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VOLUME XIX. No. 85.
FIRST GUNS FIRED
IN PANAMA REPEAL
Democratic House Leaders
Aqree to 20 Hours of Debate
Instead of 15 —Exemption
Clause in Canal Tolls to
Probably Reach Vote on Sat
urday—Special Rule Divides
the Time
NEARLY 100 SPEECHES
READY ON BOTH SIDES
While Opening Skirmish on in
House, Owen Begins Senate
Proceedings Advocating Pres
ident Wilson’s Contention For
Repeal.
Washington. —President Wilson con
ferred with several congressmen be
fore the house convened. Representa
tives Covington of Maryland and Bell
of Georgia, who are helping to line
up the administration forces, told him
there would be a majority of at least
BO on the passage of a special rule and
of about 75 or 100 on the adoption of
the repeal.
Special Rule.
Washington. —The democratic house
leaders abandoned the idea of only 15
hours' debate on the Panama tolls ex
emption repeal today and agreed to 20.
This would bring a vote probably Sat
urday.
Such a provision in a special
brought in soon after the house as-,
sembled at 11 a. m. today divides the
lime so as to give ten hours for those
supporting the repeal to be controlled
by Chairman Adamson of the com
merce committee; five hours for the
democrats opposed, to be controlled by
Representative Doremus of Michigan;
four hours for the republicans, to be
controlled by Representative Know
land of California, and one hour for
the progressives, to be controlled by
Represen tali' e l.afferty of Ohio.
Tacit Understanding.
There was a tacit understanding that
the debate on adopting the special rule
would be more limited than was first
proposed and probably would be held
to two hours or less.
These arrangements cleared the way
for the launching of the actual fight
in today's session. Nearly a hundred
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15 000 LI
OFF ON_P. 0.0.
Big System Confirms Policy of
Retrenchment Report. 40,000
Other Employes on Shorter
Time.
Philadelphia.—Confirmation was had
from offices of the Pennsylvania rail
road today that the company, within
the last three months, had laid off
about 15,000 employes on lines east
of Pittsburgh in carrying out its pol
icy of general retrenchment. It was
said about 40,000 of the remaining
125,000 employes had been placed on
shorter time. Two hundred clerks in
general offices here have been laid off
within a day or two.
Some time ago the company took
off several expensive through trains
and it was stated today that further
curtailment in the passenger train
service is being worked out.
According to the reports which the
company confirms the orders for re
trenchment and economy cover im
provements and extensions, work upon
which has either been stopped or re
duced.
CAROLINA LUMBERMEN MEET.
Norfolk, Va.—The twenty-fifth an
nual meeting of the North Carolina
IMne Association, composed of the
leading lumber manufacturers of Vir
ginia, North and South Carolina, be
gan here today with a large attend
ance.
MANY CARACAS ARRESTS.
Willemstad, Curacao. —The polltloal
situation in Caracas Is reported to be
extremely unsettled. Many prominent
persons have been arrested. Includ
ing Col Samuel McGill, Instructor
general of the Venezuelan army, who,
however, was afterward released. Gen.
Manuel A. Matos, former minister of
JVireign affairs, and two of his neph
ews are said to have become fugitives.
LIMA STREET RIOTS
Washington—Official dispatches from
I,ima Peru, were summarized In this
statement today at the state depart
m"The Peruvian congress again failed
to secure a quorum owing to the ob
structive measures of the antl-leguia
party.JSomc street riots in Lima have
grow., out of the government dlsor
der."
DOUBLE SUICIDE?
Naw York—Whether Frank L,un< w
was a suicide or a victim of cancer
from which he had long been suffer
ing was a question disputed by two
doctors after Lunow and his wife were
found dead today in an uptown apart
ment house. ,
There was no doubt in the case or
Mrs. Luncw. A rubber tube led from
an open gas Jet to her mouth. A phy
sician had told Mrs. Luhow yesterd*
that her husband probably could not
live through the night.
LAUNCH THE K-6.
Quincy, Maas. —.Submarine K-6 was
successfully launched today.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. 1 -t
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Democratic Leader Who
Opposes the President in
Fight Starting Today
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kNBO&SH "■ Mm
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN J. FITZ
GERALD.
New Yorker, one of the most able
democratic leaders in the house, is
lined up with the opposition against
the administration’s fight that began
today to repeal the exemption clause
of the Panama canal act.
EXPLOSION FOR
MONROE'S HULK
Spectacular Removal By Use
of 360 Pounds of Guncotton.
Water Hurled High in the Air.
Norfolk, Va.—With the explosion of
three hundred and sixty pounds of
guncotton at. 4:20 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, the mast of the Old Do
minion steamer Monroe, sunk on the
morning of January 80, by collision
with the Merchants and Miners’ ship,
Nantucket, off the Virginia coast just
north of Hog Island, disappeared and
the hulk of the sunken vessel is no
longer a menace to navigation. It had
been thought possible that some of
the forty-one bodies that went down
in the wreck might be brought to the
surface, but the statements of divers
that no bodies were in the wreckage
were borne out.
Several days ago divers reported
they believed the Monroe's victims
had been swept out to sea by a strong
submarine current.
Captain Chiswell, of the Onondaga,
had been instructed to remove the
wreckage to a depth of forty-two feet
in order to make it safe for the larg
est vessels to pass over. After four
explosions, in which fourteen mines,
each containing sixty pounds of gun
cotton, were used, it was found by
soundings and diver inspection, that
the shallowest point over the wreck
age showed a depth of nine fathoms,
fifty-four feet.
Steel Mast Sticks.
The first explosion carried away
the deck house and light woodwork,
two mines being used. The second
shot was with six mines and was di
rected at the flflley hatch, the heavy
steel structure surrounding the smoke
stack. This expkwlon was exceeding
ly spectacular, water being hurled
high into the air. Nothing remained
to be removed but the mast and the
first shot of two mines failed to ac
complish it. A second shot at the
mast, this time four mines being
used, entirely removed the large steel
stick.
A thorough “sweeping" over the
hull and an examination by the diver
was then made, after which the Onorv
♦iaga started for Norfolk. She arriv
ed in the Roads at 3:30 o’clock and
proceeded to Nprfolk this morning,
arriving here at 8:30 o’clock.
STATUE OF JOHN BARRY.
Washington.—The statue of Com
modore John Barry, cast in bronze
from a full size plaster model by
Sculptor Boyle, was placed today in
Franklin Park. Civic and military
•honors will mark its dedication in
May.
DENY “HUNGER STRIKE."
Tampa, Fla.—Published reports (hat
William Dees, under sentence to bo
hanged here next month, had started
a “hunger strike” were denied today
by Jailer Abbott. He asserted Dees
had not rejected a mea] since enter
ing the county Jail.
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 26. 1914.
NOT BELIEVED
THAT VILLA Isl
FULL RETREAT
Air of Pessimistic Anxiety.
However, at Juarez Over
Possible Fate of the 12,000
Rebels at Torrcon —Haunt
Teleqraph Office
No Foundation For Reported
Danger to Five Americans in
Coahuila. No Word Regard
ing Execution of Louis Ter
razas, Jr.
Juarez. Mexico. —At noon an unoffi
cial report readied here say ing an in
termittent artillery duel was fought at
Gomez Palacto during the night. There
were no details.
Repulsed Every Time.
El Paso, Texes. —That the rebels
have hern repulsed every time they
have tuken the offensive at Gome*
Palacto was tiye assertion made today
by Miguel Dlebold, Inspector of Mexi
can consulates. He exhibited messages
from Mexico City us his authority.
One message declared the rebels had
not approached Torreon proper but
had their hands full at Gomez Palaclo,
three miles distant. He assorted the
federals were about to take the offen
sive.
“Once More Routed.”
Washington. —This message, sent
from Mexico City last night, was re
ceived at the embassy her today:
''Rebels once more routed and re
pulsed at Gomez Palaclo with heavy
losses while trying to approach Tor
reon.”
The state department had only a re
port from El Paso that up to yesterday
afternoon results were “still undeter
mined."
No Danger to Americans.
Other dispatches reported there was
absolutely no foundation for stories
that danger threatened five Americans
in the Tlahualillo district of Coahuila.
Consular representatives report nil for
eigners within territory under consti
tutionalist control are being protected.
Consul Garrett, at Nuevo lmredo, re
ported today that an American boy in
Laredo, Texas, was wounded by a shot
fired from the Mexican side.
Pessimistic Anxiety.
Juarez, Mexico. —An atmosphere of
pessimistic anxiety enveloped consti
tutionalist sympathizers today over the
possible fate of Villa and his 12,000
rebel soldiers, who at last reports were
desperately fighting at Gomez Palaclo,
a suburb of Torreon.
For two days no definite word has
come from the front.
News despatches from Mexico City
tiight stating, the war department
had asserted, Villa was In full retreat,
are not believed generally in Juarez,
hut the report caused rebel officers to
make further inquiries for news from
the battlefield.
Haunts Telegraph Office.
Mantiel Chao, military governor of
Chihuahua, haunts the military tele
graph operator day and night In the
hope of a message from Villa telling
of the fortunes of war.
No explanation was offered by rebel
officers of tile fact that communica
tion ceased after the attack on Gomez
Palaclo began, while it had come free
ly during Villa’s triumphant southward
march.
No Word Received.
El Paso, Texas. —General Luis Ter
razas, Sr., was anxious today over the
fate of his son Luis, who. it was re
ported, was condemned to die yester
day at Chihuahua, unless ho paid 600.-
000 pesos to the rebels. No direct word
of the prisoner’s fate was received to
day.
Clarke is Leading For
U. S. Senate in Arkansas
Little Rock, Ark. —Selection of can
didates In yesterday’s democratic pri
mary for United .States senator and
representatives from tin- three dis
tricts In which there were contests
still was undetermined early today.
Incomplete returns indicated Senator
Clark was leading his opponent. Wil
liam F. Kirby, associate Justice of the
state supreme court, by nearly 1.000
votes for the senatorial nomination.
Want Okuma to Head the
New Japanese Cabinet
Tokio, Japan. —Efforts are being
made to induce the ifrnperor to desig
nate Count Khigenebu Okuma as head
of the new Japanese cabinet. It has
been urged on his majesty that Count
Okuma, who was formerly foreign
minister, Is a powerful and popular
statesman, cnpable of forming a strong
coalition cabinet calculated to please
the Japanese public and to create good
feeling throughout the empire at the
period of the approaching coronation.
The conservatives have given indi
cations that they will oppose the choice
of Count Okuma, who Is leader of the
progressive party.
TO APPOINT CARDINALS
Rome. —The Pope tentatively decided
today to hold a consistory either at
the end of April or the-beginning of
May, unless unforeseen circumstances
Hhould intervene. It Is assumed that
about a dozen cardinals will he ap
pointed.
TEACHERS TO ORGANIZE
East Liverpool, O. —Public school
teachers here announced today that
steps were being taken to organize a
labor union and that they would seek
affiliation with the American Feder
ation of Labor.
Commander of the Ulster Forces
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SIR GEORGE RICHARDSON AND LADY MAYFAIR.
Photographed during a recent review of regiments of the Ulster
Rebels at Belfast. Sir Richardson is commander.in-chief of the Ulster
Volunteers and the man who will have direct command of the immense
army of 200,000 who have sworn to take up arms against Home Rule.
RICHMOND ADOPTS
GOOD ROADS PLAN
Enthusiastic Meeting Last Niqht With Representatives of
American Highway Association and Government Good
Roads Engineers
Presence Here Yesterday Afternoon of Official Party Caused
Larqe Gathering of Delegations From Counties Between
Here and Atlanta, the Southern Terminus
The good roads party selecting a na
tional highway from the nation's cap
ital to the capital city of Georgia, that
arrived In AuguHta from Columbia
and other South Carolina points just
before sun down yesterday, left the
city early this morning highly pleased
with the cordial reception given them
by Augustuns.
Many Road People Here.
The coming of the representatives
of the American Highway Association
and road engineers of the XT. K. de
partment of agriculture meant the
gathering in Augusta late yesterday
of enthusiastic good roads delegations
from counties along the routes from
here to Atlanta. The official party
from Washington, I). C„ stated that
no greater Interest has been shown in
the movement than was displayed
yesterday by the Georgia delegations.
Representative citizens along the route
tiy way of Athens and also a strong
delegation urging a ’’central" route
along the Georgia railroad, including
citizens from Green, Morgan, Warren,
Columbia, McDuffie, Taliaferro coun
ties, had been attracted here hy the
corning of the good roads officials.
A delicious dinner whs served the
official party at the Albion hotel at
7:30 p. m. yesterday, followed by a bus
iness meeting In the rooms of the Mer
chants and Manufacturers’ Association,
at which also a delightful lunch was
served.
Judge Wm. F. Eve, one of the fore
most promoters of good roads In this
section, presided at the meeting. The
remarks of welcome were made hy J.
M. Hull, Esq
Mr. Gvvin 11. Nixon, chairman of (he
road commissioners of Richmond
county, In speaking to the government
road engineers present, promised them
their support in any plan of coopera
tion In road maintenance they offered.
The national highway plan, as pre
sented to Augustan* last night, was
foretold in yesterday's Herald.
Purpose Explsined.
Mr. J. A. I’ennybacker, executive
secretary of the American Highway
Association, one of the officials in the
party from Washington, In explain
ing the purpose of the present tour,
stated that It was a question of road
maintenance rather than road con
struction.
“We find that the roads in no sec
tion of the country are properly main
tained," said the speaker In Introduc
ing his subjject. He told of the pur
poses of the American Highway Asso
ciation. and said that the members
were working to arouse interest In all
sections of the country In better high
ways and particularly In the .mainten
ance of the roads.
He told of the conferences
with tho officers of the national office
of public roads and of the agreement
to furnish the highway engineers. The
speaker said that the highway from
Washington to Atlanta, which Is Ihe
first to be cared for under the new
plan, was to be divided Into three see
tionH, with a competent road engineer
In charge of each section. The gov
ernment is to pay the salary and ex
penses of tho engineer and highway
association will furnish an automo
bile. It will ho the duty of tills engi
neer to go from end to end of the high
way, making the trip every 10 days,
and consult with tho county supervis
ors along the route and give advleoo
as lo ttio best methods of maintenance.
"We propose." said the speaker, "to
divide up the road Just like a railroad.
There will be sections and each sec
tion master will he responsible for his
section.” lie declared that little was
known in the Mouth about tho main
tenance of highways.
"However," the speaker continued,
"Richmond county Is fortunate In tills
respect, because your supervisor knows
how to build roads and he knows how
to maintain them. We are working to
put a plan into force for economical
and satisfactory roads."
The speaker said that the govern
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Now No Longer
the Weaker Sex
Woman’s place • In the
world's affairs is not now
a mutter of doubt. Mho Is
needed. Her orderliness,
her adaptability, her quick
Intuition and her trust
worthlriisH make her an In
valuable helper.
Thousands of professional
and business offices have
places for alert, dependable,
well-trained women workers,
if you arc such a one, offer
your services in the Eldest,
readiest market —among
readers of the Augusta
Herald.
State your special qualifica
tions concisely but emphati
cally in a little “Want Ad,"
* then leave It with.
Your Druggist or
Tell it to Phone 296.
$6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY.
THE BRITISH ARMY
FACES DISRUPTION
WSCRUISEBS
OF U. 0. AS MAIL
BOATS TO S. A.
Senator Weeks Would Have
; the Fast Scout Vessels of the
Navv Go Throuqh the Canal
to Ports of South America
Presents Resolutions in Senate
Asking For Starting Points at
New York and New Orleans.
Swanson Favors Plan, But
Wants Norfolk Added.
Washington. —With the aim of de
veloping transportation communica
tion between ttie United Htutes and
South Ainerlcu, Senator Weeka of
Massachusetts today introduced a res
olution requesting the secretary of Ihe
navy to prepare a plan for establish
ment of naval cruisers to ply between
New Orleans, New York and Valpa
raiso, Chile and Intermediate points.
The resolution designates the cruisers
Columbia and Minneapolis and the
scout cruisers Salem, Cheater and Bir
mingham.
information about the time required
for round trips, the ships' passenger,
mail and freight capacity and esti
mates of cost of th« proposed service
are requested.
At Present T'me.
”At the present time South American
■nails are sent at long and sometimes
irregular Intervals and all American
■nails soutli of ill nut or iiie carried
In vessels Hailing under a forwlgn flag,”
said Senator Weeks, explainlrtw Ills res
olution. ’’lt Is the pur|s)so of tills res
olution to call for information which
it Is believed will Justify using fast
< rulsiTH of tile navy as a mull line to
Valparaiso via the Panama canal.”
Mr. Weeks said the vesselea lie
named were practically only for scout
ing service in war lime and in peace
were not useful because they lucked
guns available for training service.
He said lie was opposed to government
ownership of transportation lines, and
if. later, private eapilal undertook the
operation of a line overr the southern
route lie would be Inclined lo withdraw
tlic federal vessels.
At $400,000,000 Cost.
"That Is a matter which may be
properly considered when the service
Is once established and we are as
sured of our legitimate share in South
American trade,” said Senator Weeks.
“We arc in the position of having
spent $41)0,000,0110 In the building of a
canal, one of the reasons for doing
so being that it would alii In the ex
tension of our foreign trade but ns fur
as I know there are no American
steamers prepared to undertake this
service.”
Wants Norfolk.
Washington. —Senator Swanson said
he was In favor of tile resolution hut
he Insisted the ships should start from
Norfolk, Va. as well us from New
York and New Orleans. Senator Jones
wanted Information about lines from
tile Pacific roiiHt to eastern South
America.
“We ure limited to the number of
ships we have on hand and must se
lect the most promising routes at
first,” responded Senator Weeks.
The resolution was referred to the
naval affairs committee.
G. O. P. WINS IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
Pierre, S. D. —The entire majority
republican state ticket, headed by
Governor Byrne, was nominated In
Tuesday’s primary -election, according
to returns today from all parts of the
state.
Late returns continued to Increase
Congressman Burke’s lead over Sen
ator Crawford for nomination for
United States senator.
GOULD COUPLER STRIKE
Dep*w N. Y. —The state hoard of
madlatlon was confident today of ar
ranging a basis for settlement of Ihe
strike at the Gould Coupler Works,
where militia Is on guard. Several
shots were fired near the plant early
today but the guardsmen did not re
turn the fire.
COTTON MAN DEAD.
Norwich, Conn. John Eecles. for
years prominently Identified with # he
cotton m-'inufuettirlng business, died
here today of a paralytic shook, lie
was horn In England 72 years ago and
j begun work in the cotton Industry ul
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Two Routes, Augusta to Atlanta
To Be the Official Routes
Such Was the Intimation of the Scouts This Morning Before
Leaving—No Reason Why Shouldn’t Be Two Routes As
It Will Mean More Miles of Good Roadß.
It Is entirely possible, and In fact
probable, that both * the "Central
Route" to Atlanta and the route via
Athens and Washington will be chosen
as official hy the good roads scouts
who left here this morning. One par
ty Is to go via Washington and Athens
and the other party via Urawfordvllle,
Union Point and other places on the
“Central Route.”
It Is pointed out that there can be
no objection to both routes being se
lected as It would mean that a great
deal more mileage of roads would he
maintained than if Just one route was
||OME EDITION
While Premier Asquith Has Re
named the Upper Hand By
Repudiation of Guarantees to
Mutinous Officers. Trouble
Still Ahead For Government
NEW CONDITIONS TO BRING
WHOLESALE RESIGNATIONS
As Soon As Formal Withdrawal
of Ulster Promises Given By
Sec’y For War Seely, Both
Field Marshal French and
War Sec’y to Again Resign—
‘‘This Time in Earnest.”
London.— Field Marshal Sir Johli
French, chief of the Imperial general
staff of the British army, resigned his
commission today.
The field marshal, who was one of
the signatories of the incornndum to
Brigadier General Hubert Gough, giv
ing guarantees to the army officers
that they would not be ordered to
fight tlie Ulster unionists, regarded the
repudiation of the document by the
government ns a slight on himself.
For that reason he resigned.
Other leading army officers were ex
pected to hand In their papers as a
direct outcome of tho repudiation of
the guuruntees.
Announcement Tonight.
London. —Premier Asquith, accord
ing to a statement by Chancellor
Lloyd George, will make an announce
ment tonight on the subject of the
reported resignations of Field Mar
shal French anil Adjutant General
Ewart.
Trouble Not Over.
London. —Although it was generally
conceded today that Premier Asquith
had regained the upper hand In par
liament. the government Is by no
means altogether out of trouble. It
at 111 has to deal with army ofticcra
In Ireland under the new conditions
established by the premier’s speech
in tho house of commons yesterday.
Brigadier General Gough declares that
tills will mean wholesale resignations
and disruption of the army.
Tho premier’s speech won back
the support not only of the liberals,
but of the Irish and labor members
of parliament hy the stand it took
In repudiating the guarantee given to
the mutinous army officers that they
might decide whether they would
serve against the Ulster Unionists.
“This Time In Earnest."
It Is now assorted that us soon as
the government formally withdraws
the guarantees given hy Colonel See
ly, secretary of war, and Field Mar
shal Sir John French the officers will
again resign their commissions and,
as one of them said: "Tills time In
earnest."
There Is also to be settled the ques
tion of what the army council will
do.
Brigadier General Gough, comman
der of the 1 nlrd Cavalry Brigade, said
today;
“If Premier Asquith withdraws the
guuranteeH he will have to throw over
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File Suits For $680,590
In Pineapple Juice Case
New York.—Two suits aggregating
I« 80.6D0 were filed In federal court
here today against Ihe J. S. Johnson
Company, dealers in pineapple Julio,
on behalf of the government. The ac
tions were instituted under the reve
nue Ihwh and allege mlsclnsslflcation
and undervaluation of Juice Imported
from tile Island of Nassau, where Hie
company lias a plantation and canning
plant. It Is alleged that since 1888
the company luim been importing pine
apple Juice which Is dutiable at 70
cciils a gallon, as pineapple preserved
In itm own Juice, which Is dultable at
the lower rate of 20 per cent ad va
lorem.
HAS NOT DISAPPEARED.
New London, Conn. —The courtinar-
Hal of Major Benjamin M. Koehler,
on charges of Immoral conduct, was
not reopened today as expected. Offi
cers at Fort Terry would give no ex
planation.
A report quickly spread Hint Major
Koehler had disappeared and this was
so persistent for hours that finally It
was dated hy authority that Ihe ac
cused Officer had not left the island.
chosen. To choose two routes would
only mean that the engineer In charge
would have to look after more miles of
roadway than he would If there was
but one route. Tbe counties through
which the highway will pass agree to
keep the road In good condition. It Is
argued that It would be very nice to
have two roads from here to Atlanta
Instead of one, as touring parties could
go via one und come back via the oth
er.
The highway scouts Intimated be
fore leaving this morning that they
would probably designate both routes
as official.