you know.
Does not the morchant write his
store character Into his advertis
ing? Is It not possible to form a
pretty gooil Idea of the store trom
the manner In which It makes Its
announcements In the newspa
pers?
Merchants are coming to realize
more unri more that when they
write an advertisement they are
painting j. business portrait of
themselves- Indicating their busi
ness character.
They are more careful in their
statements, more modest in their
language, and pay more attention
to typography and Illustration.
Advertising will he prepared this
year even more carefully than ever
before and there will be more of it.
And by the seme token it is go
ing to he more Interesting and
profitable to the readers.
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