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[)OME EDITION VOLUME XIX. No. 86. WITH ELIMINATION OF PARTY LINES, PRES'T WON IN FIRST TOLLS EIGHT Round Victory Scored For the Administration Leaders When House Refuses to Continue Discussion on Rule Limiting Debate VOTE AFTER AN HOUR’S IMPASSIONED SPEECHES CAME IN TEST: 206-176 Leader Underwood, Speaker Clark and Chairman Fitz gerald Registered Against the Motion. Washington.—President Wilson won the first tattle of his fight to repeal the Panama tolls today when thi house by a vote of 207 to 176 refused to continue discussion on the rule to limit to twenty hours the de bate in the Sims bill. Party lines were eliminated in the vote, which was a round victory for the administration leaders. The bal loting was ptweeded by an hour of im passioned speech making in which Speaker Clark. Representative Under wod, Representative Fitzgerald and other democratic leaders voted against the motion to cut of: debate. With -he adoption of the resolution to stop debate on the rule the next question was upon the adoption of the rule itself. Administration supporters were sure of its passage. 200 to 772. The special rule was then adopted. 200 t > 172. That put the Sims bill to repi il the exemption squarely before the 'louse for twenty hours’ debate and protected against intervening motions and amendments. Lines Drawn. Washington-—When the Panama tolls fight was resumed in the house today the battle line* were drawn in th’is i'nner-. , „ . FiftJ> fiv minutes remained for de bate on the special rule to limit dis cussion to twenty hours on the Sims bill f„r repeal of the exemption on coastwise ships. Chairman Henry of the rules c< m mittec leading that phase of the con test for th rdn lntstration forces, was ready at the conclusion of the tifty five minutes to "move the previous question.” a parlian entary maneuver ttf shut off debate on the rule and force a vote, the first real test of strength Denunciation Cloiture Attempt. Op onents of the administration program, strengthened by Speaker Clark's vigorous denunciation of the attempt at cloiture. were prepared to bring every resource into play to beat "the previous question" and thus throw down the bars for unlimited debate not only on the rule but on the repeal bill itsel\ , . On this first test vote hung not only the question of pressing the admla tration measure through but also the greater one of opening it to amend ment, for the rule proposes that only one amendment may be permitted to intervene—and that would be one mo tion to recommit to the commerce committee. Open to Amendments. Administration leaders realized that if beaten on the cloiture rule the bill it self w ould be open to amendments, one of which gaining favor today, was. to repeal the exemption but specifically to provide that the right to grant free passage to American ships under ex isting treaties should not be surren dered. In this way the opposing forces were drawn up to renew one of the bitterest congressional fights of recent years. No Viaible Shift. Early today there was no visible Continued on Page Four Sec’y of Navy in Favor Fast Cruiser Mail Boats .’/aahington. —Secretary Daniels fa vors Senator Weeks' proposal to have a line of fast naval cruisers carry mails, passengers and freight between the United States and South American ports The two men conferred today on a preliminary investigat'on to de termine the feasilbillty and cost of such a plan. "I am in favor of any project looking to the greater usefulness of the navy in time of peace.” said Secretary Dan iels. PREPARE Your Sunday Want Ads TODAY Phone Them Tonight or Early Saturday Morning Phones 296 and 297 THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. ====== THE AUGUSTA HERALD GRANDDAUGHTEH OF EX-PRES’T PLEADS CAUSE Miss Mattie R. Tyler, 70 Years Old, Visits White House to Ask President Wilson to Con tinue Her As Postmistress in Virqinia Town First R’way Journey in 25 Years to Protest Removal. Has Had Office For 17 Years and Never Missed a Day From Her Work—Chances Slim. Washington.—Miss Mattie R. Tyler. 70 years old, a granddaughter of form er President Tyler, went to the White House today to plead with President Wilson to continue her as postmistress at Courtland. Va. Miss Tyler, who has held the post for seventeen years, says she supports herself and sister on-the annual sal ary of $650. She charges that “a clique of Virginiu politicians" are try ing to deprive her of the position. Re cently Postmaster General Burleson, on the recommendation of Represen tative Holland and other democrats, presented the name of ,B. A Williams. Miss Tyler heard'f*F If'.fWl Tnck tier first railroad Journey In 25 years to protest. She did not see the presi dent but left a note asking for an en gagement, which will be granted. Second Time. This is the second time that Miss Tyler lias had difficulty over retain ing her place. The postoffice depart ment had on one occasion recommend ed another to succeed her but she successfully pleaded in person with President Roosevelt and retained the position. “I have held the position," said Miss Tyler, "for 17 years and never have missed a day on account of sickness or anything etsfc. I have opened the postoffice each day at 6 o’clock in the morning and never closed It until 11 at night. In 1911 there was a civil service examination but I did not take it. Miss Sadie Cole, who is with me now, was at the top of the list and B. A. Williams was second. Certainly If Continued on Page Four GARDEN CANCELS HIS RETURN THIP Had Booked Passage For N. Y. on Way Back to Mexico City. May Go Directly to Brazil. London. —Sir Lionel Carden, Brit ish minister to Mexico, today cancell ed his booking on board the Maureta nia, on which he was to sail, from Liv erpool tomorrow lor New York on his return to Mexico City. It was under stood there was a possibility of Sir l.ionel going direct to Rio de Janeiro to take up his post as mlnlstei to Brazil Instead of returning to Mexico. Nothing, however, hag been definitely decided. The only statement the foreign of fice would authorize was that Sir Lionel's passage to New York had been crnoelled and that no dale nad been fi ed for his return to Mexico City. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 27. 1914. ULSTER'S VOLUNTEER CAVALRY ON PARADE ■» e: ■tSy*' ** A squad of the mounted division of the great army of 20U,000 men organized Dy oir **iward Carson in Ulster Province to fight against the establishment of Home Rule in the north of Ireland : : ::::::::: ASK NEW TRIAL IN CASE LEO FRANK Notice Given of Extraordinary Motion to Be Filed Day Be fore Date Set For Execution, April 17th MANY AFFIDAVITS GO WITH THE NOTICE TODAY Allegations of New Evidence Favorable to Condemned Man Since Death Sentence of Seven Months Ago. Atlanta, Ga. —Notice that an extra ordinary motion for a new trial Xq£ l.eo M. Frank, nnder death sentence for the murder of Mary Phagan, will he filed on April 16th, the day before that set for the young factory superin tendent’s execution was served on the superior court here today. The no tice was accompanied by a copy of the forthcoming extraordinary motion, which alleges that new evidence fa vorable to Frank has been discovered since his conviction seven months ago. Many Affidavits. Many affidavits are included in tho copy of the motion. Several of these signed by witnesses at the trial of Frank, allege that the aTfiants testi fied falsely against the accused man. Others charge conspiracy of evidence ag»inst Frank and others attempt to establish an alibi for him. An effort is madSe to prove that the notes found beside the factory girl's body were written in the basement of the National ’encil Factory, not in the office of Frank as James Conley, tho negro factory sweeper and chief wit ness against the convicted superinten dent, testified. Hitherto Unpublished. Among the affidavits submitted to day and hitherto unpublished Is one 1 v C. B. Dalton, declaring false the testimony he gave against Franks character. Dalton at the trial testl lied that the defendant had been guilty of misconduct with several women, corroborating statements of Conley, in this respect. Dr. H. F. Har ris, In in affidavit alleges that a mi croscopic examination of strands of hair said to have been found on the second floor of the factory and used at the trial to prove that the murder occurred near Frank's office, showed that these strands were not from the head of the murdered girl. Seen on Street. Three affidavits alleged that the af fiants saw Frank on a street here be tween 1 and 1:10 P. ns., on April 2fith last, the time at which Conley testi fied he waa helping the factory sup erintendent conceal Mary Phagan s body in the factory basement An attempt Is made In several af fidavits to show that the two notes discovered if 1 the factory basement bud been written on faded carbon copies of uped order blanks, discard ed and placed in the basement many months befo.e the murder. Affiants declare that such blanks had not bean in Frank's office, wherp Conley tea tilled he obtained the paper upon which the not°s were written, for four years Faint carbon tracings on .■no of the notes Is alleged to be the •lgnature of a former employee of the factory who worked in a room some distance, removed from the superin tendent's office. A half dozen affidavits charge that detectives and legal representatives of the state attempted to secure false testimony against Frank and refuse ! to Introduce before the grand Jury and at the trial certain evidence con tradlctlng the state’s theory. The state’s contention as to the time bn 1 nlhce Mary Phagan was killed is fur • her attacked in an affidavit declaring that a woman’s cries were heard in the factory basement two hours later •ban the hour fixed in the state's theory a sthat of the murder, The filing of the extraordinary mo tion on April 16th will automatically stav the prisoner's execution. Should 't be taken, it is expected an appeal will be taken to the Georgia supreme court, which already has confirmed superior court .fudge Roan in deny ing a new trial on previously submit ted evidence. ‘HONOR, WISDOM PATRIOTISM, ALL WITH HIM' Senate Addressed By Owens in Support of President Wil son’s Contention For Repeal of the Exemption Clause in Canal Tolls Declares U. S. Could Not Face the World in Violation of Treaty. 90,000,000 Who Taxed Themselves Against 9,000 Ship Owners. Washington.—While oposlng house factions were lining up today for the fight over the administration bill tti repeal the tolls exemption clause 'if the Panama canal act, Senator Owen addressed the senate, supporting Pres ident Wilson's attitude In urging the repeal. Ha took the position that tho exemption was In violation of the Hay- Pauncefote treaty. "■When the first draft of the Ilay- Pauhcefote treaty was submitted to the senate, Mr. Hard of California, De cember 13, 1900, moved to substitute the following article,” suld the sena tor: " 'The United States reserves the right In the regulation and manage ment of the canal to discriminate in respect of the charges of traffic In favor of Its own citizens engaged in the coastwise trade.’ Whole World Know*. "And the senate not only did not give a two-thirds vote In favor o( such discrimination but gave almost a two-thirds vote agHlnst it. Ho the whole world knew that the senate had refused to amend the treaty by recog nizing the right to discriminate In fa vor of vessels of Its own citizens en gaged in coastwise trade. "With such a record before us we could not face the world and Interpret the Hay-Pauneefote treaty as permit ting discrimination. We refused to put In a provision recognizing discrimina tion on (December 17, 1900; we had recognized the doctrine in the Clay ton Rulwer convention or IHSO for 50 Continued on Market Page ) Make the Most of Your Ability Kduratlon or experience, or both, have given you <itiall - that make your tier vice* valuable to a certain kind of enterprise. You owe It to youraelf to utilize your particular aklll where It will produce the largest returns. Many n good man la wast ing hl» time and hla ener gies In the wrong Job. Don't be a misfit! Ts you are bad ly placed, look for a poel tlon that will give your sac • ultlea wider play. By all meana, make your training and capacity known to the great audience of Au guata Herald readera, which embrace* the progreaalve business and profeaalonal men of the city. Tell them what you can do. Heave the ad with Your Druggist or Tell it to Phone 296. NO SOLUTION YET OF DIFFICULT PROBLEMS BEFORE BRITISH GOV’T; GEN’LS WHO QUIT BEFORE CABINET London.- No solution of the difficult problems confronting the British gov ernment was reached at the cabinet council this morning and it was an nounced that another meeting of tho ministers would discuss the matter be fore Premier Asquith made his appear ance In the house of commons. The lobbies of the houses of parlia ment were crowded and all kinds of rumors were in circulation. Postpone Statement. London -Field Marshal Sir John French, who has resigned as head of the British army, was called In to tho meeting of the cabinet today to dIacUHS his position. It was anounced tho statement which Premier Asquith had American Autos Gaining Over Foreign Made Cars Washington.- American-made auto, mobiles are gaining in favor abroad while foreign made cars are lotting their popularity here, according to a department of commerae statement today. There were 2,526 American made automobiles exported in Jan uary this year ns compared to 2,157 for January a year ago. Cars import ed decreased in that period from 71 to 12. The majority of American cars are shipped to the United Kingdom, Ger many and France. American Rhodes Men Win Two Events For Oxford London E. T. Adams. Rhodes schol ar from Baylor University of Texas, won the hammer throw for Oxford with a mark of 127 feet and seven Inches In the annual athletic, meeting against Cambridge today. V. H. Hav ens, a Rhodes scholar from Rutger's Colleg, New Jersey, won the 120 yard hurdles for Oxford in 17 1-6 seconds. Havens was third In the 100 yard dash. Cambridge won the contest by six events to four. TWO FAST TRAINS ON THE GEORGIA RAILROAD PLANNED General Shake-Un in Schedules —Under New Arranqement, Leave Auqusta at Noon, Take Breakfast in Cincinnati, Arrive Atlanta 4:30 P. M. THROUGH SLEEPERS AUGUSTA TO CHICAGO, LOUISVILLE, CINCINNATI Picayune Not Be Taken Off—Two Additional Trains to Come Into Augusta on Southern and Coast Line to Connect With Fast Trains on Georgia. Means Much For Augusta. The Inauguration of two fast train* on the Georgia Railroad between Aii goMta and Atlanta, making connection at both of thine point* with train* from the Kagt and Went, a general Hhake up of the *ehedule* of the road, a request to lake off two unprofitable accommodation train*, between Lltho nia and Atlanta and Covington and Atlanta, are contained In a commu nication *ent today by General !’«*- aenger Agent J. V. Billups, of the Geor gia Railroad to Chairman Murphy Candler., of the Georgia Railroad Com ml**lon. , ... Under the new arrangement It wlh he possible to leave AugUKta at Vi o’clock, noon, eaatern time, and reach Atlanta at 4:80 p. tn. Connection* there will he *ueh that the traveler may uHf In Rlrmlngbam, Chattanooga, Knoxville arid Montgomery by bed time, breakfast at Cincinnati, New or leana, Mobile, }'en»acolu, Memphis, $6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY. promised to give to the house of com mons had been postponed until late to day. Blow by Resignations. The session of the cabinet ministers continued three hours. It was deduced that they found difficulty In repairing tho rift In the nrmy organization caus ed by the blow given to It by the resig nations of Sir John French, chief of the general staff, and Lieutenant Gen eral Hlr John Hpencer Ewart, adjutant general to the forces. The two gen erals today seemed determined not to withdraw their resignations as they considered they had received a rebuff in the government’s repudiation of tho guarantees which they gave to Briga dier General Gough regarding Ulster. “All Big Guns" Warships to Cost 125 Their Jobs Washington.—Developments of th* “all big guns” ship will cost 125 men their jobs In the Washington Navy Yard after April 9th. The now dread nought type of ship has less than hglf as ninny guns as its predeces sors and consequently there Is less work to he done at tne naval factory where all of the guns are turned out. On the Connecticut, which wai the last constructed of the pre-dread nought typo, there ure fifty guns, while on the New York there are only twenty-two. The difference I* made ill) in the much larger caliber of the dreadnought guns. For some time the Washington Navy Yard workers have been remod eling ordinance on tho older ships, but tills work is now about complet ed, necessitating a reduction of the force. REV. LUKE A GRACE DEAD. Philadelphia. -Rev. Luke A. Grace, widely known as a missionary of the Roman Catholic church, died today at the rectory of Ht. Vincent de Raul, Ger mantown, after a long Illness. He was 60 years old. In recent years ho con ducted missions and retreats In differ ent parts of the country. Louisville and Na«hville; at St, Loul*. Indianapolis and other cltle* for lunch, and Chicago In the afternoon. In the petition to the railroad com mlsHlon permission Is not asked to take off the picayune, No’* 11 and 18, which run* between Carnak and Auguata. Therefore the ’’pie" will remain. The Atlantic Coa*t Nine and the Southern Railway have agreed to put on new train* from Augusta to points In the Carolina* to connect with the fast Geor,;la train which will leave Atlanta at noon and reach here about five o'clock In the afternoon. The two fast train, will leave Augusta and At lanta at tile same time. The schedule of a number of the present train* on the road will he changed under the new system. Georgia No. 1, leaving here at 8:80 a m. will leave 50 minutes earlier, which will be 7:40 a, m. It will give an earlier arrival at Atlanta and Ma- |jOME EDITION COMPLETE IS VILLA DEFEAT, RAJAS SAYS Foreiqn Minister’s Despatch Confirms Earlier One From El Paso Tellinq of Decisive Repulse For Rebels at Tor reon. Heavy Losses. Intense Sufferinq Washington.—Complete defeat of Villa and the constltutlonlallst force* before Torreon was reported to the Mexiran embassy hero today, In a dis patch from Honor Portillo y Rojas, minister of foreign affairs. Minister Portillo's dispatch confirm ing an earlier one from the Meiran consul at El Paso, says the oonstttlon allst forces were decisively repulsed and driven hack several miles from their positions of vantage. Losses Very Heavy. Conetitutionaliet Headquarter*, Above Torreon. —Delayed by censor.)—Gen ■ Villa and his rebel army after four days of almost Incessant fighting, during which victory semed first with one side and then with the other, oc cupied Gomez Palado today. Losses on both sides have been heavy. Cry for Water. A pitiable feature of the fighting was the wounded crying for water, lack of which was as deadly aa bul lets. The meagre hospital corps was un able to cope with the situation. Garbed In a dusty, torn suit, Villa among the ragged, thirsty, half fam ished soldiers who have fqught day and night for the capture of Torreon, was a conspicuous figure. The con ventional action of a commanding gen eral found no Illustration In Villa. In stead, hi dashed among hts men tell ing them where to shoot. His prssencs never failed to Inspire th* soldiers, Intense Suffering. The rebels fought amid scenes of In tense suffering. Water was scarce Rations had become unavailable after the first days fighting. With nothing behind them but a desert nnd before them, only th* ene my, the rebels fought unaffected by heaps of dead and wounded. Militants Threaten the Ulster Unionist Leaders Belfast, Ireland—Suffragettes early today burned down Abbeyland*. th* country residence of Major General Sir Hugh McCalmont near White Abbey on Belfast lough. The house was not occupied. The loss is $76,000. Suffragettes recently threatened to start war against the Uleter Unionist leaders because of the refueal of Sir Edward < arson to support the suffrage movement. Tho grounds of Abbeyland*, only four miles from Carrlckfergus. a Brit ish army station, have been used re cently for drilling the Ulster Unionist "volunteers.” con and at Macon will connect for all points In south Georgia. Express to Leave 1:40 A. M. The present express train, wblch leaves Augusta at 12:15 a. m., will leave at 1:50 a. m., making connec tion* at Augusta with the Southern and the Coast Line’s new trains from Charleston and Florence. At Atlanta this train will make connections for all point* North and West. On the new train, No. 18, leaving Au giiKta at noon each day, there will be through sleeper* from Augu*ta to Louiavllle, Cincinnati and Chicago. No. 27, the Georgia train which now leave* at 8:15 p. m., will leave at 3:30 p. m. ' The "Huckhead train,” which now leuve* at 4:30 p. m. for Athene, will leave *1 approximately the *aine time, while It will leave Athene 30 minute* later returning. Georgia train No, 2, dun here at 2:30 p. in. will reach Auguata ten minute* later, while No. 28, due her at 10:10 p. in., will arrive a few minutes later also. No. 4 due here at 7:05 a. m., will be changed so as to connect with the new train* which the Southern anr Coa»t Line will run out of Augusta for Car olina point*. The fastest schedule now between Augusta and Atlanta 1* »lx hours and five minute* and the new fast trains will unquestionably prove tremendous ly popular. They will make Btop* at the most important stations. Georgia Doing Much for Patron*. General .Manager Wkkersham and General Agent Billups feed that In the new arrangement of train* they are considering, the Georgia road 1* doing much for It* patrons along the line mid they expect the co-operation of (Continued on market page.)